Akala: “I don’t enjoy explaining that black people are human beings”
In late 2017, the rapper and political thinker Akala was driving in London, on his way to a meeting, when…
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How Berlusconi became a model for Britain
The new age of machismo.
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“What’s missing in the work of Richard Dawkins is social justice”
Jovial, clean-cut and impeccably tailored, Martin Hägglund has been hailed as “the most important young philosopher in America”. Born in…
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Jo Swinson: “We can’t pretend we didn’t get things wrong”
Jo Swinson is running for the Liberal Democrat leadership, and if the bookmakers are right, she is on course to…
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First Thoughts: The FT’s first female editor, the launch of the Critic, and the tuneless Welsh
Lebanon-born Roula Khalaf is set to succeed Lionel Barber at the paper.
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What comes after the end of history
Politics is a battle over time.
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How the UK pitched for oil giant Saudi Aramco – and lost
The biggest, dirtiest deal in history.
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First Thoughts: The Tory-Brexit Party pact, Putin’s “iron grip” and Steve Bannon eyes up the Telegraph
The Conservatives’ secret is that they never allow a rival on the right or centre right to gain traction.
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