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The truth of the Guildford bombings
50 years on from these IRA attacks, an updated book exposes the failings that resulted in four people being wrongly imprisoned
Nick Davies
Crime and Justice
Locking up climate protesters is the mark of a broken justice system
Alan Rusbridger
Middle East
Hezbollah is weakened, but still dangerous
Matthew Levitt
Lives
Sex life: I’m going to stop pigeon-holing my sexual identity
Tilly Lawless
Tax
The government should raise fuel duty at the Budget
Stephen Glaister, David Bayliss
Politics
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Media
What will the Spectator look like with ‘arch schemer’ Gove at the helm?
If he resists the temptation to preach the gospel of Sir Paul Marshall, the former Tory minister may thrive in the role
Alan Rusbridger
The Insider
Starmer is inviting his own unpopularity
Andrew Adonis
Wales
Labour’s Welsh wall may crumble
Will Hayward
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Labour Party Conference
Looking for love at the Labour fringe
Alona Ferber
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Samir El-Youssef
Fragments: when reality falls apart
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
Gender and race won’t hold Kamala Harris back
Jill Abramson
A letter to America: Nato is a priceless asset and a firm friend
George Robertson
Maga goes to Hollywood
Matthew d’Ancona
Beyond Vance
Susie Mesure
Elif Shafak: ‘We’re living in the Age of Angst’
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What will the Spectator look like with ‘arch schemer’ Gove at the helm?
Alan Rusbridger
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The incel trap
Emily Lawford
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Is anyone out there?
James Ball
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An American massacre—1,200 dead
Alex J Kay
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Why a scandal at the Jewish Chronicle also goes to the top of the BBC
Alan Rusbridger
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Long life: There is a cultural chasm in this country that needs to be crossed
Sheila Hancock
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Clerical life: Composing a carol
Alice Goodman
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Sporting life: Rise to the occasion
Michael Brearley
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Mindful life: Emotionally incontinent at the best of times
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Farming life: Saving seven baby pheasants
Tom Martin
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CRIME AND JUSTICE
Locking up climate protesters is the mark of a broken justice system
Alan Rusbridger
LIVES
Sex life: I’m going to stop pigeon-holing my sexual identity
Tilly Lawless
CULTURE
The truth of the Guildford bombings
Nick Davies
POLITICS
The strange optimism of the Conservative conference
Emily Lawford
TAX
The government should raise fuel duty at the Budget
Stephen Glaister, David Bayliss
MIDDLE EAST
Hezbollah is weakened, but still dangerous
Matthew Levitt
LAW
Happy birthday to the Human Rights Act
DAT Green
ISRAEL
Iran’s missile attack has punctured Israel’s hubris
Alona Ferber
THE INSIDER
Robert Jenrick can win the Tory leadership
Andrew Adonis
PEOPLE
Barcelona has had enough of tourists
Miles Ellingham, Eva Herbert Wood
World
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Israel
Iran’s missile attack has punctured Israel’s hubris
As rocket alert sirens sounded, a horrifying terror attack in Tel Aviv reminded Israelis that there are dangers closer to home than Tehran or Beirut
Alona Ferber
People
Barcelona has had enough of tourists
Miles Ellingham, Eva Herbert Wood
Lebanon
In Beirut, after Nasrallah’s assassination
Ruth Michaelson
United States
Gender and race won’t hold Kamala Harris back
Jill Abramson
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Podcasts
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OCTOBER 03, 2024
Justine Roberts: Mumsnet takes on Big Tech
OCTOBER 02, 2024
Emily Lawford: Incels offline
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Jon Sopel on meeting Donald Trump—and the BBC’s “mess”
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Q&A: How does an in-depth investigation begin?
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Elon Musk: The man who destroyed Twitter
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Oliver Burkeman: The power of negative thinking
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Rebecca Solnit: ‘Sanewashing’ Trump’s gibberish
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Nathan Thrall: Palestinian life under occupation
SEPTEMBER 08, 2024
Q&A: Cummings v Campbell, who was toughest to deal with?
SEPTEMBER 05, 2024
Has Musk gone too far?
Culture
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Culture
The comeback kid
Donald Trump never seems to know when he’s beaten—which means that he seldom is, entirely
Peter Hoskin
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Culture
Bordering on madness
Rory Sullivan
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Culture
The pain in campaign
Imogen West-Knights
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Culture
Rockin’ for the heartland
Laura Barton
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Ideas
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Gender
The incel trap
Angry and lonely young men can easily enter a web of hatred against women online. Is there a way out?
Emily Lawford
From the magazine
Culture
Now more than ever, we need political theatre
David Edgar
From the magazine
Information Technology
If in doubt, vote with confidence
Ethan Zuckerman
From the magazine
Internet
Is anyone out there?
James Ball
From the magazine
Phone Hacking
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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
From the magazine
Phone Hacking
How Murdoch’s company magicked away 31 million emails
Nick Davies
From the magazine
Phone Hacking
What did Rupert know, when?
Nick Davies
Phone Hacking
Did Washington Post publisher ‘pervert the course of justice’ under Murdoch?
Nick Davies
Views
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People
Barcelona has had enough of tourists
Daniel Pardo Rivacoba, spokesperson for the Assembly of Neighbourhoods for Tourism Degrowth, on why the ‘right to tourism’ does not exist
Miles Ellingham, Eva Herbert Wood
Brief Encounter
Elif Shafak: ‘We’re living in the Age of Angst’
Prospect Team
From the magazine
Media
Lionel Barber’s diary: what went wrong at the Jewish Chronicle?
Lionel Barber
From the magazine
People
Laurie Anderson: ‘I view my music as a celebration, not a mourning’
Philip Clark
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Samantha Field
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