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Who can you trust?

Marek Kohn — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:24:21 GMT

Politicians frequently agonise over whether voters find them trustworthy. But the more important question for a society may be whether its citizens believe others will treat them fairly

How Britain can help Poles

Marek Kohn — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:00:55 GMT

If Britain helps Poles see themselves as one group among many, with no pretensions to special status as victims or embodiments of moral virtue, that will do more for them than all the money they save or send home

Work, save, go . . . or stay?

Marek Kohn — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMT

Marek Kohn on the new migrants

The Arctic killers

Marek Kohn — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:00:00 GMT

The scramble for the Arctic's oil and gas has begun. Marek Kohn reports exclusively from Svalbard on how, in this most sensitive of environments, the plunderers count on climate change for help

Grateful dead

Marek Kohn — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Observations on human remains

The ideas corner: Neanderthals

Marek Kohn — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Marek Kohn on how a view of our ancestors helps us to define an image of ourselves

The ideas corner: Enemies of the people

Marek Kohn — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Marek Kohn wonders why, in most democracies, the word "populist" is an insult

The ideas corner: Sex on the brain

Marek Kohn — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Marek Kohn on why it could make sense that males think differently from females

From top to bottom

Marek Kohn — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:00:00 GMT

It is time for the left to rediscover one of its core values

Sense of superiority

Marek Kohn — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 12:00:00 GMT

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