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Star Wars – Why our obsession with star ratings is ruining everything
Season 1 Episode 1855
“Please rate this book.” “What was your experience at Tesco like?” “Did this carrot meet your expectations?”… Star ratings are everywhere and they’re…
12 hours ago
Widdecombe murder, Burnham to become PM – Start Your Week with Rafael Behr
Season 1 Episode 1854
Setting up the stories of the next seven days… Police say there is no reason to suspect that the murder of Anne Widdecombe was politically motivated,…
1 day, 6 hours ago
Farage’s farce, Trump's truce and Harry’s hacking loss – Weekly Wrap-up with Alex von Tunzelmann
Season 1 Episode 1853
Nigel Farage’s by-election stunt has blown up in his face – but could he really lose to Count Binface? Donald Trump has gone back to bombing and decl…
4 days, 12 hours ago
Hot Take Time Machine – Britpop Burnham, ‘eat the ponies!’ and kinky cruises with Miranda Sawyer and Jonn Elledge
Season 1 Episode 1852
Columnists need critics too… Hot Take Time Machine is back with Paper Cuts alumni Miranda Sawyer, Jonn Elledge and Jacob Jarvis picking apart the mos…
5 days, 12 hours ago
Sleaze Nation – How to fight Britain’s corruption pandemic
Season 1 Episode 1851
Is Britain really as free of corruption as we think? This year the UK posted its lowest-ever score in a global corruption index. High-level scandals …
6 days, 12 hours ago
Dark side of the Genius Factory – How Stanford University creates the global elite
Season 1 Episode 1850
Tech shapes our world, and Stanford University is Silicon Valley’s training ground. But what really goes on in the place that gave us Larry Page, Ser…
1 week ago
The Farage Funds Fiasco – Start Your Week with Gavin Esler
Season 1 Episode 1849
Setting up the stories of the next seven days… As England fans shake off their Mexico hangover, another cash scandal hits Farage, who denies “doing a…
1 week, 1 day ago
Burnham boxed in on budgets? – Weekly Wrap-up with Alex von Tunzelmann
Season 1 Episode 1848
Setting out the stories that matter from the past seven days… Andy Burnham sets out his store before almost certainly taking the keys to Downing Stre…
1 week, 4 days ago
How to Fix the USA – Rewrite the Constitution, rein in the President?
Season 1 Episode 1847
Fables Of The Reconstruction: A Bunker mini-series for the 250th anniversary of the USA… When Trump is gone, should America take a long hard look at …
1 week, 5 days ago
How to Fix the USA – Does America need another Year Zero moment?
Season 1 Episode 1846
Fables Of The Reconstruction: A Bunker mini-series for the 250th anniversary of the USA… Trump won’t be around forever. When he goes, does America ne…
1 week, 6 days ago