The Tories in ruins

If the Bank of England is right, the reverberations will be felt around the country

There is still time for the campus mayhem in America to contribute to a political disaster

Labour thinks nationalising trains is a vote-winner. But a rail trip through the continent shows delays and strikes are problems there too

After Covid, the job fits the employee’s life, not the other way round – how can we handle that shift?

Plato addressed many of the questions that have been at the centre of discussion for almost 2,500 years

Americans aren’t exactly my people, but I loved being among them for a little while

The military coup hastened the end of the Portuguese empire, and triggered the country’s turn towards Europe

Salemi’s status as capital lasted a mere 24 hours, but the pride its residents feel today is immeasurable.

This year’s contest in Malmö is at risk of being overshadowed by a fear of violence

During the city’s Las Fallas festival, Valencia becomes a source of never-ending joviality

In the city’s Piazza della Libertà, a few kilometres from the Italian-Slovenian border, thousands of migrants dream of a better world

‘Leitkultur’ called for a consensus on civil norms but it was – intentionally – misunderstood

If the Bank of England is right, the reverberations will be felt around the country

Labour should scrap the Tories’ assault on PIP from day one, ending the victimisation of the long-term sick

The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street

There is still time for the campus mayhem in America to contribute to a political disaster

Unlike our PM, the Greek leader listens to questions and actually answers them

Rishi Sunak looks safe despite new humiliation.. but only because his rivals want him to own a general election defeat

Defeat is certain, a total wipe-out possible – and don’t underestimate the role of Brexit in this meltdown

Europe Day is here again – and despite the EU’s problems, it is well worth celebrating

Labour thinks nationalising trains is a vote-winner. But a rail trip through the continent shows delays and strikes are problems there too

The Tory reign will shortly come to an end, and this bunch of incompetent charlatans will not be remembered fondly

In an edited extract, the author of a new book explores the eerie ruins of an abandoned resort in the island’s ‘forbidden zone’

After Covid, the job fits the employee’s life, not the other way round – how can we handle that shift?

How one night of music inspired Kandinsky’s Blue Rider movement

The recent bust by Europol of an international ring of thieves targeting rare Russian editions has shocked the classic book world

Dutch sensation Froukje makes dance music with lyrics about grief, the climate crisis and her own brand of radical optimism

Photographer Polly Braden has spent two years following the lives of Ukrainian women and children displaced by Putin’s invasion

Almost 2,000 restaurants went bust last year, but Rishi Sunak and co are apparently uninterested

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s cinema, theatre and television

Fred Zinnemann’s classic Western is full of tired, scared, cynical people. In that, it is like a Godard or a Cassavetes

How Australian singer Nellie Melba – born Helen Porter Mitchell – took her new surname from a mill stream in Derbyshire

He arrived in America pretending to be the son of an Austrian count but became one of early cinema’s most adventurous and meticulous directors

With many ageing males, the locus of anxiety is, of course, an actual locus on the head