Sep 6, 2024 · A reminder, if the name doesn’t ring a bell. Seven years ago, Charlotte was something of a blank sheet of paper: a York University graduate who had done little more than a series of internships.

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Cas Mudde assesses the health of democracy and James Bloodworth explains the rise of polemicist Douglas Murray. In Ukraine, Jen Stout reports on the symbolism of Europe’s first skyscraper, while we present the shortlist of 25 Top Thinkers for 2025

Dec 6, 2023 · On the theme of freedom, our thinkers put forward contentious ideas: that the history of the British Empire is “morally mixed”; that the greatest threat from cancel culture isn’t to freedom of speech; that the left has much in common with the reactionary right; that liberals have paved the right’s way to power; and that homophobia in Uganda, …

Nov 8, 2024 · On Wednesday, the new Tory leader Kemi Badenoch used her first outing at prime minister’s questions to press Keir Starmer on his foreign secretary’s previous comments about Trump. Expect more of that. Badenoch’s defeated rival, Robert Jenrick, had called for a Trump win, embracing the nativist cause with all the zeal of the convert.

Dec 4, 2024 · Initially, I wonder if our narrator is a master dissembler. He may not have officially trodden the boards until his time at Oxford, but he’s been playing various parts all his life: the polite, deferential English schoolboy “with a watchful desire to please”, who wears his teenage “anxiety dressed up as self-possession” and knows to …

Sep 14, 2024 · It is hard, in any real-world city, to maintain the illusion of being the only person for any length of time. But the internet is different. There is always an element of unreality to an online interaction with another human: how do we know …

Nov 27, 2024 · To unpack these big questions, Ellen and Alona are joined by journalist Rachel Shabi, whose new book Off-White: The Truth About Antisemitism was released earlier this month.

Paul Mason untangles the far-right networks linked to the recent anti-immigration riots. Jonathan Sumption critiques the US Supreme Court’s decision on Trump’s presidential immunity.

Jul 24, 2024 · An ITV documentary this week will re-examine the darkest period in tabloid intrusion. A former News of the World journalist says he may have contributed to the deaths of five people. He’s a reminder of a scandal which refuses to go away