23-29 February 2024

IN THIS ISSUE

12 Digital wilderness Esther Ghey on keeping children safe online

18 The battle for Rochdale Anoosh Chakelian on what the race reveals about Britain

24 The making of Keir Starmer Andrew Marr on the Labour leader’s thirst for power

30 Lessons of 1974 Colin Kidd on a turning point for Conservatism

40 The bluestocking way Hannah Rose Woods on the first women’s movement

47 After the strikes

Rachel Cooke on Michael Sheen’s Port Talbot drama

55 Planting hope Alice Vincent on our devotion to snowdrops

Winning machine: Andrew Marr on a new biography of Starmer

Watershed: the 1974 election

In praise of the snowdrop

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