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This week: the president's big idea, the art of small talk, and the value of plain speaking.

May 1

Why the Super League never happened; a case study in bad decision-making.

Apr 24

Lessons from the pandemic

Apr 10

Unproductive disagreement over the Sewell Report, plus Nick Clegg and David Essex, what more could you ask for?

Apr 3

Plus: Prince Harry's new jobs, and what I've been reading.

Mar 27

And what has Bayes' theorem got to do with it?

Mar 20

A personal take on one of the most influential British thinkers of the last three centuries (plus the usual jamoboree of juicy links).

Mar 13

The doctor and the waitress, the closing of the American mind, and the artist inside an icon.

Feb 27

How QAnon wins converts, how people behave in air crashes, and one of the craziest scientific papers ever published.

Feb 20

Why we know too much about the virus, how The Beatles argued, and the missing bit of Jordan Peterson's brain.

Feb 13

Why disagreements get personal, how to feel better about bad surprises, and a heap of good news on Covid.

Feb 6

Jerry Seinfeld on conflict, the irrelevance of 'relevance', and why the virus is on its way out.

Jan 30

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