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Local Government

How much should we pay local councillors?

If Andy Burnham is serious about devolution, he must make being a local politician more attractive

Jack Shaw, Andrew Stevens

Ben Okri’s dream state

Graeme Green

The indefatigable nowness of Gilberto Gil

David McAllister

Labour’s hardest war is with the electorate

Ben Ansell

Ukraine is under attack—but defiant

Jen Stout

Latest

Polymarket is America, America is Polymarket

The philosophy of how we look

Why do we keep retelling ‘The Odyssey’?

Fiammetta Rocco

Classical notes: Humanity’s sake

From the magazine

Sue Black: I think of death as female

Obituary: David Hockney

David McAllister

Now’s the time for Confucian wisdom

Editorial: Our next prime minister must govern for the young

Clerical life: The Church hasn’t moved beyond the ballad of the Tithe pig

Inside Bluebeard’s castle: Wynn-Williams, Roberts Giuffre and Pelicot

Argument

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Labour’s hardest war is with the electorate

Ben Ansell

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The Mail has questions to answer after its victory over Prince Harry

Alan Rusbridger

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Trump’s Anthropic spat has made the case for AI sovereignty

Ethan Zuckerman

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Keir Starmer’s last stand, at the Nato summit

Andrew Adonis

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A social media ban would set children free

Sasha Mudd

Prospect Lives View all

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Mindful life: Searching for wisdom in a time of tragedy

Sarah Collins

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Young life: Why gen Z women should ditch the ‘office siren’ look

Alice Garnett

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Long life: Doctors these days are so sexy!

Sheila Hancock

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Second life: Coming back to Britain from France depresses me

Vitali Vitaliev

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Rural life: All my neighbours believe in fairies

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Politics

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Housing

Manchesterism’s garden city

The PM-in-waiting’s pledge to build more social housing doesn’t have to come at nature’s expense

Philippa Nuttall

Embedded with Starmer: After me, the resignation

Henry Morris

Media Confidential

Iain Dale: I’m a Conservative but I don’t do propaganda (unlike GB News)

The true cost of Britain’s bad deals

Isabel Hilton

Culture

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The Culture Newsletter

How to do middle age well

Netflix’s ‘The Four Seasons’ doesn’t focus on the kids, the careers or the finances—but on the adults themselves

Imogen West-Knights

Anatomy of a self-made star

DAT Green

The Culture Newsletter

Lily Allen vs the fans

Laura Barton

Life at the end of the metaverse

James Ball

World

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North America

How the World Cup took over the planet

The tournament tells a global story of corruption, migration and hope

David Goldblatt

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International Law

The hunt for the ‘Butcher of Hama’

Ed Siddons

From the magazine

‘If they get hungry, they bite’: How vermin overran Gaza

Husam Maarouf

Aid and the search for a new world order

Michael Jacobs

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Policy Insights

Defending digital infrastructure

Collective, consistent and concerted effort—matched by an honest conversation about risk—is required to enhance the resilience of telecoms and communications networks

Policy Insights

Building a resilient energy supply

Policy Insights

Rethinking water resilience

Policy Insights

Are we ready to have a sensible discussion about the UK’s energy transition?