The return of order
After a decade of Tory inertia, Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has the opportunity to remake Britain.
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All Change
Letter of the week: The trouble with democracy
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Anneliese Dodds’ long shadow in the cabinet
Your weekly dose of gossip from the Commons.
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Can France’s anti-Le Pen alliance survive?
Political chaos, confusion and incompetence are almost inevitable after no single grouping wins a parliamentary majority.
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The gruelling campaign is over. Now we have a country to sort
Also this week: Nigel Farage to be bogged down by bins and neighbour disputes, and the Euros bringing about…
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Is there a progressive argument for pro-natalism?
The demographer Paul Morland on why we should have more children.
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The Tory collapse was a night to remember
Yet these are not progressive new times.
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The Kamala risk
Joe needs to go. But are Americans ready for President Harris?
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People complain about first-past-the-post – but everyone knew the rules
The Liberal Democrats showed how the system should be played.
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The Tories will keep losing if they chase Reform
Making undeliverable promises to a limited pool of right-wing voters is a recipe for failure.
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The SNP’s uncivil war
Scores are being settled inside the party after its electoral humiliation by Scottish Labour.
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How Labour can make government work better
The party’s success in office will be determined by how well its “mission-driven” agenda is communicated to the civil…
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In praise of British politics
We are fortunate in this country that the transfer of power is so calm and dignified.
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Britain’s shock of the new
Keir Starmer’s people are in charge now – and the mood in the country is changed.
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Keir Starmer beyond the wall
He could be a great leader, if he breaks through the barrier of his own reserve
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The Tory centre will not hold
The Conservative Party created Reform by embracing liberal extremism. What comes next may not be what Labour expects.
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Why foreign affairs will define the Starmer era
At the Nato summit, the threat posed by China, Russia and Trump will be impossible to ignore.
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Shakespeare’s guide to living
A Freudian reading of the comedies and tragedies reveals how we can embrace life’s failures and reversals.
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Pop’s gay revolution
How stars from Little Richard to David Bowie used their sexuality to set popular culture free.
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Taiwan at the edge of chaos
The island is a playground for the imperial ambitions of China and the US – and its future is…
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From Simon Kuper to Stephen Alford: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Anima: A Wild Pastoral by Kapka Kassabova and Sick of It by Sophie Harman.
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Inside the teenage mind
Why understanding the wild and fragile world of adolescence helps us better know ourselves.
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Discovering the real Modest Mussorgsky
Sweetened arrangements of his works ensured the Russian composer’s afterlife – but left him hiding in plain sight.
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The Despicable Me phenomenon
How the hectic Minions franchise, optimised for a child’s attention span, became a blockbuster hit.
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The Turkish Detective is both familiar and delightfully other
This series based on Barbara Nadel’s bestselling novels is really rather good summer viewing.
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The immersive sounds of the Polish wilderness
“Sounds of Wild Poland”, this week’s instalment of BBC Radio 3’s The Essay, treats listeners to an atmospheric soundscape.
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My head has been turned by the sunflower
Though there is something a little unnerving about all those unblinking, yellow cyclopses, peer closely and I can see…
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Placing bets is unwise – and not just for Tory MPs
Gambling on elections, markets, football, or anything makes fools of us all.
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You shouldn’t tell people how you voted – but I will…
When I was young, my father would take me to the polling station so he could show me democracy…
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After a historic Labour victory, I’m choosing hope
Pessimism is easy. But this change in government gives us all reasons for optimism.
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Dreams of tennis and the best job in the world
Also: Pep Guardiola at Wimbledon and the fine margins of greatness.
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This England: McMarriage
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain…
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Subscriber of the week: Bob Parks
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Roman Krznaric Q&A: “We spend too much time looking up to individuals”
The philosopher on tennis history, disruptive social action, and questions of mortality while taking part in Parkrun.
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