Starmer is losing his cool
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Letter of the week: Not so Nice
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Pep Guardiola’s gift to his team is a world away from the football of old
I remember the days when footballers earned £10k a year and lived in a modest semi-detached.
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What is Zionism?
Why the State of Israel is central to Jewish identity.
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Graham Brady’s main-character energy
In his memoir Kingmaker, the former chairman of the Conservative 1922 Committee argues his party could have avoided disaster –…
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The Outrun almost makes a great success of an improbable adaptation
This tale of addiction and healing on Orkney is faithful to Amy Liptrot’s memoir – at the cost of narrative…
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In an effort to see off the bailiffs, I am open to article suggestions
A reader’s letter about me reviewing Waitrose wine is amusing, but I wonder if he is being a little cheeky.
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Celebrity book clubs are bad for literature
The novel becoming a cultural accessory means to look like a reader, not be one.
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Francis Ford Coppola’s new film may be his greatest delusion
The script of Megalopolis is unspeakable, its tone baffling and its world makes no sense.
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Labour’s route to recovery
Public confidence is falling quickly. The party must do far more to win it back.
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Letter of the week: Growth mindset
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Starmer wisely resists going to watch Arsenal vs Man City
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The fraught history of Christianity and sex
Diarmaid MacCulloch shows how for centuries the Church has tried to resolve the tension between sacred and profane.
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Even the most dedicated gardeners go through times of growing apathy
It’s taboo to say, but I’ve felt a disconnect from the thing I pour hours of labour into.
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This England: Fur evaders
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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I’m back on my bike – and I have plenty to say to my fellow road users
Cycling without headphones has made it clear how not under-my-breath my under-my-breath commentary really is.
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Sally Rooney: “We’re trapped in a cultural moment”
The author of Intermezzo talks to Fintan O’Toole about living with patriarchy, writing good sex, and the post-religious world.
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Starmer the grave
The Prime Minister’s grim speech was short on sunlit uplands, but its promise was serious.
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Eliza Filby: “We’ve had 30 years of over-parenting”
The historian and writer is revolutionising our understanding of Britain's inheritance economy.
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Apples Never Fall is as sexy as a glass of barley water
Annette Bening and Sam Neill star in an American tennis soap that misses every shot.
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