Magazine

Letter of the week: New power generation

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From André Aciman to Vanessa Kisuule: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Four Points of the Compass by Jerry Brotton and The Invention of Good and Evil by Hanno Sauer.

Germany’s lesson for Labour

Angela Merkel’s decision to open Germany’s borders to mass migration has proved a gift to the far right.

The transformation of JD Vance

Donald Trump’s running mate has brought the new right to the brink of power.

This England: Too fast, too furious

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

Long-term illness is not a battle to be “won” – it’s a weight to carry forever

You can’t truly share in pain, or suffering; you can’t share stays in hospital, or scans, or drug treatments.

A painful Budget is coming, but there are ways to manage it

The tax raid on the middle classes has already happened, thanks to Sunak and Hunt.

Janet Frame’s asylum dreams

The New Zealand author, born 100 years ago, was both tormented and inspired by her experience of mental illness.

How Telegram fosters online extremism

The under-regulated platform lacks transparency. The Southport riots remind us why this matters.

Long live the low life

Jeremy Clarke’s final Spectator columns, written after his cancer diagnosis, are witty, well balanced and devoid of self-pity.

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From Robert Bartlett to Donal Ryan: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Sing Like Fish by Amorina Kingdon and Tracks on the Ocean by Sara Caputo.

Medicine wars

A revolt over patient safety and declining expertise is tearing the medical establishment apart.

A jokey exchange in Waitrose veers into darkly existential territory

A question about whether I was old enough to buy alcohol haunts me with brutal irony.

Thought experiment 2: The Unconscious Violinist

How the American ethicist Judith Jarvis Thomson’s defence of bodily autonomy can be transposed on to the right to abortion.

A trade war between the EU and China would be a disaster for Europe

The problem with EU tariffs is not their legitimacy, it’s their effectiveness.

From MP to pigs’ pee: how ejected Tories are faring on the jobs market

Your weekly dose of gossip from Westminster.

Letter of the week: A step in the wrong direction

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Labour’s winter fuel revolt

Keir Starmer must forge a politics of generational solidarity. The crises the UK faces require collaboration, not conflict.

A brush with a bushy tail has turned my family into red squirrel fanatics

Since first spotting the wild visitors last December, my parents’ garden has become something of a red squirrel hotspot.