The Weekend Interview

Joseph Stiglitz: the UK’s tax system is “inexcusable”

The American economist on how neoliberalism put us on “the road to 21st-century fascism”.

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The botanist on flower-hunting in remote rainforests and why toads make charming pets.

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The pop duo on Keir Starmer, the royals, Marvel and the word “queer”.

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The novelist on the threat to free speech, facing his attacker, and why writing Knife gave him back “the power”.

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Meg Hillier, chair of the Public Accounts Committee: Britain isn’t corrupt, it’s incompetent.

By Will Dunn

The author and journalist on how to build a rapport with people.

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The former head of Israeli intelligence Ami Ayalon on why Israel is losing the war.

By Bruno Maçães

Narendra Modi’s Hindu supremacism is capturing major state institutions while repressing minority groups and political activists.

By Gavin Jacobson