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When a trip to the theatre can be as good as a therapy session
(4 minute read) Lisa Fraser reviews Ibsen’s intense drama John Gabriel Borkman.
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Chart-topping wisdom
(2 minute read) Nicole Law finds discomforting truths in the lyrics of Taylor Swift.
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When defending freedom becomes attacking freedom
(3 minute read) A proposed UK law designed to protect women from duress could end up denying freedom of expression, believes Zuzana Revayova.
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Dying to cross the border
(3 minute read) Samuel B Parker says that dysfunctional US immigration policy has tragic and lethal consequences.
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Philosophy lessons from Spider-Man
(3 minute read) Sean Hurley looks at the hidden themes in the latest Marvel blockbuster.
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Discovering – and being – the saint next door
As Christians throughout the world celebrate the feast of All Saints, Nicole Law says all of us can be saints with a little effort.
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Can we be curious?
(4 minute read) Why don’t we ask questions anymore? Asks Monica Sharp.
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A French woman’s take on la Reine Elizabeth
Lisa Fraser offers a Gallic perspective on the death of the British monarch.
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A death observed
(2 minute read) As the Scottish parliament debates a proposal which seeks to legalise euthanasia, Ronnie Convery chronicles the death, both ordinary and extraordinary, of a simple Glaswegian woman.
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The World of J.R.R. Tolkien
(2 minute read) This week we share with you articles about the great master of the rings of power and the Middle Earth.
