Orwell, Woolf and Priestley can inform today’s debate

Many communities are missing out in material terms—but they still have a strong spirit. Renewal begins when it’s tapped. (This supplement was produced in partnership with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation)

Germany exports five times as much to China as Britain does. EU rules don't hold back German exporters—why should Britain be any different?

The border should be a relatively small issue as far as Brexit is concerned. That it has taken on such prominence is a triumph of Irish diplomatic manoeuvring

The idea that Britain could be a new Singapore is a Brexiteer fantasy which misunderstands how both economies work

If Zimbabwe holds an outsize place in the British psyche, the UK must make sure it uses its relationship with the country to encourage democratic change

There is an urgent need for the UK to recognise the shift in the balance of power towards a new global India and transform the relationship into a strategic alliance. A visit from Prince Charles is the perfect prompt

As the UK re-assesses its relationship with Europe—and the rest of the world—politicians must focus on the civic as well as the national aspect of British identity

Brexit was not a rejection of British decline, but of British success

It's Londoner's favourite sound by far, familiar from nursery rhymes and BBC bulletins. But Big Ben's iconic tone is actually due to an eight-foot crack the bell sustained in the nineteenth century

As a third generation Indian immigrant, I was always proud to be British. Now, the country I thought I knew is unrecognisable

From China to Iraq, we kid ourselves when we downplay the effects of Empire