A weekly reflection on a topical issue.
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Caleb Azumah Nelson on why anger is no longer a stranger to him, but a friend.
Tom Shakespeare calls for new thinking to fix the current crisis in our prisons.
Zoe Strimpel reflects on the rise and rise of the superfan.
Megan Nolan on why she's well suited to the insecurity of her generation's housing crisis.
Sarah Dunant on the profound challenge to America's sense of its own youthfulness.
Rebecca Stott on why Iris Murdoch's theory of 'unselfing' is so apt for our present moment
Mary Beard on the function of museums and the thorny issue of what should be in them.
Adam Gopnik with the ultimate cure for sleeplessness.