Animal Farm, which was published 80 years ago this week, is the most insidious of George Orwell’s books. At first sight it’s a rollicking story, funny and unusually (for Orwell) full of affectionate ...

Almost everyone wants the fighting in Ukraine to stop. Yesterday’s meetings in the White House were about demonstrating to Donald Trump the obvious fact that Vladimir Putin, not Volodymyr Zelensky, is ...

Politics is a precarious business, and politicians are a precarious bunch. Every five years MPs face an employment review from an increasingly volatile public. But what happens to those who don’t make ...

How ‘distinguished’ UK lawyers made an unconvincing case against the recognition of Palestine But the UK government is not making a convincing case for recognition ...

In July two people very close to my heart hit major life milestones; my best friend got married and my cousin had her first baby. I cried at the wedding, got drunk toasting the new arrival and ...

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