A weekly reflection on a topical issue.
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Sara Wheeler reflects on the harm done by seeing only from our own point of view.
Tom Shakespeare on University Challenge and a starter for ten.
Zia Haider Rahman on why he's introducing his 5-year-old godson to mathematics.
Zoe Strimpel asks the simple-yet-complex question, 'what is a woman?'
Howard Jacobson on why stories of truth in war cannot be ignored.
Will Self proposes a very British solution to the legalisation of marijuana.
Sarah Dunant takes the temperature of sexual equality in politics.
Rebecca Stott imagines a day when Kharkiv and other Ukrainian cities can be rebuilt.