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The future of the UK seems perpetually in peril. As Andrew Marr argues in this month’s cover story, nothing is inevitable about Scotland’s breakaway, but London’s complacence is making it more likely. Also in this issue: Jill Rutter explores how we’re coping outside the single market, Eliane Glaser has been horrified by the education jargon being foisted on her children during her time homeschooling, and Miranda France gives her verdict on the new Kazuo Ishiguro.

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Author Archives: Chris Lochery

From Gal Gadot to a rapping Jamie Oliver: a brief history of the worst celebrity attempts to "make a difference" through song

As Gal Gadot's merry band of quarantined superstars are (rightly) mocked for their cover of "Imagine," Chris Lochery remembers other off-key superstar sing-a-longs

Chris Lochery

March 20, 2020

Why are there no new Christmas songs?

Most of the year, we love musical variety. But at Christmas, we come back to the same hits time and time again. Is it just tradition? Or is there something more?

Chris Lochery

December 10, 2018

How to write a perfect World Cup song

As the FA has decided not to appoint an official song for England this year, this responsibility now falls to us: the people

Chris Lochery

June 7, 2018

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Author Archives: Chris Lochery

From Gal Gadot to a rapping Jamie Oliver: a brief history of the worst celebrity attempts to "make a difference" through song

Why are there no new Christmas songs?

How to write a perfect World Cup song

Homeschooling has revealed the absurdity of England’s national curriculum

The mind of God? The problem with deifying Stephen Hawking

If all governments are borrowing to fight Covid, who is lending?

Should a lawyer ever refuse to act in an unpleasant case?