What Reform UK says about the condition of England
Under Richard Tice, the right-wing populist party has forced Westminster to pay attention – with poll ratings surpassing those of…
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Rishi Sunak is already irrelevant
The Conservatives are demoralised. Among Tory MPs, all eyes are on their party’s future.
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The West is revealing its hand to Putin
Emmanuel Macron’s threats to send ground troops to Ukraine only exposes Europe’s deepening divisions over the war.
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The deep roots of doctors’ dissent
Disputes between the UK government and its lowest-paid physicians go back decades. They began in 1964, with the creation of…
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From Bridget O’Connor to Grace Blakeley: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring The Performer by Richard Sennett and Cloistered by Catherine Coldstream.
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Demonising rural voters invites defeat for the Democrats
Progressive tropes about the “bigoted” and “undemocratic” countryside undermine Joe Biden’s efforts to win over rural America.
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Amsterdam’s city gardens are a potted paradise
The city’s attitude to urban greening – with its window boxes, community gardening and allotment culture – keeps me coming…
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Lee Anderson’s defection triggers bye-bye elation among Tories
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The perils of artists’ posthumous fame
Also this week: Philip Larkin’s “ecclesiastical journeys”, and general election date intel.
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Gus O’Donnell: The insider’s guide to preparing for power
The former head of the civil service on the cost of Brexit, the case for electoral reform, and Keir Starmer’s…
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The battle for Keir Starmer’s soul
As Labour prepares for power, two groups on the party’s right are vying to control its future.
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Judith Butler and the fear of gender
In the 1990s a new philosophy helped open up alternative ways of being. Nobody predicted it would lead to war.
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The price of private education
For as long as boarding school survivors govern Britain, they will inflict their own pain on the nation.
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Lauren Oyler’s defence mechanisms
Can the master of the hatchet-job place herself beyond criticism?
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Battle cry of the Scouse dads
In their book Head North, Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram continue to peddle a tired northern exceptionalism.
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Sam Carr Q&A: “We die and are reborn many times”
The psychologist on Jung, Michael Jordan, and what Knight Rider tells us about life’s journey.
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Subscriber of the week: Peter Gorty
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Nostalgia reveals nature’s true value
A sentimental perspective helps identify those essential creatures and habitats we have carelessly lost.
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Child vaccination uptake is falling once again
The current wave of measles cases can be traced back to the cost-of-living crisis and cuts in NHS health visitor…
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As a deadline approaches, I become a master of distraction
The problem with being paid upfront is that one feels the work has somehow magically been done already.
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