A new age of volatility
Hamas’ recent brutal attack on Israel reconfirms that the post-Cold War era of Western triumphalism is over.
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Hamas’ recent brutal attack on Israel reconfirms that the post-Cold War era of Western triumphalism is over.
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Your dose of gossip from around Westminster and the Liverpool Convention Centre.
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The atrocities committed against Israeli civilians have roots in the same fanaticism activists face in Iran.
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Also this week: a brawl at Lord’s and the US-Saudi golf rivalry.
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The French paleoanthropologist on how the Neanderthals lived.
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The Labour leader has treated past embarrassments in his party with much more ruthlessness than Rishi Sunak has done.
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In power, Olaf Scholz’s coalition offers no answers for a country that has lost its competitive edge in the…
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Relations between Germany and Poland define the continent. But, ahead of the latter’s election this weekend, they are in…
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The response to Hamas will devastate the Strip, upend the balance of power in the Middle East and define…
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How Israel forgot the lessons of the Yom Kippur War.
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As stretched mental health services turn to tech solutions, Silicon Valley is cashing in – with sometimes alarming consequences.
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In Going Infinite, the author fails to see the limits of his subject’s intelligence.
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Winchester Cathedral’s mysterious “bone chests” tell a story of how warring kings and queens forged a new nation.
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Xi Jinping controls the story of his country’s past to crush dissent. But historians are fighting to keep the…
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Also featuring The Right to Rule by Ben Riley-Smith and One Fine Day by Matthew Parker.
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The Reckoning exposes a rotten culture that serves up stories about abused women for entertainment.
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Also: My brush with bicycle “fascism” and a sobering threat to fiction writing.
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His 1960s paintings of Ku Klux Klansmen confront the banality of evil – and retain their power to shock.
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The 88-year-old actress is a delight in this Irish film – conveying so much humour, and contempt.
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After a TV grilling, Sir Keir delivered his speech in the guise of an accountant lost in Glasto.
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The eighth season of Jonathan Goldstein’s show tells real-life stories that are compelling, empathetic and full of character.
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I was going to discuss a fictional island but I am now a virtual castaway myself.
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The popularity of wearables is muddying health data and fuelling an epidemic of scans and anxiety.
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Just to set off the plane and breathe the herb-scented air is to feel the burden of the Anglo-Saxon…
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This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain…
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The artist on her hero Betye Saar, Match of the Day and being told to “Just paint”.
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