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1066 and all that

1066 and all that

Michael Gove argues that schools should teach children about kings, queens and wars. He's offering a quack remedy to a misdiagnosed complaint.

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Preview: Richard Dawkins interviews Christopher Hitchens

Preview: Richard Dawkins interviews Christopher Hitchens

Exclusive extracts from the writer's final interview.

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“Science tells you that your opinion is worthless. That’s difficult”

“Science tells you that your opinion is worthless. That’s difficult”

The NS Interview: Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw, physicists

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Mitt

Mitt

3am eternal

3am eternal

Insomnia is a secret life, whose lonely, wakeful hours reveal a different version of reality. The poet David Harsent describes his experience of a world in which nothing is quite as it seems.

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Word Games: Newt

Never giving ground

Never giving ground

The editor of the New Statesman reflects on the life and legacy of Christopher Hitchens.

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