Fear and loathing at the BBC
In an era of fake news and hyperpartisan media, the rationale for a public-service broadcaster is stronger than ever.
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The Iraq Catastrophe
Letter of the week: In defence of higher education
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“There will be blood” inside Labour’s HQ once “Rottweiler” Sue Gray starts as chief of staff
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Who killed Silicon Valley Bank?
A $200bn institution was brought low by a bad bet, social media and central banks.
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Gary Lineker’s tweet, the BBC’s panic, and why I was left to “sort it out”
As the Match of the Day host’s agent, I had a busy week at the centre of the impartiality…
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Rachel and Ellie Reeves: “We were constantly underestimated as state-school girls”
In their first joint interview, the Labour frontbenchers and sisters discuss their relationship, class snobbery and battles with the…
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The Iraq War exposed the liberal delusion of remaking the world
The fall of Saddam Hussein was not the end that had been promised – it was the image of…
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In its pursuit of Russian regime change, the West is doomed to repeat the errors of the Iraq War
A new generation of liberal hawks views Ukraine as the pivotal battlefield in a global struggle for democracy.
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The US is readying itself for another moral crusade, this time against China
The drumbeat of war is growing louder in Washington, where the political class is transfixed by Beijing.
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I came to Iraq as an idealistic volunteer and was nearly killed in my first week
Working in Kirkuk, I fell in love with the country and its people. But the West’s intervention brought devastation…
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The BBC needs to stop being its own worst enemy
The corporation must stand up to Conservative bullying and prioritise fairness over an impossible standard of impartiality.
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After Iraq: the great unravelling
The breakdown of the West’s rules-based order began with the invasion of 2003.
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The road to war in Iraq
Could a resolute cabinet and a more sceptical press have stopped Tony Blair?
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The A-Z of the Iraq War
From Blairites to dodgy dossiers, an anatomy of the ill-fated invasion that brought down Saddam Hussein.
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The long shadow of the Iraq War
How do you mourn soldiers killed in an “unjust” war? For years the town of Wootton Bassett showed us…
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The new politics of time
How should we spend our hours in the age of burnout? Arguably not by reading Jenny Odell’s frustrating new…
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From Margaret Atwood to Gary Younge: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Life in the Balance by Jim Down and Liliana’s Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza.
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Once Upon a Time in Iraq’s James Bluemel: “The invasion caused mass chaos”
The director of the acclaimed series on Britain’s blindness to the consequences of war.
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Rye Lane is a bright, euphoric south London romcom
Raine Allen-Miller’s visually dynamic debut turns a boy-meets-girl story into a joyous fantasy.
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David Attenborough’s Wild Isles makes me proud to be British, despite everything
The new series, which roams from Shetland to Cornwall to Northern Ireland to capture our wildlife, is the BBC…
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The magic of a Self Esteem concert
Rebecca Taylor’s empowering, maximalist pop comes alive on stage: this is an irresistible communal spectacle.
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My epiphany came on a sailing boat off the Isles of Scilly, flanked by dolphins
I am not sure I’ll ever get my head around the combinations of choice and circumstance that make us…
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Of all my achievements, the greatest may be getting my mother’s cat to purr
Matching Hunter S Thompson and Christopher Hitchens drink for drink is nothing compared to my recent conquest.
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This England: Dog’s dinner
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain…
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Leah Hazard Q&A: “Kindness, or even just civility, costs nothing”
The midwife and author on reproductive justice, Scottish winters and the healing power of Strictly Come Dancing.
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