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"Replace the House of Lords with a new House of the People"

Danny Sriskandarajah, author of "Power to the People", talks to us about how to revive Britain's democracy

By Niki Seth-Smith
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Faith & Religion
The grand white-washed manor that was once Beaumont College

Creating a Catholic elite

A new book explores the rise and fall of English Catholic public schools

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Culture
A painting displaying the text of the “Declaration Of The Rights of Man And Of The Citizen”, framed by two angels

Relics of a revolution

An exhibition of objects from the French Revolution contains echoes of today's volatile world

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Mind, Body & Life
Stephen Fry wearing a maroon suit

Stephen Fry: Why uncertainty can be a superpower

The presenter talks happiness, toxic masculinity and the benefits of doubt

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Politics & Conflict
A Libyan rebel crouches down inside a graffiti-covered concrete tunnel as he demonstrates how they found Gaddafi hiding inside

How to topple a tyrant

We often discuss how strongmen rise to power. What about how they fall?

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Politics & Conflict
Two young children eating ice creams

What’s the point of politics?

Labour’s feud over child benefits points to a deeper question: how to balance strategy with doing the right thing

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Mind, Body & Life
A cartoon by Martin Rowson depicts Donald Trump as an inflated 'Grandiose Narcissist', admiring his reflection in the drool of Nigel Farage, depicted as a 'Vulnerable Narcissist'

The age of the narcissist

They seem to be all around us, but is this psychological disorder actually on the rise?

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Politics & Conflict
A close-up portrait photo of Danny Sriskandarajah

"Replace the House of Lords with a new House of the People"

Danny Sriskandarajah, author of "Power to the People", talks to us about how to revive Britain's democracy

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Politics & Conflict
A crowd of people hold placards during a protest for Gaza in London

Solidarity splinters

Opposing ideas about antisemitism threaten to split the anti-racist movement. A new book seeks to bridge the divides

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Culture
The walls of a room are covered in swirling pink designs as part of an art installation by Samia Halaby

Into the ether

A major retrospective of digital art illuminates our changing relationship with the virtual world

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Politics & Conflict
A man sits on the pavement begging for money as a man in a suit walks by, next to the cathedral in Salta, Argentina

Argentina’s gamble

President Milei has slashed inflation, while railroading rights and increasing poverty. Is his big bet worth the cost?

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Politics & Conflict
Mansour Omari holding up one of the scraps of cloth on which he wrote the names of Assad regime prisoners

'Justice for all Syrians'

Human rights defender Mansour Omari on joy, grief and the search for justice after the fall of Assad

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Politics & Conflict
The cover of the book shows a white kite against a pink and purple sky

Book review: "If I must die" by Refaat Alareer

This posthumous collection of writings serves as a personal record of the atrocities experienced in Gaza

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Politics & Conflict
An illustration of the US Capitol against an orange sky

The second coming of Donald J. Trump

To many evangelicals, Trump is not just a president but a messiah. How did he gain such mythic power, and where will it lead?

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Politics & Conflict
Crowds outside the US Capitol during the January 6 insurrection

In a word: Coup

The latest from Michael Rosen's column on language and its uses

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Science & Technology
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The power of guesswork

Sometimes, a good guess is the key to scientific discovery

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