Mackenzie Crook Q&A: “I’ve often been happy but happiest is yet to come”
The actor on Nirvana, people who hate dogs, and the magic of Dickens.
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This England: Light-ening the mood
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Ireland’s liberal centre conceals something darker
If even Sinn Féin is being drawn away from its voters ahead of this month’s general election, who will represent…
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I started pottery. I knew I’d be rubbish
But that was the whole point.
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A surprise cash infusion has the feel of a religious experience
I am relieved of the incessant, humiliating nag of being broke for the rest of the month.
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Why Trump’s Bitcoin boom is a fake
I have no idea what will happen to cryptocurrencies – and neither does anyone else.
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In praise of herd mentality
The best crowds are joyful expressions of democracy and belonging. So why do we fear them so much?
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The spectre of Winston Churchill
The great wartime leader continues to haunt British politics and identity.
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Assisted dying advocates have much to learn from the legalisation of abortion
The two proposals are taking a strikingly similar route through parliament.
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The new special relationship
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump may together upend what remains of the current global order.
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Inside Gary Lineker’s Match of the Day exit
Also this week: keeping shrimp and a new role for Hugh Grant.
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The Democrats’ working-class problem
Figures in the party who speak on behalf of America’s workers – like Senator Chris Murphy – are few. In…
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The UK’s broken system makes losers of us all
Today’s welfare state asks for and confirms people’s incapacity to work – not their ability to do so.
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Globetrotting Starmer’s shrewd out-of-sight, out-of-mind approach
Your daily dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Letter of the week: Rebalancing our debts
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Thought Experiment 5: Wittgenstein’s Beetle
Language can function only because there are public criteria for acceptable usage.
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The nationalist international
In office, the Republicans’ main opponent could be economic reality. Tariffs, combined with tax cuts, threaten to stoke inflation.
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