Martin Kettle
Martin Kettle is a Guardian associate editor and columnist. Twitter @martinkettle
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5 out of 5 stars.
Berlin Philharmonic/Rattle review – all guns blazing on Simon's farewell tourThe fruits of Simon Rattle’s long partnership with the Berlin orchestra were evident in a magisterial Bruckner Ninth and vivid miniatures by Hans Abrahamsen -
Threatened by Italy and Brexit, the EU must turn the tideWe have come a long way since the Brexit referendum. With Italy in crisis, the EU needs to take a risk on real reform, writes Guardian columnist Martin Kettle -
A century on, why are we forgetting the deaths of 100 million?The 1918 Spanish flu outbreak killed more people than both world wars. Don’t imagine such a thing could never happen again, says the Guardian columnist Martin Kettle -
Where are all the revolutionaries of 1968? They’re long goneFifty years ago, hundreds of thousands marched in Paris. But the year did not spark the political and economic power changes it promised, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
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Millicent Fawcett’s great. But enough – Britain has too many statuesThe last thing we need is a 21st-century statuary race: it doesn’t reflect the pluralistic view we need of our culture, says the Guardian columnist Martin Kettle -
The Syria strikes show the west is serious about chemical weaponsThe US, UK and France sought to deter chemical weapons use without drawing in Russia and Iran, says Guardian associate editor Martin Kettle -
Labour can’t assume that Theresa May will fail. That’s far too riskyThe prime minister seems to be shedding her weak and feeble image – and now her popularity is on the rise among the Tories, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle -
The Ethiopian treasures in the V&A may have to return homeThe Maqdala artefacts were seized in an imperial war that wasn’t about plunder or annexation. Still, they may not be in the right place, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
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Is it really such a terrible thing for your MP to have two jobs?Dan Jarvis wants to be an MP and Sheffield’s mayor – and he should be able to, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle



May’s Brexit crunch moment in parliament was just the first of many