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The return of fascism - The far right is rising again – but this time the threats are different by Thomas Meaney | lan Kershaw | Sophie McBain
The Syrian endgame - Shiraz Maher Assad and Putin prepare for the final onslaught on Idlib province
Tories in turmoil - How MPs are plotting to stop Boris Johnson
Sally Rooney on sex and the Booker
Christopher Meyer - My Tube trauma