The new left power brokers
Our guide to the 50 most influential people in progressive politics features leading Labour names, radical leftists and less partisan…
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Zelensky is fighting two wars – against Russia and to win over the West
Ukraine’s coming counter-offensive is the best chance to prove to its supporters it can still win.
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As Conservative MPs descend into civil war, even Nigel Farage says Brexit has failed
Tory infighting over immigration and other issues is a proxy debate about the true meaning of leaving the EU.
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Europe’s false dawn
After the revolutions of 1848, liberals helped create a conservative international order that has shaped the world since.
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Is “National Conservatism” a dead end for the Tories, or a sign of what is to come?
Rishi Sunak may be tempted by an ideology of muscular nationalism – but he would risk alienating British voters.
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Being in pain is bad enough, but being a woman in pain is even worse
Endometriosis, appendicitis, fractured vertebrae, and now my mother’s knee injury: why aren’t women taken seriously when they say they are…
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How Big Tech made us screen addicts
Gaia Bernstein’s Unwired argues that smart devices are engineered to keep our children hooked. Can we hold the industry to…
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Steeltown Murders left me bored and furious
There are countless other series just like this true crime drama. Is it any wonder I found it so wearying,…
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Visions of St Francis
For nearly eight centuries, artists have been among the saint’s most avid followers, as a major new exhibition at the…
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The memeification of George Orwell
The writer has become a national treasure, moral arbiter and begetter of biographies: do we need a new one?
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Kae Tempest’s Q&A: “I can go from ‘Stayin’ Alive’ to Mozart in an afternoon”
The poet on the works of Leslie Feinberg, being photographed by Wolfgang Tillmans, and James Joyce.
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From Katja Hoyer to Charles Foster: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Why is this Lying Bastard Lying to Me? by Rob Burley and The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan.
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Why read life-writing?
Joanna Biggs’ A Life of One’s Own looks to the letters and journals of literary women for guidance. Can they…
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Thanks to a shoulder in agony I meet Dr H—, possessed of a lively mind and deep humanity
I tend to get on with the medical profession, but her demeanour suggested an even broader hinterland than usual.
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Beau Is Afraid is a cartoonishly Freudian horror
Ari Aster’s black comedy about malign maternal influence is full of cod-psychology that makes Psycho look like a Mother’s Day…
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Subscriber of the week: Joff Wild
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BBC Sounds podcast Believe in Magic: a dark and strange story of online deception
A new series by Jamie Bartlett investigates a charity and its founders, and becomes a cautionary tale of social media…
Letter of the week: A problem of scale
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Penny Mordaunt’s coronation sword-bearing cuts a sharp contrast with fellow Tories
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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First we canonised Emma Raducanu – then we hounded her off the tennis court
Since her US Open victory, the 20-year-old has been pursued by a hurricane of hype not remotely of her own…
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