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Internet idiocy, and more elections
Memes and Monkmania reveal an enduring regard for scholarship
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Naturism has good reason to be a minority activity in the UK
The writer and broadcaster joins officers on the frontline to discover if the service is equipped to deal with modern Britain
A century ago the royals bowed to public opinion and changed the family name
Disclosure is not the same as the repetition of tittle-tattle
An unexpected serious illness brings a beeping hell — and no dignity
The FT contributing editor on grammar and Goebbels
For Jeremy Paxman, deciding what to reveal posed a series of challenging questions
Britain is walking backwards into the future, certain its best years are in the past
The FT’s contributing editor thinks the most striking thing about rooms full of old people is how very little you see them laughing
The FT’s contributing editor on how the European referendum has energised people, the growing elderly population and fishing
Teaching French is like promoting dahlias — it is no way to thrive, writes Jeremy Paxman
The FT’s contributing editor on having his phone shut in the fridge and spectacular buildings with nothing much inside
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