No, the West Didn’t Halt Ukraine’s Peace Talks With Russia
Volodymyr Artiukh & Taras Fedirko
Russian diplomacy was always a smokescreen.
Generation Left Rejected History. Does It Have a Future?
Michael Chessum
A lack of political memory could be the left’s kryptonite.
Food Culture Is Making Us Anxious. Ash Meets Ruby Tandoh
Eating is supposed to be fun, so why has food culture become so difficult to navigate without feeling anxious? Ash Sarkar meets food writer Ruby Tandoh, former Great British Bake-Off contestant and author of Cook As You Are.
Liz Truss Sacks Kwasi Kwarteng & Appoints Jeremy Hunt As New Chancellor
Kwasi Kwarteng has become the second shortest serving chancellor in Britain’s history. Is Liz Truss about to become the shortest serving prime minister? Plus: Just Stop Oil throw a can of soup at a Van Gogh painting; the shady right-wing think-tanks who broke Britain. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
The RSA Used ‘Intimidation Tactics’ Against Staff After Refusing Their Trade Union Request
Polly Smythe
Bosses told workers to “be careful” after they spoke out.
The Government’s New Mental Health Funding Will Be Spent on ‘Helping’ Depressed People Into Work
Jay Watts
The Tories are scapegoating mental health claimants for their own lack of policy.
Did Cuba Just Abolish the Family?
Sophie K Rosa
A radical new law says "love and solidarity are the axes on which family relationships revolve."
Truss & Bailey Spark More Economic Chaos, WHO Gives Long-Covid Warning
As the Bank of England’s mixed messages have spooked the markets, Liz Truss’s contradictory statements in parliament have spooked just about everyone. We speak to James Meadway to make sense of the chaos.
Delivery Riders Are Striking All Over the Place
Polly Smythe
So would you if you were paid £3.70 an hour.
Choose Your Own Family Adventure
Sophie Lewis — author of Abolish the Family — explores the limits of our biological bonds with Rivkah Brown.
Cost of Living Crisis? Not for the Rich
Ell Folan
Shell’s CEO literally wants to be taxed more.
DNA Phenotyping is the Latest Racist Addition to Policing Technology
Sanjana Varghese
Phrenology's sci fi cousin is back on the menu, boys.
Developer Landlords Are Trying to Take Over Liverpool
Abi O’Connor
First they came for London, now their sights are set on the north.
Nicola Sturgeon’s Conference Speech, Putin Retaliates to Bridge Bomb
Nicola Sturgeon has trashed the Tories and re-affirmed her commitment to a second independence referendum.
The Plan Is to Make You Permanently Poorer | Aaron Meets Gary Stevenson
In 2011, while working as a City trader, Gary Stevenson joined the ultra rich with a single bonus cheque. Not long after he was named one of Citibank’s highest performing traders worldwide. Stevenson made millions for his employer by betting on one thing: that the British and American economies would fail to recover from the […]
Trip 27: Magic
The revolution will be manifested. Keir, Nadia and Jeremy investigate magic, with music from Siouxsie, Queen and The KLF.
Liz Truss’s Energy Faceplant, Joe Biden Lightyears Ahead of UK on Marijuana
With the National Grid warning of energy shortages this winter, Liz Truss is refusing to act. Will Tory libertarianism lead to black-outs?
Liz Truss Doesn’t Care About Stopping the War in Ukraine
Oliver Eagleton
Boris Johnson halted a peace deal. Now, his successor is doubling down on his approach.