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Vladimir Putin is exposed as a failed war leader

The West needs to consider who might replace the Russian president.

By Lawrence Freedman

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Can Kwasi Kwarteng survive?

Can Kwasi Kwarteng survive?

Freddie Hayward

Sam Tarry’s deselection has inflamed Labour’s factional divisions

Rachel Wearmouth

The true cost of Liz Truss’s energy plan is dizzying

The Molly Russell verdict proves it – social media must be regulated

Sarah Manavis

The Elon Musk Show is a portrait of a disturbingly boyish billionaire

The Elon Musk Show is a portrait of a disturbingly boyish billionaire

Rachel Cooke

When Russian missiles rained on Kyiv

John Simpson

Quickfire

Why are the Tories declaring war on housing?

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Why are the Tories declaring war on housing?

Samir Jeraj

Cutting taxes for women who have more children is farcical

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Cutting taxes for women who have more children is farcical

Alona Ferber

Politics

Kwasi Kwarteng makes a cautious retreat

The Chancellor has deferred to convention with two U-turns meant to reassure the markets.

By Freddie Hayward

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Liz Truss starts the parliamentary term in a desperately weak position

Liz Truss starts the parliamentary term in a desperately weak position

Rachel Wearmouth

Must the Tories choose between Liz Truss and Boris Johnson?

Andrew Marr

The Tories are trapped – what can they possibly do now?

Britain braces itself for the devastation of austerity 2.0

Anoosh Chakelian

What does Michael Gove want?

What does Michael Gove want?

Rachel Wearmouth

The Brexit revolution devours its children

Andrew Marr

From Our Writers

Amelia Tait

The hollow feminism of “empowering” Hollywood thrillers

Martin Fletcher

Liz Truss has already proved to be the worst Tory prime minister yet

Jonn Elledge

History shows why the Tories have become addicted to regicide

Pravina Rudra

Swapping hotels for hostels and luggage for a backpack has recharged my love of travel

Ideas

On the eradication of species

Richard Seymour

Red love, for all

Erin Maglaque

Is America worth keeping?

Is America worth keeping?

Thomas Nagel

What is to be done about money?

Geoff Mann

Writing in the age of Big Data

Ryan Ruby

Metaverse in retrograde

Metaverse in retrograde

Justin EH Smith

World

Dispatch from Ukraine: Russia’s war returns to Kyiv

Vladimir Putin has suffered setbacks but strikes on Ukrainian cities show his willingness to raise the stakes.

By Alix Kroeger

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Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats must not deter the West

Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats must not deter the West

Lawrence Freedman

Russian strikes on Ukraine’s cities are an implicit nuclear threat

Ido Vock

Joe Biden is king of the gaffe, but we should take “Armageddon” seriously

Emily Tamkin

How should the US respond to a Russian nuclear attack?

Anusar Farooqui

The struggle for Italy

The struggle for Italy

Tim Parks

Even an abortion scandal might not stop “pro-life” candidate Herschel Walker

Emily Tamkin

Books and Culture

Why DH Lawrence still gets under our skin

His vexatious, evolving style demonstrates a capacity to face the world as sensitively and honestly as possible.

By Tomiwa Owolade

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How Dr No made James Bond a global brand

David Sexton

Why cheating in chess does not pay

The Lost King: a sly, subversive take on the discovery of Richard III

David Sexton

How Pharoah Sanders played against reality

Philip Clark

The degradation of Marilyn Monroe

The degradation of Marilyn Monroe

Tanya Gold

The cutting wit of Alan Rickman

Anna Leszkiewicz

Podcasts

How Liz Truss is fuelling the energy crisis, with Dale Vince

How Liz Truss is fuelling the energy crisis, with Dale Vince

Chairman for Life? | China under Xi

Chairman for Life? | China under Xi

Grow-your-own steak: seeking a cure for the planet’s meat addiction - Audio Long Reads

Audio Long Reads

Grow-your-own steak: seeking a cure for the planet’s meat addiction – Audio Long Reads

Jenny Kleeman and Emma Haslett

Navigating nuclear menace

Navigating nuclear menace

Business and Economics

Bruce Daisley: “Twitter wasn’t set up to be about anger and rage”

Oscar Williams

“There’s only so much money you can spend”: why high fliers hate the top-rate tax cut

Emma Haslett

Could a house price crash tame the UK's depraved rental market?

Could a house price crash tame the UK’s depraved rental market?

Emma Haslett

Why Amazon is raising the price of Prime in a cost-of-living crisis

Oscar Williams

Financial markets have rejected the Tories’ economic vandalism

Will Dunn

The Bank of England is right to hold its nerve

The Bank of England is right to hold its nerve

Will Dunn

Spotlight on Policy

As a Ukrainian, I am calling for a global embargo on Russian fossil fuels

Energy and Climate Change

As a Ukrainian, I am calling for a global embargo on Russian fossil fuels

Iryna Stavchuk

Will Liz Truss really rip up Boris Johnson-era policies?

Will Liz Truss really rip up Boris Johnson-era policies?

Harry Clarke-Ezzidio

“I would not leave the house”: how PMS sufferers are getting a raw deal from doctors

“I would not leave the house”: how PMS sufferers are getting a raw deal from doctors

Zoë Grünewald

Fuel efficiency gap will cost households hundreds of pounds

Energy and Climate Change

Fuel efficiency gap will cost households hundreds of pounds

Katharine Swindells

Environment

Five reasons Jacob Rees-Mogg is unfit to tackle the climate emergency

India Bourke

Can we save the Amazon rainforest from environmental destruction?

Nick Ferris

Mapped: UK fracking licences could impact one in four Tory constituencies

Mapped: UK fracking licences could impact one in four Tory constituencies

Ben van der Merwe and India Bourke

Save the planet by saving the pandas

Martha Gill

For king and countryside: William must surpass his father’s green legacy

India Bourke

Fracking and oil drilling doesn't just fail Britain, it fails the world

Fracking and oil drilling doesn’t just fail Britain, it fails the world

India Bourke

The Long Read

Liz Truss and the rise of the libertarian right

Liz Truss and the rise of the libertarian right

The free-market thinkers and ideas behind the most radical economic experiment in Britain for 40 years.

By Jeremy Cliffe

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The Brexit revolution devours its children

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How Liz Truss crashed to earth

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Vladimir Putin’s land grab is an act of desperation

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The struggle for Italy

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