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Tate criticised for Drag Queen Story Hour children’s readings Several groups claim the gallery is targeting kids with gender propaganda

Josephine Bartosch

The Brits go ‘gender-neutral’ and women disappear Only men are nominated in the new best artist category

Harry’s lament is Puccini turned upside down This time, the heroine is not the tragic victim

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

Thursday, January 12

Andrew Bridgen: the latest example of Right-wing self-sabotage Using the Holocaust to discuss vaccine side-effects is counter-productive

Coleman Hughes: asking ‘where are you from?’ isn’t racist The writer responds to Prince Harry and Ngozi Fulani

The German Greens are playing into Russia’s hands The push for clean energy may, perversely, lead to more demand for Russian gas

Ralph Schoellhammer

Lynette ‘Diamond’ Hardaway represented the best and worst of Trump The entertainer was an influential part of the MAGA movement

Wednesday, January 11

Colehill Cricket Club: the latest NIMBY victim The century-old club is just one of many rural fixtures now under attack

The latest reason to change gender: child custody A father in Ecuador is identifying as a woman to see his kids

Coinbase’s stock deserves to fall The crypto exchange's problems are only just beginning

George Pell avoided self-pity to the end The cardinal rose above the accusations levelled against him

Happy Valley: the crime drama that eschewed porn and won The BBC show includes real women and shuns gratuitous sexual violence

Tuesday, January 10

A fifth of Americans approve of the Jan 6 Capitol takeover The proportion is more than double that of two years ago

The future belongs to competent populists Today's most popular leaders are largely anti-establishment

BRICS undermine dollar hegemony with gold purchases Central banks have been accumulating the precious metal at a record rate

Philip Pilkington

Putting populists on trial is a dangerous game The acquittal of Andrej Babiš on fraud charges has only boosted his popularity

William Nattrass

Monday, January 9

Ketamine in a box is no cure for ailments of the soul A new treatment called 'Mindbloom' targets anxious women

Mary Harrington

We haven’t heard the last of Jack Ma The billionaire has ceded control of his company but remains a powerful force

Austin Williams

Scotland’s gender reforms will spark a constitutional crisis Is this all part of the plan for Nicola Sturgeon?

The war in Ukraine is spilling into Russia Ukrainian forces are making moves into Russian territory

Saturday, January 7

Could you replace your lawyer with a chatbot? Next month an AI attorney will defend a client in court

Friday, January 6

How many people are actually trans? New census data, suggesting one in 200 people are trans, is misleading

David Sacks: the tech reset has only just begun The PayPal co-founder predicts that Elon Musk has started a great reckoning

How Rishi Sunak unleashed the anti-maths philistines Judging by the reaction this week, snobbery over STEM is as strong as ever

From the EU to Olaf Scholz, Germans are losing faith A new poll shows a drop in confidence in nearly every institution

Thursday, January 5

Study finds science is becoming less innovative There has been a precipitous fall in the number of new discoveries

Who will be the guarantor of peace in Ukraine? Several countries are vying to lead negotiations

Bethany Elliott

Keir Starmer is finally breaking out of his shell The Labour leader delivered his most ambitious speech yet

Jonathan Rutherford

Rishi Sunak needs a new speechwriter Over-written and over-edited, the PM's speeches keep falling flat

Why are incels turning themselves into girls? The rise of 'transmaxxing' is a sign of things to come

Mary Harrington

Wednesday, January 4

Is Poland playing politics over reparations? Its claim to compensation is fuelled by anti-German resentment

William Nattrass

Migrant violence mars New Year’s Eve in Germany But politicians respond with only silence

Ralph Schoellhammer