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The decline of newspapers puts them level with vast flows of fantasy and leaks
Voters are turning away from society’s truths towards private pursuits
Rational political speech is under attack and failing to convince a sceptical public. Should we blame the media?
The new normal is unlikely to be a return to settled party rule, writes John Lloyd
At a time of disillusionment with politics, calls for direct public involvement in decision-making are growing louder
Should concerns over security and social cohesion set limits on free speech?
In her first work to appear in English since winning the Nobel in 2015, the Belarusian author addresses the complex feelings left by the fall of the Soviet Union
A study of extreme right politics conveys complexity but lacks balance and context
Works of memoir and reportage that address the experience of prison and the case for reform
David Aaronovitch’s memoir of his communist upbringing
National Coal Board chairman who saw the industry’s greatest growth and the start of its decline
An industry once held in awe is now seen as a relic of a polluted past, writes John Lloyd
The second instalment of Charles Moore’s biography of the former prime minister illuminates her mid-1980s glory years — and the toll they took
The right dominates the political space outside the weakened main parties, writes John Lloyd
There is an answer to the passionate calls for independence; it is indifference, writes John Lloyd
Amid social democrats’ broader travails, Labour has become UK’s ‘stupid party’ writes John Lloyd
An illuminating study of the reformers who sought to revive Russia’s post-Soviet economy
Humans err; technology has limitations. The world of the spy is an irreducibly murky one
After the election, unionism must stand up for the preservation of the UK, writes John Lloyd
Many determined to battle authoritarianism despite Kremlin’s iron blanket, writes John Lloyd
The author gives a voice to victims of Anders Breivik’s 2011 massacre as she seeks to make sense of his crimes
How a Russian civil rights group went from symbol of Gorbachev-era openness to target of the state
The author examines the ‘iron cage of liberalism’ in which many Middle Eastern autocrats found themselves caught
A lucid and elegant portrait of a nation enmeshed in tradition but beginning to recognise that it must embrace change
Business leaders are being groomed to join ‘the conversation’, writes John Lloyd
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