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Claire Tomalin’s biography charts the priapic and political preoccupations of the young science fiction writer
The 1963 musical is repurposed with new songs and a script by Julian Fellowes
Satellite TV, laser printers and the EU — all prescient ideas in one book, writes James Lovegrove
First editions of James Bond novels and other modern classics feature in price index by Stanley Gibbons
How nostalgia for an imaginary past pervades our ideas of domesticity
The pioneering ‘space travel’ of the 18th and 19th centuries captured the imaginations of scientists and artists alike
We are missing a British writer to whom we can turn and learn from at moments of national consequence or crisis
What is my current favourite word? It has always been the same one: disgruntlement
The basic task of all fiction is to imagine things that aren’t there
Face-to-face learning is the key to developing the most effective business leaders
The sheer ingenuity of the – often treacly – storylines of ‘Downton Abbey’ got you stuck, and it was sweet to stay stuck
Can a pair of glasses really be worth $100k
Chris Freeman, founder of the Science Policy Research Unit
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