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James Friel: In Praise of the Single Life
Anna Minton: Fuelling Fear with High Security
Ben Dyson: Understanding How Money Works
Rabina Khan: Redefining Multiculturalism
Mark Vernon: Narcissism
Colin Murray Parkes: Insecurity and Extremism
Margaret Heffernan: Whistleblowers
Ruchir Sharma: The Search for Economic Growth
Niall Iain MacDonald: Rowing the Minch
Ian Robertson: The Winner Effect
Joe Dunthorne: Lessons from the Mosh Pit
Katarina Skoberne: Family History Repeating
Ali Mangera: The Future of Shopping
James Bridle: Computers and Cultural Memories
Gillian Wheeler: Flower Design as Art
Naif Al-Mutawa: Art and Religion
Leisa Rea: The Delight of Losing
Alice Bell: Improving Public Understanding of Science
Colin Crooks: The Let-Down Generation
Mitu Khandaker: Knowing Ourselves Through Computer Games
Sir Terry Farrell: Architects are Problem Solvers
Kamin Mohammadi: Life in Authoritarian Regimes
Paddy Docherty: Poverty and Entrepreneurship
Kate Smurthwaite: Stop Laughing at Sexism
Martin Cassini: The Case Against Traffic Lights
Matthew Syed: Does Talent Trump Effort?
Clare Melford: Buddah in the Boardroom
June Andrews: A Revolution for Dementia Treatment
Jules Evans: Socrates and Psychotherapy
Bobby Cummines: How to Reform Criminals
Robin Gorna: Are We Losing the Fight Against AIDS?
Rob Hopkins: Sustainability and Community
Gordon Bridger: Re-thinking Foreign Aid
Bali Rai: Stop Talking About Race
Gerard Darby: Science and Creativity
Clare Allan: Liberation Through Lies
Judith Clegg: Pay it Forward
Paul Flatters: Childhood is Better Than Ever
Tim Smit: Britain's Not Broken
James Lange: YouTube and Scientific Research
Anthony McGowan: Seeing Ourselves as Villains
David Perks: Re-thinking Science in Schools
Angela Saini: Throwaway Technology
David Bainbridge: Celebrating Middle Age
James Daunt: In Defence of Bookshops
Aza Raskin: A Design Renaissance for Healthcare
Dreda Say Mitchell: Family, Faith and Community
Christie Watson: What's Worse than Death?
Ed Yong: The Philosophy of Bacteria
Kate Fox: Understanding Alcohol
Cindy Gallop: Embracing Zero Privacy
Matthew Goodwin: An Electable Far Right?
Russell M Davies: The Next Technological Revolution
Charles ffrench-Constant: Regenerating the Human Body
Jim Crumley: A New Dance with Wolves
Ed Howker: Do Young People Deserve a Bad Reputation?
Andrew Robinson: What Can We Learn from Geniuses?
Owen Hatherley: The Decline of Architecture
Dominic Hobson: Sport is a Zero Sum Game
Musa Okwonga: Life without Facebook
Clare Lockhart: Rethinking Aid and the Developing World
Hilary Cottam: Redesigning Welfare
Matthew Engel: An Invasion of Americanisms
Penny Pepper: Disability and Identity
Danny Kruger: The Purpose of Punishment
Ed Smith: Professionalism in Sport
Steve Jones: The Legacy of Eugenics
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto: The Myth of the Protestant Work Ethic
Anne Applebaum: Repressive Regimes
Philip Cowley: Politicians and Pogo Sticks
Jake Wallis Simons: Buddha vs Buddha
Johann Hari: Dying for a New Phone
Jonathan Sumption: Don't Apologise
Christina Patterson: Care to be a Nurse?
Tom Gill: Homeless in Japan
Naomi Shragi: Fusion and Confusion
Ahdaf Soueif: The Egyptian Uprising
David Goldblatt: Guerilla Urbanism Comes to Town
Peter Hennessy: On Joining the Constitution
Susan Greenfield: Once Upon a Future