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Litigation, along with electoral politics and popular protest, is becoming a key tool in the fight against climate change.

Also this week: red-on-red mayor wars, lessons from the locals, and Michael Gove’s hanging baskets.

Teresa Thornhill, a child protection barrister arguing her case, first encountered her in the court toilets. She was still ...

A good starting place is land ownership. England has one of the most grotesquely unequal land ownership structures in the ...

Pro-Palestine protests are proliferating across Western universities – but only the US has responded with military-grade police violence.

Dismayed by the local elections, Conservatives fear the party faces not only electoral defeat but a crisis of identity.

Informed by the novelist’s fight against Fascism in Italy, Her Side of the Story is a remarkable investigation into selfhood.

Informed by the novelist’s fight against Fascism in Italy, Her Side of the Story is a remarkable investigation into selfhood.

Support 110 years of independent journalism. Beyond the allegations, Channel 4’s Spacey Unmasked is a brave attempt to ...

Support 110 years of independent journalism. Scotland’s hegemonic progressive regime was a chimera. Labour should take note. By John Gray A political implosion in Scotland confirms an observation ...

Support 110 years of independent journalism. There may not be much overlap between her politics and Labour’s, but they do share a disdain for Rishi Sunak. By Rachel Cunliffe Everyone expected the PMQs ...