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Keir Starmer is letting a crisis go to waste

The Labour leader’s hyper-cautious strategy may put him in government, but not in power.

By Rory Scothorne

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Britain’s painful decline since the 2012 London Olympics

Britain’s painful decline since the 2012 London Olympics

Martin Fletcher

Sam Tarry: Starmer’s position on public sector pay “will totally break down”

Rachel Wearmouth

Does anyone care about Cop27?

Is China preparing to invade Taiwan?

Katie Stallard

How the super-rich live

Book of the Day

How the super-rich live

Matthew Beaumont

Amazon’s Arsenal documentary All or Nothing is just another corporate product

Rachel Cooke

Quickfire

The real reason our zombie government isn't taking action on the cost of living

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The real reason our zombie government isn’t taking action on the cost of living

Anoosh Chakelian

How can Boris Johnson and Nadhim Zahawi be on holiday at a time like this?

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How can Boris Johnson and Nadhim Zahawi be on holiday at a time like this?

Martin Fletcher

Politics

What Tory leadership candidate would dare make David Cameron’s pitch today?

Revisiting the former prime minister’s original message in 2005 shows how much the Tories have changed for the worse.

By David Gauke

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The absurdities of Suella Braverman’s “war on woke”

The absurdities of Suella Braverman’s “war on woke”

Philip Collins

Liz Truss is channelling Boris Johnson, not Margaret Thatcher

Rachel Cunliffe

Thatchermania won’t save the Conservative Party

“There’s still not enough focus on the economy,” says Scotland’s chief entrepreneur Mark Logan

Chris Deerin

Rishi Sunak boasted of taking money from “deprived urban areas” to help wealthy towns

Rishi Sunak boasted of taking money from “deprived urban areas” to help wealthy towns

Rachel Wearmouth

Who are the mystery Conservative members taking back control?

Charlotte Ivers

From Our Writers

Jonn Elledge

Rishi Sunak’s mask has slipped – if ever he wore one

Louise Perry

In the sleek, luxurious world of athleisure, aspiration hides something much darker

Marie Le Conte

If Silicon Valley wants to ruin Instagram, there is nothing we can do about it

Paul Mason

Nancy Pelosi’s chaotic Taiwan trip is a symptom of US decline

World

Saudi Arabia’s The Line is what happens when tech bro culture meets Middle Eastern autocracy

The city’s obvious impracticality shows that it is an idea greenlighted by someone no one says no to.

By Ido Vock

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Death of al-Qaeda leader in Kabul puts the Taliban on notice

Death of al-Qaeda leader in Kabul puts the Taliban on notice

Shiraz Maher

How Vladimir Putin views the world

John Lloyd

Impatient with their elders, young Democrats step up

Emily Tamkin

The energy crisis: what the UK could learn from Germany

Philippa Nuttall, Anoosh Chakelian, Ido Vock and Nick Ferris

Why it’s not surprising that Viktor Orbán spoke at CPAC

Why it’s not surprising that Viktor Orbán spoke at CPAC

Emily Tamkin

A flurry of alarm over Kosovo reveals underlying tensions

Alix Kroeger

Ideas

China Miéville: “If you don’t feel despair, you’re not opening your eyes”

Gavin Jacobson

Wittgenstein at war

Thomas Nagel

The authoritarian interlude

The authoritarian interlude

Phil Tinline

Welcome to the inferno

Richard Seymour

Why your flights keep getting cancelled

Daniel Zamora

To realise political unity, humankind must look to the starry heavens

To realise political unity, humankind must look to the starry heavens

Justin EH Smith

Books and Culture

Burning the bastards out

The destruction of country houses in the Irish revolution can be seen as the last stage of a long Land…

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“The festival is more fragile than ever”: the Edinburgh Fringe wars

“The festival is more fragile than ever”: the Edinburgh Fringe wars

Anna Leszkiewicz and Bilal Aly

The best exhibitions of summer 2022

Interviews and Profiles

Édouard Louis: “I dream of a world without politics”

Lola Seaton

Philip Larkin at 100

Nietzsche before the breakdown

Book of the Day

Nietzsche before the breakdown

John Gray

In defence of Netflix’s Persuasion

Rachel Cunliffe

Podcasts

How serious is the Taiwan Strait crisis?

How serious is the Taiwan Strait crisis?

Thomas Mann, German identity and the romantic allure of Russia - Audio Long Reads

Audio Long Reads

Thomas Mann, German identity and the romantic allure of Russia – Audio Long Reads

Jeremy Cliffe

How workers‘ pay tripped up Liz Truss and Keir Starmer

How workers‘ pay tripped up Liz Truss and Keir Starmer

Putin can still be toppled, with Leonid Volkov

Putin can still be toppled, with Leonid Volkov

Business and Economics

Can “Trussonomics” work?

Will Dunn

The summer of strikes is about to get worse

Emma Haslett

Energy bills: why does the UK force people on low incomes to pay more?

Energy bills: why does the UK force people on low incomes to pay more?

Will Dunn

The building that remade London

Emma Haslett

The woman who plans to switch off obesity with a pill

Emma Haslett

The UK is going into recession, and even Liz Truss might not be able to save it

The UK is going into recession, and even Liz Truss might not be able to save it

Emma Haslett

Environment

Pascal Lamy on the climate crisis: “We have to go way back to find a global picture as depressing as today”

Philippa Nuttall

Nuclear energy vs renewables: which is the best solution for the climate crisis?

Philippa Nuttall

How Britain can prevent drought

How Britain can prevent drought

India Bourke

How are animals adapting to climate change?

India Bourke

Hard work won’t be enough to pay your energy bill

Philippa Nuttall

Is climate anxiety ruining my friendships?

Is climate anxiety ruining my friendships?

Philippa Nuttall

The Long Read

The battle for the soul of English cricket

The battle for the soul of English cricket

When the former Yorkshire bowler Azeem Rafiq blew the whistle on racism within the sport, high-profile resignations and inquiries followed.…

By Emma John

Magazine

Summer Special

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Summer reflection: the silence of the seabirds

By Helen Macdonald

Lisa Nandy: “I disliked the cults around Blair and Corbyn: one man doesn’t change things”

By Kate Mossman

A fatal attraction

By Jeremy Cliffe

The battle for the soul of English cricket

By Emma John

Spotlight

Food waste is a cost-of-living problem as well as a climate problem

Energy and Climate Change

Food waste is a cost-of-living problem as well as a climate problem

Sarah Dawood

How ethical data sourcing is helping to tackle child sexual abuse online

How ethical data sourcing is helping to tackle child sexual abuse online

Sophia Schmidt

What happens when there is an infectious disease outbreak in the UK?

What happens when there is an infectious disease outbreak in the UK?

Zoë Grünewald

Half of struggling families have no spending money after monthly bills

Regional Development

Half of struggling families have no spending money after monthly bills

Harry Clarke-Ezzidio