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THE BEST MONTH IS MAY
The Big Question: after a cold dark winter, A.D. Miller longs for the first day of warmth, blossom and abandon... read more »
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THE BEST MONTH IS DECEMBER
Twelve months stretch ahead of us, each with a character of its own. In our latest Big Question, six writers choose their favourite. For Charles Nevin, opening the series, it has to be a month that offers compelling contrasts... read more »
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NEURONS V FREE WILL
Our Top 12 of 2012. No. 4: The notion of free will is under attack again, this time from the advance of neuroscience. Anthony Gottlieb explains... read more »
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
In our latest issue, we published letters about newspapers, Broadmoor psychiatric hospital, boxing and Tom Stoppard... read more »
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BARE IT AND GRIN
Living in New York, Robert Lane Greene used to run in trainers. Then this happened... read more »
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AN ELUSIVE SYMMETRY
The Music of Science: Oliver Morton takes one mathematician and some tiles—and brings Plato’s forms down to earth... read more »
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CLINTON WAS THE BEST
The Big Question: Anne McElvoy believes Bill Clinton established a fresh way of talking about politics... read more »
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