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The swelling of shame over Gaza Netanyahu’s security cabinet has voted to escalate a war that experts increasingly agree is genocidal. Where is the action to stop it?
How does a mother tell her child that there will be no bread today—or tomorrow? What words can soften the ache when a little one asks, “When will we eat like other children do?” In Gaza, war isn’t ...
This is Kaiju Big Battel, or KBB. Part pro-wrestling, part monster movie mashup, Kaiju Big Battel is simple. Wrestlers don the costumes of kaiju (“strange beasts” in Japanese), stomp through cardboard ...
The government is considering introducing digital ID cards as a way to curb illegal immigration and improve the administration of public services. But is it a good idea? In this week’s Prospect ...
You might imagine politics boils down to the old dilemma about how to win friends and influence people. But the real craft is just as often the judicious selection of enemies—and it strikes me that ...
‘This feels like time travel’: has the ‘regen’ farming revolution begun? Groove Armada’s Andy Cato is trying to change the world—from the soil up ...
Most of that is somewhat true. But who, exactly, is John Constantine? The answer is that he’s the most important British character to ever appear in American comic books, where he’s variously an ...
In May, Pat McFadden, the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, described the issue as a “wake-up call” for businesses. Addressing a cyber security conference, he said that the government is ...
Dominic Sandbrook is speaking about Gordon of Khartoum. He lowers his voice to a reverent whisper, leans into his microphone and tells me of “an imperial hero, an adventurer, who ended his days on the ...
Has the media contributed to “tinderbox Britain”? Alan and Lionel discuss in this week’s Q&A episode, in light of protests outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Epping, as authorities anticipate a ...
“LinkedIn doesn’t know me anymore,” someone complained to me recently. “What do you mean?” I asked. She explained that the platform has replaced the old “recommended jobs” section, which used to show ...
There is a new permanent secretary in Whitehall, and his name is David Dinsmore. No reason why you should have heard of him: he’s been toiling away on behalf of Rupert Murdoch for nearly 22 years and ...