The public is running ahead of Starmer on Brexit
A survey shows UK voters would accept free movement and want closer ties with Europe
Politics
Kemi Badenoch is outstandingly bad at her job
With the prime minister pursuing a string of unpopular policies, the Tory leader used PMQs to focus on things Keir Starmer said years ago
The trials and triumphs of Madame Le Trump
Marine Le Pen stands accused of risking her country’s stability to keep herself out of jail. Sound familiar?
Letters: Starmer’s silence on rejoining is deafening
To all the naysayers who doubt we can return to the EU, we have no choice. If Starmer really believes in Britain, it must be done
How to stop brain rot
Oxford University Press’s word of the year suggests social media has become a drug-like distraction from the world
Starmer gets it: this is the age of tough liberalism
Most Labour supporters don’t realise how muscular their own tradition will have to become to survive what’s coming
When British pop went European
How British music turned away from America and learned to love the continent
The trials and triumphs of Madame Le Trump
Marine Le Pen stands accused of risking her country’s stability to keep herself out of jail. Sound familiar?
Letters: Starmer’s silence on rejoining is deafening
To all the naysayers who doubt we can return to the EU, we have no choice. If Starmer really believes in Britain, it must be done
Paula Rego’s nursery nightmares
Inspired by Goya, the Portuguese artist’s versions of Humpty Dumpty and Three Blind Mice are very much not for children
How Thomas Mann taught Germans to chill out
First published in 1924, his masterpiece Der Zauberberg (The Magic Mountain) is a highbrow ode to chilling
‘A digestive tract with a tie’
No matter how the plot of this particular election thriller ends, Romanian institutions must do better in the future
Will this fiasco be the last Cop?
Baku has been a spectacle of greed and entitlement. A binding agreement on phasing out fossil fuels would be better
London’s running dry
If the capital runs out of water, what then?
Fixing Europe’s water
Is a new €1bn infrastructure fund the answer to Europe’s flooding problems? Or is a more drastic plan needed?
Addressing this growing emergency must be a core national mission
Labour carries a heavy mantle of responsibility to this generation and those that will follow
Is Cava country losing its sparkle?
In 2023, Catalonia’s drought halved wine production and this year is only expected to be worse
Has the ECHR overreached on climate change?
A case brought by Swiss pensioners could be a turning point for the court
Why the Human Cell Atlas is so important
It may not quite be ‘Google Maps of the human body’, but it’s not far off
Is Germany’s economy kaput?
With a declining industrial base, a lack of support for emerging sectors, and a shaky financial landscape, the country’s downturn might be here to stay
You’ve left Twitter and moved to Bluesky: here’s what you need to know
As users joining the “Xodus” are discovering, the platform is very different from Elon Musk’s kingdom
Everyday Philosophy: The Peter Singer chatbot
The philosoper’s ethical legacy lives on in the form of a bot – but its hectoring, evangelical tone means it is far from convincing
Critical Mass: Science’s love-hate relationship with the Standard Model
For years, scientists have been trying to undermine the cornerstone of modern fundamental physics, but it stubbornly refuses to break
It’s time for MPs to get off Twitter
The social media platform has become so vile and corrupted that no politician should be anywhere near it
Conclave’s white smoke and dark secrets
Belfast and furious: The rise and rise of Kneecap
You need to read this book on Ukraine
“My life has been screwed”: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s fight goes on
Cinema’s last revolutionary
Alan Johnson’s lesson for Keir Starmer
Carla Denyer: the most ignored woman in British politics
