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Trump’s bizarre quips are made for a reason – to give his audience permission not to care about the struggles of others
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The government is planning to build ‘up to 12’. Is this the key to Britain’s housing problems, or are they an environmentally damaging waste?
A lost piece of the Bayeux Tapestry
A stolen fragment of the tapestry, looted by a Nazi archaeologist for racial research, has resurfaced in Germany. But France wants it back
The days of Dolce Vita
Hollywood on the Tiber lifts the lid of Rome’s riotous postwar film industry
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Our media obsession with Trump is playing into China’s hands
China may soon become the most powerful country on earth – but the UK media has taken its eye off the ball thanks to the circus in America
Everyday Philosophy: Why corporal punishment must be banned
Modelling physical violence as a way of controlling other people is bad in itself, but emotional damage for victims can be long-lasting and debilitating, too
Donald Trump, America’s unserious narcissist
Despite all the warning signs the first time around, the world is paying a very heavy price for Trump 2.0
Everyday Philosophy: John Cage and the sound of silence
A collective called the 1000 Artists have followed in the composer’s footsteps by releasing a silent protest album
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Donald Trump and the mind-bending insanity of his foreign policy that treats enemies as friends and vice versa
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From Voltaire to Kant, the world would be a duller place without the discipline’s coffee-fuelled breakthroughs
The Rest is Politics heads to Damascus
The scale of Ahmed al-Sharaa’s victory is immense. But, the challenge of rebuilding his shattered country is even greater
Why does mobile theft feel so personal?
For philosophers Andy Clark and David Chalmers, phone crime is ‘more akin to assault’
How I remember John Prescott
At the late former deputy prime minister’s funeral, it became clear that Britain could do with some politicians like him today
Don Cupitt, the priest who didn’t believe in God
Despite once being a practising clergyman, the late Cupitt was noted for his radical ideas on ‘non-realist’ philosophy of religion
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The right wing channel highlighted a backlash to the Netflix show from supporters of the misogynist – but neglected to mention toxic comments on its own social media
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Brexit Britain is being outstripped by Slovenia and Malta
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The UK needs to be part of the European project as a fully active member. Only then can Europe truly stand united against both Trump and Putin
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As the industry says visitor spend has slipped behind our European rivals, an insider’s view of why some EU tourists have dropped Britain from their travel plans
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If Germany’s problems don’t get resolved, the extremists could be leading the charge in the next general election
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Trump is breaking up the old post-war alliance designed to protect Europe from Moscow. If the US withdraws support, can the continent go it alone?
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So many European nations can boast enviable success stories in different fields. If you put them all together, what do you get?
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Thanks to Putin’s aggression and Trump’s greed, the UK has regained its international status
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The president comes out with a ludicrous stream of nonsense. But some of what he says has its origins in some unexpected places
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Under communism, Polish artists were given freedom to produce posters advertising Hollywood films in a way their makers never dreamed of
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