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It began with a name. The name was disembodied from its owner, a shadow devoid of a source. “Rushdie”.
📕 Culture editor Tanjil Rashid: In the autumn of Salman Rushdie
📕 Culture editor Tanjil Rashid: In the autumn of Salman Rushdie
In the autumn of Salman Rushdie
The author’s late style in The Eleventh Hour, his latest collection of fiction, reveals a venerable writer displaced by time
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November 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
It began with a name. The name was disembodied from its owner, a shadow devoid of a source. “Rushdie”.
📕 Culture editor Tanjil Rashid: In the autumn of Salman Rushdie
📕 Culture editor Tanjil Rashid: In the autumn of Salman Rushdie
At Anthropic’s brand event in Marylebone, the tech world’s usual radioactive dorkiness is almost wholly absent
Josiah Gogarty: Can AI ever be cool?
Josiah Gogarty: Can AI ever be cool?
Can AI ever be cool?
At Anthropic's brand event in Marylebone, the tech world's usual radioactive dorkiness is almost wholly absent
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November 30, 2025 at 6:21 AM
At Anthropic’s brand event in Marylebone, the tech world’s usual radioactive dorkiness is almost wholly absent
Josiah Gogarty: Can AI ever be cool?
Josiah Gogarty: Can AI ever be cool?
The "witch hunt" at Your Party conference. Zarah Sultana has boycotted the main hall, calling the evictions of attendees “indefensible”. By Ethan Croft and Megan Kenyon
The "witch hunt" at Your Party conference
Zarah Sultana has boycotted the main hall, calling the evictions of attendees "indefensible"
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November 30, 2025 at 5:05 AM
The "witch hunt" at Your Party conference. Zarah Sultana has boycotted the main hall, calling the evictions of attendees “indefensible”. By Ethan Croft and Megan Kenyon
The heir apparent is trapped: Vance must show public fealty to Trump while also striking out on his own in order to win over voters in the primary.
🌎 Freddie Hayward: JD Vance has two obstacles to the White House
🌎 Freddie Hayward: JD Vance has two obstacles to the White House
JD Vance has two obstacles to the White House
One of them is Donald Trump
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November 30, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The heir apparent is trapped: Vance must show public fealty to Trump while also striking out on his own in order to win over voters in the primary.
🌎 Freddie Hayward: JD Vance has two obstacles to the White House
🌎 Freddie Hayward: JD Vance has two obstacles to the White House
Union boss defends Labour's workers' rights U-turn
Union boss defends Labour's workers' rights U-turn
Paul Nowak, secretary-general of the Trades Union Congres, called the row-back a necessary "compromise"
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November 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Union boss defends Labour's workers' rights U-turn
Your Party is not dead yet. But this conference must have a simple message: stop doing stupid stuff.
Andrew Murray's weekend essay
Andrew Murray's weekend essay
Your Party is not dead yet
But this conference must have a simple message: stop doing stupid stuff
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November 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Your Party is not dead yet. But this conference must have a simple message: stop doing stupid stuff.
Andrew Murray's weekend essay
Andrew Murray's weekend essay
The Holocaust survivor who defended American Nazis
🗣️ Freddie Hayward meets Aryeh Neier, who at 88 years old still believes freedom must mean freedom for the one who thinks differently
🗣️ Freddie Hayward meets Aryeh Neier, who at 88 years old still believes freedom must mean freedom for the one who thinks differently
The Holocaust survivor who defended American Nazis
At 88 years old, Aryeh Neier still believes freedom must mean freedom for the one who thinks differently
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November 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The Holocaust survivor who defended American Nazis
🗣️ Freddie Hayward meets Aryeh Neier, who at 88 years old still believes freedom must mean freedom for the one who thinks differently
🗣️ Freddie Hayward meets Aryeh Neier, who at 88 years old still believes freedom must mean freedom for the one who thinks differently
The English have begun to hate
Weekend Report: The rise of Anglo Saxon Nationalism
Weekend Report: The rise of Anglo Saxon Nationalism
The English have begun to hate
The online anti-immigration movement has discovered a buried form of Anglo-Saxon nationalism
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November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The English have begun to hate
Weekend Report: The rise of Anglo Saxon Nationalism
Weekend Report: The rise of Anglo Saxon Nationalism
"Rayner is set to meet with her allies on Monday to discuss a response, and we could well hear from her soon."
Ailbhe Rea & Ethan Croft: What Angela Rayner will do next on workers' rights
Ailbhe Rea & Ethan Croft: What Angela Rayner will do next on workers' rights
What Angela Rayner will do next on workers' rights
Restive MPs – in a very febrile time for Keir Starmer’s leadership – are carefully considering what they do next
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November 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"Rayner is set to meet with her allies on Monday to discuss a response, and we could well hear from her soon."
Ailbhe Rea & Ethan Croft: What Angela Rayner will do next on workers' rights
Ailbhe Rea & Ethan Croft: What Angela Rayner will do next on workers' rights
After its Liverpool conference, Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s new party will have an agreed name, constitution and leadership structure
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @meganekenyon.bsky.social: Your Party's big weekend
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @meganekenyon.bsky.social: Your Party's big weekend
Your Party's big weekend
After its Liverpool conference, Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana's new party will have an agreed name, constitution and leadership structure
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November 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
After its Liverpool conference, Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s new party will have an agreed name, constitution and leadership structure
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @meganekenyon.bsky.social: Your Party's big weekend
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @meganekenyon.bsky.social: Your Party's big weekend
Can we afford jury trials?
Restricting jury trials puts cash before courtroom
The government could have funded the justice system
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November 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Can we afford jury trials?
Blue Labour is fighting for its future
Labour’s slow fracture is leaving space for organised insurgent factions
🖊️ Ethan Croft
Labour’s slow fracture is leaving space for organised insurgent factions
🖊️ Ethan Croft
Blue Labour is bigger than ever
Labour’s slow fracture is leaving space for organised insurgent factions
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November 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Blue Labour is fighting for its future
Labour’s slow fracture is leaving space for organised insurgent factions
🖊️ Ethan Croft
Labour’s slow fracture is leaving space for organised insurgent factions
🖊️ Ethan Croft
What we can learn from Beaujolais nouveau
It’s not just the cold, dismal months of winter that can be lit up by this Hello Kitty wine
🍽️ @finnmcredmond.bsky.social's Silver Spoon
It’s not just the cold, dismal months of winter that can be lit up by this Hello Kitty wine
🍽️ @finnmcredmond.bsky.social's Silver Spoon
What we can learn from Beaujolais nouveau
It’s not just the cold, dismal months of winter that can be lit up by this Hello Kitty wine
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November 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
What we can learn from Beaujolais nouveau
It’s not just the cold, dismal months of winter that can be lit up by this Hello Kitty wine
🍽️ @finnmcredmond.bsky.social's Silver Spoon
It’s not just the cold, dismal months of winter that can be lit up by this Hello Kitty wine
🍽️ @finnmcredmond.bsky.social's Silver Spoon
Black Friday and the curse of crapflation
Profit does not just come from making goods cheaper but from making them worse
🖊️ @willdunn.bsky.social
Profit does not just come from making goods cheaper but from making them worse
🖊️ @willdunn.bsky.social
Black Friday and the curse of crapflation
Profit does not just come from making goods cheaper but from making them worse
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November 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Black Friday and the curse of crapflation
Profit does not just come from making goods cheaper but from making them worse
🖊️ @willdunn.bsky.social
Profit does not just come from making goods cheaper but from making them worse
🖊️ @willdunn.bsky.social
The cruelty of Kemi Badenoch’s “Benefits Street” politics
“Scroungers” are back, courtesy of the Conservative party and the right-wing press
🖊️ @anooshc.bsky.social
“Scroungers” are back, courtesy of the Conservative party and the right-wing press
🖊️ @anooshc.bsky.social
The cruelty of Kemi Badenoch’s “Benefits Street” politics
“Scroungers” are back, courtesy of the Conservative party and the right-wing press
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November 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The cruelty of Kemi Badenoch’s “Benefits Street” politics
“Scroungers” are back, courtesy of the Conservative party and the right-wing press
🖊️ @anooshc.bsky.social
“Scroungers” are back, courtesy of the Conservative party and the right-wing press
🖊️ @anooshc.bsky.social
Did Rachel Reeves do enough?
The Chancellor desperately needs growth to offer more than austere social democracy
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
The Chancellor desperately needs growth to offer more than austere social democracy
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
Did Rachel Reeves do enough?
The Chancellor desperately needs growth to offer more than austere social democracy
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November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Did Rachel Reeves do enough?
The Chancellor desperately needs growth to offer more than austere social democracy
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
The Chancellor desperately needs growth to offer more than austere social democracy
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
Slavoj Žižek: How the left misread Gramsci
How the left misread Gramsci
We are living in the Italian Marxist thinker's interregnum
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November 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Slavoj Žižek: How the left misread Gramsci
Did Jeremy Hunt write this Budget?
It’s looking like fiscal drag forever
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November 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Rachel Reeves hits young graduates with a double stealth tax
The Chancellor plans to raise as much money from freezing loan repayment thresholds as from the mansion tax
🖊️ @RMCunliffe.bsky.social
The Chancellor plans to raise as much money from freezing loan repayment thresholds as from the mansion tax
🖊️ @RMCunliffe.bsky.social
Rachel Reeves hits young graduates with a double stealth tax
The Chancellor plans to raise as much money from freezing loan repayment thresholds as from the mansion tax
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November 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Rachel Reeves hits young graduates with a double stealth tax
The Chancellor plans to raise as much money from freezing loan repayment thresholds as from the mansion tax
🖊️ @RMCunliffe.bsky.social
The Chancellor plans to raise as much money from freezing loan repayment thresholds as from the mansion tax
🖊️ @RMCunliffe.bsky.social
“We were right”: The two-child benefit rebels respond to the Budget
More than a victory for the government, the removal of the two-child cap is a vindication for the left of the Labour Party
🖊️ Megan Kenyon
More than a victory for the government, the removal of the two-child cap is a vindication for the left of the Labour Party
🖊️ Megan Kenyon
"We were right": The two-child benefit rebels respond to the Budget
More than a victory for the government, the removal of the two-child cap is a vindication for the left of the Labour party
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November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“We were right”: The two-child benefit rebels respond to the Budget
More than a victory for the government, the removal of the two-child cap is a vindication for the left of the Labour Party
🖊️ Megan Kenyon
More than a victory for the government, the removal of the two-child cap is a vindication for the left of the Labour Party
🖊️ Megan Kenyon
How parliament reacted to the Budget
Tensions reached fever pitch when Reeves announced the abolition of the two-child benefit cap
🖊️ Ethan Croft
Tensions reached fever pitch when Reeves announced the abolition of the two-child benefit cap
🖊️ Ethan Croft
How parliament reacted to the Budget
Tensions reached fever pitch when Reeves announced the abolition of the two-child benefit cap
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November 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
How parliament reacted to the Budget
Tensions reached fever pitch when Reeves announced the abolition of the two-child benefit cap
🖊️ Ethan Croft
Tensions reached fever pitch when Reeves announced the abolition of the two-child benefit cap
🖊️ Ethan Croft
How Labour changed its mind on the two-child benefit cap
It was an emotional moment for so many people in the Labour movement
Ailbhe Rea
It was an emotional moment for so many people in the Labour movement
Ailbhe Rea
How Labour changed its mind on the two child benefit cap
It was an emotional moment for so many people in the Labour movement
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November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
How Labour changed its mind on the two-child benefit cap
It was an emotional moment for so many people in the Labour movement
Ailbhe Rea
It was an emotional moment for so many people in the Labour movement
Ailbhe Rea
Gordon Brown: The two-child benefit cap was a scar on the country’s soul
By abolishing the cap, Rachel Reeves will lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty
By abolishing the cap, Rachel Reeves will lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty
The two-child benefit cap was a scar on the country's soul
By abolishing the cap, Rachel Reeves will lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty
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November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Gordon Brown: The two-child benefit cap was a scar on the country’s soul
By abolishing the cap, Rachel Reeves will lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty
By abolishing the cap, Rachel Reeves will lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty