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Boris Johnson officially resigns – what happens now?

Johnson will stand down as Conservative leader but is bidding to remain PM until the autumn.

By Freddie Hayward

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Can Ukraine win the war?

Can Ukraine win the war?

Lawrence Freedman

The International Interview

US diplomat Marie Yovanovitch: “The Trump years did great damage”

Emily Tamkin

Law, not impunity, should be the West’s rallying cry

Republicans put US shootings down to anything but guns

Eoin Higgins

In a drying world can humans learn to adapt?

In a drying world can humans learn to adapt?

Philippa Nuttall

Driving through Ukraine, I am confronted by the end of the world

Maurice Glasman

War in Ukraine

The ethical dilemma of rebuilding Ukraine after the war

The ethical dilemma of rebuilding Ukraine after the war

Ido Vock

How Putin prepared elite troops for Ukraine

How Putin prepared elite troops for Ukraine

James Kilner

Russia must lose this war

Russia must lose this war

Jonathan Littell

Russia’s army is fighting Ukraine the way it was designed to

Russia’s army is fighting Ukraine the way it was designed to

Ido Vock

From Our Writers

Helen Thompson

The forgotten politics of personal sacrifice

Ido Vock

The Roe vs Wade decision is resonating in Europe

Katie Stallard

The banality of Vladimir Putin

Tomiwa Owolade

This is an age of stagnation, and young people are stuck in perpetual adolescence

World

Nato’s “comeback” pivots on America’s troubled politics

Ambitious agreements made at the Madrid summit belie the danger of a second Trump term

By Jeremy Cliffe

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The US Supreme Court is aggressively asserting its right-wing politics

The US Supreme Court is aggressively asserting its right-wing politics

Emily Tamkin

The betrayal of Hong Kong

America’s crisis-industrial complex

Nikhil Pal Singh

Roe vs Wade and the land of lost liberty

Emily Tamkin and Katie Stallard

“You have to say when things are wicked”: Chris Patten's lessons from negotiating with China

International Politics

“You have to say when things are wicked”: Chris Patten’s lessons from negotiating with China

Katie Stallard

Capitol riot testimony was more smoking gun than smoke and mirrors

Emily Tamkin

Podcasts

What Trump and Putin got wrong, with Marie Yovanovitch

What Trump and Putin got wrong, with Marie Yovanovitch

How will the end of Roe vs Wade transform America?

How will the end of Roe vs Wade transform America?

China’s broken promises on Hong Kong, with Chris Patten

China’s broken promises on Hong Kong, with Chris Patten

BONUS EPISODE: Will the world end its addiction to growth? With the Club of Rome

BONUS EPISODE: Will the world end its addiction to growth? With the Club of Rome

Adrian Bradley, Philippa Nuttall and NS Podcasts

Long Read

How did I feel when Dad died? Music helped me figure it out

How did I feel when Dad died? Music helped me figure it out

On sudden loss, big tunes and the unexpected joy of “griephoria”.

By Pete Paphides

Culture and Books

How TS Eliot found happiness

Withdrawn and prejudiced, the poet is hard to warm to – but Robert Crawford’s new biography shows how Eliot’s second…

By Erica Wagner

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From aardvark to woke: inside the Oxford English Dictionary

From aardvark to woke: inside the Oxford English Dictionary

Pippa Bailey

The Princess is a radical new take on the very familiar story of Diana Spencer

Will Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” usher in a new era of dance music?

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

How the empire degraded Britain

Laleh Khalili

Henry Kissinger’s whitewashing of Richard Nixon

Book of the Day

Henry Kissinger’s whitewashing of Richard Nixon

Jeremy Cliffe

Radio & Podcasts

What does it really mean to forgive?

Anna Leszkiewicz

UK Politics

Boris Johnson has not resigned as prime minister

By refusing to leave No 10 until the autumn, Johnson is daring Tory MPs to act with opposition parties to…

By Harry Lambert

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Who will replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader?

Who will replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader?

Andrew Marr

Daily Mail front page hints at Paul Dacre’s last-ditch bid for a peerage

Daily Mail front page hints at Paul Dacre’s last-ditch bid for a peerage

The Chatterer

Boris Johnson’s resignation won’t end the Conservatives’ brand problems

Ben Walker

Andrew Fisher: “Keir Starmer is too interested in not being Jeremy Corbyn”

Andrew Fisher: “Keir Starmer is too interested in not being Jeremy Corbyn”

Harry Lambert

Business

Rishi Sunak leaves a legacy of economic confusion

Rishi Sunak leaves a legacy of economic confusion

Emma Haslett

Why putting an oil executive in charge of your economy is a bad idea

Why putting an oil executive in charge of your economy is a bad idea

India Bourke

Nadhim Zahawi has become Chancellor at a desperate moment for the UK economy

Nadhim Zahawi has become Chancellor at a desperate moment for the UK economy

Will Dunn

How ‘nudge theory’ can prompt pro-environmental behaviour

How ‘nudge theory’ can prompt pro-environmental behaviour

India Bourke

Magazine

The Last Days of Boris Johnson

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The Last Days of Boris Johnson

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The last days of Boris Johnson

By Andrew Marr

In a drying world can humans learn to adapt?

By Philippa Nuttall

Driving through Ukraine, I am confronted by the end of the world

By Maurice Glasman

Britain’s best chef Clare Smyth: “My team are like robots – you can’t stop the machine”

By Kate Mossman

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