Leader: Why we need honesty on migration
Successive governments have relied on high migration to disguise the structural weaknesses of the British economy.
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Letter of the week: Transatlantic cousins
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Andy Burnham burnishes his brand on Labour’s left
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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What do China’s lockdown protests mean for Xi Jinping?
The demonstrations haven’t yet threatened the president’s power – but that they happened is still remarkable.
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David Baddiel’s Diary: Shouting at the World Cup, a timeout from Twitter, and why Jews still don’t count
My new documentary was received well, but friends still called to tell me I was being slagged off on…
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“You don’t trash your neighbours”: David Lammy on global Britain under Labour
Would UK foreign policy be any different if Keir Starmer’s party won power?
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Keir Starmer’s mildly authoritarian streak chimes perfectly with these troubled times
Unlike the right, the left is comfortable using state power – and government intervention is exactly what Britain needs.
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Scottish independence is a fading dream under the leadership of Nicola Sturgeon
The First Minister has said the next general election will be a de facto IndyRef2 – a gamble that…
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Emmanuel Macron: the man who would be king
How the French president became the most powerful leader in Europe and a hyperactive player on the world stage.
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Piers Morgan: “The TalkTV ratings ate at my soul like a flesh-eating bug”
The combative presenter reflects on Cristiano Ronaldo, cancel culture and the “infinite patience” of Rupert Murdoch.
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Gordon Brown: Why it’s time to take the shame out of need
As the cost-of-living crisis pushes more and more people into poverty, charities have become the last line of defence.
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“It’s constant anxiety”: inside the crisis in child social care
The murders of Star Hobson and Arthur Labinjo-Hughes revealed shocking shortcomings in the UK’s social care system. What is…
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The instant political histories that nobody needs
Hasty biographies of Liz Truss and Boris Johnson by Westminster journalists show the perils of rushing to judge the…
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What cells tell us about life
Siddharta Mukherjee’s new study of how cells work reveals the complexities of the human body – and the science…
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Reviewed in short: From Derek Owusu to Luke Harding
Also featuring The Story of Architecture by Witold Rybczynski and Chokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow.
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Nick Cave: “I don’t think art should be in the hands of the virtuous”
The musician on why Morrissey matters, his deepening faith and grieving for his sons.
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How Ronald Searle drew the Romans
One cartoon shows a shattered centurion being nagged by his wife.
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Finding the soul of England
The Sussex landscape has proven irresistible to artists for hundreds of years.
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Netflix’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover is a completely pointless adaptation
This film swaps the darkness and brutality of DH Lawrence’s novel for tender scenes of dancing in the rain.
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Even Claudia Winkleman can’t make The Traitors watchable
The BBC’s latest stab at a reality show, with a murder mystery-style twist, is a convoluted extravaganza of tedium.
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The last bell foundry in Britain
This peek inside the John Taylor bell foundry is a ringing endorsement for BBC radio storytelling.
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Bach’s accidental masterpiece
The keyboard works of The Well-Tempered Clavier sound more novel and luminous 300 years later than in their composer’s…
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Instead of insulating from winter, I have decided to expose myself to it
Forcing myself outside, and into a new mindset, has altered my way of encountering the world.
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Thanks to a kind reader, I now have an eggcup to keep my squalor at bay
The gift is, by some margin, the classiest thing in the Hove-l, and I have been gorging myself on…
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This England: Phone home
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: Denis McCann
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Kate Lee’s Q&A: “People are surprised by how ruthlessly commercial I am”
The CEO of Alzheimer’s Society discusses working in the charity sector, and the appalling state of UK social care.
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