Heeding the lessons of history
Israel has the right to defend itself, but the razing of civilian infrastructure in Gaza will not eradicate Hamas.
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Labour Revolts
Letter of the week: Temperate conservatism
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Shabana Mahmood tests Keir Starmer’s leadership
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Could Hezbollah’s leader ignite a regional war?
Hassan Nasrallah's forces are poised on Israel's border. Is he about to open a new front in the conflict?
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My investigation into Russell Brand
Also this week: how Friends defined a generation, and the charm of children’s TV.
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Tzipi Livni: “A ceasefire isn’t a solution”
Israel’s former foreign minister on how the Gaza conflict could end.
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Sahra Wagenknecht’s new left conservatism
Europe’s leaders are keenly watching the German breakaway party.
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Countries can bear the West’s sanctions – but not its moralising
Even Australia pulled out of trade talks with the EU because it could not subject itself to European finger-wagging.
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Peace can still be salvaged in Gaza
Unbearable trauma will make a political solution difficult for Israelis and Palestinians, but it is clear the status quo…
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Dominic Cummings’ saviour complex
The former No 10 aide cast himself as a dormant, blameless character until his pivotal intervention.
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Matthew Perry was brave to speak about addiction without full recovery
We love a reformed addict story, but admitting to the existence of failure can be a freeing gift to…
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The Labour revolt over the Gaza war
Keir Starmer is facing the biggest crisis of his leadership.
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The spectre of jihadi terror
Within militant Islamic factions, sectarian rivalries count for less than the desire for destruction.
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Who runs the show?
As the power in Hollywood has moved from film to TV, so has the much-mythologised alpha male auteur.
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From Nathalie Olah to Stephen Marche: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Alexandria by Islam Issa and The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada.
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Britney Spears’s American horror story
The singer’s memoir of her conservatorship is full of cartoonish villains and medieval misogyny. But this isn’t a fable…
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The white heat of politics
Thirteen years of Tory rule, a season of scandal and Labour on the rise – the hectic Britain of…
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Arnold Schwarzenegger’s lessons for losers
In his unlikely fourth act, the former movie star is a self-help guru who trades in the toughest of…
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Karl Ove Knausgaard’s thought experiment
The Norwegian novelist doesn’t just want to show his characters’ inner lives, he wants us to take leave of…
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Kenneth Branagh’s King Lear is camp, callow and utterly unmoving
Rarely have I been less touched by a production than this one – when Gloucester was blinded, the audience…
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REM’s soundtrack to the end of history
The album Up captured the dehumanisation and sexless ennui that defined the late Nineties.
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Dance First is a catastrophic Samuel Beckett biopic
This film about the great Irish playwright will mystify those not familiar with his life and work – and…
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The second series of BBC’s Time is an intimate horror show
The return of this drama series is breathtaking: fierce, and utterly plausible. Awards will be won.
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Ghosts in Barratt Home Britain
The phenomena in Uncanny mirror more quotidian troubles: break-ups, bereavement, even a wicked step-parent.
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Six years of weightlifting has led me to healthier beauty standards
Along with a growing number of other “gym girlies” I have left behind the pursuit of thinness.
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Insomnia leads me to The Moonstone, and unexpected wisdom
A growing store of worries, including a friend in distress, means less sleep. But at least I’m getting some…
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This England: To wake the dead
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: Daniel Tierney
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Tim Peake’s Q&A: “Most of my career has been about how to manage risk”
The astronaut on the work of Carlo Rovelli, Star Wars and what he would say to Leonardo da Vinci.
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