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Nicola Sturgeon has taken her biggest gamble

The SNP’s vow to turn the next election into an independence referendum could end in disaster.

By Chris Deerin

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America’s crisis-industrial complex

America’s crisis-industrial complex

Nikhil Pal Singh

In Westminster, change is stirring: Tory hegemony is under threat

Andrew Marr

Does anyone care about Cop27?

Book of the Day

How TS Eliot found happiness

Erica Wagner

Is this the end of the Ukrainian moment?

Is this the end of the Ukrainian moment?

Mark Leonard and Ivan Krastev

Why an end to economic growth is inevitable

Philippa Nuttall

Quickfire

Why "sex-neutral feminism" is a dangerous proposition

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Why “sex-neutral feminism” is a dangerous proposition

Zoë Grünewald

In defence of Mickey Mouse degrees

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In defence of Mickey Mouse degrees

James Graham

Politics

Keir Starmer: If you don’t change your views, you won’t succeed

The Labour leader has confirmed that he has scrapped the party’s 2019 manifesto.

By Freddie Hayward

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The Lib Dems name their price for a deal with Labour

Commons Confidential

The Lib Dems name their price for a deal with Labour

Kevin Maguire

Jeremy Hunt: End the “terrible blame culture” in the NHS

Sarah Dawood

Ben Wallace criticises cabinet colleagues as he calls for higher defence spending

Liz Truss’s Northern Ireland bill is all about her

Freddie Hayward

Michael Howard’s Diary: Why I have no regrets over calling for Boris Johnson to resign

Michael Howard’s Diary: Why I have no regrets over calling for Boris Johnson to resign

Michael Howard

Joe Biden “dislikes Boris Johnson for his racist treatment of Obama”

Zoë Grünewald

From Our Writers

David Gauke

Why British politics is broken

Pippa Bailey

The message from the Supreme Court: do not get used to having rights

Jeremy Cliffe

The fracturing of French politics spells instability – but also a chance for renewal

Pravina Rudra

How I learned to ditch Amazon and fall in love with books again

World

The new era of American darkness

With the Supreme Court ruling, the US has taken a step closer to political ruin. Europe must now prepare for a future without its most powerful ally.

By Jeremy Cliffe

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Russia must lose this war

Russia must lose this war

Jonathan Littell

Roe vs Wade and the land of lost liberty

Emily Tamkin and Katie Stallard

How Putin prepared elite troops for Ukraine

James Kilner

The end of Roe vs Wade: what is there left to write?

Emily Tamkin

“You have to say when things are wicked”: Chris Patten's lessons from negotiating with China

“You have to say when things are wicked”: Chris Patten’s lessons from negotiating with China

Katie Stallard

Paralysis in Moscow: why Putin persists with his strategy

Lawrence Freedman

Ideas

New York’s hipster wars

Nick Burns

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

Gavin Jacobson

In the ruins of anti-fascist hegemony

In the ruins of anti-fascist hegemony

John Ganz

My friend, the man who tried to kill Hitler

Raymond Geuss

Out with the old: is neoliberalism really dying?

Jan-Werner Müller

Utopia in the age of climate crisis

Utopia in the age of climate crisis

Richard Seymour

Books and Culture

Volodymyr Zelensky behind the mask

Serhii Rudenko’s biography is a portrait of a wartime hero whose troubled past may return to haunt him.

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From Top Gun to Jurassic World: blockbuster cinema is back!

From Top Gun to Jurassic World: blockbuster cinema is back!

Pippa Bailey

In a fractured world, Glastonbury is a much-needed sanctuary

How the empire degraded Britain

Laleh Khalili

Radio & Podcasts

What does it really mean to forgive?

Anna Leszkiewicz

The Undeclared War is truly clever TV

The Undeclared War is truly clever TV

Rachel Cooke

David Roberts: Victorian visions of the Holy Land

Michael Prodger

Podcasts

How will the end of Roe vs Wade transform America?

How will the end of Roe vs Wade transform America?

China’s broken promises on Hong Kong, with Chris Patten

China’s broken promises on Hong Kong, with Chris Patten

The psychiatrists who don’t believe in mental illness - Audio Long Reads

Audio Long Reads

The psychiatrists who don’t believe in mental illness – Audio Long Reads

Sophie McBain

By-election special: Is Boris Johnson doomed by the double defeat?

By-election special: Is Boris Johnson doomed by the double defeat?

Business and Economics

Could a new debt crisis split the eurozone?

Emma Haslett

The ostrich economy is heading for a reckoning

Will Dunn

Bankers' bumper bonuses: why does the government want them back?

Bankers’ bumper bonuses: why does the government want them back?

Emma Haslett

Is recession the Bank of England’s only choice?

Emma Haslett

Is Brexit to blame for the UK’s extra inflation?

Will Dunn

No promotions and forced to load bags: why pilots are preparing to strike

No promotions and forced to load bags: why pilots are preparing to strike

Emma Haslett

Environment

How Tory governments left voters paying a duke’s heating bill

Philippa Nuttall

Can the Greens become more than a single MP party in England and Wales?

India Bourke

Why an end to economic growth is inevitable

Why an end to economic growth is inevitable

Philippa Nuttall

Does anyone care about Cop27?

Philippa Nuttall

The Environment Interview

“Engineers build the fabric of society. We need them in government”

Philippa Nuttall

Drought pulls Europe's farmers to the front line of a drying world

Drought pulls Europe’s farmers to the front line of a drying world

Philippa Nuttall

The Long Read

From aardvark to woke: inside the Oxford English Dictionary

From aardvark to woke: inside the Oxford English Dictionary

The OED’s task – to define every English word – is as ambitious as it was 150 years ago.

By Pippa Bailey

Magazine

American Darkness

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American Darkness

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The new era of American darkness

By Jeremy Cliffe

Roe vs Wade and the land of lost liberty

By Emily Tamkin and Katie Stallard

A new world order

By Jerome Roos

Spotlight

To protect abortion rights, don’t let the UK ditch the ECHR

To protect abortion rights, don’t let the UK ditch the ECHR

Susie Alegre

Does Tory defeat in Wakefield spell the end of “levelling up”?

Regional Development

Does Tory defeat in Wakefield spell the end of “levelling up”?

Jonny Ball

The Policy Ask with Cat Hobbs: “It turns out my mum was right all along – it’s all about balance”

Regional Development

The Policy Ask with Cat Hobbs: “It turns out my mum was right all along – it’s all about balance”

Spotlight

How much longer can the government kick the TfL funding can down the road?

How much longer can the government kick the TfL funding can down the road?

Harry Clarke-Ezzidio