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The UK’s private equity sector is ready to implode
If the Bank of England is right, the reverberations will be felt around the country
Free-market capitalism made us sick. Now Labour must prioritise wellbeing
Labour should scrap the Tories’ assault on PIP from day one, ending the victimisation of the long-term sick
Keep calamity and carry on
Rishi Sunak looks safe despite new humiliation.. but only because his rivals want him to own a general election defeat
The Tories could be heading for extinction
Defeat is certain, a total wipe-out possible – and don’t underestimate the role of Brexit in this meltdown
The routes of Ukraine’s uprooted
Photographer Polly Braden has spent two years following the lives of Ukrainian women and children displaced by Putin’s invasion
Birth of the blues
How one night of music inspired Kandinsky’s Blue Rider movement
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Truss fails to make her mark on Milei
The trouble with Natalie Elphicke
The SNP: losing and winning at the same time
Britain’s imperfect dream
The death of the office
Inside Varosha, the ghost town of Cyprus
Letters: ‘The Quintet of Chaos’ will soon fall silent
Trouble on Europe’s train tracks
Writers
Alastair Campbell
Tanit Koch
James Ball
Bonnie Greer
Paul Mason
Liz Gerard
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Truss fails to make her mark on Milei
Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at Suella Braverman, Robert Jenrick, Brendan Clarke-Smith and more
The trouble with Natalie Elphicke
Labour’s embrace of a defector with a whole lot of baggage raises questions about where Keir Starmer draws the line
The SNP: losing and winning at the same time
Scottish voters are switching from the SNP to Labour – but support for independence is holding up
Life in the Trieste silo
In the city’s Piazza della Libertà, a few kilometres from the Italian-Slovenian border, thousands of migrants dream of a better world
Valencia goes bang
During the city’s Las Fallas festival, Valencia becomes a source of never-ending joviality
The dangerous history of Eurovision
This year’s contest in Malmö is at risk of being overshadowed by a fear of violence
Podcasts
The Two Matts
Q&A: Starmer EU optimism, Trump’s Time interview and Proms hate backlash
The Two Matts
Catastrophe for Sunak from the jaws of defeat
The Two Matts
Q&A: Rishi’s Rwanda Bill, separation of powers and Sam Smith
The Two Matts
Is it really okay to be proud about being English?
The Two Matts
Q&A: Honeytraps, comms and commissioners
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Remembering Portugal’s Carnation Revolution
The military coup hastened the end of the Portuguese empire, and triggered the country’s turn towards Europe
Italy’s forgotten capital
Salemi’s status as capital lasted a mere 24 hours, but the pride its residents feel today is immeasurable.
The dangerous history of Eurovision
This year’s contest in Malmö is at risk of being overshadowed by a fear of violence
Life in the Trieste silo
In the city’s Piazza della Libertà, a few kilometres from the Italian-Slovenian border, thousands of migrants dream of a better world
The routes of Ukraine’s uprooted
Photographer Polly Braden has spent two years following the lives of Ukrainian women and children displaced by Putin’s invasion
The US hard right are Putin’s useful idiots
The appeal of brutal Moscow governments is nothing new
Ukraine’s four wars
The conflict is being fought on four fronts: military, psychological, judicial and diplomatic. Could it be about to enter a new phase?
Big rouble in little Britain
A flood of Russian money has undeniably corrupted British politics – but to what extent? It is now time for an inquiry to find out
The Ukraine war in New York City
In Brooklyn’s Little Odessa, Russians and Ukrainians live side by side, in the shadow of a distant conflict
Slovakia’s populist shift could spell fresh trouble for Ukraine
Presidential victory for an ally of pro-Russia PM Robert Fico gives Zelensky and the EU a new headache
Birth of the blues
How one night of music inspired Kandinsky’s Blue Rider movement
The routes of Ukraine’s uprooted
Photographer Polly Braden has spent two years following the lives of Ukrainian women and children displaced by Putin’s invasion