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MR POOTS REINVENTS MANCHESTER
What can art do for a city? The Manchester International Festival has changed the way the city sees itself. Yet the man behind it is still little-known. Isabel Lloyd watches Alex Poots in action
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THE BEST PHILOSOPHY IS DOUBT
The Big Question: Colin Blakemore is in favour of a philosophy that always asks if you could be wrong
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THE BEST PHILOSOPHY IS PARTICULARISM
The Big Question: Simon Willis says the best philosophy is one without rules
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MEET THE NEW WILLY WONKA
This Season: Isabel Lloyd's theatre highlight brings together the star of "La Cage aux Folles" and the director of "Skyfall"
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ARE YOUR SHOES TELLING LIES?
All fashion is artifice—but trainers with heels, Rebecca Willis argues, are going too far
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SLAVES TO THE ALGORITHM
More and more of modern life is steered by algorithms. But what are they exactly, and who is behind them? Tom Whipple follows the trail
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THE BEST PHILOSOPHY IS HUME'S SCEPTICISM
The Big Question: Anthony Gottlieb argues for a philosophy that values doubt, caution and modesty
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HOW TO WRITE LIKE SHAKESPEARE
Notes on a Voice: Robert Butler on the world's most famous dramatist—whose birthday is celebrated this week
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THE BEST PHILOSOPHY IS PLATO'S IDEA OF FLOURISHING
The Big Question: the second of our six writers, Angie Hobbs, picks a way of thinking that engages us emotionally as well as intellectually
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SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL
This Season: Nicholas Barber's pick of the new films is Joachim Lafosse’s masterful "Our Children"
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