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Why we all need to fall back in love with rail travel

Why we all need to fall back in love with rail travel
Travel can help us understand the world, and bring generations together. Just make sure you take the train
Globe making is a dying skill, but I’m keeping the tradition going

Globe making is a dying skill, but I’m keeping the tradition going
The Globemakers takes us through the journey of how to build a globe, and includes fascinating vignettes on history, art history, astronomy and physics
Writing a modern novel: How to compete with the tyranny of the new

Writing a modern novel: How to compete with the tyranny of the new
How should literature meet the world we live in now? Asks novelist Paul Lynch
What the hermit of Loch Treig can teach you about living your best life
What the hermit of Loch Treig can teach you about living your best life
How Tolkien offers consolation in our dark times
How Tolkien offers consolation in our dark times
How I enlisted The Archers in an environmental battle for the soul of our countryside

How I enlisted The Archers in an environmental battle for the soul of our countryside
Rediscovering my love of dancing changed my life… and inspired my book 

Rediscovering my love of dancing changed my life… and inspired my book
The question I’d most like to ask Kim Yo-Jong, North Korea’s doyenne of despotism

The question I’d most like to ask Kim Yo-Jong, North Korea’s doyenne of despotism
Self-portraits: The surprising history of the selfie

Self-portraits: The surprising history of the selfie
The 18th-century astronomer who sparked a modern love story

The 18th-century astronomer who sparked a modern love story
Faith healing: How churches offer reassurance in tough times

Faith healing: How churches offer reassurance in tough times
How the ‘Other Renaissance’ shaped the modern world

How the ‘Other Renaissance’ shaped the modern world
Charlene White: How judging the British Book Awards rekindled my passion for reading

Charlene White: How judging the British Book Awards rekindled my passion for reading
From feral to floof ball: The incredible evolution of cats

From feral to floof ball: The incredible evolution of cats
Generations on, making peace with the trauma of my past

Generations on, making peace with the trauma of my past
I couldn’t find a book with a Black British romantic heroine, so I wrote one

I couldn’t find a book with a Black British romantic heroine, so I wrote one
What can human creators learn from grasses, the ‘sleeping beauties’ of our natural world?

What can human creators learn from grasses, the ‘sleeping beauties’ of our natural world?
Mammals have a surprising secret history – forget everything you thought you knew

Mammals have a surprising secret history – forget everything you thought you knew
Antisemitism is something you get used to – but we shouldn’t have to

Antisemitism is something you get used to – but we shouldn’t have to
Doug Johnstone: How a stroke led to my first contact with aliens
