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  • George Monbiot

    George Monbiot
    double quotation markThe expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it

  • Aditya Chakrabortty
    Introducing Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast

    Podcast52:59
  • Marina Hyde

    Marina Hyde
    double quotation markIt’s true: this is my final column. You have exactly 24 hours to complain before my inbox self-destructs

    Marina Hyde
  • A sleek silver Jaguar concept car drives along a road with hills in the background

    Zoe Williams
    The Jaguar Type 01: a £150k gargantuan getaway vehicle utterly useless in the city

  • Polly Toynbee

    Polly Toynbee
    double quotation markBadenoch is trying to match Farage step for step – but it’s a dance of death for the Tories

    Polly Toynbee
  • Frances Ryan

    Frances Ryan
    double quotation markI’m not buying into the ‘Keminaissance’. If the Tories lowered the bar any further, they’d be Reform UK

    Frances Ryan
  • Owen Jones

    Owen Jones
    double quotation markKemi Badenoch is the most rightwing leader in Tory history. Isn’t it time she got some actual scrutiny?

    Owen Jones
  • Jonathan Freedland

    Jonathan Freedland
    double quotation markThe Green party’s anti-Zionism motion is yet another attempt to tell Jews how we should think

    Jonathan Freedland
  • Simon Jenkins

    Simon Jenkins
    double quotation markShould we refuse to give the Bayeux tapestry back to France? Of course not! So why are we keeping the Parthenon marbles?

    Simon Jenkins
  • Martin Kettle

    Martin Kettle
    double quotation markThe world of today looks bad, but take hope: we’ve been here before and got through it – and we will again

    Martin Kettle
  • Timothy Garton Ash

    Timothy Garton Ash
    double quotation markHere’s how Germany can defend its democracy. Banning the AfD isn’t the answer

    Timothy Garton Ash
  • Gaby Hinsliff

    Gaby Hinsliff
    double quotation markBurnham’s surprise EU-turn could deliver the Tories from a generational mess

    Gaby Hinsliff
  • John Harris

    John Harris
    double quotation markSocial care for disabled adults is in as much crisis as support for elderly people – so why is the government silent about it?

    John Harris
  • Students clash with police during high-school mobilisation in Nancy, France on 2 October, 2026.

    Charlotte Higgins
    French education minister says up to 500 schools could remain closed on Monday after student protests – as it happened

  • Rafael Behr

    Rafael Behr
    double quotation markZack Polanski had the chance to show real leadership. He blew it

    Rafael Behr
  • Composite of different coloured individuals.

    Nesrine Malik
    ‘Green, red, yellow, blue’? Beneath the surface, diaspora language is anything but Black and white

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