Who might I be now if, during my religious upbringing, I had never heard the word “sin”?
We were encouraged to have “accountability partners” to whom we would confess our “darkest” acts and desires.
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The feminist case against progress
From sex-positivity to abortion, liberal advances have dehumanised women, argues Mary Harrington – but “nature” is not always as kind as…
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The parent trap: how Britain became a very, very expensive place to raise a child
Money alone won’t fix the childcare crisis. Rethinking work and motherhood might.
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The rise of Mia Goth mania
In the horror films Pearl and Infinity Pool, the 29-year-old actor delivers two pleasingly unhinged performances.
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The long shadow of the Iraq War
How do you mourn soldiers killed in an “unjust” war? For years the town of Wootton Bassett showed us how.
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The Iraq War exposed the liberal delusion of remaking the world
The fall of Saddam Hussein was not the end that had been promised – it was the image of the…
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I came to Iraq as an idealistic volunteer and was nearly killed in my first week
Working in Kirkuk, I fell in love with the country and its people. But the West’s intervention brought devastation and…
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“There will be blood” inside Labour’s HQ once “Rottweiler” Sue Gray starts as chief of staff
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The US is readying itself for another moral crusade, this time against China
The drumbeat of war is growing louder in Washington, where the political class is transfixed by Beijing.
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Subscriber of the Week: Simon Oakes
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In its pursuit of Russian regime change, the West is doomed to repeat the errors of the Iraq War
A new generation of liberal hawks views Ukraine as the pivotal battlefield in a global struggle for democracy.
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After Iraq: the great unravelling
The breakdown of the West’s rules-based order began with the invasion of 2003.
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Gary Lineker’s tweet, the BBC’s panic, and why I was left to “sort it out”
As the Match of the Day host’s agent, I had a busy week at the centre of the impartiality storm.
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Fear and loathing at the BBC
In an era of fake news and hyperpartisan media, the rationale for a public-service broadcaster is stronger than ever.
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From Margaret Atwood to Gary Younge: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Life in the Balance by Jim Down and Liliana’s Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza.
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David Attenborough’s Wild Isles makes me proud to be British, despite everything
The new series, which roams from Shetland to Cornwall to Northern Ireland to capture our wildlife, is the BBC at…
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Of all my achievements, the greatest may be getting my mother’s cat to purr
Matching Hunter S Thompson and Christopher Hitchens drink for drink is nothing compared to my recent conquest.
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Leah Hazard Q&A: “Kindness, or even just civility, costs nothing”
The midwife and author on reproductive justice, Scottish winters and the healing power of Strictly Come Dancing.
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The new politics of time
How should we spend our hours in the age of burnout? Arguably not by reading Jenny Odell’s frustrating new book,…
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Rye Lane is a bright, euphoric south London romcom
Raine Allen-Miller’s visually dynamic debut turns a boy-meets-girl story into a joyous fantasy.
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