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JULY 8. 2025

Nerd’s Eye View: 11 things you need to know about the Royal Train

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

Palestine Action is bad for Palestinians

The activist group has fallen foul of UK anti-terror laws – good. Because the radical, violent action it carries out harms the very causes its claims to support

Is this the answer to the immigration question?

A new cross-party commission has been created to look at the problems of social cohesion in Britain. But can it confront the most controversial issue of them all?

Are Reform UK ‘dumb’ or just plain stupid?

The party’s ex-chair used the word ‘dumb’ to describe a colleague’s comments. But the word is usually employed in Britain to mean ‘unable to speak’

Everyday philosophy: We can’t just ignore bad news

Those who turn their back on world news and just get on with their lives inside a protective bubble are part of the problem

A better internet is out there

There is gold in a mountain of dross – if you know where to look

What happens when tech outpaces ethics?

A new TV series asks what happens if human minds can be fully uploaded into machines

Do you find this photo boring?

Of course you do – and that’s leading us towards quite a serious economic misunderstanding

The rebirth of Notre Dame

Five years after the fire, the resurrection of the breathtaking cathedral tells a whole new story

Alastair Campbell’s diary: How to understand Donald Trump

The chaos he inflicts on the world is perplexing, but his behaviour has clear patterns

Dr Ruth Westheimer, the trained killer turned world’s most famous sex therapist

The German-American went from a sniper to an academic with a reputation for sexual frankness

It isn’t a general election in Taiwan, but it feels like one

Rising political and military tensions have seen pro-democracy activists stage mass recall campaigns against pro-China Kuomintang lawmakers

India’s tortured, sacred slaves

In the southern state of Kerala, temple elephants are dying young due to cruelty, neglect and exploitation

Come to Kerry and escape the heatwave

The cool, damp climate of the south-west of Ireland has become a surprising summer refuge for weary travellers escaping the heat of Europe