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Assad’s fall will not precipitate Iran’s demise

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culture

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2 Jan

Autobiography

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3 Jan

Immigration

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3 Jan

Middle East

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5 Mar

culture

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Sarah Ditum

5 mins

2 Jan

Autobiography

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Julian Jackson

6 mins

3 Jan

peace deal

Why Trump won’t end the war in Ukraine Russia has the upper hand

Thomas Fazi

6 mins

2 Jan

From the US edition

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reaction

New Orleans attack will inspire more vehicle-ramming terrorism

Simon Cottee

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Philip Pilkington

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Kemi Badenoch lacks a strategy to see off Nigel Farage

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Analysis

Mitch McConnell’s sad final act

He is merely another member of the country’s gerontocracy clinging to power for far too long.

Emily Jashinsky

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News

House of Lords calls for review into ‘brand safety’ agencies

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liberalism

Why progressives should talk to their enemies Jesse Jackson understood the power of persuasion

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7 mins

Best of 2024

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Mary Gaitskill

8 mins

obituary

Jimmy Carter: the Sunday-school president

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weekend essay

Nobody believes the centrist fantasy

Tom McTague

6 mins

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Michael MaliceIs cancel culture dead?

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Immigration

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addiction

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6 mins

2 Jan

power struggles

The new Sino-Indian War British historians have been appropriated by nationalists

Pratinav Anil

6 mins

2 Jan

net zero

How Europe crashed its car industry Short-sighted policy gave China the upper hand

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7 mins

1 Jan

Best of 2024

How Trump crushed Obama’s legacy The President-elect rides the cowboy spirit

David Samuels

11 mins

27 Dec

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The Year British Politics Hollowed Out

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David Rose and Archie Earle

11 mins

30 Dec

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Feminism

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7 mins

1 Jan

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Sam Kahn

7 mins

31 Dec

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13 mins

25 Dec

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6 mins

26 Dec

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Matt Feeney

11 mins

31 Dec

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A murder in Pennsylvania’s swing county Disaffection in Bethlehem is mirrored across the nation

Jacob Furedi

12 mins

24 Dec

UK

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02.01 2025

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02.01 2025

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6 mins

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Liz Truss“I think I was right”

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Why liberals keep losing They ignore America's real majority

Jeff Bloodworth

6 mins

28 Dec

Best of 2024

How Britain ignored its ethnic conflict This year's riots won’t be the last

Aris Roussinos

8 mins

20 Dec

Postwar

Syria is doomed to instability Outside agents will stoke chaos

Rajan Menon

5 mins

19 Dec

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Esmé Partridge & Paul KingsnorthHow the West fell for pseudo religions

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visa row

The MAGA battle over foreign workers Trump has changed tack on H-1B

Lee Fang

6 mins

30 Dec

Immigration

The Turkish Left’s love for Assad Anti-imperialists have only empowered Erdoğan

Kaya Genç

5 mins

18 Dec

US

07.03 2025

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03.01 2025

New Orleans attack will inspire more vehicle-ramming terrorism

02.01 2025

New Orleans attack proves the persistence of Isis ideology

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5 mins

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Malcom Kyeyune

7 mins

Video

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The torture of an unphilosophical life The mind deserves a task worthy of its powers

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6 mins

26 Dec

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Colombia is doomed by corruption 100 Years of Solitude is a tale for today

Boyd Tonkin

7 mins

17 Dec

Faith

The return of Muscular Christianity Gym bros are repping for Jesus

Abi Millar

6 mins

16 Dec

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Andrew KlavanChristmas in the secular West

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Revolution in Syria

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diplomacy

Syria will never be unified Western busybodies should be wary

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5 mins

27 Dec

Romance

How the internet perverts desire Online longing is quasi-pornographic

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6 mins

13 Dec

Europe

01.01 2025

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28.12 2024

EU bureaucracy is provoking a fresh energy crisis

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7 mins

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8 mins

24 Dec

girlhood

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5 mins

12 Dec

Middle East

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Michal Kranz

5 mins

12 Dec

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Robby SoaveTikTok at the Supreme Court

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Christmas Reads

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7 mins

27 Dec

Populism

Trump’s intellectuals will betray his base Conservative luminaries have real influence

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6 mins

11 Dec

Culture

01.01 2025

The problem with Netflix’s ‘casual viewing’

25.12 2024

National Trust will regret modernist Clandon Park restoration

18.12 2024

Judith Butler is no longer a feminist

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How John Updike invented Brat

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5 mins

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4 mins

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Vassal state

Syria has exposed Russia’s frailty Putin's multipolar world is a sham

Ian Garner

5 mins

10 Dec

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Viktor Orbán’s architectural ambition Budapest is having a renaissance

Wessie du Toit

6 mins

10 Dec

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Tom RoganBiden’s drone problem

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Putin escalates: The threat of World War Three

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faith

The promise of Hanukkah Trust will eradicate fear

David Mamet

3 mins

26 Dec

Railways

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6 mins

9 Dec

War

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31.12 2024

Vladimir Putin may not have to compromise over Ukraine

29.12 2024

Turkey’s resurgence has left the West flat-footed

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A food apocalypse is coming

James Rebanks

8 mins

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Andrew OrlowskiLebanon pager attacks are just the beginning

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Why Christmas Eve is date night in Japan The elites are drawn to Christianity

Oliver Jia

5 mins

23 Dec

Trumpism

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John Masko

5 mins

6 Dec

Bad press

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4 mins

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Tom McTagueIs Reform UK inevitable?

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Donald Trump: Peacemaker President?

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20 mins

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4 mins

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26.12 2024

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21.12 2024

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3 mins

The scandals haunting Pope Francis

Damian Thompson

20 mins

Video

Richard Dawkins vs Ayaan Hirsi AliThe God Debate

loneliness

How Britain shames its elders They remind us of death

Darren McGarvey

4 mins

23 Dec

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4 Dec

Downward mobility

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8 mins

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James Marriott: Is Pop Culture Right-Wing?

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War

A fearful Christmas in Syria Christianity is threatened by Islamism

Giles Fraser

4 mins

25 Dec

middle east

Hamas is not invincible Palestine solidarity could shatter

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5 mins

2 Dec

Society

03.01 2025

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03.01 2025

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02.01 2025

Meta’s AI drive could kill off social media

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Is the Tradwife just a kink?

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9 mins

23 Dec

political crisis

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Christopher Bickerton

4 mins

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Democracy

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David Swift

6 mins

28 Nov

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Podcast

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Christmas Reads

Today, we’d cancel Scrooge We have lost the spirit of forgiveness

Brad Evans

4 mins

25 Dec

censorship

Australia has shown the way on free speech Has it thrown off its penchant for technocracy?

Andrew Lowenthal

4 mins

27 Nov