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In praise of herd mentality
The best crowds are joyful expressions of democracy and belonging. So why do we fear them so much?
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How true crime became “victim-centred”
The genre can no longer justify itself in terms of entertainment value alone. Enter the ubiquitous invocation of the victim.
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Colin Ward’s school without walls
The New Statesman columnist and anarchist was a proponent of radical social change that put the most vulnerable first.
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Another week, another encounter with the long arm of the law
Despite my best efforts, it seems my council tax bill has come a-knocking.
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The remoralisation of politics is long overdue
For common decency to prevail, we must understand the economic, social and psychological pressures that influence the way we behave.
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For those graduating this summer: consider the generations to come
A university education gives you disproportionate freedom, power and potential. It’s a real responsibility.
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“Pro-family” rhetoric and its fascist resonances
Traditional gender roles have propped up authoritarian regimes of the past. In Republicans’ views on women, the echoes are clear.
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Ireland’s progressive centre cannot hold
As Leo Varadkar steps down as Taoiseach, voters are turning away from the Republic’s mainstream liberal consensus.
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The unlikely refuge of British supermarkets
As libraries and community centres disappear, retail spaces are becoming the last resort of people seeking connection.
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The Church is being villainised over the Clapham chemical attack
Religious figures have been drawn into debates over false asylum claims – but it is the process that is flawed.
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David Brooks’ delusions of moral decline
How to Know a Person argues that public life no longer values honour and empathy – but the evidence is…
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In power, Labour will have to act like a wartime cabinet
Would an “activist” Starmer government have what it takes to rebuild Britain’s collapsing infrastructure?
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The Policy Ask with Anne Longfield: “Two-child benefits limit only deepens poverty and misery”
The former children’s commissioner for England on the impact of Covid-19 on young people’s mental health, and the need for…
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The great crack-up
We inhabit an economy too small to deliver the social goods British people expect.
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Exclusion of pay in NHS workforce plan is “laughable”, says Adam Kay
As the government sets out its public sector pay deal, the former doctor told MPs that there is no clear…
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Exclusive: Hundreds faced jail over unpaid council tax since 2010
New data reveals how councils have been taking action against people in debt – many of whom can’t afford to…
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Trapped in the generation gap
Jean Twenge’s new study suggests that the young are the losers in a society transformed by technology.
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The rise of Waterstones Dad
How the self-made man got lost in the marketplace of ideas.
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Keir Starmer: This is what I believe
Why we need a new mission-driven politics to renew Britain and defeat the enemies of progress.
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