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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: Nicholas Timmins

The care conundrum

Will the wave of Covid-19 care home deaths finally jolt us into grappling with the way we look after our frail and elderly?

Nicholas Timmins

October 5, 2020

Welfare claimants too often get lost in a complex system © Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/PA Images

How to fix the welfare state

Hilary Cottam has some bold solutions that are worth listening to

Nicholas Timmins

August 20, 2018

The NHS: Back in the emergency room

Since its birth, the NHS has periodically seen off financial crises, charges of unsustainability, and wheezes to fund healthcare in new ways. Is this time any different?

Nicholas Timmins

March 10, 2017

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Author Archives: Nicholas Timmins

The care conundrum

How to fix the welfare state

The NHS: Back in the emergency room

The mind of God? The problem with deifying Stephen Hawking

Homeschooling has revealed the absurdity of England’s national curriculum

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

The duel: Is the pandemic killing God?