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The BBC is in a fight for its survival
The BBC only has itself to blame for its handling of a serious error in a documentary on Trump. But its demise—as the US media landscape shows—would leave us all far worse off
Alan Rusbridger
Politics
Labour’s long, tortuous walk to 2029
Ben Ansell
Energy
China and the risks of renewables
Isabel Hilton
War
The UK must do more to stop the violence in Sudan
Anandita Abraham
Lives
Why I took my boyfriend’s passport to the airport and lost my mind
Sarah Collins
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The Amazon will speak at COP30
Eliane Brum
BBC NEWS
The BBC is in a fight for its survival
Alan Rusbridger
POLITICS
Labour’s long, tortuous walk to 2029
Ben Ansell
ENERGY
China and the risks of renewables
Isabel Hilton
BBC NEWS
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
Alan Rusbridger
WAR
The UK must do more to stop the violence in Sudan
Anandita Abraham
LIVES
Why I took my boyfriend’s passport to the airport and lost my mind
Sarah Collins
THE CULTURE NEWSLETTER
The persistent influence of Tony Hancock
Philip Clark
MEDIA
How to save the news
Marta Peirano
THE INSIDER
The chancellor’s tax doom loop
Andrew Adonis
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The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
Alan Rusbridger
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Labour’s long, tortuous walk to 2029
Ben Ansell
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Why journalism is our best defence against confidently wrong AI
Ethan Zuckerman
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The politics of the potty
Sasha Mudd
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Your chatbot doesn’t love you
Sarah Ogilvie
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Why I took my boyfriend’s passport to the airport and lost my mind
Sarah Collins
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Sex work and modelling have a complex relationship
Tilly Lawless
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Second life: My dental dignitas
Vitali Vitaliev
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How do I help heal division as a priest?
Alice Goodman From the magazine
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Who will teach Trump not to behave like a baby?
Sheila Hancock From the magazine
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The chancellor’s tax doom loop
Could Rachel Reeves uncover yet another big black hole next year?
Andrew Adonis
United States
The politics of the potty
Sasha Mudd
Monarchy
The curious case of the King and the statue
Alan Rusbridger
The Insider
What Lucy Powell’s win means for Starmer
Andrew Adonis
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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
From the magazine
Media
What did Rupert know, when?
Nick Davies
Phone Hacking
Did Washington Post publisher ‘pervert the course of justice’ under Murdoch?
Nick Davies
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How to spot a Traitor
Big Dog Theory doesn’t just apply in reality gameshows—it spoils Hollywood thrillers too
Imogen West-Knights
The Culture Newsletter
We live in the age of horror
James Oliver
Culture
The true meaning of love
Alex Peake-Tomkinson
Culture
The poetry of deafness
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
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A state of denial

Netanyahu’s onslaught against Gaza has been genocidal, but Israelis refuse to see it. This has historical parallels—and roots in Israel’s foundation

Omer Bartov
Wael al-Dahdouh: ‘Gazan reporters are paying a heavy price’
Imaan Irfan
Mamdani vs the Democrats
Atul Dev
Freedom of speech isn’t a divine right, even in America
Leonard Benardo
In the bogs with Seamus Heaney
Oliver Soden
Postwar man: Wim Wenders at 80
Sukhdev Sandhu
Who will teach Trump not to behave like a baby?
Sheila Hancock
World
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Are China and Russia our enemies?
With Xi, it’s complicated. With Putin, not so much
Andrew Adonis
France
Gisèle Pelicot’s pedagogy of justice
Diane de Vignemont
Israel
Israelis know that Netanyahu faces a reckoning
Alan Rusbridger
International Politics
Trump, Putin, Xi and the global succession crisis
Isabel Hilton
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