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AUGUST 1. 2025

Matthew d’Ancona’s culture: Late Shift, a hospital drama worthy of the hype

Petra Volpe’s extraordinary movie powerfully dramatises the human consequences of the crises facing nursing today

France’s ‘3-6-9-12 rule’ beats the Online Safety Bill

Simple screen-age guidance offers what Britain’s crackdown doesn’t: clarity and trust

After Hiroshima, why did Britain need the bomb?

On the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima, the world is no closer to containing the spread of nuclear weapons

Trump goes all in on AI

The technology firms of Silicon Valley want people to make way for AI by giving up control. That couldn’t be further from the European view

Did Reform’s rising star cause Ant’s race rant?

The star of SAS: Who Dares Wins has lost support in the party over a social media post

JULY 31. 2025

Where is Liz Truss’s ‘uncensorable’ new social media network?

The short-lived former prime minister vowed to launch her new social media network to take on the "deep state" this summer, but it has yet to arrive

Why is the government still using X?

Departments are continuing to use Elon Musk's platform to put out official announcements despite it stoking violence and division

Britain isn’t working

Our parliamentary system is not fit for purpose. But what can we do about it?

Andrew Neil and the Brexit bus to nowhere

Neil's latest Daily Mail column claims that Donald Trump obliterated Ursula von der Leyen's career. Suddenly, we're back in 2016 all over again. ..

Labour and the Tories are in even greater danger than they think

New polling suggests that UK voters might have finally had enough of the two main parties

Matt Kelly’s picks of the week: Gary Lineker on speaking his truth

Our founder and editor-in-chief’s weekly highlights from the magazine

Danny Kruger: prophet of the religious right

When Danny Kruger speaks in parliament, the chamber empties. But his theocratic musings have a wider audience than you might think

Double standards and Tommy Robinson

The hard right rabble-rouser is reported to have left the country after police indicated they wanted to question him over an alleged assault

JULY 30. 2025

Another of Farage’s MPs probed by standards chief: er, Nigel Farage

Parliament's standards commissioner has announced he is looking into a possible rules breach by the Reform leader