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Nadhim Zahawi’s sacking leaves Rishi Sunak with questions to answer

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Robert Kaplan’s tragic realism

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Robert Kaplan’s tragic realism

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Why Brexit is back

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What does Rick Rubin actually do?

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Is the EU plan to counter US green subsidies “Marx on steroids”?

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Is the EU plan to counter US green subsidies “Marx on steroids”?

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HS2 station debacle is a symptom of our terminal decline

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HS2 station debacle is a symptom of our terminal decline

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Sunak is finding Tory MPs ungovernable

The party has forced its latest victim of a prime minister into a succession of U-turns.

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“Toxic” culture in parliament as 162 staff report bullying

“Toxic” culture in parliament as 162 staff report bullying

Zoë Grünewald

The tragedy of Nicola Sturgeon

Chris Deerin

What would foreign policy look like in a Labour government?

Labour considering plan to soften Brexit

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The story behind Labour’s “Reagan Question”

The story behind Labour’s “Reagan Question”

Anoosh Chakelian

Christopher Harborne: the silent donor behind Brexit and Boris Johnson

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Your therapist shouldn’t be on TikTok

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“There are thousands of Andrew Tates out there”: The battle against online extremism

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Rishi Sunak must sack Nadhim Zahawi to retain any credibility

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Germany took too long to reach the right decision on tanks

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Germany is isolated once more – and no one now trusts Olaf Scholz

For Europe, the German chancellor’s first year in office has been a series of broken promises and fractured relationships.

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Oleksiy Danilov: “Weak people always come up with excuses not to act”

Oleksiy Danilov: “Weak people always come up with excuses not to act”

Bruno Maçães

Ukraine is not a proxy war

Lawrence Freedman

The Putin backlash

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Kenneth Roth on Harvard fellowship controversy: “My biggest concern is for academic freedom”

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Why Britain is deluded about Germany

Why Britain is deluded about Germany

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China’s economy will rebound. But for how long?

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Bruno Latour and the philosophy of life

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William Davies

The detective of world history

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Elon Musk’s useful philosopher

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The new class war

Jonathan Rutherford

The poetic history of David Graeber

The poetic history of David Graeber

Justin EH Smith

Books and Culture

Edward Hopper’s city of still lives

How the painter stripped New York of its disorder to reveal its inhabitants’ solitude.

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First Aid Kit: “We realised constant touring was not a good way to live”

First Aid Kit: “We realised constant touring was not a good way to live”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Nan Goldin’s politics of sex

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How identity politics props up racism

Tomiwa Owolade

The myth of America’s love affair with guns

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Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale is dismal, claustrophobic and sometimes cruel

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Lea Ypi on mothers, the motherland and the cruelties of UK immigration

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Lea Ypi on mothers, the motherland and the cruelties of UK immigration

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The return of Tory sleaze

The return of Tory sleaze

Tanke schön: a breakthrough for Ukraine

Tanke schön: a breakthrough for Ukraine

How to fix the NHS, with Phil Whitaker

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How to fix the NHS, with Phil Whitaker

Business and Economics

The fall of fast fashion

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What would happen if everyone knew your salary?

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Good riddance to the buy-to-let landlord

Good riddance to the buy-to-let landlord

Emma Haslett

Most UK businesses see no benefit in post-Brexit deregulation

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What if inflation falls in the wrong way?

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Elon Musk was never really the world’s richest man

Elon Musk was never really the world’s richest man

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Spotlight on Policy

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How universal public services can end the cost-of-living crisis

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The government is insulting women with its lack of action on the menopause

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Up north, Gove quotes Engels and criticises our broken economic model – but he’s stuck for solutions

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Up north, Gove quotes Engels and criticises our broken economic model – but he’s stuck for solutions

Jonny Ball

Cost-of-living Crisis

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Harry Clarke-Ezzidio and Katharine Swindells

Energy and Climate Change

“Spawn of the devil”: the dangerous escalation in Tory climate rhetoric

India Bourke

Labour has the ear of small business – let’s prove we can deliver

Labour has the ear of small business – let’s prove we can deliver

Ibrahim Dogus

The Long Read

Is Substack the future of media?

Is Substack the future of media?

Elon Musk’s ruin of Twitter has been a boon for the newsletter platform, which is reshaping the market for the…

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