Labour Revolts

Heeding the lessons of history

Israel has the right to defend itself, but the razing of civilian infrastructure in Gaza will not eradicate Hamas.

Letter of the week: Temperate conservatism

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Shabana Mahmood tests Keir Starmer’s leadership

Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.

Could Hezbollah’s leader ignite a regional war?

Hassan Nasrallah’s forces are poised on Israel’s border. Is he about to open a new front in the conflict?

My investigation into Russell Brand

Also this week: how Friends defined a generation, and the charm of children’s TV.

Tzipi Livni: “A ceasefire isn’t a solution”

Israel’s former foreign minister on how the Gaza conflict could end.

Sahra Wagenknecht’s new left conservatism

Europe’s leaders are keenly watching the German breakaway party.

Countries can bear the West’s sanctions – but not its moralising

Even Australia pulled out of trade talks with the EU because it could not subject itself to European finger-wagging.

Peace can still be salvaged in Gaza

Unbearable trauma will make a political solution difficult for Israelis and Palestinians, but it is clear the status quo…

Dominic Cummings’ saviour complex

The former No 10 aide cast himself as a dormant, blameless character until his pivotal intervention.

Matthew Perry was brave to speak about addiction without full recovery

We love a reformed addict story, but admitting to the existence of failure can be a freeing gift to…

Who runs the show?

As the power in Hollywood has moved from film to TV, so has the much-mythologised alpha male auteur.

From Nathalie Olah to Stephen Marche: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Alexandria by Islam Issa and The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada.

Britney Spears’s American horror story

The singer’s memoir of her conservatorship is full of cartoonish villains and medieval misogyny. But this isn’t a fable…

The white heat of politics

Thirteen years of Tory rule, a season of scandal and Labour on the rise – the hectic Britain of…

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s lessons for losers

In his unlikely fourth act, the former movie star is a self-help guru who trades in the toughest of…

Karl Ove Knausgaard’s thought experiment

The Norwegian novelist doesn’t just want to show his characters’ inner lives, he wants us to take leave of…

Kenneth Branagh’s King Lear is camp, callow and utterly unmoving

Rarely have I been less touched by a production than this one – when Gloucester was blinded, the audience…

REM’s soundtrack to the end of history

The album Up captured the dehumanisation and sexless ennui that defined the late Nineties.

Dance First is a catastrophic Samuel Beckett biopic

This film about the great Irish playwright will mystify those not familiar with his life and work – and…

The second series of BBC’s Time is an intimate horror show

The return of this drama series is breathtaking: fierce, and utterly plausible. Awards will be won.

Ghosts in Barratt Home Britain

The phenomena in Uncanny mirror more quotidian troubles: break-ups, bereavement, even a wicked step-parent.

Six years of weightlifting has led me to healthier beauty standards

Along with a growing number of other “gym girlies” I have left behind the pursuit of thinness.

Insomnia leads me to The Moonstone, and unexpected wisdom

A growing store of worries, including a friend in distress, means less sleep. But at least I’m getting some…

This England: To wake the dead

This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain…

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Tim Peake’s Q&A: “Most of my career has been about how to manage risk”

The astronaut on the work of Carlo Rovelli, Star Wars and what he would say to Leonardo da Vinci.