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All the world’s a concept album Lily Allen’s "West End Girl" has got everyone talking about non-monogamy, but it tells an old story

Lily Allen’s "West End Girl" is banging - but it's not feminist, argue two academics

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The master of charm A Wes Anderson retrospective invites us to revel in the director’s uncompromising precision

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Wes Anderson super-fan @jessicafurseth.bsky.social heads to the film director's retrospective at @designmuseum.bsky.social to unpick the secrets of his enduring appeal

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God enters the manosphere Online influencers are using religion to give misogyny a virtuous veneer

Meet the online influencers using religion to give misogyny a virtuous veneer

David Olusoga on Empire, identity – and The Traitors We talk to historian David Olusoga about revisiting the story of the Empire, religion in Britain – and why logic gets you nowhere on "The Traitors"

"A sector like academia, in which you have to self-fund the necessary qualifications to advance, is closed to a great majority of the population"

All the world’s a concept album Lily Allen’s "West End Girl" has got everyone talking about non-monogamy, but it tells an old story

A philosopher and a historian analyse @thelilyallen.bsky.social's West End Girl

David Olusoga on Empire, identity – and The Traitors We talk to historian David Olusoga about revisiting the story of the Empire, religion in Britain – and why logic gets you nowhere on "The Traitors"

Being clever isn't a prerequisite for doing well on the Traitors, as @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @stephenfry.bsky.social found out last year.

He spoke to @adamrutherford.bsky.social for @newhumanist.bsky.social about religion, slavery, and Empire.

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All the world’s a concept album Lily Allen’s "West End Girl" has got everyone talking about non-monogamy, but it tells an old story

As she hits the road on tour, Lily Allen’s latest release has got everyone talking about non-monogamy - but it tells an age old story

God enters the manosphere Online influencers are using religion to give misogyny a virtuous veneer

God enters the manosphere

Heroes of free thought! New Humanist's Spring 2026 edition is out now Meet the people resisting propaganda and ideology around the world

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David Olusoga on Empire, identity – and The Traitors We talk to historian David Olusoga about revisiting the story of the Empire, religion in Britain – and why logic gets you nowhere on "The Traitors"

"I do resent living in a country where it is very difficult to educate your children without them being indoctrinated in religion"

How "Stranger Things" united the generations The show created a magical space where my daughter and I could meet

Just what was it about "Stranger Things" that managed to reach across the generational divide?

All the world’s a concept album Lily Allen’s "West End Girl" has got everyone talking about non-monogamy, but it tells an old story

"It’s obvious that misogynistically practised non-monogamy is no better or worse per se than misogynistically practised monogamy"

David Olusoga on Empire, identity – and The Traitors We talk to historian David Olusoga about revisiting the story of the Empire, religion in Britain – and why logic gets you nowhere on "The Traitors"

The two big TV hits of last year couldn’t be more different, but they both began national conversations, says "Traitors" alumnus David Olusoga

Heroes of free thought! New Humanist's Spring 2026 edition is out now Meet the people resisting propaganda and ideology around the world

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All the world’s a concept album Lily Allen’s "West End Girl" has got everyone talking about non-monogamy, but it tells an old story

"West End Girl" blurs the lines between real people and fictional characters in exceptionally clever ways

God enters the manosphere Online influencers are using religion to give misogyny a virtuous veneer

The "polite" new face of misogyny spreading online

David Olusoga on Empire, identity – and The Traitors We talk to historian David Olusoga about revisiting the story of the Empire, religion in Britain – and why logic gets you nowhere on "The Traitors"

"Much of the hostility towards anything to do with the Empire is just a desire to not have to hear difficult things about Britain"

How "Stranger Things" united the generations The show created a magical space where my daughter and I could meet

How "Stranger Things" gave a glorious piece of my childhood back to me, just for a moment

God enters the manosphere Online influencers are using religion to give misogyny a virtuous veneer

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How online influencers are using religion to give misogyny a virtuous veneer

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All the world’s a concept album Lily Allen’s "West End Girl" has got everyone talking about non-monogamy, but it tells an old story

If all the world’s a stage, maybe all the world’s a concept album too?

Heroes of free thought! New Humanist's Spring 2026 edition is out now Meet the people resisting propaganda and ideology around the world

Meet the people resisting propaganda and ideology around the world.

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All the world’s a concept album Lily Allen’s "West End Girl" has got everyone talking about non-monogamy, but it tells an old story

"West End Girl" is a caricature of how *not* to do non-monogamy

David Olusoga on Empire, identity – and The Traitors We talk to historian David Olusoga about revisiting the story of the Empire, religion in Britain – and why logic gets you nowhere on "The Traitors"

"The expectation is that the history of the British Empire must be dealt with as a piece of historical accountancy – that if you talk about the Indian famines, you must talk about the Indian railways"

All the world’s a concept album Lily Allen’s "West End Girl" has got everyone talking about non-monogamy, but it tells an old story

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Lily Allen’s "West End Girl" has got everyone talking about non-monogamy, but it tells an old story, write @carriejenkins.net and Carla Nappi

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How "Stranger Things" united the generations The show created a magical space where my daughter and I could meet

How "Stranger Things" created a magical space where my daughter and I could meet, writes @shappikhorsandi.bsky.social

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David Olusoga on Empire, identity – and The Traitors We talk to historian David Olusoga about revisiting the story of the Empire, religion in Britain – and why logic gets you nowhere on "The Traitors"

"People don’t set sail to set up colonies in order to benefit the people who already own the land"

David Olusoga on Empire, identity – and The Traitors We talk to historian David Olusoga about revisiting the story of the Empire, religion in Britain – and why logic gets you nowhere on "The Traitors"

"There is a rearguard action to defend an 'island story' version of the Empire, which takes any acknowledgement that the British Empire, like all empires, was at times extractive as an unfair criticism"

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