The meaning of Essex
Built for commuters, the county created a brash new consumerist identity. But its success has come at a price.
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How English cricket disappeared
This year’s Wisden chronicles and fights back against the destruction of the summer game.
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This England: Driven apart
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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A quiet revolt among councillors on progressive alliances
Exclusive polling for the New Statesman reveals enthusiasm for coalition governing in defiance of national parties.
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Vapes aren’t enough to stop people smoking
The government should be funding cessation services and cracking down on Big Tobacco rather than fixating on e-cigarettes.
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Is the BMA silencing striking junior doctors?
Medics on picket lines are declining interviews and telling journalists that only union reps can speak.
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This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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When teachers strike, the country stops working
Teachers act as social workers, counsellors, nurses, childminders, cooks, cleaners – and even police.
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This England: The best a cat can get
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Finding the soul of England
The Sussex landscape has proven irresistible to artists for hundreds of years.
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This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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How much does it cost to watch a game of football?
Is it cheaper to watch matches at home or the pub? The football cost-of-living crisis – in numbers.
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Britain must finally shed its illusions of greatness
As our public services edge closer to collapse, we need the humility to acknowledge that the country has lost its…
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The quiet revolution in black British identity
Black Britishness used to mean people from Caribbean backgrounds – but now it is more varied than ever.
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Scotland can never be an equal partner with England, in the Union or outside it
The SNP’s depiction of Scotland as a prisoner of Westminster is shrewd politics, but detached from inescapable realities.
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It’s time to banish Britain’s Celtic ghosts
The Anglo-Celt divide continues to shape the political fate of the British Isles – yet it is a historical mirage.
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Michael Winterbottom’s This England is odd and oddly repellent
Kenneth Branagh has captured Boris Johnson’s striding stoop and gibbon arm-swing, but this series is perhaps too kind to him.
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This England: Supermarkets shushed
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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This England: Crackers for Christmas
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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This England: Nature calls
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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