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Liberalism in the end times
Amid a populist revolution, can the centre left do more than survive?
Ivan Krastev
Free Speech
After the horrific attacks in Manchester we must defend the right to protest
Alan Rusbridger
Politics
Keir Starmer’s fleeting moment of clarity
Tom Clark
Philosophy
Charlie Kirk, memes and murder
Sasha Mudd
The weekly constitutional
Why the government was right to take PPE Medpro to court
DAT Green
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FREE SPEECH
After the horrific attacks in Manchester we must defend the right to protest
Alan Rusbridger
LIBERALISM
Liberalism in the end times
Ivan Krastev
POLITICS
Keir Starmer’s fleeting moment of clarity
Tom Clark
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONAL
Why the government was right to take PPE Medpro to court
DAT Green
LABOUR PARTY
Labour’s conference was thick with lobbyists
Peter Geoghegan
PHILOSOPHY
Charlie Kirk, memes and murder
Sasha Mudd
THE CULTURE NEWSLETTER
Read outside your comfort zone
Susie Mesure
ENERGY
The great 2025 solar boom
Tim Smedley
LABOUR PARTY
Why is Starmer focusing so much on Farage?
Andrew Adonis
CULTURE
A Prussian soap opera
Peter Hoskin
Our writers
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Chatbots may not keep getting better
Ethan Zuckerman
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Is it okay to say clanker?
Sarah Ogilvie
Sasha Mudd author image
Reading aloud isn’t just for children
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The hypocrisy of our hard-right ‘protectors’
Ellen Halliday
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Andy Burnham is just trying to help
Alona Ferber
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Don’t be offended when I don’t text you back
Alice Garnett
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Rural life: learning to let go
Kiran Sidhu
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Second life: My love affair with Estonia
Vitali Vitaliev
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Clerical life: Hope is the only antidote to climate despair
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Long life: I’m so grateful for my relationships
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Labour Party
Labour’s conference was thick with lobbyists
Public affairs firms, including those with ties to the party, were representing everything from oil and gas to defence contractors
Peter Geoghegan
Labour Party
Why is Starmer focusing so much on Farage?
Andrew Adonis
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Does Labour have a ‘culture problem’? With Lucy Powell and Stella Creasy
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People
Saikat Chakrabarti is coming for the Democratic establishment
Ben Clark
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Phone Hacking
Did the Murdoch empire hack MPs for commercial ends?
What if Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper company didn’t just hack phones to get a scoop, but targeted elected politicians—right to the very top—in pursuit of its business ambitions?
Nick Davies
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Phone Hacking
How Murdoch’s company magicked away 31 million emails
Nick Davies
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Media
What did Rupert know, when?
Nick Davies
Phone Hacking
Did Washington Post publisher ‘pervert the course of justice’ under Murdoch?
Nick Davies
Culture
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A Prussian soap opera
We met Christopher Clark to discuss his latest book, the importance of people in history and… ‘The Archers’?
Peter Hoskin
The Culture Newsletter
Fyodor Dostoevsky is so hot right now
Daniel Rey
One painting at a time
One painting at a time: ‘September’ by Frank Bowling
David McAllister
People
Ruby Tandoh on bubble tea, and our capitalist appetites
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
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