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Supreme Court backs biological definition of woman
A years-long and highly polarising legal battle came to a head today, after judges at the UK Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the definition of a…
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Caitlin Allen
What the the current crop of super-rich space tourists have taught us
On space, the banal frontier.
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David Waywell
Yes, politics really is a rollercoaster
Rollercoasters are springing up all round, literally and metaphorically.
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Adam Boulton
Sudan conference: diplomats gather in London to mark sombre anniversary
The UK announced a further £120 million in aid for Sudan today, as the world marked a sombre two year anniversary of the country’s devastating civil war…
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Caitlin Allen
An expansion of the nuclear club would endanger us all
As the current international order is torn-up, the threat of widespread nuclear proliferation has once again reared its ugly head.
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James Rose
Britain’s police are out-of-control two-tier tyrants
The arrest of Vanessa Brown, a 50-year-old history teacher who confiscated her daughters’ iPads, is just the latest example of capricious misuse of…
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Gerald Warner
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Why China could win the trade war
China’s Xi Jinping has urged his neighbours to join him in resisting Donald Trump’s “unilateralism and protectionism” as he kicked off his tour of…
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Caitlin Allen
Stop and Look: Man Reading a Newspaper by Russell Drysdale
Nearly all naturalistic features are replaced by lifeless, industrialised forms, which seem to belong in this emptiness and give it a kind of purpose.
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Andrew Wilton
Tariff uncertainty: implications for growth and inflation
Trump's 90-day pause is a temporary reprieve for most of America’s trading partners, but not for the US consumer.
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Ian Stewart
It may be too late to save British Steel
The UK parliament is being recalled for an emergency debate tomorrow as ministers fight to save Britain’s only surviving steel-making plant from…
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Caitlin Allen
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Staging Parsifal at Temple Church was a high-risk operatic paradox that paid off
We were not being served Wagner-lite.
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Gerald Malone
Harry is more at home in a war zone than in Britain
Why is Harry so intent on pursuing his damaging and costly court case? His presence in Ukraine provides a big clue.
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Jenny Hjul
Keir Starmer’s moment of destiny
Starmer has a chance to turn the mirage that is “growth” into reality.
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Neil Collins
Iran has been severely weakened - no wonder it's prepared to talk to the US
Reaching a deal won't be easy though.
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Tim Marshall
What to make of the Chinese troops in Ukraine
Kyiv’s intelligence indicates that there are at least 155 Chinese citizens fighting for Russia in Ukraine, said President Volodymyr Zelensky today, two…
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Caitlin Allen
Why the bond vigilantes forced Trump's 90-day pause
The bond vigilantes again appear to be the only creatures capable of upending the maddest of political strategies. Think Truss, now Trump.
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Maggie Pagano
Trump must deliver a concrete, not a cosmetic, deal with Iran
How serious or imminent is the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran? Very, is the answer, though with some lesser caveats.
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Gerald Warner
We can only solve our population crisis with family-friendly policies
Evidence suggests there is a “fertility gap” between the number of children that couples want and the number they have. Affordability is the key issue.
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Geeta Nargund
Trump U-turns on tariffs for everyone bar China
Global markets have rallied this evening, after Donald Trump dramatically U-turned on his tariff policy, albeit with one big exception.
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Caitlin Allen
Trump’s America: a nation founded upon Reason is now defined by Unreason
Trump is nothing like Nixon, Roosevelt or Attlee.
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David Waywell
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Next… Trump tries to do his own Iran nuclear deal
Donald Trump has surprised the world by announcing that the US will hold “direct talks” with Iran this Saturday in Oman over a new nuclear deal.
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Caitlin Allen
As The Great Gatsby turns 100, Trump's America gives it special resonance
Trump is a self-mythologising social climber, just like Gatsby. He and his leading MAGA supporters also have much in common with Gatsby’s antithesis…
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Adam Boulton
Emasculated Reform has lost the plot
In just a few months, Reform UK has changed dramatically.
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Gerald Warner
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Trump ignores Wall Street supporters and escalates China trade war
Donald Trump has raised the trade war stakes once again this evening with an extraordinary new threat that could bring the tariff rate on some Chinese…
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Caitlin Allen
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