Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story by Caroline Lucas review – the Green MP’s alternative vision

The Green party politician offers ways in which we might express an English identity that would lead to a more inclusive and progressive land

Liz Truss says in book queen told her to ‘pace yourself’, admits she didn’t listen

Ex-prime minister, who lasted just 49 days, says she struggled to cope with death of monarch and self-inflicted economic disaster

The big idea: do our political opponents really hate us?

Not half as much as we think, according to the evidence – and there are ways to break the cycle of mutual mistrust

Another England by Caroline Lucas review – seeing green

A progressive vision of the country’s literary and cultural history from the trailblazing MP

The UK is trapped in a cycle of political, social and financial turmoil. But there is a way out…

The Conservatives’ pernicious reign, defined by a toxic belief in self-organising markets, has brought Britain to its knees. But we now have an opportunity to turn things around

Jon Cruddas: ‘Labour has to rediscover its moral purpose’

The Labour MP and party historian on why he worries for Keir Starmer, the decline of social democracy, and his love of Seamus Heaney

Five of the best books about democracy in crisis

From mega-conspiracies to evolutionary biology, these books will help you dissect why political systems go awry

‘Ageing isn’t inevitable’: The 100-Year-Life co-author on how to live well for longer

Andrew Scott says we can stop one of humanity’s biggest achievements turning into a dystopian near-future

Keir Starmer: The Biography by Tom Baldwin review – from ‘can’t win to can’t lose’: the making of a Labour leader

An insightful and illuminating biography of Keir Starmer is revelatory about the challenging childhood that shaped his character while acknowledging the fact that he remains hard to pin down

‘They didn’t understand us at all’: why the miners’ strike still captivates Britain, 40 years on

Artists, writers and film-makers have long been inspired by the stories – and myths – of the 1984-5 strike. But how do those most affected by its legacy feel about the portrayals?

The big idea: why we need to kick big money out of UK politics

Our system of wealthy donors chips away at democracy, but what could replace it?

What a legendary historian tells us about the contempt for today’s working class

A century after his birth, EP Thompson’s empathy with those facing scorn and condescension is more relevant than ever

‘I detest bullies’: Dr Rachel Clarke on Jeremy Hunt, government lies and the long legacy of Covid

The ‘industrial scale of death’ on the Covid frontline left Clarke and her colleagues traumatised and underpaid while the powerful partied and profited. Now, her pandemic memoir is coming to TV with the help of Jed Mercurio

The Men of 1924 by Peter Clark; The Wild Men by David Torrance review – Labour’s first taste of power

One hundred years since Ramsay MacDonald led his cabinet of workers into Number 10, two engrossing books illuminate the party’s extraordinary leading players and their achievement, largely unheralded, in making the country more civilised

‘No one should have more than €10m’: the author of Limitarianism on why the super-rich need to level down radically

Prof Ingrid Robeyns has spent a decade studying wealth and ethics and says that limits are essential if we want to eradicate poverty and protect social cohesion and the planet