Undergraduates would be tougher and less entitled — and access would be fairer
Undergraduates would be tougher and less entitled — and access would be fairer
Today's Edition, 13 November 2019
Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour would crush civil society
Thirty years on, the same tactics employed in Communist central Europe are being mooted in Britain
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Boris Johnson’s fish-n-chips strategy
Spotted
10:14
Boris Johnson’s fish-n-chips strategy
New analysis reveals the favourite restaurant types of different parts of Britain
Freddie Sayers | 13 November
Let’s turn off the Northern Powerhouse
The North needs to stop trying to be just another London — and play to its innate strengths
The North needs to stop trying to be just another London — and play to its innate strengths
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Boris Johnson’s fish-n-chips strategy
Spotted
10:14
Boris Johnson’s fish-n-chips strategy
New analysis reveals the favourite restaurant types of different parts of Britain
Freddie Sayers | 13 November
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Pity the poor avocado-eating graduates
University-educated millennials have absorbed elite values but will never enjoy the lifestyle
How Labour’s Left has stitched up selection
Local constituencies are powerless as favoured candidates are parachuted in by the new regime
Can Boris win back Brexit Party voters?
The Conservative strategy to woo back leavers may have misjudged Nigel Farage's appeal
Drag kids are the product of a dangerous American delusion
The way the 12-year-old drag act, Desmond is Amazing, has been pushed on the world betrays a worrying tendency
Ban the bomb? The world’s moved on, Mr Gorbachev
The former Soviet leader is decades out of date about the real threats to world peace
The demonisation of the middle classes
If we conflate the middle classes and the elites, we lose sight of what's really to blame for the West's increasing polarisation
Spain’s election pain: six reasons to care
Strong and stable government couldn't seem further away after the latest ballot
Strong and stable government couldn't seem further away after the latest ballot
Pity the poor avocado-eating graduates
University-educated millennials have absorbed elite values but will never enjoy the lifestyle
It’s a bad time for an illegal immigration amnesty
The Windrush scandal is not a reason to scrap the current system
Factcheck
07:20
David Cameron’s fake news about fake news
The ex-Prime Minister doesn't know what he's talking about
Peter Franklin | 13 November
Audio
15:36
Lionel Barber: what the FT got wrong on populism
Audio: the retiring editor says his paper has learned from its past mistakes
James Billot | 12 November
Off grid
11:08
Leaving ‘Cyberia’: the joy of returning home
Is it liberating that I can travel so far yet remain engaged?
Giles Fraser | 12 November
Factcheck
07:00
Britain should lead the way on farm subsidies
Across the EU, 80% of subsidies go to the biggest 20% of claimants
Peter Franklin | 12 November
Reaction
16:02
Woke capital’s new low: murder is now a ‘mistake’
Uber is so keen to do business with Saudi it's ready to forgive anything
Ed West | 11 November
Video
12:35
Watch: Nigel Farage backs down
Will this prove to be the most consequential moment of the election?
James Billot | 11 November
Seen Elsewhere
07:53
Flyover country goes blue — or does it?
The Centre for Towns has produced some truly gobsmacking charts...
Freddie Sayers | 11 November
Weekend read
08:52
Are the Kids Al(t)right?
This week’s long read pick is a review of 'Bronze Age Mindset', a bestseller among the 'alt right'...
Mary Harrington | 9 November
Series: Germany, 30 years on
Germany, 30 years on
Our contributors examine Germany's vexed recent history
Germany, 30 years on
Our contributors examine Germany's vexed recent history
For Germans and Jews, the past is never over
As the child of German-Jewish refugees, I inherited a complex relationship with a country my parents still loved.
If only we could be more like Bavaria
Germany's southern region has discovered the right balance between innovation and tradition
10 things I hate about Germany
It's time we challenged the myth of Bonkers Britain versus Grown-up Germany
Ban the bomb? The world’s moved on, Mr Gorbachev
The former Soviet leader is decades out of date about the real threats to world peace
It wasn’t the Berlin Wall that divided Germany
Today the former East is rallying to a new Right-wing populism, but divisions between the two halves are much older than Communism
The fall of the Wall powered up my politics
Events in Berlin inspired the former leader of the Scottish Tories to wake up to the world
Freddie Sayers talks to Rory Stewart about Love, romantic Conservatives and how Boris Johnson made him feel like an abused wife
Freddie Sayers talks to the Left-wing economics writer about what her plans would mean in the real world
Freddie Sayers talks to Swedish activist Siavosh Derakhti about antisemitism and violence in Malmö
Freddie talks to Hassan Damluji about his new book 'The Responsible Globalist'
Freddie Sayers asks the PM's 'anti-corruption advisor' John Penrose MP about the "good rich" versus the "bad rich"
How Labour’s Left has stitched up selection
Local constituencies are powerless as favoured candidates are parachuted in by the new regime
If only we could be more like Bavaria
Germany's southern region has discovered the right balance between innovation and tradition
How to humanise Westminster
A fair-minded Speaker, a ban on day-drinking and parliamentary sittings via video conference — there are plenty of ways to make MPs' lives easier
Will Brexit tear Belfast apart?
The unionist community in Northern Ireland resents the way Brexit is being used by republicans to chip away at their Britishness
It wasn’t the Berlin Wall that divided Germany
Today the former East is rallying to a new Right-wing populism, but divisions between the two halves are much older than Communism
Today the former East is rallying to a new Right-wing populism, but divisions between the two halves are much older than Communism
The myth of the anti-science Middle Ages
The medieval Church was surprisingly supportive of science and mathematics — and even popularised the modern university
Only the Joker can save us from ourselves
His mischievous and destructive energy is a test for crumbling Western values
Inside the mind of the Jordan Peterson fanboy
A new film about the professor skirts over the real story of his appeal
Why Miranda is more daring than Fleabag
Miranda Hart’s creation — now a decade old — doesn't rely on filthy jokes for laughs
How the Left lost all purpose
Labour is being driven ever further into the echo chamber, away from the people it is supposed to represent
Who are you calling a dictator?
When it comes to totalitarian excess, Trump and Boris are mere amateurs
How I learned the Tories weren’t evil
Working in the coalition taught me that humility must take the place of hubris in our politics
There’s no such thing as Left versus Right
There’s so much more to politics than the market and the state
Don’t let Brexit become the next Troubles
Growing up in Belfast in the 1970s taught me that tribal loyalties have a way of turning nasty
How Noël Coward made me a Marxist
I realised that it wasn't just prime ministers and Catholic priests who could lead a double life
Series: Fake history
Fake history
Why (almost) everything you thought you knew about history is wrong
Fake history
Why (almost) everything you thought you knew about history is wrong
The myth of the anti-science Middle Ages
The medieval Church was surprisingly supportive of science and mathematics — and even popularised the modern university
Mary, Queen of Scots was no tragic victim
Lacking judgement and confidence, the Scottish ruler was author of her own misfortune
The War was not Our Finest Hour
We cherish the myths of a conflict we know almost nothing truthful about, and which broke us militarily and financially
The Scopes Monkey Trial was about racism, not god
Almost everything we think we know about the Dayton spectacle is wrong
Magna Carta proves the English aren’t exceptional
The document we think of as the sacred text of British democracy was in fact about petty score-settling
Oliver Cromwell: conservative revolutionary
Why do we remain so remarkably ignorant about the turbulent period of the Civil Wars and its chief protagonist?
Anne Boleyn: whore, witch or Cinderella?
Most of the received wisdom about Henry VIII's tragic queen is based on misogynistic propaganda
The squalid myth of Dickensian London
Despite the popular image of callous workhouses, life was vastly improved during the Industrial Revolution
