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History, music, cooking, travel, books, theatre, film - but also with an eye on the 'culture wars', nationalism and identity.

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‘Hanif Kureishi and the Touch of Forced Intimacy’
Stefano Goodman explains how impairment can lead to sudden physical reliance on strangers – and how this shapes our personalities

‘The Roald Dahl Affair is a Lesson in the Culture War of Nostalgia’
If voters can't be scared by the threat of the 'woke left' devaluing their house – they might be scared by it devaluing their childhood, writes Graham Williamson

‘Kipling Out, Hemingway In? Why the Dahl Edits Fails on Diversity’
The decision to alter Roald Dahl's texts to make them more inclusive misses the mark – and ignores wider failures of diversity in children's publishing, writes Sian Norris

Let’s Continue to Talk About Crimea
At the heart of any resolution of the war in Ukraine is the issue of the Crimean Tatars. Maria Romanenko explains how a play, part of the UK/Ukraine season of culture, explores their subjugation and resistance

The Upside Down: Why Folk Songs Still Mean Something
The longer we look at this traditional music, the more we see that its very malleability is its strength and its challenge, writes John Mitchinson
