Gibraltar’s Brexit war is finally over. Cue the outrage
A long-awaited and much-needed compromise has the loony right crying about betrayal… and potatoes
Politics
Rachel Reeves’s best day still doesn’t feel like enough
The chancellor is spending billions – but the moment demands far more
Gen Z, the scared generation
Politicians from the main parties have ignored us for too long. No wonder my generation is out there looking for alternatives
Luc Tuymans, the angry artist who went to church
The Belgian is – temporarily – replacing Tintoretto in one of the Venice’s sacred spaces. But first he wants to talk about Trump
My year of London by Lime bike
E-bikes are changing life in the city – but not in the way right wing protesters imagine
Labour’s weird gift for alienating everyone
From pensioners to pop stars, the government’s misfiring messages are uniting Britain in frustration
This is what it means to be European
To be in Europe is to live without boundaries. The Irish have chosen that path, and their national identity has soared
A weak and feeble woman
Why did Queen Elizabeth I, in her famous speech at Tilbury in 1588, use two words with almost identical meanings to describe herself?
Luc Tuymans, the angry artist who went to church
The Belgian is – temporarily – replacing Tintoretto in one of the Venice’s sacred spaces. But first he wants to talk about Trump
Saint Phalle and Tinguely, the couple who taught art to explode
Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely turned machines and myths into joyful rebellion
When Europe fell for the New World’s seductive power
From the Pilgrims to Star Trek, every promised land ends up looking suspiciously like the one we left behind
Merz promised a migration crackdown. Can he deliver?
For now, the chancellor is sticking to policy – if only to keep the AfD in check
Can we save the planet by geo-engineering the sea?
Experiments to combat climate change using ‘iron fertilisation’ to boost plankton growth, first proposed in the 1980s, remain unproven and contentious
The Brazilian motorway that thinks it’s a park
How São Paulo’s ‘Big Worm’ went from urban scar to public space – and what it tells us about city futures
Nerd’s Eye View: 12 things you need to know about Greenland
Digging into the details and data to separate the noise from the news
Fears are not enough: the hard sell of net zero
A populist pushback is fuelled by voter scepticism that our global leaders can ever crack the climate crisis
Reform oppose net zero… unless it’s in their own backyard
A newly-elected mayor for Nigel Farage’s party seems to have changed his view on green jobs very rapidly
The man turning plastic trash into treasure
Enzo Suma’s Archeoplastica project turns pollution into art shaped by the sea – to make a point
The Brazilian motorway that thinks it’s a park
How São Paulo’s ‘Big Worm’ went from urban scar to public space – and what it tells us about city futures
We can’t give AI everything for free
Big tech is ripping off Britain’s creators. It can’t be allowed a license to break the law
Actually, it’s men who are too emotional for power
The big White House fallout is like watching a pair of young boys who’ve drunk too much Red Bull – it’s just a shame they’re the richest, most powerful men on earth
Your next car will be Chinese
Three decades ago, Beijing decided it was going to become the future of auto manufacturing. How did they do it?
Nigel Farage is deep in the crypto-crapto
It is the preferred currency of organised criminals, terrorists – and now the Reform Party is getting in on the act
The rise and flaws of agentic AI
Digital assistants that can autonomously perform tasks for a user are the new big thing. But do they actually work?
Helen Lewis: ‘Is Musk a genius? Look at his tweets’
Looking at borders from both sides now
The Sorrentino blues
Mussolini, Trump and me
Michel Hazanavicius on hope and the Holocaust
The Assessment and the mother of all battles
Tracey Emin: ‘Brexit was hideous and heinous’
