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Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
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The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
A massive cross-party achievement
The new V&A East Museum has surpassed all expectations
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
The delusions of the DCMS
The establishment approach to the internet is marked by paranoia and control
Why Mali matters
Terrorism is spiralling out of control in West Africa