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How to win an election
As the parties prepare to do battle at the polls, The Times launches a new podcast, 'How to Win an Election', in which we bring together three of the…
2 years, 2 months ago
Is Israel’s war with Hamas winnable?
Last night Israel's military said its forces had "advanced another significant stage in the war" and encircled Gaza City, the most built-up area of t…
2 years, 2 months ago
How ‘ugly’ Birkenstocks conquered fashion and feminism
German shoemakers Birkenstock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange at a valuation of more than $8 billion last month, and the sandals are top…
2 years, 2 months ago
After the blackout: What's happening in Gaza?
During a 34-hour communications blackout that began on Friday evening, Israel launched its ground invasion into Gaza. With thousands of Palestinians …
2 years, 2 months ago
WhatsApps, ‘f***wits’ and ‘Dr Death’: The Covid inquiry heats up
Dominic Cummings gives evidence to the UK’s Covid inquiry today – the latest in a string of senior advisors to Boris Johnson to do so. The published …
2 years, 2 months ago
Why MI5 is so worried about AI and the next election
This week world leaders and AI companies will gather for a summit at Bletchley Park, the Second World War code-breaking centre. It’s the most importa…
2 years, 2 months ago
How Taylor Swift became the voice of a generation
Friday was a big day for Taylor Swift. She released the reimagined version of her 2014 album 1989, and was declared a billionaire by business news ou…
2 years, 2 months ago
Sextapes, gossip blogs, and Paris Hilton: How the noughties went toxic
This week Britney Spears released her new memoir, and is the latest celebrity to open up about the trauma of being a young famous woman in the 2000s.…
2 years, 2 months ago
Does Hamas have a strategy?
As Israel conducts 'wide-scale' retaliatory strikes against Gaza, the humanitarian crisis in the area has reached devastating proportions. Thousands …
2 years, 2 months ago
Get out of jail free: The new Tory prisons policy
Prisons in England and Wales are at full capacity. Exclusive reporting for the Times revealed judges were being advised to suspend sentences, rather …
2 years, 2 months ago