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International Geoffrey Barker 10 July 2014 Three-and-a-half decades after the winter of discontent, Geoffrey Barker revisits a warmer and more diverse Britain
Books & arts Frank Bowden 20 June 2014 A physician decodes an unsettling memoir of life in and beyond the operating theatre David Hayes 12 June 2014 The identity of Britain’s largest nation is a live question during every World Cup, says David Hayes David Hayes 30 May 2014 The electoral victory of UKIP, an anti-immigrant and anti-Europe party, redraws Britain’s political map, says David Hayes David Hayes 15 May 2014 The debate over Scotland’s future is being shaped by the pro-independence side, says David Hayes
David Hayes 8 April 2014 The Labour politician turned radical in mid-career and ended up a revered figure. His remarkable story can also reveal Britain to itself, says David Hayes
David Hayes 18 February 2014 After more than three years in the job, where is Britain’s Labour leader taking his party, asks David Hayes International Rodney Tiffen 13 February 2014 It’s now the defence’s turn to put its case in the News International phone-hacking trial in London. Rodney Tiffen untangles the testimony to date International Francis Beckett 12 February 2014 Christopher Pyne’s plan for “independent” public schools bears a family resemblance to the academies and free schools that have undermined British education,… Books & arts Tim Rowse 17 December 2013 As two Australian books show, the European Enlightenment rested partly on a global traffic of persons between widely separated spaces
David Hayes 16 December 2013 The polls say no, the mood yes. Scotland’s independence debate is a puzzle, says David Hayes
David Hayes 3 September 2013 Syria’s war is opening new dividing lines in British politics, says David Hayes. Once the consequences play out, Ed Miliband might have lost more than has David Cameron International David Hayes 28 August 2013 Britain’s media coverage of Australia’s election is lively but limited, finds David Hayes David Hayes 25 July 2013 The scale of Britain’s problems leaves its party and electoral systems struggling to catch up, says David Hayes International Klaus Neumann 15 July 2013 Popular unease about US surveillance of German citizens could pose a problem for Angela Merkel as national elections loom, writes Klaus Neumann
David Hayes 17 June 2013 Although it’s widely disdained, the very vagueness of David Cameron’s ambitious idea gives it resilience, says David Hayes
David Hayes 28 April 2013 The renowned director’s new film, which uses the socialist mood of 1945 to assail the world Margaret Thatcher created, is bad history and worse politics, says David Hayes International Carmela Ferraro 17 April 2013 Australian journalist Natalie Bennett has big ambitions for Britain’s Green Party. Carmela Ferraro talked to her in London David Hayes 12 April 2013 The grim conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have dulled the instinct for armed intervention. But it still runs deep in British political culture, writes David Hayes Books & arts Richard Johnstone 3 April 2013 Richard Johnstone reviews Richard Hughes’s The Fox in the Attic
National affairs Kerry Ryan 5 March 2013 Like Australia, Britain decided to make it harder for new arrivals to become citizens. Kerry Ryan looks at the mixed results
David Hayes 25 February 2013 The roots of ambivalence in Britain’s relationship with the European Union go deep, says David Hayes International Rodney Tiffen 6 December 2012 The Leveson report's case for more rigorous press accountability was immediately undercut by David Cameron, but despite the cheers from the tabloids, the prime minister has backed… David Hayes 3 December 2012 An endless recession has changed politics and livelihoods. But in a many-sided national argument there is no consensus about its lessons, says David Hayes David Hayes 4 October 2012 The halfway point of Britain’s five-year parliament finds all of the parties under pressure to adapt to a changing environment, says David Hayes
David Hayes 3 August 2012 A thrilling opening ceremony turned London’s mood from cynical to euphoric. But after artistic seduction comes political reduction, says David Hayes in London
International Rodney Tiffen 10 July 2012 It’s a year since News Corporation’s cover-up of phone-hacking in Britain began to unravel. Rodney Tiffen takes stock of the damage so far, assesses the News… Brian McFarlane 25 June 2012 Brian McFarlane reviews a classic theatrical revival, a new play paired with an old one, and a musical adapted from a film for the stage David Hayes 18 June 2012 Britain’s season of high spectacle offers only a temporary respite from economic and political troubles, writes David Hayes International Rodney Tiffen 3 May 2012 Comparisons with Watergate raise worrying prospects for News Corporation, writes Rodney Tiffen