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Labour’s revolutionary new style: government by schoolmarm
Peter Williams
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Anatomy of an intervention
Alona Ferber
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Rebecca Solnit: ‘Sanewashing’ Trump’s gibberish
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The strange case of Boris Johnson’s nuclear consultancy
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Will Prime Minister Barnier legitimise the far right?
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The inquiry report reveals that the tower’s tenants were the experts on the safety of their homes. Those in social housing should be given more power
Peter Apps
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First a peerage, now a plum job—why does Boris keep promoting Charlotte Owen?
Alan Rusbridger
Politics
A housebuilding boom will make us all better off
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Labour can’t ignore destitute Britain
Tom Clark
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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. Meanwhile, Lucy Lethbridge reviews a study of children’s literature.

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Will Prime Minister Barnier legitimise the far right?
Andrew Adonis
LANGUAGE
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Sarah Ogilvie
POLITICS
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CULTURE
How Gerhard Richter found the future in Düsseldorf
Alexander Menden
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Stewart Lee: ‘I reluctantly accept that I’ve been very influential’
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The race between Trump and Harris could not be tighter
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Israel’s 12th prime minister and a former Palestinian foreign minister have agreed to work together for peace, for whatever that’s worth
Alona Ferber
United States
The race between Trump and Harris could not be tighter
Jill Abramson
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Germany’s far right will govern from the sidelines
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Culture
Miraculous music, miraculous muesli
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Rebecca Solnit: ‘Sanewashing’ Trump’s gibberish
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Nathan Thrall: Palestinian life under occupation
SEPTEMBER 08, 2024
Q&A: Cummings v Campbell, who was toughest to deal with?
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Has Musk gone too far?
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Serhii Plokhy: When the Russians occupied Chernobyl
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Paul Mason: Who are the new fascists?
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How Gerhard Richter found the future in Düsseldorf
The city became a refuge for artists fleeing East Germany—and gave them what they needed to develop their talents
Alexander Menden
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Alan Rusbridger
Books
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Lucy Lethbridge
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Tom Clark
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Our tech overlords are about to discover that there are limits to free speech
Elon Musk and his ilk have evaded regulation for far too long. But could the tide finally be turning on irresponsible social media barons?
Alan Rusbridger
Government
Labour’s private finance delusion
Stephen Glaister
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Philip Collins
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Duncan Campbell
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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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Did Washington Post publisher ‘pervert the course of justice’ under Murdoch?
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Any attitude that encourages women to embrace their authentic selves will surely outlast a single season
Sarah Ogilvie
People
Stewart Lee: ‘I reluctantly accept that I’ve been very influential’
Graeme Green
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