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Decorum; smashed it; to coal and back

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Understudies; the brain-boosting power of fiction; integrity in politics

May 12

Underdogs; Twitter and Musk; is Ukraine winning the info war?

Apr 7

Putin’s profanities; ESG hot air; the power of “natural”

Feb 25

Biden's nameless foe; Starmer's open goal; the power of emotion; charisma

Jan 13

The power of video; Sondheim; spies

Dec 10, 2021

Climate special: fear, jargon, Thatcher

Nov 2, 2021

UK Party Conference Special

Sep 27, 2021

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