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The memeification of George Orwell

The writer has become a national treasure, moral arbiter and begetter of biographies: do we need a new one?

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An absence of male-female friendships has left a chasm in society

Too many people remain stuck in the sandpit, yelling that girls suck or that boys are disgusting.

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The SNP has abandoned rural Scotland – now it risks losing the rest of the country too

A focus on liberal identity politics and left-wing economics is testing the party’s supporters to breaking point.

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The chaos and confusion of Donald Trump on trial

The criminal charges against Donald Trump could send him to prison or help propel him back into the White House. Either way, his hold over US politics has once again been cemented.

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Can nationalisation by stealth save Britain's railways?

The demise of TransPennine Express shows again how everything is starting to break after 13 years of Tory government.

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The twilight of Erdoğanism

How the authoritarian model that remade Turkey over the past two decades has reached its limits.

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Soldiers in love

Soldiers in love
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Why read life-writing?

Why read life-writing?
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Beau Is Afraid is a cartoonishly Freudian horror

Ari Aster’s black comedy about malign maternal influence is full of cod-psychology that makes Psycho look like a Mother’s Day card.

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Simon McDonald: "It's the end of the game for Britain"

Simon McDonald: "It's the end of the game for Britain"
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