‘A new world is being born’: author Rebecca Solnit on the ‘slow revolution’ the far right cannot tolerate

It’s easy to focus on authoritarians and their petty victories. But zoom out and the picture is more encouraging, says the woman who popularised the term ‘mansplaining’, whether it’s in feminism, or the environment, or civil rights

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UK prepares to sue Abramovich over £2.4bn proceeds of Chelsea FC sale

Russian billionaire accused of missing ‘last chance’ to give the money to agencies helping victims of Ukraine war

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Chasing Freedom by Simukai Chigudu review – a powerful memoir of postcolonial unease

A historian and exponent of ‘Rhodes must fall’ explores how political liberation doesn’t always bring personal freedom

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‘A partisan and politician’: Abraham Lincoln and the art of the deal

New book Boss Lincoln takes a fresh look at a well-studied political figure, showing him to be a master of party politics

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American Canto by Olivia Nuzzi review – insufferable filler that sidesteps the real issues

The reporter’s affair with Robert F Kennedy Jr raised a whole host of questions, few of which get answers in this pretentious memoir

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How to live a good life in difficult times: Yuval Noah Harari, Rory Stewart and Maria Ressa in conversation

From superintelligent AI to the climate and democracy, three leading thinkers discuss how to navigate the future

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How to live a good life in difficult times: Yuval Noah Harari, Rory Stewart and Maria Ressa in conversation

From superintelligent AI to the climate and democracy, three leading thinkers discuss how to navigate the future

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107 Days by Kamala Harris review – no closure, no hope

The former presidential candidate sticks to the script in a memoir that will only cause further bad blood

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Jill Lepore on the US constitution, originalism … and Madison’s nose

The esteemed historian says her new book on the writing –and the attempts to amend – the constitution is in part ‘a deep historical critique of originalism’

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Chris Bryant: ‘My greatest achievement was getting elected despite everyone saying I was too flamboyant, ie gay’ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/sep/13/chris-bryant-labour-mp-interview #Politicsbooks #Lifeandstyle #ChrisBryant #Politics #Labour #Books
Chris Bryant: ‘My greatest achievement was getting elected despite everyone saying I was too flamboyant, ie gay’

The MP on feeling powerless to change the world, why he wants to time travel, and knowing all the words to Les Mis

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