The grenade is Liz Truss. Labour loves to talk about her. Reeves reminded the House yesterday of two awkward facts: what the ...

Reeves’ advance U-turn on winter fuel already marked a return to more familiar territory. Labour MPs struggled to defend a policy that removed the benefit from almost all pensioners. Now, with it ...

It’s a dull grey day in the pebbledashed sprawl of north-west London when I first see Keir Starmer. We’re at RAF Northolt ...

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We were founded in 1913 as a weekly review of politics and literature, and remain so. Only now we cover more.

Her public persona is one of a starlet propped up by a Warholian cabal.

In her masterpiece Mrs Dalloway, published a century ago, she wanted “all inner feelings to be lit up”. But so much light ...

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Stefan Collini’s new book explores why such a prestigious academic discipline finds itself on the margins of modern society.

Beyoncé returned to London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for a three-hour-long showcase for her most recent album, Cowboy Carter. She set the tone with her opening son ...

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I had another one of those birthdays the other day. It was a small and pleasant affair, held as per usual in the garden of ...