This England: Santa jam
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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At Christmas I meet a kindred spirit – we both have more to look back on than forward to
The family’s new dog took to sitting at my feet and looking up at me, as if to say: We…
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Fifty years after joining the European Communities, Britain still doesn’t know what it is or wants
Britain’s unresolved Europe question is inseparable from its unresolved England question.
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Susan Cooper’s land of shadows
BBC Sounds brings to life the folkloric fantasy The Dark is Rising, with vivid and immersive storytelling.
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The Britpop nostalgia complex
The writer who christened the genre watched its droll ingenuity become boorish excess. Is it ripe for resurrection?
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Juliet Davenport’s Q&A: “We humans have a lemming tendency”
The green entrepreneur on why communication matters in science and how we’re being let down by our politicians.
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The sad homogeneity of the “easy peeler”
This vague description suggests the fruit was selected for the thickness of its skin, rather than the juiciness or flavour…
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Howard Jacobson’s Diary: Escaping an icy fate in the Highlands, celebrity-spotting in London, and my soft spot for the King
Finding poetic consolation on a quest for snow, solace and Santa.
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Last year ended as disastrously as it began. So why am I already nostalgic for it?
The past year appears to me as a series of soft-focus montage moments; less pain, more days of celebration and…
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Will more Red Wall Tories defect to Labour as funds dry up?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Letter of the week: Growth to nowhere
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Can Rishi Sunak survive the wrath of the right?
This year will be one in which Boris Johnson and Liz Truss’s supporters exact revenge upon the Prime Minister.
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“This country doesn’t invest in its own future”: Torsten Bell on why the UK is being hit hardest
The Resolution Foundation head explains why the average British household is forecast to be worse off than its Slovenian counterpart…
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From General Electric to the gender health gap: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring the new poetry collection by Hannah Sullivan and Hotel Milano by Tim Parks.
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In this time of conflict, I recall my late mother’s Christian wisdom and kindness
Although we often disagreed about politics, she taught me that in this age of frenzy it’s safer to be slow…
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What China’s devastating Covid outbreak means for the rest of the world
The true scale of the country’s current wave and the failures of its “zero Covid” policy pose a threat to…
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Leader: How to reverse British decline
Rather than indulging in post-imperial fantasies, Britain should learn from those mid-sized economies that are both richer and more equal…
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My footwear choices are a protest against encroaching old age
The mother of my children pointed to my shoes and said, “This is what mutton dressed as lamb looks like.”
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I’m grappling with ageing. It means I’m alive at least, but I don’t have to like it
A spot has sprung up on my forehead, and reminded me of the grim advance of time.
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