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Classics and class

The classics have never been solely the preserve of the British intellectual elite, according to...

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Richard Ford, writing from the edges

The prize winning writer Richard Ford talks to Andrew Marr about his latest collection of short...

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Art in an emergency

The writer Olivia Laing has long used art to make sense of the world. Over the last five years...

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Globalisation

Andrew Marr discusses the origins and growth of globalisation, and the impact of the coronavirus...

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Changing behaviour, from bystander to actor

Why do some people get involved while others stand by looking on? What makes people act for the...

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Crisis in Europe from Notre-Dame to coronavirus

A year ago French people looked on with horror as the great Notre-Dame went up in flames. The...

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Nature worship

On Easter Monday, Andrew Marr talks to the psychiatrist and keen gardener Sue Stuart-Smith on our...

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The genetic gender gap

Women are faring better than men in the coronavirus pandemic because of their genetic...

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Rebuilding conservatism in changing times

Nick Timothy was once described as the ‘toxic’ power behind Theresa May’s early leadership. He...

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Famous and Infamous

We think of our era as the age of celebrity. Billions of people follow the daily antics of the...

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Cultural icons from Shakespeare to Superman

Shakespeare has always been central to the American experience, argues the leading scholar James...

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Morality, money and power

Morality has been outsourced to the markets and the state, argues the former Chief Rabbi,...

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Hilary Mantel

Hilary Mantel is the two-time winner of the Man Booker prize. In a special edition of Start the...

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Leila Slimani on Sexual Politics

Leila Slimani is the first Moroccan woman to win France’s most prestigious literary prize, the...

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Love of home

Dan Jackson celebrates the distinctiveness of north-east England. He tells Andrew Marr how...

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Dresden - 75 years on

As the 75th anniversary of the Allied bombing of Dresden approaches, the historian Sinclair McKay...

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Artistic influence: Beethoven, Rembrandt and MeToo

This year is Beethoven's 250th anniversary, and Sir Antonio Pappano is marking the occasion with...

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Grayson Perry - the early years

The artist Grayson Perry turns to his formative years in a new exhibition of early works, The...

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Puritans and God-given government

Oliver Cromwell’s Protectorate in the mid-seventeenth century lasted a mere six years and was...

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No work, rest and play

The economist Daniel Susskind tells Tom Sutcliffe that the threat of technological unemployment...

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