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JULY 30. 2025

Another of Farage’s MPs probed by standards chief: er, Nigel Farage

Parliament's standards commissioner has announced he is looking into a possible rules breach by the Reform leader

Lionesses get the reception Boris Johnson refused

England's Euros-winning squad have made it to Downing Street after the former prime minister declined to offer an invite three years ago

Meet the new face of Reform in Wales

Laura Anne Jones, Nigel Farage's first member of the Senedd, has an uncanny ability for making headlines. Just not good ones

JULY 29. 2025

The parallel geography of violence in Mexico

In Sinaloa, the threat of death and chaos hangs in the air as the brutal cartel war shows little sign of abating

Germansplaining: Summer holidays, Germany’s hot topic

To avoid chaos, and in true German style, the country’s schools break-up for summer at different times

War in the quiet hours

Russia has intensified its aerial assault on Kyiv. One night may pass in relative calm, giving a fragile sense of normality. The next, destruction starts again

Trump’s own Afghan scandal

The country’s ‘Freedom Pilots’ flew alongside American colleagues before being given refuge in the US when the Taliban returned. Now the MAGA regime wants to send them home – to what fate?

In Germany, priests are embracing prostitutes

A festival in Leipzig marks half a century since sex workers and priests stood together in solidarity against police violence

Arvo Pärt’s angel music

The most-performed living composer celebrates his 90th birthday

Sandie Peggie and the dangers of gender groupthink

A female nurse in Scotland became the focus of a witch hunt that shows how Britain’s institutions have become overcome by an elite ideology

Nerd’s Eye View: 12 things you need to know about the Strait of Hormuz

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

Hear the paintings sing: the art of Emily Kam Kngwarray

The Aboriginal artist’s vibrant works celebrate ancestral land, culture and a deep connection to nature

Why we need to be more chill about language change

It appears that our vocabulary is entrained with the Zeitgeist, whether we like it or not

The revenge of Alice Cooper

As Ozzy Osbourne bows out, rock’s other shock legend returns to his roots – and reminds us who did it first