The unlikely refuge of British supermarkets
As libraries and community centres disappear, retail spaces are becoming the last resort of people seeking connection.
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The Church is being villainised over the Clapham chemical attack
Religious figures have been drawn into debates over false asylum claims – but it is the process that is flawed.
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David Brooks’ delusions of moral decline
How to Know a Person argues that public life no longer values honour and empathy – but the evidence is…
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In power, Labour will have to act like a wartime cabinet
Would an “activist” Starmer government have what it takes to rebuild Britain’s collapsing infrastructure?
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The Policy Ask with Anne Longfield: “Two-child benefits limit only deepens poverty and misery”
The former children’s commissioner for England on the impact of Covid-19 on young people’s mental health, and the need for…
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The great crack-up
We inhabit an economy too small to deliver the social goods British people expect.
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Exclusion of pay in NHS workforce plan is “laughable”, says Adam Kay
As the government sets out its public sector pay deal, the former doctor told MPs that there is no clear…
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Exclusive: Hundreds faced jail over unpaid council tax since 2010
New data reveals how councils have been taking action against people in debt – many of whom can’t afford to…
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Trapped in the generation gap
Jean Twenge’s new study suggests that the young are the losers in a society transformed by technology.
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The rise of Waterstones Dad
How the self-made man got lost in the marketplace of ideas.
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Keir Starmer: This is what I believe
Why we need a new mission-driven politics to renew Britain and defeat the enemies of progress.
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The restoration of the coffeehouse
How a centuries-old institution can save today’s faltering social media culture.
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The year woke broke: a brief history of a contested word
From Suella Braverman to Elon Musk, war has been declared on liberalism. How did one word come to mean so…
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Why has it taken me so long to form friendships with other women of colour?
There can be more openness between us now. Growing up, we were trying to feign whiteness and scared of being…
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It’s time to accept it: there’s no easy, painless way to break up with a friend
Sometimes the only thing that is right for us will be wrong for someone we care about, and there’s nothing…
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London isn’t unfriendly – it’s one of the most welcoming places in the world
Just don’t try to make friends by harassing strangers on the Tube.
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Defensiveness doesn’t suit Nepo Babies
Nepotism is often forgiven when people admit their privilege.
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Instead of insulating from winter, I have decided to expose myself to it
Forcing myself outside, and into a new mindset, has altered my way of encountering the world.
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In defence of “vibes”
Is the term helpful for a sentimentally stunted age?
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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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