Letter of the week: The allure of Olympian thinking
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Letter of the week: Curriculum for transformation
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Why we’ll never understand Lucy Letby
The nurse’s motive will remain unknown, but there are irrefutable systemic failures which can be addressed.
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Letter of the week: The secondary sex
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Letter of the week: The Treasury tyranny
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Subscriber of the week: Anita Pollack
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Why G7 climate leadership is on the line in Japan
Fossil fuel use could decline as soon as next year, but G7 proposals risk slowing the green transition.
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We should remain sceptical about carbon removal
Schemes to suck up carbon emissions may be essential, but some fear they could be letting politicians off the hook.
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Colum Eastwood: “We’re on the road to a united Ireland – and that’s going to be unstoppable”
The leader of Northern Ireland’s nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party on Brexit, power-sharing and updating the Good Friday Agreement.
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Migration tracker: How many people migrate to Europe and the UK?
The routes taken by migrants and asylum seekers, mapped using the latest data.
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Why the UK’s hydrogen strategy does not add up
Using renewable energy to meet the government’s hydrogen target would consume around half of all UK offshore wind.
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A cruise ship for Ukrainians exposes a hierarchy of refugees
Why has the UK spent up to £100m on cruise ships for those fleeing the Russian invasion, when others in…
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“Nothing green” about soaring waste incineration, says former Defra chief scientist
Burned waste is marketed as “renewable” energy, but it produces more carbon emissions than natural gas and is no substitute…
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This England: Going, going, gone
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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“It’s constant anxiety”: inside the crisis in child social care
The murders of Star Hobson and Arthur Labinjo-Hughes revealed shocking shortcomings in the UK’s social care system. What is being…
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Joe Biden gets a new UK prime minister – again
The political chaos in Westminster has raised eyebrows – and some concerns – in Washington.
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Letter of the week: A doomed dash for growth
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Martin Lewis: “It is quite staggering how little politicians know”
The Money Saving Expert opens up about his own attitude to spending, how little politicians know, and being mistaken for…
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Are extreme heatwaves the new normal?
Temperatures in parts of the UK could reach 40°C this week.
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This England: If he could speak to the animals
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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