Great Expectations has been 'translated' into teen speak. Credit: Will Ireland/Pinpep

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Bare Expectations is more Dickensian than you think

Reform UK has forgotten Thatcherism’s original purpose Its economic programme risks protecting the very interests it should challenge

James Sean Dickson

Saturday, 22 August

Why is the US government meddling in the Nathan Cofnas affair? An obscure university shows how academic freedom becomes a political weapon

'What is happening to the US is something that is well known to us Europeans — a toxic debt-interest-rate dynamic.' Credit: Getty

The eurozone crisis is a warning to America

Wolfgang Munchau

The Lib Dems are becoming Labour’s lapdogs Ed Davey’s party needs to offer far tougher opposition to the Government

Friday, 21 August

Trump’s Iran Economic D-Day is delusional Tehran is adept at absorbing financial blows

Daniel L. Davis

US condemns Ghent University suspension of Nathan Cofnas It added that it would be reviewing any relationships with the institution

Rowan Williams should engage with Farage on Christianity The former Archbishop of Canterbury is wrong to dismiss the Right

PinkNews is paying the price for abandoning journalism The LGBTQ+ media site is haemorrhaging staff

How Harry and Meghan can win back Britain A quiet return home as private citizens might be the best move

Thursday, 20 August

Online spectators are performing 'postpartum tantrums' in reaction to the Lindsay Clancy trial. Credit: TikTok

Postpartum psychosis is turning into TikTok entertainment

Carolyn D. Gorman

Zelensky is running out of political cover Calls for wartime elections are growing louder

Jennifer Kavanagh

America’s $40-trillion debt is built on a dangerous gamble Washington’s fiscal recklessness could send borrowing costs soaring

Anti-rape guidance for asylum seekers is a failure of mass migration Ministers are reluctant to confront the consequences of new arrivals for women

Josephine Bartosch

‘Extremist’ children aren’t Prevent’s biggest problem A new report suggests young people are increasingly radicalised online

Wednesday, 19 August

Tens of thousands of migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco in the space of a few days last month. Credit: Getty

How the EU is controlling the Ceuta narrative

True-crime fans are hijacking the Lindsay Clancy case Armchair detectives want easy narratives about female innocence

Kristina Murkett

Rasmussen, who has died aged 93, contributed to the rise of horse-race politics. Credit: Getty

Bill Rasmussen revolutionised the 24/7 news cycle

B. Duncan Moench

Jason Arday case has damaged Right-wing trust in universities Polling links awareness of the scandal to much lower confidence in institutions

Tuesday, 18 August

Jon Ossoff is the Democrats’ best anti-Trump weapon He knows how to hit the President where it hurts

Michael Baharaeen

Recognising Britain’s ethnic identities isn’t racist Civic belonging does not erase centuries of shared heritage

Andy Burnham should not delay opening up the North Sea The Rosebank oil field and Jackdaw gas field could provide a tax windfall

Attendees at a vigil for former University of Cambridge professor Jason Arday in central London yesterday evening. Credit: Getty

Jason Arday has become Britain’s George Floyd

Monday, 17 August

Nancy Mace has mastered the art of YouTube cringe Her new show proves what happens when politicians try to become influencers

Civil Service scraps maths test for finance graduates Freedom of Information requests found the numerical exam has been dropped

Arthur Reynolds

Moscow strikes won’t give Zelensky a military advantage Ukraine’s show of strength is calculated to appeal to Donald Trump

Bethany Elliott

Jason Arday was found dead on Friday, nine days after he resigned his position. Credit: University of Cambridge

Jason Arday’s death is no reason to censor the media

Mary Harrington

Reform’s welfare policy is straight from the uniparty playbook Copying the Westminster consensus will make Farage redundant

James Sean Dickson

Sunday, 16 August

‘The dollar’s status as the world’s principal reserve currency has enabled the US to live beyond its means.’ (Scott Olson/Getty)

JD Vance is right to question the dollar’s supremacy

More international students won’t fix UK’s doomed universities Financial pressure is triggering a price war in higher education

Robbie Williams is trivialising autism Celebrities use neurological disorders as a shield against criticism

Stella O'Malley

Saturday, 15 August

USS Abraham Lincoln shows the Navy is badly overstretched The Iran war is pulling vital resources away from the Pacific theatre