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Progess is possible....and (even amid the gloom) it is happening Human Dignity Trust

Britain on the brink: what does the country look like after 14 years of Tory government? My podcast for The Economist economist.com/podcasts/2024/…

This moving exhibition of Ukrainian modernist art arrives this week in London Royal Academy I reviewed it on its arrival in Madrid in late-2022 economist.com/culture/2022/1…

“We are the forgotten people”. “They’ve lied about Brexit. They didn’t tell us the truth, it was going to be so wonderful.” For “The Weekend Intelligence”, A D Miller travels the country to see how Britain is feeling after 14 years of Tory rule econ.st/4eFP59h 🎧

Britain is “on its knees now. Any more and it’d be on its elbows—and your face would be in it!” My survey of the Tories' legacy for The Economist economist.com/britain/2024/0…

A lovely series of exit pen portraits by Joel Budd economist.com/britain/2024/0…

"Sometimes Britain seems to be turning into a giant, dysfunctional metaphor for itself." A tour of the country, and of 14 years of Tory rule, for The Economist economist.com/britain/2024/0…

My God, I haven't checked my phone for an hour. In that hour, I’ve already become a terrorist. Killed the husband, labeled the wife a terrorist - typical Putin

Today is fifteen years since the Chechen human rights activist Natasha Estemirova was assassinated in Russia’s North Caucasus region. She was an incredible, inspiring person and is not forgotten. A few words about her in this thread.

A lot of racist hate being directed at my colleague Shashank. These people are pathetic. I’m standing proudly in solidarity with him as well as with the millions of children of immigrants and those, like me, who are immigrants themselves.

“There is no document of civilisation”, wrote the critic Walter Benjamin, “that is not at the same time a document of barbarism”. Take a holiday in a storied European city and you see what he meant econ.st/4dBFlLX 👇

Tired, dirty + exhausted, soldiers say they regret no part of operation that has already killed scores of their comrades:“For first time in a long time we have movement. I felt like a tiger.” My report from Ukraine’s Kursk offensive economist.com/europe/2024/08… from The Economist

Many people put a huge amount of work into this cover package. I hope it gets Sudan more of the attention it deserves

'I found myself talking about childhood trauma to a crowd of parents with young children. The act that preceded mine had been a fart noise contest. But I shouldn’t complain.' Kieran Setiya (@KieranSetiya): From philosophy to stand-up the-tls.co.uk/regular-featur…

“People aren’t always very nice to the people they love,” says a character in Sally Rooney’s new novel, “Intermezzo”—a line that could be the motto of her oeuvre econ.st/3XzW8Zn 👇

Read the early reviews of “Disclaimer” and you may be confused. Write-ups of the seven-part thriller lurch between two stars and five. Whom should you trust, the boosters or carpers? The answer is both econ.st/3U0yOTG 👇

My first opportunity to ask Vladimir Putin a question since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It came at the end of the BRICS summit in Kazan. Producer Liza

On November 22, 1963, three shots were fired in Dallas. The horrific images are still vivid. I was a 31-year-old unknown Secret Service agent, suddenly thrust into history. At 92, I have come to terms with my place in history. I tried. I was unsuccessful, but at least I tried.

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Xenophobia, disputed elections, indictments: Sidney Catts drove his enemies nuts and supporters wild—showing that, with enough gall and gumption, the rules of political decorum could be smashed. My Christmas story in The Economist economist.com/christmas-spec…