The prayers under fire in Ukraine
In frozen trenches and shattered towns, chaplains pray with the dying, bless the living and try to keep hope alive
Politics
Snobbery and deference have broken Britain – and created Andrew
Crises in Windsor and Westminster have at their root our willingness to kow-tow to the upper class
How the House of Windsor let Andrew happen
A royal focus on money-making took attention away from what should have been their top priority – dealing with a scandal
Lord of the Wrongs: What Musk gets wrong about Tolkien and Orwell
The far right tech guru is supposed to be a genius – so why does he misunderstand the books he loves?
Why Facebook is suddenly full of nostalgia for the recent past
Millennials used to mock their parents’ sepia-tinted Facebook posts. Now they’re the ones yearning for a simpler time – before student debt and existential angst
Trump goes to war
He’s already attacked boats off the Latin American coast. Now analysts worry the next phase will involve fighting on land
The prayers under fire in Ukraine
In frozen trenches and shattered towns, chaplains pray with the dying, bless the living and try to keep hope alive
Why don’t Serbians like the EU?
Brussels has been trying to encourage the country to join Europe and the people want closer ties with the west – so why is Serbia sticking with Russia?
The Netherlands’ Geert Wilders nightmare is over – for now
The far right wannabe PM has suffered a personal rebuke, but his rivals will still struggle to form a government
Merz stumbles through a migration minefield – again
A throwaway remark about the makeup of German cities started a political row – and then the chancellor made things even worse
The Georgian mothers fighting for their jailed sons
The women of Georgia have seen their children locked up by the government. Now they want them back
“We need to understand that the good guys rape”
When philosopher Manon Garcia went to the Gisèle Pelicot trial, what struck her most was the defendants’ sheer lack of remorse. If we can’t change this, she asks, can we live with men?
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?
Ian McEwan’s sinking feeling
In What We Can Know, our greatest living novelist sees the UK slip beneath the waves – and looks for light in a drowned world
Afghanistan, the land of catastrophe
A devastating earthquake hit Afghanistan, and the call for aid has gone out. But if it’s all being stolen by the Taliban, what’s the point?
Richard Tice, eco-warrior
While railing against net zero in public, Reform’s deputy leader has been investing in solar panels
AI is a bubble that is going to burst
The industry has fostered a cult of personality that seems to leave the tech press starstruck and unquestioning of nonsensical claims
Hello, I’m Taiwanese. Give me all your money
The country’s politics may be fractious, but one thing both major camps agree on is that the rise of digital fraud needs urgent attention
When the Taliban shut off the internet
In an attempt to control the flow of information, the rulers of Afghanistan plunged the country into darkness. That decision has backfired
Denmark’s social media ban for kids is a tragedy. But it’s right
For my generation, the internet meant connection. Now it only means division
Reality was fun while it lasted
Welcome to Sora, the AI video platform so powerful it risks throwing the entire internet, and all its users, into confusion
Everyone is addicted to everything
Big tech is using the ‘nanny state’ arguments pioneered by the tobacco and alcohol industries to convince us that their freedom to sell equates to our freedom to choose. The opposite is true
“We need to understand that the good guys rape”
What we can learn from disasters
Jung Chang: ‘If I set foot in China now, I’d end up in prison’
Meet Luka, the man arrested for terrorism for holding up The New World
Nick Lowles, the fighter of hate who hid from the sun
Amsterdam’s wartime scars
Nothing could prepare you for this blockbuster exhibition
