A visit to the Tory wet room
A new group of centrist Conservative politicians launched their fightback against Badenoch in a cellar near Charing Cross station. They don’t stand a chance
Politics
Tucker Carlson, podcaster president?
The enormous span of the right wing pundit’s ambition is becoming increasingly clear
Trump’s lies are trashing the dollar
Economic facts are catching up with the political untruths of the Trump administration
The slow death of American science
Trump’s public health appointees are spreading such dangerous disinformation that it’s killing Americans. The world of science has to take a stand
Jordan Bardella, the extremist with a smiling face
The far right populist is likely to be the next president of France. A new book explains why
Karma is the world’s worst policeman
Sorry, but leaving the universe to right itself is just misguided wishful thinking
What do the French call a ‘French exit’?
The art of slipping away from a party without saying goodbye is known across the Channel as ‘leaving in the English style’
Jordan Bardella, the extremist with a smiling face
The far right populist is likely to be the next president of France. A new book explains why
Bonn’s £190m ode to the joy of Beethoven
A rebuilt concert hall delivers mid-century style with a dose of EU symbolism – but with big queues, and a heavy price
When Gen Z goes to war
From Mariupol to Tehran, Cecilia Sala’s new book captures young people forced into extraordinary acts of resistance
The man who made your furniture grin
Alessandro Mendini turned corkscrews into characters and armchairs into art. An exhibition of his work is on at the Estorick in London
Ralph Steadman and the death of fun
The Welsh illustrator is staring down the barrel of 90, but still raging about an ‘unimaginably awful’ president – and laughing about the Gonzo genius of his own partnership with Hunter S Thompson
The year in pictures
A turbulent 2025 unfolded in striking contrasts – from apocalyptic climate disasters and surging global protests to the ever-present threat of war
Who’s funding David Frost’s climate-sceptic think thank?
The Institute of Economic Affairs has received huge amounts of cash from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch
When climate fiction stops being fiction
As Cop30 approaches, apocalyptic visions look more everyday than ever
The Tory peer and the heat pump job he failed to clear
Former energy minister Martin Callanan has taken a job with a heat pump firm he failed to clear with the watchdog
Sponsor at Farage’s own conference accuses him of ‘far right’ rhetoric
The founder of Quews News has used his YouTube channel to slam the Reform leader’s views on immigration
Utopia, with solar panels
Solarpunk began as a sci-fi vision of a beautiful, sustainable planet. Now it inspires Hollywood movies and real-life tech. Can it change the world?
The FTSE gets a bit less pink
The London Stock Exchange has cancelled hundreds of subscriptions to the venerable Financial Times
The Challenger tragedy and the death of safe space
Engineers warned but managers pushed on and a preventable disaster unfolded live on the world’s TV screens
Don’t ban kids from social media – the real problem are the over-60s
If you’re looking for the age-group that’s become dangerously radicalised, and has spread disinformation and populist hate online, the culprit is not the under-16s. It’s their grandparents
The man who invented the internet too soon
Belgian idealist Paul Otlet imagined a global information network that would unite humanity. How right – and wrong – he was
Driverless cars are coming. But can we trust them?
The CEO of Nvidia has announced a breakthrough in AI systems for self-driving vehicles. Is this a cause for excitement or should we regard it as a warning?
The men who made AI think it might kill us all
Artificial Intelligence already lies, manipulates and threatens. And we’re still feeding it, without setting any guidelines
The wellness scam economy of the algorithm age
The philosophy behind the BBC’s Waiting for the Out
Renate Reinsve’s impossible journey
Naomi Alderman: ‘The right side is not largely defined by your opinions’
Joan Armatrading shows the right are wrong about Birmingham
The man at the heart of the Kraftwerk machine
An Iranian exile’s rebellion in sound
