Sunak’s best man: can James Forsyth help save the Conservatives?
The former Spectator political editor’s arrival in No 10 has coincided with a steady Tory revival.
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What Rupert Murdoch vs Dominion reveals about his UK empire
The media magnate has been spared court. But the legal evidence offered extraordinary insights into his influence.
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Is this the end of newspapers?
I still take two papers a day. But the habit of a lifetime is vanishing beneath my inky fingers.
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How the streaming wars are shaping culture
Today, almost every household subscribes to a streaming service; the typical US household has five. The battle for our attention…
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The politics of free time
Exclusive to the New Statesman, a new 40-year analysis of time use diaries reveals why Britons feel burnt out.
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Once upon a time in Wakefield
The truth about one white 14-year-old schoolboy and a Koran is less straightforward than the culture war narrative suggests.
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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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Sack him or back him, the BBC cannot win the row over Gary Lineker
Whatever decision Tim Davie makes, he is bound to outrage around half of the British public and a good number…
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