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A new age of global war

Europe believed it had banished war for good. But Russia’s aggression in Ukraine shows we must prepare for armed conflict to become a tool of state power once more.

By Margaret MacMillan

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In the ruins of anti-fascist hegemony

In the ruins of anti-fascist hegemony

John Ganz

International Politics

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

Katie Stallard

Does anyone care about Cop27?

Can Emma Raducanu survive her super-brand status?

Sarah Manavis

No, Philip Larkin is not being "cancelled" by schools

No, Philip Larkin is not being “cancelled” by schools

Jeremy Noel-Tod

Keir Starmer’s stance on the strikes is a betrayal of the people who need Labour

Simon Fletcher

Quickfire

Even as a young Tory, I feel like this government is out to get me

Today 6:26 pm

Even as a young Tory, I feel like this government is out to get me

William Atkinson

My experience of Rotherham shows the real problem isn’t brown men, it’s how we treat working-class girls

Today 8:00 am

My experience of Rotherham shows the real problem isn’t brown men, it’s how we treat working-class girls

Katie Edwards

Politics

Who in the cabinet has the courage to challenge Boris Johnson?

What the Tory rebellion has lacked all along is a Michael Heseltine-style figure.

By Andrew Marr

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“We don’t want to see NHS strikes”: Wes Streeting and Rachel Reeves on Labour in an age of inflation

“We don’t want to see NHS strikes”: Wes Streeting and Rachel Reeves on Labour in an age of inflation

Anoosh Chakelian

Why we should celebrate the defiant Joanna Cherry

Chris Deerin

Seventy per cent of British voters say the cost of childcare keeps mothers at home

How Mick Lynch won the media war

Zoë Grünewald

The by-elections show what a Tory wipeout could look like

The by-elections show what a Tory wipeout could look like

Harry Lambert

Why even the Brexiteers are in despair over Brexit

Ivan Rogers

From Our Writers

David Gauke

Brexit’s critics have been vindicated – but there are no easy answers

Anoosh Chakelian

Rail strikes test Tory culture war on working from home

Jeremy Cliffe

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

Sarah Manavis

Social media isn’t always bad for children, it depends how they use it

World

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

We have known this decision was coming for a long time, but still I don’t know what to say today.

By Emily Tamkin

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Nato unity faces scrutiny as defences to protect the Baltic states ramp up

Nato unity faces scrutiny as defences to protect the Baltic states ramp up

Ido Vock

Paralysis in Moscow: why Putin persists with his strategy

Lawrence Freedman

A new age of global war

Margaret MacMillan

Between Russia and the EU, Kaliningrad is isolated by Putin’s war

Maximilian Hess

The betrayal of Hong Kong

The betrayal of Hong Kong

Katie Stallard

Emmanuel Macron falls to earth

Ido Vock

Ideas

New York’s hipster wars

Nick Burns

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

Gavin Jacobson

My friend, the man who tried to kill Hitler

My friend, the man who tried to kill Hitler

Raymond Geuss

Out with the old: is neoliberalism really dying?

Jan-Werner Müller

From God to monsters – the “new nationalism” of the US right

John Ganz

Utopia in the age of climate crisis

Utopia in the age of climate crisis

Richard Seymour

Books and Culture

How the empire degraded Britain

Three new histories reveal the corrosive effects of colonialism and slavery on today’s British politics.

By Laleh Khalili

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The Death of Consensus: the recurring nightmares of British politics

Book of the Day

The Death of Consensus: the recurring nightmares of British politics

John Gray

Rowan Atkinson’s Man vs Bee: the most perplexing minutes I have ever spent watching TV

Book of the Day

Henry Kissinger’s whitewashing of Richard Nixon

Jeremy Cliffe

Why Baz Luhrmann’s biopic fails to capture the real Elvis

Ryan Gilbey

Can Emma Raducanu survive her super-brand status?

Sarah Manavis

Book of the Day

Geoff Dyer and the art of slacking off

Lola Seaton

Podcasts

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?

BONUS EPISODE: Will the world end its addiction to growth? With the Club of Rome

BONUS EPISODE: Will the world end its addiction to growth? With the Club of Rome

Adrian Bradley, Philippa Nuttall and NS Podcasts

Business and Economics

Could a new debt crisis split the eurozone?

Emma Haslett

Forget Right to Buy, what about Right to Rent? The UK’s rent crisis is a political choice

Emma Haslett

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

The ostrich economy is heading for a reckoning

Will Dunn

Is recession the Bank of England’s only choice?

Emma Haslett

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

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

Will Dunn

Environment

Why the UN Security Council can’t keep ignoring climate-driven conflict

Jamal Benomar

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?

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

India Bourke

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

Britain isn’t working

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Britain isn’t working

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Why even the Brexiteers are in despair over Brexit

By Ivan Rogers

A new age of global war

By Margaret MacMillan

From aardvark to woke: inside the Oxford English Dictionary

By Pippa Bailey

Spotlight

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

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

Software is becoming more interdependent, and that’s a big security problem

Software is becoming more interdependent, and that’s a big security problem

Nicu Calcea

The Policy Ask with Paul Farmer: “Cutting welfare support is counter-productive and punitive”

The Policy Ask with Paul Farmer: “Cutting welfare support is counter-productive and punitive”

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