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JUNE 25. 2025

Reform’s fantasy numbers simply Kent be serious

Nigel Farage’s party has promised to save £100m by getting council workers back into the office. But when it comes to its own people, things are a little different

Review: Disney’s Hercules: big, bland, and American

A by-numbers musical lacks heart and humour - but tourists will love it

JUNE 24. 2025

Joey Dunlop, the ordinary man who did extraordinary things

It’s hard to convey just how big a deal Dunlop was to his fans, and to the people of his homeland. His modesty elevated the level of affection tenfold

Matt Kelly’s picks of the week: Donald Trump, weapons grade narcissism and Gen Z’s rot race

Our founder and editor-in-chief’s weekly highlights from the magazine

Starmer, here’s 3 things you must learn about Reform

As Keir Starmer watches the gradual increase of support for the Reform party, there is one mistake the PM must avoid

Europe’s history is repeating itself

In the age of drone warfare, people in Ukraine are living a higher-tech version of the terror that struck suburban London

French wine, coming to a fast food restaurant near you

With drive-thru wine outlets on the rise, the French love of wine is coming face to face with their almost equally passionate disdain for le fast food

European integration, Balkan style

Like may European countries, Bulgaria is facing divisions about its future

Why Europe’s heart lost a swimming pool

Brussels, a city of 1.2 million, now has no open-air swimming facilities - just in time for summer

Why I want to keep our ancestral home

In China’s craze for modernisation, many traditional homes were destroyed, including the classical courtyard homes in hutongs or alleys in Beijing. I don't want our family home to now be one of them

Germansplaining: Can Germany, finally, cut red tape?

Under Angela Merkel and Olaf Scholz, laws passed to this end. But, it never happened

Nerd’s Eye View: 14 things you need to know about Wimbledon

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

Our obsession with sequels is ruining movies

Sequels were once considered hack work. Can cinema go back to doing what it does best?

Photography in Vincent’s town

The Arles photographic fair is now probably the best in the world – the town’s provincial roots are a long way behind it