A Tory electoral timebomb
Voters move right with age – this was once regarded as an iron law of politics. The Conservative electorate…
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The Rise of Greedflation
Letter of the week: The health challenge
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Rural Oxfordshire proves a hostile environment for Boris and Carrie Johnson
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The dark reality of Ron DeSantis’s disastrous campaign launch
It was embarrassing for the Florida governor and Elon Musk. It could be a tragedy for American democracy.
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A life in books and why prizes matter
Also this week: the art of rejecting authors and how all the best stories are true.
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Ben Smith: “The New York Times hired a bunch of lunatics”
The former BuzzFeed News editor on covering Donald Trump, the lure of social media, and how to restore trust…
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A rising backlash against green policies is energising Europe’s far right
The spectacular blooming, then rapid wilting, of Germany’s Greens is a warning for progressives everywhere.
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If the Tories are the party for hard-working people, why are they so spectacularly lazy?
For the past 13 years, Britain has been run by people who fundamentally can’t be bothered.
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My adventure in burlesque
A combination of masochism and narcissism sent me onstage.
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The age of greedflation
How corporate profiteering is making us poorer.
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The rise of Mavis man and woman
Meet “Mavis”: the Middle-Aged, Volatile, Insurgent voters reshaping Britain’s politics. Who are they and what do they want for…
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Ambassador Fu Cong: “Europe will not become a vassal to China”
China’s top diplomat to the EU on sanctions, preventing a trade war and why Beijing won’t condemn Russia’s invasion.
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The meaning of Essex
Built for commuters, the county created a brash new consumerist identity. But its success has come at a price.
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The NS Poem: let the lilac in
A new poem by Michael Pedersen.
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From the war in Ukraine to the life of Roger Deakin: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Anna Metcalfe’s Chrysalis and Octavia Bright’s This Ragged Grace.
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How germs shape history
Jonathan Kennedy’s Pathogenesis reveals how diseases have built and broken empires and economies.
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The science of fandom
What communities devoted to hero-worship tell us about the psychology of belonging.
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Deborah Levy’s double lives
At the heart of her new novel August Blue is the question: where does one self begin and another…
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How Succession made fools of us all
The brutal drama told us who the ultra-rich were again and again. We chose not to listen.
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At Chelsea Flower Show, I find a rare thing: a truly unforgettable garden
Sarah Price’s planting, inspired by the artist Cedric Morris, is for both dreaming and living in.
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The battle for the soul of London
The capital survived the Blitz only to be attacked by zealous city planners – but its citizens fought back.
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Reality is a chilling, forensic dramatisation of a whistleblower interrogation
Tina Satter’s verbatim treatment of the FBI’s questioning of a young NSA translator is deeply unsettling.
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Shane Meadows’ The Gallows Pole has plenty of vomiting and swearing – but very little drama
The 18th-century fable about coining gangs, adapted from Benjamin Myers’ novel, is relentless and self-indulgent.
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When Justin Welby met John Cleese
In BBC Radio 4’s Archbishop Interviews, the unlikely pair talk about faith, forgiveness, cancel culture – and whether Jesus…
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All it takes to transform me is the warmth of the first rays of the summer sun
I am going to put my nose in lilac and honeysuckle and roses and be generally unbearable with luxuriousness.
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Among my life’s highlights is the time I made Martin Amis slap his thigh with laughter
Ever since then, when I have been feeling down, or stupid, or generally undervalued, I have consoled myself with…
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This England: Pet hates
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain…
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Rainn Wilson’s Q&A: “As a child, I found my father wishy-washy and forlorn”
The actor on Star Trek’s James T Kirk, his love of Succession, and how not following advice can make…
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