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Louis Barfe explores the connections between alcohol and comedy.

The untold story of when Black Power came to Britain and forever left its mark.

David Baker investigates if Facebook can survive its recent troubles intact.

Lucy Cooke discovers why being a bit sneaky may be an excellent evolutionary strategy.

Hannah Jane Walker argues that sensitivity is overlooked, dismissed and under-utilised

Hugh Muir explores the awkwardness of being honoured for services to the British Empire.

Andrew Hussey examines the damage done by anxiety and also the benefits it might offer.

Britain's brightest graduates start their working life behind bars as prison officers.

Admired Somali-British poet Warsan Shire writes of Nasro, a young refugee camped in Kenya

Dallas Campbell explores how astronauts will return to the moon. This time to stay.

Guilty pleasures, cheeky treats – Sofie Hagen asks why we put moral judgements on food.

Andrew McGibbon talks with artist Olafur Eliasson about ice and his return to Tate Modern

A celebration of the simple joys in life, and Brecht’s poem that described them.

How did a single starling mentioned in Shakespeare cause ecological disaster in the USA?

Will Self goes in search of an endangered species - the eccentric.

The tense argument on child marriage in the USA.

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen explores the social history of DIY home improvements.

In Istanbul, Isobel Finkel explores the kitsch, melancholy, forbidden music of Arabesk.

Elizabeth Alker and Nikesh Shukla explore art and anxiety.

Music Journalist John Doran seeks out radical music in the urban hinterlands of Britain.

Allan Little explores how anti-Muslim hatred was mobilised during the Bosnian war.

Alex Humphreys asks if video games should be appreciated as a form of art.

The 104-year-old choreographer Eileen Kramer takes us on a vivid dance through her life.

Gabriel Ebulue investigates a deadly karaoke curse concerning Frank Sinatra’s My Way.