Leader: A climate of violence
If MPs are to foster a more tolerant political culture, they must lead by example.
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Twilight of the West
Letter of the week: The Church’s shameful legacy in Ireland
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The kindness David Amess showed me as a young journalist was a mark of the man
Politicians, shell-shocked by the death of a much admired colleague, face a difficult challenge: how to balance openness and…
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In Hungary, a united opposition faces an unhinged, Orbán-friendly smear campaign
Hopes are high for the end of the Fidesz party's reign, but much of the media remains loyal to…
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What the “Bad Art Friend” story teaches us about privacy
The internet encourages women to mine their lives for content – but at what cost?
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The Saudis have promised Newcastle United the world. But what do they want in return?
For all the lavish boasts about potential signings, and investment in club infrastructure and the wider city, we don’t…
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Kathleen Stock and Sussex University: the war over academic freedom
How a campus trans row ended in protests, a police investigation – and a debate over the future of…
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“The justice system is failing too many women”: Robert Buckland on policing and MPs’ security
Boris Johnson’s levelling-up mission will falter unless he invests in law and order, says the former justice secretary.
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Rachel Cunliffe’s Diary: Ecology vs fertility, the Met’s empathy problem, and a commitment to weddings
Climate anxiety might be a factor in young people's family planning, but more than squeezed incomes or a precarious…
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Afghanistan shows the American dream of remaking the world is over
If the US’s occupation of Afghanistan was a failed exercise in nation-building, its withdrawal could mark a long overdue…
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The goodness business: how woke capitalism turned virtue into profit
No corporation is without its ideals in the new “emoticonomy”. But what do companies want with their new moral…
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Bernard-Henri Lévy: “Defining oneself by an identity is an impoverishment of what you are”
The French intellectual on culture wars and global crises.
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What George Orwell’s garden reveals about his politics of resistance
In tending to his roses, Orwell created a refuge from industrial capitalism, fascism and war.
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American warfare and the battle for profit
New books by Andrew Cockburn and Samuel Moyn ask who are the true winners and losers in today's technology-driven…
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How the Eighties reinvented pop music
Dylan Jones's new book is a fascinating and frustrating account of a bombastic decade.
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Richard Powers’s Bewilderment is full of bold ideas – but strays into earnestness
Neuroscience, astrobiology and ecocide mix in the American author’s Booker-shortlisted new novel.
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Reviewed in short: New books by Michael Brooks, Parag Khanna, John Callow and David Hare
The Art of More by Michael Brooks, Move by Parag Khanna, The Last Witches of England by John Callow…
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The Hokusai of Sussex
Eric Slater was an unassuming man, but his Japanese art-inspired woodcut prints show his brilliance.
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Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch is impossibly accomplished – and a bit boring
A romanticisation of the New Yorker in its heyday, the movie is all aesthetic and no emotional depth.
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Impeachment: American Crime Story is a camp portrayal of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal
It’s not exactly feminist, but at its heart this drama is sweet and tender.
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BBC Radio 4’s God Squad has borrowed from Life of Brian – but left behind the laughs
This sitcom about a University Christian Association is reminiscent, ironically, of a student sketch show.
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Wine’s secret ingredient? Slowly crumbling rocks
Studying what’s beneath the surface of the soil can tell us a lot about wine – and ourselves.
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How I wish my old diary held more detail of the night I met my husband
My first meeting with Ben is mentioned only fleetingly. We went back to his room and listened to the…
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A year in my flat – and I marked it by setting off the smoke alarm
It is also the anniversary of the beginning of my lockdown affair, and now even the weather reminds me…
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Robert Peston Q&A: “If only Gordon Brown had abandoned his obsession with being prime minister”
The journalist on Beethoven, his love of coffee and the wisdom of economics.
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This England: Attack of the clones
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain…
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Subscriber of the Week: David Oliver
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