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Robert Plomin's Blueprint argues—correctly—that genes have a profound effect on human traits from intelligence to mental health. But what happens in our lives matters, too

"Global Britain" has become an oft-repeated phrase. Yet in reality, the Foreign Office is losing its battle to find a place in the world for Britain post-Brexit

Fifty years before some women were given the franchise, Lily Maxwell voted in a by-election. It's time she was written back into history

The inside story of how England’s oldest university picks its students, and why it needs to change

From working night-shifts in a bed factory to raising 10 children in a care home, McDonnell has been exposed to the rough edges in life. Who is the man promising to transform Britain’s economy?

The strange story of how the decline and fall of political life has been fuelled by a website that started off as a platform for sharing gossip and cat photos