The Middle East on the brink
This is a perilous moment for the world. Western leaders must be clear-eyed about the potential scale of this…
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War on Three Fronts
Letter of the week: Changing the future in the Middle East
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“Long Corbyn” is shaping Labour’s judgements on the Middle East
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Caroline Ellison: victim or crypto queen?
Sam Bankman-Fried’s former girlfriend and Alameda CEO emerged as the star witness for the prosecution in the trader’s trial…
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Why I always do business over breakfast
Also this week: the blue suit brigade, conference karaoke.
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Carlo Rovelli: “Einstein made more mistakes than anyone”
The theoretical physicist on the mysteries of the universe.
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The Israel-Hamas war has left Britain divided
Politicians in the UK are nervous to speak about the conflict – but if ever there was a time…
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The strange discord of being British and Jewish
Judaism in this country is a mirror of society, reflecting our gratitude, our anxiety and – sometimes – our…
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The EU is the “illusory giant” of geopolitics
Despite its wealth and ambition, the European Union is limited as an actor in the great conflicts of our…
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Inside Israel’s intelligence fiasco
Security failures allowed Hamas to launch its catastrophic attack on 7 October. Can the Israeli leadership overcome its fatal…
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Was Israel wrong to trust Qatar?
Doha hosts Hamas as part of a cynical geopolitical game.
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Letter from Israel: “Bodies are piling up on three fronts”
I was among the first journalists allowed into Kfar Azza, one of the kibbutz communities that suffered the worst…
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Letter from Gaza: “What we have witnessed has never been seen before”
I have seen children writing their names on the palms of their hands. When they die, they want people…
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The darkness of the secret world: Mick Herron and John Gray in conversation
The bestselling author of the Slough House series and the philosopher discuss spy thrillers, the allure of the Cold…
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Rupert Murdoch’s portrait in the attic
Michael Wolff’s account of the fall of the media strongman is an ugly, scurrilous tale of profit’s triumph over…
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The NS Poem: Ah well…
A previously unpublished poem by Laurie Lee.
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David Brooks’ delusions of moral decline
How to Know a Person argues that public life no longer values honour and empathy – but the evidence…
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JM Coetzee’s cold realism
The South African writer’s steely eye gives his stories of emotional restraint the feel of modern allegories.
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Why we go to war
Two new studies of the evolution of warfare reveal the fragility of peace in a world ruled by irrational…
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From Thurston Moore to Camilla Nord: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring The Book at War by Andrew Pettegree and a collection from the Complete Works Poets.
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Max Pechstein and the politics of paint
Amid Germany’s 20th-century upheavals, the expressionist’s art brought him both renown and peril.
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Andrew Wylie’s rules for life
America’s most feared literary agent on his friend Salman Rushdie, what Sally Rooney taught him, and how he has…
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Killers of the Flower Moon is Martin Scorsese at his best
This late, great Western is a powerful study of greed, betrayal and evil.
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Where are all the family dramas?
Breeders isn’t perfect – but it is a rare example of a mainstream show that doesn’t centre around a…
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Madonna’s greatest hits tour shows why she is still the Queen of Pop
Despite the lingerie and snogging, there is not much that remains shocking about the singer – except, perhaps, that…
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Bridget St John and the power of folk memory
At a magical gig in east London, I feel transported to Greenwich Village in the Sixties.
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I’m missing the human touch, and a certain mushroom risotto
I’m back in England, with only grey skies, my plants and the world's worst corporation for company.
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Subscriber of the week: John Hodgson
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Anthony Horowitz Q&A: “I admire Rishi Sunak for his resilience and work ethic”
The novelist on optimism, late-night plot anxiety, and being born 25 years too late.
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