12-18 July 2024

IN THIS ISSUE

11 France’s precarious centre Bruno Maçães on the fragmented resistance to Le Pen

17 After Biden Jill Filipovic on the case for Kamala Harris

24 In search of Keir Starmer Edward Docx on the style of the Prime Minister

32 The centrist delusion John Gray on Labour’s tenuous grip on power

42 The magic of democracy Hannah Barnes celebrates the decency of British politics

52 Coming of age Sophie McBain on the psychology of teenagers

63 Follow the sun

Simon Armitage spends a day among the heliotropes

Behind the wall: Edward Docx on the new Prime Minister

John Gray: the fragile calm

Simon Armitage on sunflowers

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