The five political lessons of 2024
Forget polling and lifetime party loyalty – all that’s gone. In their place we have a broken system, Reform as the main opposition party, and a growing threat from disinformation
We were always going to betray Ukraine
Zelensky has done all he can. But as the final sell-out approaches, the west has not done nearly enough
Alastair Campbell’s winners and losers of 2024
In many cases over the last 12 months, the people who looked like winners also turned out to be losers
How Volkswagen stalled
Like its most famous car maker, German industry has been left behind. And with Trump in the White House, things could get a lot worse
How a Mexican musical thriller became the best film of 2024
Jacques Audiard’s brilliant Emilia Pérez is a musical like no other, by turns funny, tragic and thrilling
The best fiction reads of 2024
The story of a family’s French holiday interrupted by the apocalypse tops our round-up of the best books of 2024
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Alastair Campbell’s winners and losers of 2024
In many cases over the last 12 months, the people who looked like winners also turned out to be losers
How to enjoy your Christmas dinner
For anyone who cares about animal suffering, it should be a no-brainer that eating intensively farmed turkey is unethical
What Farage told me about Musk, Trump & the Tories
It underlined that he views politics mainly through the lens of personality and rarely bothers with policy
How to stop brain rot
Oxford University Press’s word of the year suggests social media has become a drug-like distraction from the world
Navalny’s daughter will haunt Putin
The 23-year-old hopes to, one day, return to Russia and help make it a free country. She’s certainly her father’s daughter
Has Notre Dame lost too much?
The success of Notre Dame’s comeback depends on whether we view it as an architectural gem or a functional religious building
The day John Prescott gave a speech to the sea
In paying their tributes, many people are still underestimating the former deputy prime minister
James Beattie and his timeless cello
The forgotten Scottish philosopher’s legacy resurfaced last week when his historic cello was played for the first time in 220 years
The word I want to get into the dictionary
The ‘trollification’ that happens on X, Elon Musk’s online hellhole, deserves a definition
How to believe in politics
It is time to dispel disbelief and face the grim reality that is unfolding
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Gisèle Pelicot, person of the year 2024
Interview: Stella Creasy – Labour must take “full responsibility” for Brexit
Caroline Lucas and Dominic Grieve: It’s time to reset, rebuild… and rejoin
Nigel Farage has just made his first huge mistake
Keir Starmer – a man without a plan
The right wing papers’ new Brexit hysteria
Why is Starmer so afraid of free movement?
The Commons laughs at Badenoch and Brexit
Farage vs Corbyn
Will they or won’t they?
Peering into a mystery
Just why were Charlotte Owen and Ross Kempsell put into the House of Lords by Boris Johnson? We may be about to find out
Owen Jones’s non-apology for liking anti-Semitic bile
The Guardian columnist wrote a 9,000 word rant on the BBC’s sloppiness over the Israel/Hamas war, then failed to read a 37-word anti-Semitic comment – which he then liked
Writers
Alastair Campbell
Alastair Campbell’s winners and losers of 2024
Marie Le Conte
Why is Starmer so afraid of free movement?
Matthew d’Ancona
We were always going to betray Ukraine
Patience Wheatcroft
Why are Labour dragging their feet over House of Lords reform?
Tanit Koch
Germansplaining: Happy birthday boomers!
Paul Mason
The Labour project just became real
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The biggest Christmas tree in the world
The lesson Gisèle Pelicot teaches us all
Peering into a mystery
My faith in how Ahmed engages with reality
Podcasts
The Two Matts
Heroes, villains and clowns of 2024
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The royal idiot and the prize fabulist
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Q&A: Ambassador Farage?
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Robert Jenrick’s fascist foghorn
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Is news from Syria too good to be true?
The Two Matts
Q&A: Why wasn’t Putin on The Sh*t List?
Interview: Stella Creasy – Labour must take “full responsibility” for Brexit
The chair of the Labour Movement for Europe explains why the group is not campaigning to rejoin the EU and why she always gets asked the “Mark Francois question”
Caroline Lucas and Dominic Grieve: It’s time to reset, rebuild… and rejoin
The former Green and Tory MPs lay out their vision for the end of Brexit and the future of European Movement UK
Nigel Farage has just made his first huge mistake
Reform’s leader will regret his dalliance with Elon Musk – even if it nets him $100m
The right wing papers’ new Brexit hysteria
From the Sun to the Times, the papers and Boris Johnson are losing their marbles over Keir Starmer trying to get Britain a better deal
Why is Starmer so afraid of free movement?
Refusing to negotiate with Europe to allow Brits greater access to the continent is a bewildering position for the government to take
The Commons laughs at Badenoch and Brexit
The Tories’ struggling leader fluffs her lines at prime minister’s questions once again
The New Europe
The lesson Gisèle Pelicot teaches us all
The trial that shocked France and the world is a pivot point for relations between the sexes. Men everywhere must learn from the verdict
Welcome to Switzerland’s Christmas inferno
During the festive season, the usually risk-averse Swiss suddenly throw caution to the wind
How to reduce Europe’s flood risk
European nations need to be vigilant and forward-thinking to prevent further disaster
French politics: a question without an answer
Macron seems to think his new choice of prime minister is the answer to France’s problems. He might be the only one who does
We were always going to betray Ukraine
Zelensky has done all he can. But as the final sell-out approaches, the west has not done nearly enough
Ukraine is the new Berlin
As the second coming of Donald Trump threatens a sell-out of Kyiv, Europe finds itself pondering events of 75 years ago
UK soft power failed with Putin – it’s time for the hard option
Britain and Europe are up against an alliance of evil. Now is the time to resist Russia, and for the UK to lead by example
Writing to Putin’s gulag
Following a rise in politically motivated sentences after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, prisoners in Russia and Belarus have come to rely on letters from strangers
Putin is about to inflict a refugee crisis on Europe. Here’s how to stop it
Giving frozen Russian assets to Ukraine would save Zelensky and send a defiant message to Trump
Biden’s wake-up call to Europe
The Ukraine missile strikes he has permitted won’t change the war – but they must change minds in the EU and UK
2024 in pictures
Images of a tumultuous year around the world
Capturing space and time in Kazakhstan
Photographer Andrew McConnell set out to record cosmonauts in Kazakhstan – but found the local people infinitely more fascinating
The biggest Christmas tree in the world
A Bad Sister’s very good stage return
Is it too much to aks?
The birth of art history
The best fiction reads of 2024
The man who’ll talk your ears off
Soviet cinema’s reluctant dissident
Silvana Mangano, the star who shunned the spotlight
The little machine with a higher gear than the rest
The needle through which Europe was threaded
The actress pursued by misfortune and tragedy
