The return of order
After a decade of Tory inertia, Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has the opportunity to remake Britain.
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From Simon Kuper to Stephen Alford: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Anima: A Wild Pastoral by Kapka Kassabova and Sick of It by Sophie Harman.
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The Tory centre will not hold
The Conservative Party created Reform by embracing liberal extremism. What comes next may not be what Labour expects.
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Why foreign affairs will define the Starmer era
At the Nato summit, the threat posed by China, Russia and Trump will be impossible to ignore.
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Shakespeare’s guide to living
A Freudian reading of the comedies and tragedies reveals how we can embrace life’s failures and reversals.
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Pop’s gay revolution
How stars from Little Richard to David Bowie used their sexuality to set popular culture free.
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Taiwan at the edge of chaos
The island is a playground for the imperial ambitions of China and the US – and its future is far…
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Subscriber of the week: Jo Lawley
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Susie Alegre Q&A: “I was advised to travel the world or join the circus”
The human rights lawyer on Eleanor Roosevelt, Northern Exposure and Manx history and folklore.
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The fall of the Conservatives
If the Tories are to recover, they must resist the temptation to blame the electorate.
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The end of accountability
In politics and business, faceless systems have taken over decision-making and infantilised socity.
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Keir Starmer’s hard road ahead
Labour’s project to rebuild Britain is serious – but the odds are stacked against them.
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The Democrats’ appalling judgement
By sticking with Joe Biden, the party has shown how arrogant and out of touch it is.
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As the campaign draws to an end, it’s time to lay down my pen
Also this week: The far right’s rabid dogs, and Labour vs my garden trowel.
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The NS Poem: To the Pavement
A new poem by Mark Granier.
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Anxiety has its own logic and momentum
Immersion in the tragic, personal art of the photographer Nan Goldin provides some counter-intuitive comfort.
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Labour’s first policy should be to break up the NHS
It would be dramatic and counter-intuitive – but rebuilding healthcare around the doctor-patient relationship is a vital reform.
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This England: Gulls go postal
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Elbridge Colby: “I am signalling to China that my policy is status quo”
The American strategist, tipped to be Trump’s national security adviser, on the balance of power in Asia.
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Inside the Greens’ battle for Bristol Central
As her party surges in one of the UK’s most climate-conscious constituencies, Carla Denyer threatens to unseat Labour’s shadow culture…
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