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Britain
Correspondents
Kazuo Ishiguro: a sense of freedom
David Hayes
10 October 2017
Letter from London
| A Nobel award gives the British novelist’s voice as well as his work a new authority
Books & arts
British India: the case for the prosecution
Robin Jeffrey
1 September 2017
Books
| Shashi Tharoor’s vigorous rejoinder to defenders of empire teaches other lessons as well
Correspondents
The land that fell to earth
David Hayes
16 August 2017
Britain has spiralled into political failure since voting to leave the European Union. What happened, and what happens next?
Correspondents
London burning
David Hayes
19 June 2017
A hulking ruin stands in judgement over a country adrift
National affairs
Another blow for populism?
Peter Brent
15 June 2017
Jeremy Corbyn’s critics might brand him a populist, but that doesn’t explain how both major parties attracted surprisingly big shares of the vote in last week’s…
Correspondents
Britain’s election insurgency
David Hayes
9 June 2017
Labour has averted catastrophe, but the stunning result leaves the country with no way to negotiate Brexit
National affairs
How May and Corbyn are following the script
Peter Brent
7 June 2017
Like their Australian counterparts, British frontrunners often lose support during election campaigns
Correspondents
Britain with and against itself
David Hayes
5 June 2017
A dizzying election campaign, split this time by terror attacks, might be part of a new political normal
Correspondents
Theresa May versus Jeremy Corbyn: game on
David Hayes
30 May 2017
The favourite trashes her brand, the underdog relishes his. Our correspondent is perplexed
Correspondents
Manchester and after
David Hayes
24 May 2017
The horrific massacre in England’s second city creates a wider sense of threat
Correspondents
Chronicle of a victory foretold
David Hayes
22 May 2017
British Conservatives have history, nation, ability, luck and opponents on their side
Correspondents
Theresa May’s gauntlet election
David Hayes
19 April 2017
Brexit’s titanic tests have forced the prime minister’s hand
Correspondents
Yesterday’s man, tomorrow
David Hayes
30 March 2017
A Conservative chancellor turned newspaper editor may influence politics, and Brexit, in unexpected ways
Essays & reportage
“Them” and “us”: the enduring power of welfare myths
Peter Whiteford
10 March 2017
Surveys show how persistent – and persistently wrong – beliefs about welfare spending can be
From the archive
An island at the centre of the world
David Hayes
3 March 2017
A Scottish island with links to Australia is a key to the modern world
National affairs
Timing it wrong: benefits, income tests, overpayments and debts
Jane Millar & Peter Whiteford
27 February 2017
The Centrelink overpayments controversy highlights shortcomings in social security reforms in Australia and Britain
National affairs
Wrong time, wrong diagnosis
Rob Hoffman
10 February 2017
The prospects aren’t good for Cory Bernardi and the parties of the disaffected Australian right
Correspondents
Waist deep in the Brexit muddy
David Hayes
26 December 2016
Letter from London
| Britain’s divisions over Europe fester in a political swamp. But there is a way out
Books & arts
Ken Loach’s wasteland
David Hayes
2 December 2016
Cinema
| The veteran director’s tender dive into the indignity of Britain’s welfare system tries too hard to avoid complication
International
Old countries, new problems, new leaders
Tim Colebatch
1 December 2016
In their different ways, the trajectories of François Fillon and Theresa May highlight the challenges facing Europe
Correspondents
Trumpland in Brexitannia: hands across the ocean?
David Hayes
10 November 2016
America’s rage revolution echoes Britain’s referendum uprising. But does it bring the old allies closer?
Books & arts
A little knowledge
Andrew Ford
7 November 2016
England’s most famous composer is less English than he might seem
Correspondents
Labour’s problem with women
David Hayes
1 October 2016
The long walk to equality in Britain is embroiled in cyberbullying and a party’s civil war
Correspondents
Brexitannia: a state in limbo
David Hayes
16 August 2016
Britain is paralysed by its decision to leave the European Union, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Anthony Sampson, the inside-outsider
David Hayes
29 July 2016
The anatomist of Britain and ally of South African freedom, born ninety years ago, was a pioneer in journalism, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Britain’s velvet regime change
David Hayes
14 July 2016
The post-Brexit rise of Theresa May is fleeting balm for a troubled country, says
David Hayes
International
The political imperative for a legal war
Gabrielle Appleby
13 July 2016
Britain’s highest legal officer was under enormous pressure to give the legal okay for the war in Iraq, writes
Gabrielle Appleby
. Australia can learn from the fallout
National affairs
What Britain’s Iraq inquiry means for Australia
Judith Betts
8 July 2016
Deft media management took the sting out of Australia’s first inquiry into the decision to go to war in Iraq
Correspondents
A post-Brexit election
David Hayes
5 July 2016
Britain’s media finds in Australia’s drama some relief from the country’s own, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Jeremy Corbyn, the vanishing commissar
David Hayes
1 July 2016
British Labour’s MPs are mutinous, its leader defiant, its members divided. What now, asks
David Hayes
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