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Oct 15^th

Debate 19:15

Debate

Is Donald Trump actually the ‘return to normal’ candidate?

Chaos has been the leitmotif of the Biden administration.

Fred Bauer

Analysis 17:00

Analysis

Will China launch its own Marshall Plan?

John Rapley

Explainer 14:30

Explainer

Labour is underestimating the Green threat

Richard Johnson

Debate 11:45

Debate

debate

Will Joe Biden’s legacy-building damage Kamala Harris?

Emily Jashinsky

Analysis 10:00

Analysis

Donald Tusk has challenged the EU’s migration consensus

What had once been unthinkable in Europe has become near-mainstream overnight.

Michal Kranz

Debate 07:00

Debate

Keir Starmer’s investment summit won’t save the UK economy

Peter Franklin

Reaction 02:01

Reaction

Kamala Harris’s pitch to Pennsylvania’s working class falls flat

Kyle Sammin

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Law and order

Labour is in denial about knife crime It is ignoring the causes of urban warfare

David Matthews

6 mins

Englishness

Why Robin Hood was cancelled Today, the yeoman would be a danger tourist

Mary Harrington

6 mins

16 Oct

Poetry

The tragedy of American blues Unlike our poets, musicians capture the spirit of the nation

David Mamet

4 mins

16 Oct

Englishness

Why Robin Hood was cancelled Today, the yeoman would be a danger tourist

Mary Harrington

6 mins

16 Oct

Poetry

The tragedy of American blues Unlike our poets, musicians capture the spirit of the nation

David Mamet

4 mins

16 Oct

Sectarianism

Compromise killed off the Habsburgs Too much devolution always leads to collapse

Brendan Simms

6 mins

16 Oct

economy

Starmer can’t keep Britain afloat How do we prosper in a protectionist world?

Tom McTague

6 mins

15 Oct

How the Diddy Conspiracy duped America

Middle East war could cause a global inflation crisis

What is driving America’s gender wars?

Is Donald Trump actually the ‘return to normal’ candidate?

Will China launch its own Marshall Plan?

Labour is underestimating the Green threat

Will Joe Biden’s legacy-building damage Kamala Harris?

Donald Tusk has challenged the EU’s migration consensus

Keir Starmer’s investment summit won’t save the UK economy

Kamala Harris’s pitch to Pennsylvania’s working class falls flat

Labour is in denial about knife crime It is ignoring the causes of urban warfare

Why Robin Hood was cancelled Today, the yeoman would be a danger tourist

The tragedy of American blues Unlike our poets, musicians capture the spirit of the nation

Why Robin Hood was cancelled Today, the yeoman would be a danger tourist

The tragedy of American blues Unlike our poets, musicians capture the spirit of the nation

Compromise killed off the Habsburgs Too much devolution always leads to collapse

Starmer can’t keep Britain afloat How do we prosper in a protectionist world?

Why Robin Hood was cancelled Today, the yeoman would be a danger tourist

The tragedy of American blues Unlike our poets, musicians capture the spirit of the nation

Compromise killed off the Habsburgs Too much devolution always leads to collapse

Has Israel’s strategy changed? It is targeting entire command structures

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100 Days of Starmer

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Politics

Is Donald Trump actually the ‘return to normal’ candidate?

Will China launch its own Marshall Plan?

Labour is underestimating the Green threat

Starmer can’t keep Britain afloat

Reverse racism ruined South Africa

Are Hispanic voters the new swing bloc?

Nancy Pelosi reinforces democracy fears ahead of election

Middle East war could cause a global inflation crisis

Justin Trudeau faces Liberal Party mutiny

Robert Jenrick is playing a risky game on the ECHR

Von der Leyen’s authoritarian plot National democracies will be subordinate to her Commission

How Trump is tearing Erie apart Tensions run high in the bitterly contested town

The allure of American mysticism Modern life has lost its sense of ecstasy

Reverse racism ruined South Africa Today's wary coalition recognises difference

Iran’s expat opposition is a joke They prefer bickering to politics

Israel Prepares to Strike Iran

These Times

What Labour could learn from Japan They have no problem with fat-shaming

Our Mission

San Francisco’s progressive racism Xenophobic activists are battling gentrification

Is Steve Sailer re-entering the conservative mainstream?

Returning Syrian refugees could reconcile Assad with Europe

Gender ideology has captured the charity sector

Alex Salmond defined the independence movement

Shrinking German economy threatens EU stability

Moo Deng: the latest celebrity animal sacrifice

Jilly Cooper knows what women want In her books, pleasure doesn't come with a morality test

Do the Tories want an Everyman or an Ideologue? The party has entered a decadent phase

Why Nasrallah’s Death Changes Everything

These Times

Can Lebanon survive without Hezbollah? Its old political order is already dead and buried

Alex Salmond’s failed populism He transformed the SNP, but failed to achieve his dream

Saudi Arabia is stealing snooker’s soul Torn from its British heritage, the game may die

UK

Labour is underestimating the Green threat

Keir Starmer’s investment summit won’t save the UK economy

Robert Jenrick is playing a risky game on the ECHR

Starmer can’t keep Britain afloat

Alex Salmond’s failed populism

The Kamala Harris honeymoon is coming to an end

Pope Francis’s deacon decision is the last gasp of European Catholicism

Pro-Palestine student wins Cornell free speech case

Science magazine promotes faulty race discrimination claim

New exercise pill will strip us of our humanity

There’s no dignity in assisted dying Politicians are full of bogus compassion

MrBeast’s faux philanthropy His cynical videos are fuelling the aid illusion

My year of horror in Gaza Innocent Gazans are paying the price for Hamas

Tom Tugendhat: The Outside Bet?

These Times

The end of the Boris cult His audience wanted jokes not politics

In Israel, we are masters of uncertainty Every generation has faced obliteration

US

Is Donald Trump actually the ‘return to normal’ candidate?

Will Joe Biden’s legacy-building damage Kamala Harris?