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Tory MPs are recognising that they cannot defend the indefensible Boris Johnson

The Conservative Party knows it was responsible for inflicting on the country a man who cannot tell the truth and doesn’t care that he can’t.

By Simon Heffer

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Muted and deferential, the UK’s scientists have failed the pandemic test

Muted and deferential, the UK’s scientists have failed the pandemic test

Philip Ball

The situation for the Tories is worse than you think

Ben Walker

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MC Grammar: How interactive learning can change children’s lives

Why The Great Pottery Throw Down is the loveliest show on TV

Anna Leszkiewicz

What the Thucydides Trap gets wrong about China

What the Thucydides Trap gets wrong about China

Lawrence Freedman

Do vaccine sceptics deserve a voice?

Louise Perry

From Our Writers

Jonn Elledge

Boris Johnson never thought the rules applied to him. At last, the public has noticed

Megan Nolan

The hypocrisy of Hollywood liberalism

Rachel Cunliffe

Punitive healthcare restriction for the unvaccinated is a slippery slope

Rory Scothorne

Why support is emerging for a “third option” on Scottish independence

Politics

The Conservatives can’t afford to look this ridiculous

The latest No 10 party revelations could mark the point at which voters are no longer laughing with Boris Johnson, but at him.

By Stephen Bush

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Why hasn’t the Metropolitan Police brought Boris Johnson in for questioning?

Why hasn’t the Metropolitan Police brought Boris Johnson in for questioning?

Anoosh Chakelian

Who could replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister?

Tim Ross and Ben Walker

Sue Gray: the woman who could bring down Boris Johnson

Tory MPs only have themselves to blame for this farce

Philip Collins

Rishi Sunak's slow support of the PM shows naked ambition

Rishi Sunak’s slow support of the PM shows naked ambition

Tim Ross

Boris Johnson’s rule-breaking and risk-taking have finally caught up with him

Helen Thompson

World

Why Emmanuel Macron’s war on the unvaccinated makes electoral sense

French voters are increasingly impatient with the unvaccinated – a factor which could help Macron at the polls.

By Ido Vock

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With Russian forces still on Ukraine's border, can transatlantic allies hang together?

With Russian forces still on Ukraine’s border, can transatlantic allies hang together?

Emily Tamkin

“You know it shouldn’t exist”: Guantánamo at 20

Ben van der Merwe

Why the global middle class is in revolt

Jeremy Cliffe

How Peng Shuai exposed the limits of China’s power

Katie Stallard

Is Tulsi Gabbard the GOP’s Dark Horse?

Is Tulsi Gabbard the GOP’s Dark Horse?

Eoin Higgins

What the Thucydides Trap gets wrong about China

Lawrence Freedman

Books and Culture

How we lost the art of getting well

Gavin Francis examines how modern medicine tackles the crisis of illness, but neglects the essential process of physical and mental…

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The sinister art of Victor Hugo

The sinister art of Victor Hugo

Michael Prodger

How Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan shaped modern politics

The Culture Interview

Colm Tóibín: “I think, ‘I must be deep.’ Then I think, ‘Stop this nonsense, get on with the story’”

Leo Robson

BBC drama Rules of the Game shows how toxic culture spreads through workplaces

Rachel Cooke

Eimear McBride and the anatomy of misogyny

Eimear McBride and the anatomy of misogyny

Megan Nolan

Andrea Arnold’s Cow explores sex, death, and motherhood through the eyes of an animal

Ryan Gilbey

Podcasts

Will Boris Johnson’s non-apology save him?

Will Boris Johnson’s non-apology save him?

Crises at Russia’s borders, a new Czech prime minister signals West, and Trump’s hold on the Republican Party

Crises at Russia’s borders, a new Czech prime minister signals West, and Trump’s hold on the Republican Party

Undoing Trumpism? Immigration under Joe Biden

Undoing Trumpism? Immigration under Joe Biden

Was Margeret Thatcher a good prime minister?

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Was Margeret Thatcher a good prime minister?

Business and Economics

Why the government’s planned sale of a vaccine centre is an act of national self-sabotage

James Meadway

What we’re getting wrong about the “Great Resignation”

Katharine Swindells

Elizabeth Holmes didn’t exist, so it was necessary to invent her

Elizabeth Holmes didn’t exist, so it was necessary to invent her

The Business Interview

“Subconsciously, it does influence people”: Nick Wheeler on the power of clothes

Will Dunn

Business and Finance

Who made more this year: you or your house?

Ben Walker and Josh Rayman

There is no “best place to work” any more – just good jobs and bad jobs

There is no “best place to work” any more – just good jobs and bad jobs

Emma Haslett

The Long Read

Why the global middle class is in revolt

Why the global middle class is in revolt

Rising prices, falling incomes and pandemic stresses have sparked social unrest and authoritarian crackdowns in middle-income countries across the world.

By Jeremy Cliffe

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The age of economic rage

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The age of economic rage

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Why the global middle class is in revolt

By Jeremy Cliffe

Muted and deferential, the UK’s scientists have failed the pandemic test

By Philip Ball

What the Thucydides Trap gets wrong about China

By Lawrence Freedman

Spotlight

Money alone will not fix the NHS

Money alone will not fix the NHS

Jeremy Hunt MP

Big Tech’s power must come with greater responsibility

Big Tech’s power must come with greater responsibility

Damian Collins MP

What government should do to tackle soaring energy bills

Energy and Climate Change

What government should do to tackle soaring energy bills

Caroline Lucas MP

How smart energy can deliver for smaller businesses

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How smart energy can deliver for smaller businesses

Dr Jeffrey Hardy