AUGUST 1. 2025

Clare Bucknell: Goodbye Dried Mince

In The Lesser Bohemians, sex is where the narrative sits, not where it goes from time to time, and the frequency with. ..

Adam Phillips: On Resistance

Resistance is at once recognition and a fantasy of catastrophe; indeed, in resisting one has always leaped forward to. ..

Patricia Lockwood: Diary

It was our first visit to Kansas City since before the election and the rectory seemed to have grown smaller, darker, ...

Susannah Clapp: On Hallie Flanagan

From 1935 to 1939, Flanagan ran the most extraordinary of stage ventures, a dramatic instance of imagination spurred by. ..

Jonathan Coe: Don’t we all want to be happy?

Erik Satie is the progenitor of torch songs and lounge music, systems music and minimalism, even (with his later. ..

Brian Dillon: At Tate Modern

For a while, Leigh Bowery touted himself as a legitimate if outré fashion designer, but it’s clear from the Tate show. ..

James Vincent: Where the Power Is

Phosphates are locked inside rocks, folded into continental strata or scattered as sediment on the ocean floor. It is. ..

David Renton: Short Cuts

With the proscription of Palestine Action early in July, the question of what support for a terrorist group means has. ..

JULY 31. 2025

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

Ecology at the end of the world

Climate activists need to come together to build connection, community and movements - aims and principles can come later.

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

Britain isn’t working

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

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

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. ..

National Guard Ordered to Do ICE Paperwork at Immigration Facilities in 20 States

Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to immigration facilities further blurs the line between military and law enforcement.

U. S. Security Contractors in Gaza Risk War Crimes Charges, Democrats Say

Democrats said veterans working for U. S. security contractors on Trump’s Gaza aid effort may face legal risks.

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

When things fall apart

Against a backdrop of global collapse, one exhibition used Chinua Achebe’s classic to hold space for voices from the Global South—and asked who gets to imagine the future.

Trump’s Gaza “Food Centers” Miss the Real Problem: Israel’s Aid Blockade

As with many of Trump’s proposals, it’s unclear how serious he is about his vague call for further U. S. involvement in Gaza food aid.