National affairs
16 December 2024
2024’s casualties among governments across the globe throw fresh light on the US result
Books & arts
5 December 2024
The former British PM’s highly readable memoir is just a little too tidy
Correspondents
25 November 2024
British Labour’s early missteps are sullying its promise of renewal. The prime minister, unmoved, is reaching for the stars
International
22 November 2024
Once again Britain stands by while China breaches the two countries’ agreement on Hong Kong
Books & arts
24 October 2024
Peter Parker has trawled widely to produce a documentary history of gay life in London from postwar repression to the hope induced by 1957’s Wolfenden report
Books & arts
8 October 2024
A new collections of essays critiques a high-profile defence of the British Empire
The view from elsewhere
26 September 2024
Keir Starmer’s cash-strapped government is looking for savings, but “efficiency dividends” create their own problems
Books & arts
30 July 2024
Novelist Andrew O’Hagan’s incisive account of contemporary London
Correspondents
8 July 2024
A big majority, yes, but the success of Keir Starmer’s government rests on how effectively it deals with Britain’s deep problems
Correspondents
5 July 2024
The result is clear, but all else about Britain’s change of government is cloudy
Books & arts
28 May 2024
What brought the Age of Enlightenment to an end?
Correspondents
27 May 2024
Britain’s next prime minister doesn’t have quite the pedigree you’d expect — but his small-target strategy might seem familiar
International
15 May 2024
Fresh revelations suggest that the scandalous behaviour at London-based Murdoch newspapers was wider and deeper than previously believed
Correspondents
4 May 2024
As raw sewage gushes into the Thames and voters turn away in droves, Rishi Sunak’s government enters its doomed home stretch
Books & arts
22 March 2024
Is British comedy pervaded by the worldview of the Oxbridge graduate?
Correspondents
20 February 2024
… and the housing ombudsman’s message for Australia
Correspondents
12 February 2024
Britain’s Post Office scandal, kept alive by dogged journalism and a new drama series, still has a long way to run
Books & arts
20 December 2023
Diplomat, adventurer, politician, podcaster: the instructive life of Rory Stewart, One Nation Tory
Books & arts
20 December 2023
Why would high earners have a mistaken view of where they sit on the income ladder?
Essays & reportage
20 December 2023
Western leaders are distancing themselves from the Hindu nationalism popular in some sections of India’s diaspora
From the archive
14 November 2023
How David Cameron — who returned to the British cabinet this week — fed the beast that eventually destroyed his prime ministership
Correspondents
25 September 2023
With an eye to the next election, the British government has backtracked on climate initiatives to try to drive a wedge into Labour
Books & arts
3 August 2023
How a restless party found a new way of thinking about socialism
Essays & reportage
8 May 2023
Eight months a king, Charles finally took the coronation oath. Did the wait matter?
Correspondents
6 May 2023
Local election defeats across England make it a better day to be a monarch than a prime minister
Correspondents
15 April 2023
Did the American president’s deeply personal sense of Irish history meet the moment?
Correspondents
3 April 2023
May’s local elections across England will be closely watched by parties and pollsters alike
National affairs
14 March 2023
The AUKUS submarine announcement has immediately raised thorny questions about cost, timing and design
Essays & reportage
1 March 2023
Not-for-profit associations are taking over as providers of affordable rental housing. What can Australia learn from Britain, where the trend is well advanced?
Correspondents
20 February 2023
Voter sentiment has shifted decisively, leaving the major parties in a quandary