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Economy
Pounds and pistols
A war loan has been suggested as a way to pay for extra defence spending. Ben Zaranko asks whether appeals to duty and sacrifice will be enough to persuade savers
Violence against women
Unhappily ever after
The fight to end marital rape remains crucial, Kate Maltby writes. Marriage must remain more than a sexual transaction by which men feel entitled to women’s bodies
World Cup 2026
Bogus banter
Major television networks seem to have banked on football pundits cracking jokes rather than analysing the game. Results may vary, Rory Smith writes
For today
Brexit
Giles Whittell
A decade after Brexit, British voters want more Europe, not less
Hate crime
Lin Jenkins
Police on alert after rise in ‘Islamophobic’ attacks in Edinburgh
US politics
Hugh Tomlinson
Michigan: could Abdul El-Sayed become America’s first Muslim senator?
Recipe
Nigel Slater
Roasted summer vegetables
Editor’s picks
Rachel Sylvester
Watchdog warns of sexual harassment of female medical students as university launches investigation
Craig McLean
Tricky and me: ‘All I remember is knocking you out’
Arielle Domb
Eternal boyhood: why a generation of young men is moving back home
Sadiq Khan
‘Brexit has cost Britain billions. It’s imperative we rejoin the EU’
Ideas
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Class
Kenan Malik
‘Telling it like it is’: far-right parties give a voice to those left behind by the left
Animal kingdom
Simon Barnes
my week as a banded archerfish
Politics
Andrew Rawnsley
Remember Gordon! Why Labour should take a beat before parachuting in Andy Burnham
Film
Barbara Ellen
Andrew Stanton: the Pixar director taking toxic tech to Toy Story
World
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Brexit
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Isabel Coles
Majority of British voters open to closer EU integration, new poll shows
John Springford
We can all agree Brexit hurt the economy – it’s the cost of rejoining the EU we disagree on
Mark Leonard
Revived Brexit tussle is not simply between leavers and remainers
Enrico Letta
When Britain left Europe, the dream of a world-leading single market went with it
Lifestyle
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Food
Fleur Britten
Roasted roadkill and other delights: meet the UK’s godmother of extreme foraging
What’s on my mind
Gurnaik Johal
‘I’m addicted to chess, but it’s making me dumber’
Travel
Alice Riley-Smith
In the Neighbourhood: Eilandje, Antwerp
Recipe
Nigel Slater
Feta, sundried tomato and kefir loaf
Culture
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Going off-grid
Courtney Maum
What to read to understand opting out
Music
Miranda Sawyer
‘If there was a cultural Olympics, the UK would be champions at festivals’
Ballet
Sarah Crompton
Paul Lightfoot and Sol León’s So We Are takes dancers to unexpected places
Film
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Effi O Blaenau, Familiar Touch, Nino, Virginia Woolf’s Day and Night and Cactus Pears
Business
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Climate
Jeevan Vasagar
Where have all the CSOs gone? Companies ditch social and environmental targets
Artificial intelligence
Patricia Clarke
Companion AIs get a bad press, says Headspace CEO, but properly regulated they could help millions
Energy
Nick Sommerlad
Iran regime could receive £500m in profits from North Sea gas field
Sport
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Golf
George Simms
US Open finds itself deep in the rough during America’s summer of sport
Cricket
Andy Zaltzman
New batters, new bowlers, new captain, new wicket keeper… same old England
Cricket
Cameron Ponsonby
Joe Root steers sinking ship as Ben Stokes inflates the lifeboat
World Cup 2026
Melanie Reid
Hope springs eternal at the Black Bull
In Real Life
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Observations and scenes from beyond your phone screen
The Sensemaker
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Tortoise Investigates
Deep Water
In the high-stakes sport of freediving, athletes descend as deep as they can on a single breath. They are used to putting their lives at risk. Through her diving instructor, Lydia Gard discovered a new threat that could tear their community apart: drug use
Sweet Bobby
Kirat is a successful radio presenter. On Facebook she meets Bobby, a handsome cardiologist. He’s a catch. Soon, they get tangled up in a love affair full of lies and manipulation. Then… Kirat discovers a deception of almost unimaginable proportions. Alexi Mostrous investigates a very modern love story
Lucky Boy
Gareth’s whole life has been defined by a relationship he had 35 years ago when, as a 14-year-old schoolboy, he fell in love with an attractive young teacher at his school. He spent most afternoons in her bedroom. But when she walked out of his life, everything started to unravel. Chloe Hadjimatheou asks: who gets to be a perpetrator, and who gets to be a victim?
