Society

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The forgotten women of the Proms

Data visualisation: female composers often featured more frequently in the early 20th century than they do today

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In touch with the readers: India's lifestyle magazine for the blind

Upasana Makati couldn't find a decent magazine for the visually impaired. So she created one of her own

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What I learned about governance, soft power and ambassadogs from the Monocle guide to nation-building

Review: How to Make a Nation, A Monocle Guide

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Video: The potential and limits of 'grit' in the classroom

Psychologist Angela Duckworth discusses the value of engendering passion and perseverance in personal development

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Ending the paper trail

State archives take up a lot of space. Should we digitise the lot, and burn the books? Finland is taking a radical step

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Dream states

500 years of Utopia: By focusing on utopias as naive blueprints for 'perfect' societies, we overlook the success of utopias as places of experimentation

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What works?

Comment: Using evidence to inform policy is obviously correct. But it may have been oversold in terms of what it can realistically deliver, says Dan Davies

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Amani al-Khatahtbeh is talking back for young Muslim women

The founder of the MuslimGirl website on challenging negative myths about Islam and commanding the web

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Mind-wandering: the rise of a new anti-mindfulness movement

​Can everyday distraction be a tool for productivity?