The Tories might as well face it… they’re addicted to lies
Rishi Sunak has the same cavalier attitude towards the truth as his predecessor
Highlights
The karaoke moralists of Davos shrug as the fire they lit burns up the world
The world’s most discredited and pointless summit will provide few answers
The west has 10 months to save Ukraine
Populists in Europe and the US are running on a platform of defunding Zelensky. That brings a Russian victory closer than ever
How Fleet Street missed the Post Office scandal
Our national newspapers’ lack of interest in a multiple miscarriage of justice raises disturbing questions
In this edition
Everyday philosophy: January, the two-faced month
As we stagger into the uncertainty of 2024, Janus’s ability to see both the past and the future accurately would come in very handy
The Tories might as well face it… they’re addicted to lies
Rishi Sunak has the same cavalier attitude towards the truth as his predecessor
We can’t go on like this. It must be a spring election
Our democracy deserves better than the games Rishi Sunak is playing
It’s high time for Germany to change the law on cannabis
The Bundestag has still not passed the proposed new law decriminalising the use of marijuana
A New Year’s Eve feast in Spain
No matter the season, you can eat well in Galicia
The Vatican grants trans people the right to baptism
The shock decision is a first for Italy
Nantes, the city of ‘I don’t see why not’
The latest eccentricity in the city on the Loire is the perfect illustration of its unofficial motto
Scotland’s slow road to independence
Gen Z’s belief that Scotland is heading for IndyRef2 is starting to falter
Germansplaining: Our farmers are furious
Their sentiment reflects a massive frustration with the government felt by most Germans
Watch out, Dominic Cummings is on manoeuvres
Mandrake hears that he’s a little short of cash these days...
The karaoke moralists of Davos shrug as the fire they lit burns up the world
The world’s most discredited and pointless summit will provide few answers
I dislike everything Badenoch says.. but I’d still like to see her lead the Tories
Opposing right-wing politicians of colour runs the risk of entering a dangerous world of contradiction and nuance
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Don’t buy into Sunak’s election distraction tactics
The sooner the prime minister calls an election, the better
The west has 10 months to save Ukraine
Populists in Europe and the US are running on a platform of defunding Zelensky. That brings a Russian victory closer than ever
Labour must keep it green
Watering down the flagship pledge to spend £28bn on net-zero jobs would be a humiliating disaster
How Fleet Street missed the Post Office scandal
Our national newspapers’ lack of interest in a multiple miscarriage of justice raises disturbing questions
The sordid attack on the Bank of England
The right has got it in for the bank – if they get their way, the results could be disastrous
When jazz came to Europe
The continent became a safe haven in the postwar years for American musicians escaping racism and drugs. Decades on, they are still coming
If the NHS belongs to us all, so does responsibility for it
Perhaps it is down to us taxpayers to ensure that the health service is fit for purpose
Cartoon: Can only the Reform UK party save Britain?
From Mr Bates vs the Post Office to Wallpapergate in the Cabinet Office
The story of the Post Office scandal has sparked a flurry of activity, so here are some more unresolved scandals that could be turned into TV dramas
Turn and face the strange: Poor Things rides Greece’s weird wave
Why Yorgos Lanthimos’s latest could be the weirdest Oscar-winner ever
The hippo who went shopping: a vivid portrayal of the refugee experience
A real-life zoo breakout is the first in a series of tumultuous events to befall the refugee hero of Leo Vardiashvili’s
impressive debut novel
Hans Holbein, an outsider at the Tudor Court
Virtually unknown on arrival in England, the painter used his contacts – as well as his talent – to rise through Henry VIII’s court
How Bergen is winning the dried cod war
Norway’s second city is becoming one of Europe’s hottest food tickets. Just don’t mention the lutefisk
Taste of Europe: Cyril Lignac’s galette des rois
As good as a fruit galette is, nothing rivals a galette des rois
Boris should have twigged
There are not many Gaelic loanwords in English, and the most common ones refer to specifically Scottish phenomena. But not all
Uta Hagen: The best – and most demanding – acting coach in the business
While she became one of the most highly respected names in the history of US theatre, Hagen brought a European sensibility to Broadway
Multicultural Man: On sherbet
The 1970s was an era as filthily culpable as any other and its only redeeming feature was the cheapness and availability of sherbet lemons