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A firestorm has ripped through the BBC—but no one will say why
Before MPs, Michael Prescott and Robbie Gibb denied institutional bias
Alan Rusbridger
Climate Change
Not so good COP
Michael Jacobs
People
The viral Israeli conductor: ‘Closing our eyes is not an option’
Alona Ferber
Culture
Nothing beats a good aphorism
James Geary
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The BBC crisis: the next test
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A firestorm has ripped through the BBC—but no one will say why
Alan Rusbridger
PEOPLE
The viral Israeli conductor: ‘Closing our eyes is not an option’
Alona Ferber
CULTURE
Nothing beats a good aphorism
James Geary
CLIMATE CHANGE
Not so good COP
Michael Jacobs
HOUSING
The rise and fall of Europe’s largest squat
Zac Larkham
CLIMATE CHANGE
It’s time for COP’s next chapter
Tim Smedley
IMMIGRATION
For migrants, the NHS is a hostile environment
Maya Sgaravato-Grant
BBC NEWS
Was the BBC’s Trump edit actually OK?
Lowell Bergman, Bill Keller
ECONOMIC POLICY
The ghosts of PFI still haunt Labour
Stephen Glaister
LIVES
Second life: A modern museum of banned books reminds me of my old Soviet life
Vitali Vitaliev
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The real threat to BBC impartiality
Alan Rusbridger
Sarah Ogilvie author image
Who answers to the answer engine?
Sarah Ogilvie
Ben Ansell author image
Labour’s long, tortuous walk to 2029
Ben Ansell From the magazine
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Why journalism is our best defence against confidently wrong AI
Ethan Zuckerman From the magazine
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The politics of the potty
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Second life: A modern museum of banned books reminds me of my old Soviet life
Vitali Vitaliev
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Sex life: I know many men who use money to evade accountability
Tilly Lawless
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I don’t want an AI friend!
Alice Garnett From the magazine
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I’m deeply ambivalent about pilgrimages
Alice Goodman From the magazine
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Why I took my boyfriend’s passport to the airport and lost my mind
Sarah Collins From the magazine
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Climate Change
It’s time for COP’s next chapter
The UN climate conference must evolve to meet the challenges ahead
Tim Smedley
BBC News
Was the BBC’s Trump edit actually OK?
Lowell Bergman, Bill Keller
Economic Policy
The ghosts of PFI still haunt Labour
Stephen Glaister
Immigration
For migrants, the NHS is a hostile environment
Maya Sgaravato-Grant
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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
Culture
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How the nuclear age bombed
Our discoveries in the subatomic realm promised to yield wonders. Instead, 80 years on from the first atomic bomb, a dark shadow has been cast across the world
Peter Hoskin
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Culture
It’s all bullshit
Jane O'Grady
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Books
Books in Brief: what to read this November
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Culture
Cadaqués is sublime. Stay away
JA Hopkin
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