New York’s hipster wars
Why the city’s clash of cultures between progressive Brooklyn and transgressive Manhattan marks a new era in American politics.
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Australian Labor’s victory shows how the left can neutralise the culture wars
The new prime minister, Anthony Albanese, successfully argued that Scott Morrison was fixated on reactionary talking points because he had…
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Booing the national anthem is as British as singing it
Irreverent anti-elitism is the point of post-Brexit Britain.
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“We’re going to disrupt”: A year inside GB News
Faced with a new rival, can the channel survive? Staffers share the story of a tumultuous 12 months.
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There’s a problem with university culture – but it isn’t the students
Do the grown-ups decrying today’s students really believe they never did anything when they were young that would have caused…
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Tearing down the statue of Friedrich Engels won’t help Ukraine
Russophobia is clouding our judgement.
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Climate culture war trivialises our security
The populist right fails to realise that expanding fossil fuels leave us vulnerable to Russian aggression – and would do…
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Right-wingers that judge Deborah Meaden for wearing a face mask are anti-British
The one thing that unites Britain is not caring what other people wear.
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