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William Keegan
Keir Starmer’s losses summon return of the ‘gnomes of Zurich’

Sun 10 May 2026

Keir Starmer’s losses summon return of the ‘gnomes of Zurich’
Erica Wagner
Michael Frayn’s wonderful Copenhagen still crackles with radioactive relevance

Sun 10 May 2026

Michael Frayn’s wonderful Copenhagen still crackles with radioactive relevance
Róisín Lanigan
Queueing for trendy food? I’ve had my fill

Fri 8 May 2026

Queueing for trendy food? I’ve had my fill
John Naughton
In an AI abundant age, the rarest commodity will be people to verify its output

Fri 8 May 2026

In an AI abundant age, the rarest commodity will be people to verify its output
Matthew Bishop
Remembering Ted Turner, CNN’s eccentric billionaire founder

Thu 7 May 2026

Remembering Ted Turner, CNN’s eccentric billionaire founder
Melanie Reid
Life before smartphones was like a message in a bottle – full of chance and happy accident

Thu 7 May 2026

Life before smartphones was like a message in a bottle –  full of chance and happy accident
Simon Barnes
My week as a foureye butterflyfish

Wed 6 May 2026

My week as a foureye butterflyfish
Eva Wiseman
The uncomfortable truths behind deepfakes

Wed 6 May 2026

The uncomfortable truths behind deepfakes
Kenan Malik
Escalation in anti-Jewish violence exposes a wider breakdown in moral clarity

Sun 3 May 2026

Escalation in anti-Jewish violence exposes a wider breakdown in moral clarity
Andrew Rawnsley
Labour is braced for what fatalists are calling ‘Starmerggedon’

Sun 3 May 2026

Labour is braced for what fatalists are calling ‘Starmerggedon’
Simon Barnes
One hundred years of Attenborough, the man who taught me what love is

Sun 3 May 2026

One hundred years of Attenborough, the man who taught me what love is
Frank Skinner
Why the London Marathon belongs to the fancy-dress runners

Sun 3 May 2026

Why the London Marathon belongs to the fancy-dress runners
Kate Maltby
Croon if you want, Damian Lewis. Everyone deserves a midlife wobble

Sun 3 May 2026

Croon if you want, Damian Lewis. Everyone deserves a midlife wobble
Simon Barnes
My week as a bar-headed goose

Sun 3 May 2026

My week as a bar-headed goose
Séamas O’Reilly
The case for… television jingles

Sat 2 May 2026

The case for… television jingles
John Naughton
Talkie could silence the tech bros by taking AI back to the 1930s

Fri 1 May 2026

Talkie could silence the tech bros by taking AI back to the 1930s
Eva Wiseman
My portrait of a friend’s double mastectomy

Wed 29 Apr 2026

My portrait of a friend’s double mastectomy
Will Hutton
Britain’s mortgage-hike timebomb is the price homeowners will pay for decades of policy failure

Sun 26 Apr 2026

Britain’s mortgage-hike timebomb is the price homeowners will pay for decades of policy failure
Andrew Rawnsley
If this is government, I’m a Pot Noodle

Sun 26 Apr 2026

If this is government, I’m a Pot Noodle

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