Election broadcasts are disturbing psychological thrillers
Which of them is worst? They are all awful in their own way
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In this week’s issue
Tis but a scratch
The conversation around Starmer is unignorable
The talk in Westminster is frenzied
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Terror in Golders Green
Jews in north London feel betrayed by a Britain that was once a sanctuary
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A view of Britain from the Highlands
Also: a quirky kind of nationalism, and the wit of James Joyce
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The highs and lows of London’s literary scene
Also: a dreamy new novel, and my relapse
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Letter of the week: Signs of decline
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Angela vs Andy vs Wes vs Keir
Rayner is prepared to risk it all
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The Town Hall Theory of Everything
In local elections, road problems rank ahead of the cost of living
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Democrats need Hasan Piker
The party can’t afford to ignore the alternative media
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Britain is still breaking up
May 2026 will be defined by nationalism
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As the world shifts around us, Ukraine fights on
Thawing relations between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have allowed Russia to globalise its war
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Weimar from Goethe to Hitler
One small town in Germany has become synonymous with darkness
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Paging Prime Minister Farage
A semi-fictional account predicting how a future Reform government would unfold is thrilling – and chilling
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How cricket bent its rules
The game’s history is full of instances of foul play
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Sylvia Townsend Warner’s obscure forces
Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Lolly Willowes, published a century ago, is a powerful reverie on women’s interwar status
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David Attenborough’s natural habitats
The broadcaster, who turns 100, had a life before Life on Earth
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Olivia Dean’s definition of love
Dean’s wholesome audience knows every word of her songs
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When Steven Spielberg predicted AI
Steven Spielberg’s AI has been re-released 25 years on – and it offers a surprising perspective on today’s dystopian…
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Beef season two: Rich people are, like, so gross
The Emmy-winning programme is a terrific addition to a familiar archetype
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How do you picture yourself?
A Century in a Click is an ode to the romance of the photobooth
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Istanbul: the fish is better than the infrastructure
Mackerel from the Bosphorus is as good as WB Yeats said
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Policy sclerosis is ravaging the NHS and Whitehall
Can it be cured?
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I bear little resemblance to my Wikipedia page
It had clearly been edited by someone trying to make me out to be an enemy of the people
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Cats can now talk to humans. What are they trying to say?
Readers may suspect I have gone mad
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Beer and sandwiches: At the Granta, Cambridge
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ByCharles de Gaulle at war
October 1955: Reviewing the General’s war memoirs
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