Leader: The great British sell-off
Newcastle United’s Saudi takeover proves again that it is not just Britain’s assets that are for sale, but its…
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Perfect Storm
Letter of the week: The truth about One Nation
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Kathleen Stock, trans rights and a crisis of free speech in British universities
The more we censor for “good” reasons the more we open the door for those who would censor for…
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An inquiry exposes the scale of sex abuse by the Catholic Church. Will the Vatican ever act?
Remorse is not enough. Only reform can fix a broken institution.
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Trust me, women don’t need to be reminded to think about having children
We are acutely aware of our own declining fertility. If only the rest of society cared.
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Amanda Staveley: the football financier who brought Newcastle to the Saudis
From restaurateur to diplomat-capitalist, who is the deal broker behind the £300m Saudi-Newcastle takeover?
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Jess Phillips’ Diary: Waving goodbye to my thirties, and why the government cannot keep women safe
I wonder what the name of the next woman will be, whose death will be presented as the case…
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“I didn’t set out to be any kind of icon”: Brenda Hale on becoming an anti-Brexit hero
The Supreme Court justice discusses her spider brooch, women's equality and why the law is not a political statement.
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Boris Johnson’s perfect storm
The UK faces supply shortages, an energy crisis and a government at war with itself.
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“It is truly bonkers”: Greg Jackson, Octopus CEO, on the UK’s broken energy system
Britain’s failure to invest in renewables led us into the gas crisis, says Jackson, and a revolution in energy…
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Do you want to live forever?
Anti-ageing drugs are bankrolled by some of the wealthiest people on Earth, including Jeff Bezos and Peter Thiel. Are…
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When God was an alpha male
How the Hebrew deity evolved from predatory strongman to a friend to human frailty.
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John le Carré’s aimless final novel
Silverview is a disappointing coda to his Cold War masterpieces.
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Jane Goodall’s lucid optimism
The renowned naturalist believes that we can only save the planet with hope.
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Reviewed in Short: New books by Helen Carr and Suzannah Lipscomb, Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan, James Dyson and Sarah Hall
What is History, Now? by Carr and Lipscomb, AI 2041 by Lee and Qiufan, Invention by Dyson and Burntcoat…
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The NS Poem: Slow Corsage
A new poem by Claire Potter.
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Why Middlemarch still matters
Published 150 years ago, George Eliot’s epic humanist novel is the antidote to our witless online world.
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How Nicolas Poussin let loose
A sumptuous exhibition shows how the austere classicist found revelry, sex, drunkenness and abandon.
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Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is a coming-of-age space epic
For all its monsters and skulduggery, this is essentially a story in which a young man dreams of a…
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The return of Succession
What does Jesse Armstrong want for his monsters now?
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Storytime with Seth Rogen is a fresh take on the celebrity podcast
The show is meandering, with surprising and whimsical production choices that elevate it to more than a chat show.
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There is unfathomable hope in building a garden in the face of death
Drawn in by its yellow window frames and low shrubs, Derek Jarman's former home, Prospect Cottage, is something of…
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My worst summer ever is finally over and I sense my old self returning
Perhaps it is the change of season, but I have started to feel better – and I will take…
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A confrontation with a pipsqueak leaves me feeling my age
I like to think of myself as someone who is happy in his own skin. But I'm unnerved after…
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Should we give puberty blockers to children with gender dysphoria?
Too little is known about the way gender identity forms and evolves in adolescence. To give truly informed consent,…
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This England: Petrol Heads
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: Tony Mollett
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Andrea Bocelli Q&A: “A wise old philosopher once told me not to take advice from anyone”
The opera singer on Puccini, liberty and the law.
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