The Christian Comeback

The Democratic opportunity

It is not enough for Kamala Harris to reaffirm what she is against. She must also set out a…

Letter of the week: Tolerance prevails 

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Why we must empower Ukraine to repel Russia

The Ukrainian army is one of the best guarantors we have against future Russian aggression.

How we broke the Huw Edwards story

Also this week: front-page thugs and swinging elections.

Sadiq Khan: “Politicians need to be braver on immigration”

The Mayor of London on how Labour must change after the riots.

Labour faces a winter of discontent over fuel payment cuts

There is anger and anxiety among MPs over Rachel Reeves’s austerity measure.

The lessons Kamala Harris learned from Hillary Clinton 

The vice-president’s campaign isn’t aimed at pleasing liberal feminist columnists.

Ukraine’s involvement in the Nord Stream plot complicates things

Germany’s support is wavering.

Violence against women and girls is a deeper problem than politicians realise

All parents worry about their children from time to time, but now it feels different.

Inside the court of Adolf Hitler

Richard J Evans’s group biography of the Third Reich’s enforcers provides a revelatory account of the Nazi mind.

Women and the shame of eating

Two new books show that the female appetite remains a source of danger and shame.

The Queen’s greatest act

Craig Brown’s A Voyage Around the Queen shows how Elizabeth II reflected her subjects back at themselves.

From Andrea di Robilant to Simon Morrison: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Turning to Stone by Marcia Bjornerud and True Love by Paddy Crewe.

Widow Clicquot review: a sickly sweet champagne story

This is just the latest in a succession of self-congratulatory, syrupy brand movies.

Brian May’s educational masterpiece

The rock star’s plea to save the badgers is strangely captivating.

The mass psychogenic illness that started with the cheerleaders

The investigative series Hysterical provides a compelling listen about the mind, the body and girlhood in small-town America.

PJ Harvey’s songs of England

Across her varied discography, the singer-songwriter conjures images of hyper-local folk tales and white Dorset cliffs.

If I could be a tree, I’d be a sycamore

Its low-hanging branches are made for childhood adventures.

The tension between patients’ rights and public safety

The report into the case of Valdo Calocane may impact the government’s commitment to “modernise” the Mental Health Act.

I went to face down rioters but was confronted by my own fame instead

In countering the fash I felt the years roll away.

In August, the city shuts down – and I find myself following suit

Who knew there were so many things that could go wrong when you pass 60?

This England: Sticking around

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

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Zandra Rhodes: Q&A: “We need to fill our world with more colour”

The fashion designer on exploring India in the 1980s, needing more time, and the mysterious death of her hydrangeas.