JULY 8. 2025
It’s becoming increasingly difficult for politicians to tell voters things they do not want to hear. But deceiving the electorate is a very bad idea
Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news
I’ve not given up on culture; far from it. What I do instead is split my life between online and offline
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?
Those who turn their back on world news and just get on with their lives inside a protective bubble are part of the problem
Five years after the fire, the resurrection of the breathtaking cathedral tells a whole new story
There is gold in a mountain of dross – if you know where to look
Of course you do – and that’s leading us towards quite a serious economic misunderstanding
The German-American went from a sniper to an academic with a reputation for sexual frankness
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’
A new TV series asks what happens if human minds can be fully uploaded into machines
The chaos he inflicts on the world is perplexing, but his behaviour has clear patterns
In the southern state of Kerala, temple elephants are dying young due to cruelty, neglect and exploitation
The chancellor's straight-talking has, unexpectedly, boosted his popularity
The artist reopens a Norfolk stately home with two pulsating works celebrating the sea
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The cool, damp climate of the south-west of Ireland has become a surprising summer refuge for weary travellers escaping the heat of Europe
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
Rising political and military tensions have seen pro-democracy activists stage mass recall campaigns against pro-China Kuomintang lawmakers
After two years of droughts, farmers are being forced to find new, innovative ways to grow ingredients for the classic Italian dish