The short-term consequences of Brexit are severe – but financial disaster is not inevitable
In the long term – even in the medium term – everything, of course, will depend on the details.
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The Brexit lies
Can Nicola Sturgeon keep Scotland in the EU?
For Sturgeon, Scotland’s rightful place is in the EU. If that means independence, so be it.
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I somehow feel very different this year, waving my teenager off to Pride
I thought times had changed, and was glad – then Orlando hit me like a smack in the face.
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The constant gardener
The novelist Paul Kingsnorth on Anglophobia, voting Leave and teaching his children to live off the land.
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Westminster has yet to come to terms with the consequences of Brexit
A political class that failed to predict a Leave vote has yet to come to terms with the consequences.
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How Notes on Blindness evokes sight loss on film
With audio and video uncannily synched, and its grainy super 8 footage, Notes on Blindness confuses the senses.
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We are heading for the next recession – it’s crucial the right people are in charge
There is grave economic trouble ahead, and if the Tory right are in power, the consequences could be ghastly.
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Being on holiday during the referendum was a strange, and embarrassing, experience
The incredible shrinking island, how I got it so wrong and the meaning of “Middle England”.
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I’ve been hosting BBC Radio 5 Live phone-ins for 20 years – it’s never been like this
My week, from the moment Corbyn saw Cameron resign to the voters who went from fury to regret.
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Nameless bodies: the horror faced by migrants in Libya
Even after I’d visited the morgue, and spoken to trafficked women, it was Jallo’s story which stuck in my…
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Taming the shrew, two ways: Shakespeare for the stage and the page
Vinegar Girl and The Globe’s Taming of the Shrew offer two new takes on a contentious play.
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Boris Johnson peddled absurd EU myths – and our disgraceful press followed his lead
Press coverage of the referendum was designed to inflame xenophobia and our worst “Little England” instincts.
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Leader: The great revolt
The vote for Brexit has plunged Labour and the Conservatives into crisis.
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Don’t fear the dark, for the night can heal you
Magic in the sky, on land and at sea: a late ramble can give you a new perspective on…
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Brexit, betrayal and English football
Plus: what Nietzsche knew, Douglas Carswell’s curious tweets and why David Cameron is like an essay crisis.
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Commons Confidential: Hilary’s last laugh
Benn was born into and loves the Labour Party. His was a cry of frustration. Either he enjoys the…
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How the Brexit campaign lied to us – and got away with it
The Leave camp promised us all a unicorn and now claim they merely hinted at the possibility of a pony.
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Listening to recordings from the Antarctic, I felt I could hear the earth groan
The Science Hour on the BBC World Service.
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England are out of the Euros – I only wish I’d cared a bit more
Try as I might, I just can’t make myself care about the England football team.
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Jeremy Corbyn fights to the last in the war both sides knew would come
It is the Labour leader’s sense of obligation to his supporters that sustains him.
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The good, the bad and the ugly: behind the scenes of the Brexit broadcasts
Nothing feels more artificial than doing live television, and last weekend was even stranger than usual.
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Bedad he revives: why Solar Bones is a resurrection for Irish modernism
Like Samuel Beckett and James Joyce, Mike McCormack finds glory in the banal with a new novel set on All…
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David Cameron’s fatal mistake? Two years ago, he sacked Michael Gove
Had one or two friendships played out differently, Britain might not have voted for Brexit.
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I fell asleep on a train – when I woke up, Paul McCartney was there
I decided not to ask Paul for his autograph. Instead, I would be cool, and tweet to all my…
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Terry Eagleton is still the most formidable critic of populist late-capitalism
Culture is the latest book by academia’s Jeremy Corbyn, but hopefully not his last.
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What A E Housman tells us about Englishness
Housman Country: Into the Heart of England by Peter Parker is in intriguing accumulation of evidence and analysis about…
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