An eight-hour lunch puts the passing of time in perspective
Catching up with the cartoonist Martin Rowson provided valuable insights into friendship, satire and immortality.
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Pedro Sánchez’s election battle will pre-empt Europe’s future
As Spain heads to the polls, the country’s fractured politics offer a glimpse of what's to come.
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Oppenheimer’s tormented soul
In this perspective-shifting biopic, Christopher Nolan frames the father of the atom bomb as a tortured Prometheus.
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What happens when women’s pain is dismissed
The Retrievals, a new podcast from Serial, tells the disturbing story of widespread patients’ suffering at the hands of a…
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This England: The silence of the horns
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Lindi Ngwenya: “Women football agents are as cut-throat as the men”
The trailblazing agent is dedicated to nurturing talent from across the world – and supporting her rising stars in the…
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Subscriber of the week: Maxine Rhodes
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Inside the assassination bureau
The 1922 Committee is adept at removing prime ministers. How long before its head prefect pays Rishi Sunak a visit?
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David Nutt: “It’s the biggest breakthrough in mental health for 50 years”
The psychiatrist David Nutt on psychedelic drugs as a treatment for depression.
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How Dele Alli exposed the trauma that accompanies success in elite sport
We are increasingly discovering the mental cost of the pressure the sports industry places on its stars.
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The Huw Edwards crisis has revealed the BBC’s editorial blind spot
If the corporation is to survive, it needs a robust policy for covering celebrity scandals.
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Why MPs are fleeing Westminster
Also this week: Rage at Wimbledon and Tory snobbery over “Mickey Mouse” degrees.
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Caught red handed
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Letter of the week: Uber-class conflict
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How Saudi Arabia is buying the world
As the kingdom’s model of capitalism without democracy thrives, the prospect of a Saudi century has consequences for us all.
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The self-creation myth
In the absence of God, we have crafted our selves into brands and deities.
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A world on fire
The climate crisis is an existential threat. Yet as catastrophe looms, politicians remain inert.
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Keir Starmer’s most dangerous months now lie ahead
The Labour leader faces a tension between economic orthodoxy and the promise of change.
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The mysteries of late style
Christopher Neve’s study of great painters reveals the risks and rewards of creating art at the end of life.
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The Sixth Commandment is a delicate dissection of human frailty
This unusually sensitive true crime drama features masterful performances from Timothy Spall, Anne Reid and Éanna Hardwicke.
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