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Join Little Atoms and friends for the Alternative Magna Carta Festival

A day of history, politics, art, poetry and music for just £5
16/06/2017

A day of history, politics, art, poetry and music for just £5

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For Balustrade Lanyard: O Lanyard! My Lanyard!

A poetic tribute to the nation's sweetheart
16/06/2017

A poetic tribute to the nation's sweetheart

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Dementia: "What you see of me is what I really am"

To mark Dementia Awareness Week, we present an exclusive extract from the Hard Word Box
16/06/2017

To mark Dementia Awareness Week, we present an exclusive extract from the Hard Word Box

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The anatomy of mass murder

No Feedback, a new play premiering in London, explores the dark process of genocide from incitement to denial
16/06/2017

No Feedback, a new play premiering in London, explores the dark process of genocide from incitement to denial

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Looking for a new England

For this Scots-Irish-Sri Lankan Londoner, Englishness is a state of mind that lets him drop the bloody hyphens
16/06/2017

For this Scots-Irish-Sri Lankan Londoner, Englishness is a state of mind that lets him drop the bloody hyphens

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Charlie Hebdo: why is solidarity so difficult for some writers?

In their refusal to stand in solidarity with the victims of the "Assassin's Veto", writers have turned their back on a simple concept
16/06/2017

In their refusal to stand in solidarity with the victims of the "Assassin's Veto", writers have turned their back on a simple concept

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Ten phrases that escaped from the internet

Are we starting to think, act and talk like the computers we spend so much of our lives with?
16/06/2017

Are we starting to think, act and talk like the computers we spend so much of our lives with?

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Elena Ferrante versus Italy

How the novelist's global success has rattled Italy's stale, male establishment
16/06/2017

How the novelist's global success has rattled Italy's stale, male establishment

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A positive manifesto for improving mental health treatment

Mental health should be at the top of the agenda across the political spectrum
16/06/2017

Mental health should be at the top of the agenda across the political spectrum

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Loaded: the end for the magazine that should have known better

It sank low in later years, but at its peak, the bible of 90s culture was a glorious, anarchic triumph
16/06/2017

It sank low in later years, but at its peak, the bible of 90s culture was a glorious, anarchic triumph

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