After neoliberalism
Across the West, faith in liberal democracy is waning. We need a clear response to the new politics of…
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The Fragile Crown
Letter of the week: Articles of faith
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George Galloway makes the top three flightiest MPs of all time
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The deadly return of Islamic State
The attack at Moscow’s Crocus City concert hall shows that we ignore the jihadi group at our peril.
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Daniel Defoe in the Potteries
Also this week: my experience of homelessness, and why I’m running the London Marathon.
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John Healey: “Britain has a lot to learn from Ukraine’s resilience”
Labour’s shadow defence minister on how to bolster national security, dealing with Trump, and selling arms to Israel.
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Rishi Sunak’s reverse Midas touch
Gripped by poll fever, the Prime Minister has cast about for a golden vote-winning policy – damaging his prospects…
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Monarchy is a state-sponsored tragedy
The House of Windsor will survive, but at what cost to the nation?
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The Civil War never ended
The questions that sent Americans to war with each other in the late 19th century still shape the country.
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The German SPD’s foolish attachment to Putin’s Russia
Olaf Scholz’s centre-left party refuses to abandon its nostalgic ties to Moscow – and is paying a heavy political…
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Benjamin Netanyahu’s war test
It took a devastating attack to expose the full extent of the prime minister’s failures. What happens next?
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JK Rowling is right to scorn Scotland’s new Hate Crime Act
The SNP sees itself as a vanguard of progressive values. But this priggish law is at odds with the…
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The fragile crown
In an age of social media and conspiracy, the royal family is trapped between what it wants and what…
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Kyiv’s recurring grief
Travelling through Ukraine, it’s clear that the country cannot escape its past.
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Thomas Piketty: “The Labour Party is too conservative”
The French economist reflects on a decade since the publication of Capital in the Twenty-First Century.
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Shaking hands with Islamic State
When James Foley was murdered in Syria in 2014, his mother’s search for redemption began.
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Escape from the oldest hatred
In Rachel Cockerell’s Melting Point, the forgotten story of America’s Jewish homeland sheds light on the tragedies of the…
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Hitler, Putin and the information wars
Peter Pomerantsev’s new book shows how Second World War propaganda tactics are being used by the Kremlin today.
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From Alpa Shah to Michael Taylor: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Language City by Ross Perlin and The Observable Universe by Heather McCalden.
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How the Liverbirds disrupted the rock ’n’ roll boys’ club
The all-female band shone briefly in Sixties Hamburg, but were prevented from flourishing in a male-dominated scene.
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Natalia Ponomarchuk: “War has its sounds. I recognise them wherever they appear”
The Ukrainian conductor on fleeing Kyiv, Mendelssohn and why “war shows the true faces of people”.
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Dev Patel’s Monkey Man: political commentary meets bone-crunching action
The British actor-director lets his ambition run wild in this thriller set in a fictional Indian city.
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Steven Knight’s This Town is a mess
The IRA, Thatcherism, riots, ska, skinheads, alcoholism, racism, the Catholic Church… Is there anything he hasn’t included in this…
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus wants older women to be heard in Wiser Than Me
The second season of the podcast has a stellar guest list, including Billie Jean King, Patti Smith and Julie…
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We must nourish children’s sense of wonder
Nothing is more character-forming than enthusiasm for the natural world, and the openness and attentiveness it fosters.
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What happened to the housing crash?
The real value of homes in the UK has dropped significantly and a long-term decay in value appears to…
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Never meet your heroes – unless your hero is Jah Wobble
A close encounter with the legendary bassist leaves me giddy and unsteady on my feet.
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I had an epiphany. I had fallen in love with a café
It’s not trendy, but you can always get a table and there’s a soothing background hum of coffee brewing…
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This England: Should’ve gone to Spikesavers
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain…
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Camilla Nord Q&A: “I do at least one handstand every day”
The neuroscientist on the predictive brain, Rory Stewart and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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