Once upon a time in Wakefield
The truth about one white 14-year-old schoolboy and a Koran is less straightforward than the culture war narrative suggests.
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Everything is Clapham now
It’s no longer possible to be cool.
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The left can win and forge a new settlement – but only if it repairs the trust we have lost
Research reveals a strong public appetite for progressive ideas. But we cannot flourish in an environment of mutual intolerance.
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Why we should break up the Met
The “bad apples” defence does not explain why toxic people are attracted to the police.
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Mothering Sunday reminds us the Church still has a role in our communities
What is it that gives communities such a sense of relationship with a building that they are likely rarely to…
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The parent trap: how Britain became a very, very expensive place to raise a child
Money alone won’t fix the childcare crisis. Rethinking work and motherhood might.
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Is Mick Lynch working class?
Rishi Sunak has accused trade unions of a “class war” – but class is not clear-cut in Britain’s new era…
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When teachers strike, the country stops working
Teachers act as social workers, counsellors, nurses, childminders, cooks, cleaners – and even police.
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