Books & arts
31 October 2025
The curious afterlife of Samuel Pepys’s diary
Books & arts
16 October 2025
An impulse to recover stories from before India’s 1947 Partition yields a sweeping account of the aftermath of empire
International
9 October 2025
Keir Starmer’s Labour government is struggling to position itself in a fragmented political landscape
Books & arts
2 October 2025
A pacey dramatisation of News International’s phone-hacking and influence-wielding leaves the story necessarily unfinished
Books & arts
2 October 2025
“A catalyst, a provocation, and a reassurance”: Asa Briggs combined prolific history-writing with an extraordinary range of other activities
Books & arts
1 September 2025
An archaeologist makes the case for toppling statues and returning plunder
International
3 July 2025
Britain has leapfrogged Australia with strong rules for proposed fossil fuel projects
International
29 June 2025
Keir Starmer is paying a heavy price for spending cuts that lacked a defensible rationale
National affairs
7 May 2025
A big election win gives Labor a chance to rethink this Morrison-era scheme
International
3 March 2025
One of the architects of London’s council housing renaissance has ideas for Australia
International
14 February 2025
Spooked by the rise of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, Keir Starmer’s Labour government has toughened its border policies
Books & arts
27 January 2025
Language flows in unexpected ways
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
International
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
Other Voices
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
International
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
International
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?
International
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
International
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?
International
20 February 2024
… and the housing ombudsman’s message for Australia
International
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