The Times Companion to 2017: The best writing from The Times. Ian Brunskill

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      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Introduction — Ian Brunskill

Acknowledgments

AUTUMN

Meritocracy is the last thing Britain needs — Philip Collins

Jeremy Paxman: ‘I’m not ashamed to say I’ve suffered depression’ — Interview by Janice Turner

Bataclan: one year on — Adam Sage

You can’t trust the people with democracy — Roger Boyes

Burnt and tortured migrants filled decks as we rushed to help — Bel Trew

‘Tantrums and shocking racism’ of inquiry’s dysfunctional dame — Andrew Norfolk, Sean O’Neill

Middle-aged virgins: Japan’s big secret — Richard Lloyd Parry

Royal family are more secretive than MI5 — Ben Macintyre

Inside Britain’s only transgender clinic for children — Louise France

A bare-knuckle fighter in the bloodiest contest ever — Rhys Blakely

Leonard Cohen — Obituary

Let’s stop being so paranoid about androids — Matt Ridley

       WINTER

       Game’s soul is not at Lord’s. It is here — Mike Atherton

       Confessions of a middle-aged man — Jonathan Gershfield

       Terrible teaching is what makes Oxford special — Giles Coren

       Children killed in Duterte’s drug war — Richard Lloyd Parry

       Zsa Zsa Gabor — Obituary

       Cash belongs in the past so let’s abolish it — Ed Conway

       Wild swimming is a rare splash of freedom — Edward Lucas

       Children of the internet are happy to live a lie — Oliver Moody

       How I conquered my morbid fear of flying — Melanie Phillips

       Year of revolution — Leading Article

       The NHS is in need of emergency treatment — Janice Turner

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