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Dark forces are stirring up anger in the UK. My asylum reforms are our chance to stop them

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The Guardian

Shabana Mahmood

There are many ways to spend your gap year that will reward you later

3

The Guardian

Vivienne Pearson

Bang & Olufsen takes people on a journey through sound in centenary campaign

3

campaign

Eszter Gurbicz

Christmas Adverts 2025: John Lewis, Waitrose, Tesco And More Of The Year's Must-See Ads

Former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has suggested she could return to frontline politics in her first interview since resigning over a tax...

9

HuffPost

Daniel Welsh

Angela Rayner Declines To Rule Out A Return To Frontline Politics As Chaos Continues In No.10

Former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has suggested she could return to frontline politics in her first interview since resigning over a tax...

10

HuffPost

Kate Nicholson

Trump Has Vowed To Continue Pursuing The BBC. What Happens Next?

Former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has suggested she could return to frontline politics in her first interview since resigning over a tax...

8

HuffPost

Kate Nicholson

How Letterboxd Reviews Are Changing Independent Cinema

Former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has suggested she could return to frontline politics in her first interview since resigning over a tax...

8

HuffPost

Sarah-Louise Kelly

11 Roles You Might Have Forgotten Rhea Seehorn Played Before Pluribus

In July this year, I decided to lose a bit of weight to improve my overall health. I’d just been diagnosed with PCOS and a life-threatening...

9

HuffPost

Amy Davidson

Trump Demands Bill Clinton Epstein Investigation For... No Particular Reason

Former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has suggested she could return to frontline politics in her first interview since resigning over a tax...

8

HuffPost

David Moye

How AI Became Diet Culture's Latest Weapon

In July this year, I decided to lose a bit of weight to improve my overall health. I’d just been diagnosed with PCOS and a life-threatening...

8

HuffPost

Hannah Van-De-Peer

Trump Says Doc Gave Him 'Best Result' In Latest Check-Up

Former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has suggested she could return to frontline politics in her first interview since resigning over a tax...

7

HuffPost

Marco Margaritoff

Trump Rails At Marjorie Taylor Greene After She Blames Epstein Files For Their Falling Out

Former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has suggested she could return to frontline politics in her first interview since resigning over a tax...

7

HuffPost

Hilary Hanson

Ireland is looking for its own Nigel Farage

A few years ago, I watched an Irish-made drama on Netflix called Rebellion. Given that it was about the 1916 Easter Rising, I expected it to be...

30

The Spectator

Iain Dale

Going to the dogs / Greyhound racing is on its last lap

Going to the dogs / Greyhound racing is on its last lap

The trap draws open. The long, slender bodies of the greyhounds bolt out in pursuit of the taunting, mechanical hare as a thunderous cheer erupts...

20

The Spectator

Niko Vorobyov

Polish plumbers and the problem with national stereotypes

Polish plumbers and the problem with national stereotypes

In 1614, the Scottish writer John Barclay published a slim Latin book with the grand title Icon Animorum, or The Mirror of Minds. In it, he marched...

10

The Spectator

Piotr Wilczek

Andrew Keir case / Accused rapists aren’t getting a fair trial in Scotland

Andrew Keir case / Accused rapists aren’t getting a fair trial in Scotland

The UK Supreme Court has made a very confused ruling about whether or not Scottish courts are breaching the right to a fair trial in rape cases....

9

The Spectator

Stuart Waiton

Cricket / Why England will win the Ashes

Cricket / Why England will win the Ashes

The build-up to any Ashes series in Australia provides great entertainment all of its own. This time, as the first test in Perth draws nearer, the...

8

The Spectator

Henry Blofeld

Who to prioritise, my partner or my baby? It’s a complete no-brainer

Who to prioritise, my partner or my baby? It’s a complete no-brainer

Gina Ford ruined my life. OK, technically not all of it, just a small but significant chapter: very early motherhood. The parenting guru’s...

8

The Guardian

Polly Hudson

Why Israel fears Turkey’s involvement in Gaza

Why Israel fears Turkey’s involvement in Gaza

As the Gaza ceasefire struggles into its second month, a significant difference between the position of Israel and that of its chief ally, the...

9

The Spectator

Jonathan Spyer

Nobody Wants This could learn a few things from Seinfeld

Nobody Wants This could learn a few things from Seinfeld

Nobody Wants This, the Netflix romcom that brought us the ‘hot rabbi’, recently returned for its second season. For the uninitiated, the first...

10

The Spectator

Naomi Firsht

An independent Bank of England isn’t working

An independent Bank of England isn’t working

Andrew Bailey recently claimed that the Bank of England has saved the government £125 billion. The Bank’s governor was responding to criticism from...

8

The Spectator

Mani Basharzad

5. What I learned about bullies in my time as a teacher

8

New Statesman

Kate Clanchy

Luke Akehurst: Starmer vs Streeting would be “fratricidal self-destruction”

7

New Statesman

Luke O’Reilly

Trump may not make it to 2028 with his health intact

Trump may not make it to 2028 with his health intact

Donald Trump has a new nickname. Dozy Don, after struggling to keep his eyes open in the Oval Office. This is preferable, I suppose, to being...

10

iNews

Sarah Baxter

KATY GORDON: Why our communities need a thriving Dundee University and UHI Perth

Katy Gordon looks at the wider implication of the University of Dundee and UHI Perth scandals.

10

The Courier

Katy Gordon

How the Joe Biden of India won

The chief minister of Bihar was re-elected by a wide margin despite his obvious infirmity and stalled progress

20

Financial Times

Ruchir Sharma

A new spectre looms over democracy: prediction markets

They offer a troubling opportunity to manipulate public perceptions of the outcome of political events

20

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

Rachel Reeves Has Become The UK's Most Unpopular Chancellor On Record

Rachel Reeves is deeply unpopular with the public just 10 days before her Budget, according to a new poll. Rachel Reeves is the UK’s most unpopular...

6

HuffPost

Kate Nicholson

Fury Rises Over Labour's 'Cruel' New Asylum Plan: 'A Brutal Step Backwards'

Rachel Reeves is deeply unpopular with the public just 10 days before her Budget, according to a new poll. Rachel Reeves is the UK’s most unpopular...

6

HuffPost

Kate Nicholson

'Unacceptable' And 'Untenable': Labour MPs Hit Out At Downing Street's Week Of Chaotic Infighting

Rachel Reeves is deeply unpopular with the public just 10 days before her Budget, according to a new poll. Rachel Reeves is the UK’s most unpopular...

6

HuffPost

Kate Nicholson

Labour Minister Compares Nigel Farage To Enoch Powell In Scathing Takedown

Nigel Farage was compared to Enoch Powell by a Labour minister. A Labour minister has called Nigel Farage a “reincarnation” of anti-immigration...

7

HuffPost

Kate Nicholson

I Am Obsessed With This Southeast Asian Leftover Brussels Sprouts Recipe

Former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has suggested she could return to frontline politics in her first interview since resigning over a tax...

6

HuffPost

Sarah-Louise Kelly

Heavy Periods Are Far More Common Than We Thought. Let's Talk About It.

Rachel Reeves is deeply unpopular with the public just 10 days before her Budget, according to a new poll. Rachel Reeves is the UK’s most unpopular...

6

HuffPost

Sarah-Louise Kelly

Parents Are Sharing The Subtle Ways They Make Their Kids Feel Loved

Former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has suggested she could return to frontline politics in her first interview since resigning over a tax...

6

HuffPost

Natasha Hinde

Marie Kondo’s Surprising Secret To Finding Joy

Nigel Farage was compared to Enoch Powell by a Labour minister. A Labour minister has called Nigel Farage a “reincarnation” of anti-immigration...

6

HuffPost

Caroline Bologna

Marjorie Taylor Greene Pushes Back Against Trump Over Epstein Files: 'Powerful People Should Not Be Protected'

Former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has suggested she could return to frontline politics in her first interview since resigning over a tax...

6

HuffPost

Marco Margaritoff

All's Fair Review: Critics Hate It, But It's Totally Worth Watching

Former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has suggested she could return to frontline politics in her first interview since resigning over a tax...

6

HuffPost

Erin E. Evans

From Trolls In My Inbox To 'Good Guys' On Dates, Misogyny Is Alive And Well – But Shame Has Changed Sides

Roast beef curtains. This was the subject line of the email I received from an unknown sender, mixed in with so many other messages from addresses...

4

HuffPost

Kristin Louise Duncombe

I don’t believe in God but, as a trauma survivor, I’m learning to forgive myself

I don’t believe in God but, as a trauma survivor, I’m learning to forgive myself

“Why me?” “Why evil?” and “Why God?” According to theologian and psychologist Karen McClintock, these are the three key questions that a...

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The Guardian

Jackie Bailey

Want to avoid anxiety, headaches and constipation? Try giving up on your goals

Want to avoid anxiety, headaches and constipation? Try giving up on your goals

Have you ever heard yourself saying “I’m going to do this if it kills me”? As the pensioners at my gym can attest, it’s what I hiss every time I’m...

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The Guardian

Emma Beddington

Icon Animorum / Polish plumbers and the problem with national stereotypes

Icon Animorum / Polish plumbers and the problem with national stereotypes

In 1614, the Scottish writer John Barclay published a slim Latin book with the grand title Icon Animorum, or The Mirror of Minds. In it, he marched...

10

The Spectator

Piotr Wilczek

The rise of the on-the-day party drop-out

A new drinks-party-shirking method has taken hold in British society. I call it ‘Lastminute.non’. Previously, the way of not going to someone’s...

6

The Spectator

Ysenda Maxtone Graham

Power and machismo / Chile flirts with a rightward turn

Power and machismo / Chile flirts with a rightward turn

A border ‘ditch’ may prove to be the thing that brings the right back to power in Chile. Although the communist-affiliated candidate Jeannette Jara...

7

The Spectator

Sam Meadows

Accused rapists aren’t getting a fair trial in Scotland

Accused rapists aren’t getting a fair trial in Scotland

The UK Supreme Court has made a very confused ruling about whether or not Scottish courts are breaching the right to a fair trial in rape cases....

8

The Spectator

Stuart Waiton

To the dogs / Greyhound racing is on its last lap

To the dogs / Greyhound racing is on its last lap

The trap draws open. The long, slender bodies of the greyhounds bolt out in pursuit of the taunting, mechanical hare as a thunderous cheer erupts...

6

The Spectator

Niko Vorobyov

England will win the Ashes

England will win the Ashes

The build-up to any Ashes series in Australia provides great entertainment all of its own. This time, as the first test in Perth draws nearer, the...

6

The Spectator

Henry Blofeld

The US is now a rogue state - look at its extrajudicial killings off Venezuela’s coast

The US is now a rogue state - look at its extrajudicial killings off Venezuela’s coast

The UK’s reported decision to restrict intelligence-sharing with the Pentagon on suspected drug-traffickers’ boats in the Caribbean is a modest yet...

7

The Guardian

Simon Tisdall

Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark

Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark

As autumn blurs into winter, the news is once again filling up with a familiar story: overflowing rivers, inundated streets and overwhelmed...

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The Guardian

John Harris