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Irish Questions

Have British politics been more shaped by Irish history than most MPs are ready to admit?

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Deliberative Democracy

Could assemblies of ordinary citizens help heal our political divides?

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Will humans survive the century?

What is the chance of the human race surviving the 21st century?

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Are we heading for a mass extinction?

Will human actions result in the demise of huge numbers of other species?

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Will China and America go to war?

Will competition between China and the United States inevitably lead to military conflict?

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Love Island, dating apps and the politics of desire

Shahidha Bari explores the changing landscape of modern love.

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Maintenance

Why better maintenance is one of the most urgent and creative challenges we face.

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The Real Gender Pay Gap

Women are paid less than men and do more unpaid work. What's going on and can we fix it?

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Green technology and early adoption

Simon Jack investigates whether the UK should be an early adopter of green technology.

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Can computer profiles cut crime?

Can computer algorithms predict and even prevent future crime?

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Understanding the risks of terrorism

How should the authorities, MI5 and the public perceive and respond to the threat?

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The Forgotten Half

Why is the further education of young people who don't go to university so neglected?

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Going the way of the dodo? The decline of Britain's two main parties.

Are Britain's two main political parties now in terminal decline?

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A shorter working week

What happened to the dream of working less? Sonia Sodha investigates the four-day week.

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Whiteness

Do white people need to think more about their race?

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The Problem with Boys

The reverse gender gap: why boys are failing at school and what can be done about it.

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A question of artefacts

How should museums deal with contentious legacies?

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The New Censorship

How censorship works in our information age.

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State Aid: Brexit, Bailouts and Corporate Bonanzas

Do the EU's state aid rules hold the UK back from having a more active industrial policy?

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Can I Change Your Mind?

Margaret Heffernan challenges a view that polarisation means we do not change our minds.

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The uses and misuses of history in politics

How well do our politicians understand British history?

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NATO at 70

NATO won the first Cold War, but could it lose the second?

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Get woke or go broke?

Are businesses serious about getting woke or is it old capitalism with new lipstick on?

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The NHS, AI and Our Data

Will a combination of data and artificial intelligence transform the future of the NHS?

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The Early Years Miracle?

The government spends billions on early years education - but what good is it doing?

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Do voters need therapy?

James Tilley asks to what extent our politics is now steeped in cognitive distortion?

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It's Not Easy Being Green

Why aren't The Greens more popular?

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China's Captured "Princess"

How the furore over a single arrest demonstrates China's rising power.

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Unequal England

Paul Johnson explores what the world of work tells us about inequality in England.

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Command and Control?

What would be different if 10 Downing Street rather than the Treasury ran economic policy?

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