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“The imposition of radical alone-ness”
(5 minutes) Pray for Albion, says Mary Harrington, after what she calls a ‘clarifying’ week.
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“Society needs to appreciate more what a social good motherhood is.”
(6 minutes) A new research project is seeking to explore how radically motherhood affects society. Joseph Evans found out more.
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The surprisingly modern Don Quixote
(5 minutes) Ivor Starkey finds that the 17th Spanish classic still has much to teach us in the high-tech 21st century.
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The labyrinth of the mind: what’s the solution to the mental health crisis?
(4 minutes) Joshua Gilbert examines the lack of consensus among psychiatrists as to how mental health issues should be dealt with.
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Why the Great Dock Strike of 1889 still matters for us today
(7 minutes) Jenny Sinclair tells the story of a momentous event when church leaders campaigned with dockers, unions and other allies to help the workers get the fair pay they needed for a decent life.
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The art of not quite getting there
(5 minutes) Instead of ‘existing in anxiety’, Lucía Martínez Alcalde celebrates the freedom of incompleteness.
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“Let us disarm words and we will help to disarm the world”: Pope Leo XIV’s programme for a new media
(6 minutes) Joseph Evans is dazzled by an outstanding call by the new pontiff for a revolution in journalism and social communication.
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On shame, vulnerability and marble jars
(12 minutes) Isaac Withers explains how reading Brené Brown, the story of the garden of Eden, and some ground rules for vulnerability helped him learn that guilt helps but shame doesn’t.
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Blessed are the merciful
(8 minutes) Joseph Evans celebrates a pope whose constant instinct was to show mercy first and ask questions later, and considers what qualities will be required from his successor.
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The wonder of a world beyond our grasp
(6 minutes) The ever-stimulating Catalan professor Jaime Nubiola explores culture, friendship, art and technology, and discovers that the truly philosophical attitude is to rejoice that reality always exceeds our understanding and can be seen from so many different points of view.
