I am a long-lapsed Christian, but the rituals of Easter still draw me in
The cravings to fill the house with tulips and white narcissus are irresistible.
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The making of a political mind
Working at the New Statesman in the 1970s, I hid my impure voting record. But as I grow older, I…
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“Late adulthood” helped me reclaim retirement
I have decided to step down as dean of King’s College, Cambridge. A whole vista of reinventing, relaunching and reimagining…
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Adolescent masculinity is a puzzle much older than smartphones
What Stand by Me reveals about boyhood, and what Martin Amis and Julian Barnes taught me about life at the…
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Adriana Brownlee: “As soon as you think of records, it gets dangerous”
The mountaineer on climbing the world’s highest peaks.
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A little outsourced admin later and I am slightly less poor
After 35 years, it turns out freelancing can pay off.
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This England: Allow the bearer to pass…
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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My life lived through football has not been in vain
Turns out I’ve been at quite a few major societal events.
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