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The press lobby is going feral—ignore it
Given the pressures of 24-hour news, lobby journalists cannot plausibly understand policy detail. Their skillset is to nose around and cause trouble
Sam Freedman
A good death
Assisted dying: Kim Leadbeater writes to MPs
Mark Mardell
Economics
Inside the supply chain: my week on a container ship
James Ball
The weekly constitutional
How Harry and Watson forced NGN to admit wrongdoing
DAT Green
Politics
Will Labour cap political donations?
Peter Geoghegan
A good death
The merry death machine
Mark Mardell
Politics
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United States
Is Elon Musk the modern Henry Ford?
Henry Ford, the billionaire carmaker, spread antisemitism through his newspaper. Now Elon Musk, the billionaire carmaker, has developed a peculiar obsession of his own
David Aaronovitch
United States
Could Trump undo Biden’s climate legacy?
Isabel Hilton
Media
Zuckerberg, it’s time to face the facts
Ethan Zuckerman
Politics
British voters are more progressive than people think
Neal Lawson
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Democracy is in a doom spiral—but it isn’t dead yet

The far right thrived in 2024, and the erosion of liberal democracy is the  story of the century so far. It didn’t have to be this way

Cas Mudde
Douglas Murray: Saving the west, one polemic at a time
James Bloodworth
25 thinkers for an uncertain world
Prospect Team
Concrete resistance: how one building symbolises Kharkiv’s defiance
Jen Stout
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Deyan Sudjic
Prospect’s books of the year 2024: Politics & Reportage
Peter Hoskin
A mother’s work
Rachel Johnson
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Mark Zuckerberg has made me rethink what it means to be a man
Alan Rusbridger
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The other way wealth is unequal
Tom Clark
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Why an indictment was the wrong tool for holding Trump to account
DAT Green
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DAT Green
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Pursuing happiness is a waste of time
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Mental health in farming needs to be taken seriously
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I’m frustrated with people telling me to take it easy at 91
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We should bring back mourning dress
Tilly Lawless
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I love Athens, but the honeymoon phase is over
Sarah Collins
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How cricket is changing children’s lives in Lebanon
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A GOOD DEATH
Assisted dying: Kim Leadbeater writes to MPs
Mark Mardell
POLITICS
The press lobby is going feral—ignore it
Sam Freedman
ECONOMICS
Inside the supply chain: my week on a container ship
James Ball
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONAL
How Harry and Watson forced NGN to admit wrongdoing
DAT Green
LIVES
Mental health in farming needs to be taken seriously
Tom Martin
MEDIA
The lies and smears from Murdoch’s news empire cannot be ignored
Alan Rusbridger
CHINA
How Covid changed China
Isabel Hilton
POLITICS
Will Labour cap political donations?
Peter Geoghegan
UNITED STATES
Is Elon Musk the modern Henry Ford?
David Aaronovitch
WORLD
Trump’s slow start
Andrew Adonis
World
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China
How Covid changed China
Five years after Wuhan went into lockdown, Beijing claims the pandemic proved China’s superiority. Not everyone agrees
Isabel Hilton
Climate
The wildfires and the food supply
Philippa Nuttall
The Insider
Can Friedrich Merz stand up to Trump?
Andrew Adonis
Gaza War
Is the Gaza war about to end?
Gershon Baskin
Podcasts
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JANUARY 27, 2025
Saad Mohseni: The tycoon and the Taliban
JANUARY 23, 2025
Prince Harry wins, Telegraph in limbo: what next?
JANUARY 22, 2025
Trump’s inauguration, Musk’s salute and the special relationship
JANUARY 16, 2025
Armando Iannucci: “X is an industrial piss factory”
JANUARY 15, 2025
Will Lords reform be Starmer’s legacy?
JANUARY 13, 2025
Q&A: When Lionel met Obama and Alan met the queen
JANUARY 09, 2025
2025: Buckle up! It’s going to be quite a year
JANUARY 08, 2025
Ukraine: what lies ahead?
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Q&A: Will machines replace us?
DECEMBER 19, 2024
AI: Powering newsrooms of the future?
Culture
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Culture
David Lynch: the fire keeps burning
One of the great American film directors died last week. His influence was total but also zero—because only Lynch could do Lynchian
Tom Shone
Culture
Don’t skip season two of Squid Game
Ben Clark
Culture
In 2024, culture told us to grow up
Louis Staples
Culture
2024 was the year of ‘Brat’—but why?
Emily Bootle
Ideas
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Racism
This is how we fight antisemitism
Jews and other minorities must unite against racism, but this will require cynicism—and a strong stomach
Keith Kahn-Harris
Philosophy
Pursuing happiness is a waste of time
Sasha Mudd
Sex
The sex surrogacy dilemma
Astrid Landon
Culture
What if George Orwell hadn’t died 75 years ago?
Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Views
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Media
The lies and smears from Murdoch’s news empire cannot be ignored
Rupert Murdoch has now spent around £2bn in keeping the truth about the way his news organisations operate out of the courts in the UK and US. Please don’t shrug and say it’s normal—it’s not
Alan Rusbridger
People
Peta founder Ingrid Newkirk: ‘The press wants something sexy’
Emily Lawford
People
Chvrches’s Lauren Mayberry: ‘I spent so much time figuring out what everybody wanted me to be’
Graeme Green
Twitter
Bluesky: the ‘safe space’ social media
Ben Clark
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Can the Online Safety Act live up to expectations?
At a recent roundtable event, policymakers and experts discussed what the legislation means for digital safety
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Public Health gets personal: The case for an AI-driven personalised prevention platform
Samantha Field
Sponsored
Announcing the winner of the Bennett Public Policy Prize 2024
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To grow the north, first we must connect the north
Jon Bernstein
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