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The Culture Newsletter

May 21, 2026

Sally Rooney’s non-boycott of Hebrew

After five careful years, the novelist’s fourth book is being translated by an Israeli publisher. Here are the politics of that process

Alona Ferber

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Economics

May 06, 2026

The Iran war has left the UK poorer than it hoped to be

Duncan Weldon

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Lebanon

May 06, 2026

Sally Hayden’s diary: Fragments of life in Beirut

Sally Hayden

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Letters

May 06, 2026

Letters: June 2026

From the magazine

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April 20, 2026

Food could soon run short—and so will Trump’s luck

Tim Smedley

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Food could soon run short—and so will Trump’s luck

Tim Smedley

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War

April 15, 2026

Pete Hegseth, Trump’s crusading secretary of war

Katherine Stewart

War

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Pete Hegseth, Trump’s crusading secretary of war

Katherine Stewart

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Iran

April 09, 2026

Trump and Iran have made the same mistake

Daniel Litvin

Iran

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Trump and Iran have made the same mistake

Daniel Litvin

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April 03, 2026

His mother waved him off to school. He didn’t return—and AI may be to blame

Ruchi Kumar

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His mother waved him off to school. He didn’t return—and AI may be to blame

Ruchi Kumar

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April 01, 2026

Beyond the Iran war

From the magazine

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Beyond the Iran war

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