The outrage factory

Letters & opinions

Avraham Burg and Donald Macintyre shed light on the

Chequers mate

Ignore the political posturing on Brexit—officials have logic on their side, and could prevail in the end

Community politics

Corbyn needs to reflect on an ugly summer, but so do some Jewish community leaders

Big brain, big mistakes

Plato got virtually everything wrong, and we’re still paying the price

Who’s afraid of the WTO?

The global economy has changed almost beyond recognition

The e-banking boom is here

A star of the UK “fintech” scene—technology- based

When memories burn

The Brazilian National Museum fire was a political accident

Murdoch’s coup

How the Australian version of Sky News has become a home for the far-right

Tonguetied

On holiday, Brits are often reduced to pointing and

Is it time to turn off the Today programme?

YES Birdsong, coffee, sunlight streaming through the

How Twitter poisoned politics

Our democratic debate is descending into shrill, angry and tribal shouting matches. This is the strange story of how the decline and fall of political life has been fuelled by a website that started offas a platform for sharing gossip and cat photos

Case study: polite politics versus Twitter twaddle

Like many who had not seen Labour’s strong election

The self-made socialist

From working night-shifts in a bed factory to raising 10 children in a care home, John McDonnell has been exposed to the rough edges in life. Who is the man promising to transform Britain’s economy?

When the Tories turned on Europe

Britain’s Brexit fate was sealed in 1988—with just two speeches by Margaret Thatcher

Bosnia on the brink

A complex peace deal, backed by Europe and America, ended the Bosnian war in 1995. Now it is falling apart and Russianbacked nationalists are on the rise

THE BREXIT CRUNCH

The derivatives market is worth trillions—what happens if Brexit brings it grinding to a halt?

If Oxford shrugs

The inside story of how England’s oldest university picks its students, and the perils it faces if it fails to reach out beyond the old elite

London’s 24hr nightmare

The UK’s capital was supposed to become a “24-hour-city.” Has the dream died?

Liberalism’s wake

To sustain a properly functioning society we need more than just social freedoms and the free market, argues Will Self

With love and fury

Syrians are responding to the destruction of their country resiliently—and with desperate black humour, finds Robin Yassin-Kassab

Judgment on trial

The Maigret series upends the conventions of the detective novel, says Jay Elwes

A very naughty boy

A Yorkshire parson reinvented the novel— and threw in some rude jokes, finds Lucinda Smyth

Books in brief

Robert Skidelsky offers a welcome contribution to the

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Health

As politicians assemble for conference season, Brexit

Skills

Gordon Marsden Labour MP for Blackpool South, Shadow

HIGHER EDUCATION: THE UK’S FORGOTTEN EXPORT?

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Trade

Julia Lopez Conservative MP for Hornchurch and Upminster

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Ports and the future of trade

As an island nation, ports have a major role to play in the future of UK trade

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