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Hot Blood: Lack of fun and boredom are as big an enemy to individuals as anything

The Lovebox founder and Hot Blood DJ, Jools Butterfield, reflects on the erosion of compassion, the crisis facing 16‑ to‑24‑year‑olds and why boredom is a

April 21, 2026

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Billy Bragg: If you don’t make a pitch for inclusivity around the space we call England, you leave it open to the far right

The musician and activist on accountability, cynicism and why Englishness can’t be left to the far right.

October 14, 2025

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Beth Steel: Deindustrialisation is the great unspoken story behind much of what we see today

The playwright on the political and economic upheavals that turned Labour strongholds into Brexit and Reform seats – and why she refuses to flatten

August 13, 2025

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Chantelle Nicholson: It’s shocking we teach children advanced maths but not how to feed themselves properly

Cressida Cowell: Dragon riding represents humanity’s attempt to control the wild

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