Inside the anti-woke Davos
At the Arc conference, the economic elite gathers to worship conservative values
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Happy Birthday America
Burnham’s choice of chancellor is the most crucial he will make
Whoever takes the job must deliver Burnham’s vision, not their own
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Letter of the week: The visionless visionary
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Brexit takes the stage
Also: the UN’s bid for climate control, and honouring my revolutionary ancestors
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Andy Burnham reminds me of Donald Trump
I hope he becomes more so
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At Ashura, I contemplate grief, suffering and resistance
While some believers view Ashura as a purely cosmological event, many Shia Muslims see it as a story about…
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The Amos review tells us nothing we did not already know
I have spent the past year talking with families whose lives have been forever changed by failures in maternity…
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It’s not the phones
Banning social media won’t change the fact that teenagers can and will be stupid
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At last, a literary prime minister?
Andy Burnham’s English degree has shaped his worldview
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Nigel Farage’s aura loss
The Reform UK leader has had a tricky run of by-election disappointments
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Britain cannot prosper without the EU
Reversing Brexit is impossible – but we need a new kind of partnership
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The Degradation of Independence
The United States’ founding ideals have been replaced by delirium and absurdity
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Andy Burnham’s crucial three weeks
The PM-in-waiting is using this brief interregnum to articulate his project
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Around the world in 18 summer reads
The New Statesman recommends our favourite beach reads
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Daljit Nagra talks to himself
The poet’s new collection, Yiewsley, is a beautiful examination of his own childhood
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Ben Rhodes’ empty words
This new history of America, told through political speeches, can’t see that progress truly comes through division
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From the Marquis de Sade to Cardi B: the history of dangerous art
Is the cancellation of an artist ever justified?
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One man’s trash is another man’s Trash!
Simon Paré-Poupart’s memoir-cum-manifesto lifts the lid on rubbish
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Olivia Wilde’s near-perfect foursome
Seth Rogen is better than ever in dinner-party drama The Invite
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Love Island’s decadent old age
The time when drawn-out heavy petting could capture the nation is long past
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Sandra Oh is getting cancelled in The Misanthrope
Whose side should we be on in this gender-flipped reimagining of Molière’s social satire?
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The shame of the Frida Kahlo industry
In a new exhibition at the Tate, Kahlo’s talent is lost beneath her acolytes’ slop
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South Dublin: where even the prawns have a superiority complex
Grey skies and great seafood at Ireland’s best fish restaurant
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Beer and sandwiches: At the Friendship Inn in Manchester
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I thought I might be saving a patient’s life. What if the opposite were true?
Every drug, operation, test or other intervention carries a risk of harm as well as good
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As I catch my neighbour’s eye, I just so happen to be stark naked
Last night was a bit embarrassing
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The World Cup needs fewer hydration breaks and more elderly violinists
The pains and pleasures of the 2026 tournament
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Why liberals like pineapple on pizza and kinky sex
So much of what we call politics could be better called destiny
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Andy Burnham, “The Outsider”
From the archive: Andy Burnham on Peter Mandelson, Iraq and cannabis
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