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STEPHEN COLLINS

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Breaking point

Looming recession, the cost-of-living crisis and rising inequality are pushing Britain to the brink. John Lloyd argues a popular uprising could be on the way. In Germany, as Emily Schultheis reports, the far-right is already exploiting tensions over rising energy prices caused by the war in Ukraine

The winter of rage

Far-right parties in Germany took on the government over migration and Covid lockdowns. As energy prices start to hurt consumers, they’ve turned their attention to the war in Ukraine

The perfect storm

Britain has spent years in hock to a failed economic orthodoxy. Now the consequences are coming to a head—all at the same time

The world's top thinkers result

From philosophers on gender to anti-poverty campaigners, here’s who readers voted for in our annual list of top thinkers

The trans reality

The media’s unbalanced and often misleading coverage of this sensitive topic is making a fair debate impossible

Demonising Rushdie

Following the author’s brutal stabbing, it’s more important than ever to reclaim “The Satanic Verses” as a capacious work of art that explores the struggles of faith and identity      

The professional

Harold Wilson won four elections in 10 years—and was a great reforming prime minister. Keir Starmer wants to follow in his path

Touching with sound

Other animals perceive the world in wondrous and alien ways that we are only just starting to understand

Southern discomfort

“Gone with the Wind” shaped the myths of white supremacy that still haunt US politics

Books in brief

Scotland: The Global History, 1603 to the Present

Women’s work

Why were there no great female artists? Actually, there were plenty

Playing Putin

Two recent stage portrayals show different sides to the Russian president

A sprinkle of stardust

Whether as a singer or actor, David Bowie was a consummate performer

The greatest showman

Ballet could do with more of Serge Diaghilev’s low cunning and imaginative daring

The bird nerd

The bird nerd

Thoughts in nature

Thoughts in nature

Keeping score

Keeping score

An olive branch

An olive branch

Into the void

Into the void

Philosopher-at-large: Ukraine’s right to choose

Julian Baggini

Could a private message get you sent to prison?

Ethan Zuckerman

The joy of lex: Sportswashing

Sarah Ogilvie

Can the Tory Party recover from Brexit?

Sam Freedman

Jeremy Bowen

Jeremy Bowen

In fact

When asked: “How many holes are there in

Letters

Words from our readers...

The end of farming?

Humans have raised livestock for millennia—but is it time to stop? We asked a writer with a radical idea and a farmer with faith in his industr y whether the age of animal agriculture needs to end

Public enemy?

Jolyon Maugham is the ultimate activist lawyer, picking fights on Twitter and pursuing the government through the courts to force social and political change. Anne Perkins profiles a controversial QC in his prime. Just don’t mention the fox

Farm on fire

Farm on fire

Talking points

Talking points

Holiday therapy

Holiday therapy

On the wrong path

On the wrong path

Texting etiquette

Texting etiquette

Playing fair

Sporting life

Falling leaves

Clerical life

Bobby Seagull’s Brain Teaser

The winner receives a copy of “Life As

The Generalist

Across 1 Industrial city in Lower Saxony in

Kamila Shamsie, author

What is the first news event you can