Labour has infused politics with youth – but the established order is not overthrown
The British system exhibits a curious mix of stasis and turbulence.
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Corbyn mania
The election sealed the deal – Jeremy Corbyn’s new socialism won the argument
The Labour leader’s former campaign director says his supporters have been vindicated.
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From misery to Momentum: the strange rebirth of the Labour Party
The relevant distinction is not between Old and New Labour, it is between old and young Labour.
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How can Labour transcend Britain’s divisions and offer hope for the future?
In England, two elections happened simultaneously – one about Brexit and the other austerity.
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Should the march of the Red Tories ever have been halted?
If only May had offered policies in line with her early rhetoric, people would have had something to vote…
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The roar of the Glastonbury crowd is not enough – Labour needs to win elections
Jeremy Corbyn must capture the hearts and votes of the men and women at the Walsall Gala Baths.
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Laura Mvula Q&A: “The world of online dating is such a heinous process“
The singer talks Miles Davis, building tents in the living room, and her love of perfume.
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I have no sense of my age – every day is Groundhog Day
I live in a state of perpetual excitement, like a figure in a Quentin Blake illustration.
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I started writing songs to block out the news – now I’m accidentally recording an album
There’s darkness all around, but music feels like light.
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How about Top Trumps, but with the graphic photos on fag packets?
Nowadays, one doesn’t have to look far for the gruesome.
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The real value of space travel is recognising the beauty of our planet
We, and other living things, are part of this Earth – and without it we are nothing.
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His love did not go sour: a sweet tribute to Barry Norman
Andrew Collins quotes from his teenage diary while remembering the film critic on BBC Radio 5 Live.
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Fifty Shades of Gay: a nostalgic Rupert Everett is absolutely himself
The actor’s Channel 4 film explores the gap between outward appearances and deep-seated feelings.
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Tom Holland has youth on his side in Spider-Man: Homecoming
Superhero life is anything but slick for a 15-year-old Peter Parker.
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Kingdom Cons rises above a mere tale of lost innocence
Yuri Herrera’s writing reinvents its own territory, with streetwise mischief and canonical splendour.
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Chris Patten’s memoir First Confession is wrong about the reasons for Brexit
Former Tory leader Michael Howard says the book will be enjoyed by readers, whether or not they agree with its author’s…
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The Rise of the Outsiders: how populists shattered the status quo
Author Steve Richards says mainstream parties have been forced to reconsider where the centre lies.
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How Gustave Flaubert captured the turbulent politics of his age
The great French writer loathed corruption, but he didn’t much like people power either.
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David Mitchell: almost everything I’d been told about my son’s autism was wrong
What a silent Japanese boy with an alphabet grid taught me about the creative power of the brain.
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The learning machine: Angela Merkel
Her mentor Helmut Kohl called her his assassin. She is ruthless with those who betray her. She is also…
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Why the All Blacks are so great
What makes New Zealand’s national rugby team the most dominant side in the history of sport?
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Gavin Williamson: the cunning Tory chief whip with a tarantula on his desk
He’s tipped as a future party leader, but can this rising star maintain control?
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Are you a reducetarian? Meat-eating is no longer all or nothing
What this fast-growing trend can teach us about food.
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Vince Cable: Theresa May’s Tory conference speech “could have been taken out of Mein Kampf”
The veteran Liberal Democrat on the Prime Minister’s rhetoric and his own leadership plans.
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Commons Confidential: The Ox turns
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Bringing up the bodies: Cyprus’s search for 2,000 missing people
“You know what I see every day? I see the things we are capable of doing to each other.”
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Donald Trump savages the media but without their fawning he would not be president
His unorthodox campaign was aided and abetted by journalists across the political spectrum.
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Sylvie Bermann’s Diary
The French ambassador on football with Macron, nurturing new talent, and why Brexit is like cricket.
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The Conservatives hope to copy what Labour did right – if they can ever agree what that was
Tory MPs are in favour of at least one type of borrowing: from their opponents.
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The guilty men of Brexit, Churchill, Boris Johnson, and the “bullseye of disaster”
The xenophobia during the EU referendum campaign was loathsome.
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Leader: Austerity’s cruel pantomime
The vote for Brexit was about much more than the EU – it was a symptom of national discontent.
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