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Why the government’s court action against striking nurses is an act of vindictive idiocy
Also this week: a guitar from Sting, and a literary reminder of why being 16 was never sweet.
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
Also this week: a guitar from Sting, and a literary reminder of why being 16 was never sweet.
ByFor decades, as he awaited his turn to ascend the British throne, Charles presided over another kingdom: rural Transylvania. What…
ByDid you know the 24-hour day is likely the result of humans counting with their fingerbones?
ByThis column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
ByFew things are more corrosive of public trust than pretending a problem isn’t there. Sooner or later the public notices.
ByThose who cannot afford to buy a property have been forced into the under-regulated private rental market.
ByDavid Baddiel’s new book argues that a deity that saves us from death is confected from human desire.
ByTim Marshall’s The Future of Geography shows how great powers – and Elon Musk – are looking to the stars…
ByAlso featuring My Father’s Brain by Sandeep Jauhar and The Seaside by Madeleine Bunting.
ByA new poem by Lutz Seiler, translated by Stefan Tobler.
ByIan Dunt’s new book reveals Britain as a country of inept civil servants, deluded ministers, blinkered journalists and unscrutinised power.
ByThe electronic music producer and DJ on faith, The Sopranos and culture war fanatics.
ByForget The Crown – the uncanny veracity of this wild satire rings out like the dinner gong at Balmoral.
ByThe dog seemed distinctly unbothered to be padding around with a bit of her paw wobbling at a right angle;…
ByIn this sensitive debut about a mother who steals her son from care, AV Rockwell maps the contours of a…
ByAlice Robb’s Don’t Think Dear reveals how the elite world of dance exerts a terrible physical and mental toll.
ByThis Audible podcast series delves into the white-supremacist world of Timothy McVeigh and asks: could the Oklahoma City bombing have…
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ByIn Italy, France, Germany and Britain, the flight of voters to the political extremes can be mapped on to neglected…
ByWestminster has been systematically stripping councils of power, funding and stature for decades. As a result, our local politics is…
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