The worst US spy chief in history – until this idiot came along
Obedient to Trump and with America’s security apparatus at his disposal, Bill Pulte has the potential to cause huge damage
Politics
How the global far right is attacking your mind
A brutal murder in Southampton has exposed the way political extremists influence and distort politics in other countries
How Trump lost at Fight Club
His gaudy White House UFC event is taking place just as those who love and take part in the sport are deserting his presidency
The shocking lesson of the BBC’s Brexit: A Very British Civil War
They lied and lied, we were complacent – and the culture war began in earnest
How Elvis Costello predicted the rise of Farage
As the singer-songwriter tours his early material, it’s starting to sound like prophecy
Did mad cow disease cause Brexit?
The BSE crisis – and Europe’s response – set in train many of the arguments that resurfaced in the referendum 20 years later
When the Sudeten Germans went to Brno
The populists hated it and the liberals welcomed them. But the lesson from the events in the Czech Republic is clear – that all human tragedies are worthy of remembrance
Whatever happened to the Brexiteers?
In 2016 Britain voted to remain in the EU, which meant the poor eurosceptics all had to rebuild their careers from scratch. Here is the story of what happened to them all
How Na Hong-jin’s Hope brought glory to a second-best Cannes
The monster movie stood out at a festival full of three-star films
When the Guardian was offended by television
The curious history of language purists hating ‘mongrel’ words
Angela Merkel – Germany’s back seat driver
Merz is trying his best, but his approval ratings are now in the dirt. To make things worse, he’s now being offered a steady stream of advice, almost all of it unwanted
Inside the EU’s crisis war room
A hidden Brussels unit plans the continent’s disaster response – and citizens want it to do more, not less
The science is clear – the world is heading for water catastrophe
Scientists predict that, during the next century, entire regions of the earth will run out of water. And the day that a tap is turned on and nothing comes out, it will all be too late
Could climate change bring malaria back to Britain?
The warming climate is pushing disease-carrying insects as far north as the Arctic – with unsettling implications for Europe
Caroline Lucas: No10 ignored MI5 and MI6 warnings on climate change
The former Green Party leader says that the government wants to ignore the climate crisis and if Nigel Farage gets into power, Britain’s climate policy will become even worse
How do you farm if you don’t have any land?
In Singapore, the land on which houses are built is so expensive it’s worth many times more than the houses themselves. That makes farming next to impossible. So where do you get your food?
What happens to the Gulf when no one wants its oil?
The region is getting hotter and drier to the point of being uninhabitable. And in the coming decades, as the world moves to renewables and the oil price starts to collapse, what then?
Badenoch’s break: swimming, donkeys and plenty of climate denial
The Conservative leader and her family have once again been the guest of the chair of a climate science denial group
Did AI just win its first literary award?
An argument has broken out over a short story prize. But the argument over whether the author was human has revealed an unsettling truth about computer-generated text
Should we relax about phone use at the cinema?
Rosamund Pike was right to call out a texting theatregoer. But is a new approach needed?
Your new car is spying on you
You’ve just purchased a new electric vehicle? Congratulations – you are now the proud owner of a surveillance machine on wheels, in which all the sensors are pointing directly at you
Wound-up merchant: mayoral hopeful Russell Brand closes down his company
The former comedian – running to become mayor of London in 2028 – is winding down his UK company, which has seen the value of its assets plummet
Why 007 First Light is the best James Bond product in many years
The new video game that takes the spy back to his roots shows film-makers how to revitalise the franchise
Pope Leo: the moral voice of the technological world
The Pope’s encyclical on the dangers of technology looks back to the last industrial revolution, and delivers a stark warning to the technology corporations of today – that transformative progress can destroy lives on a colossal scale
The greatest country star you’ve never heard of
‘I photographed the Tommy Robinson march – here’s what I saw’
Mike Pickering, the Haçienda’s secret weapon
Britain isn’t the country you think it is
Caroline Lucas: No10 ignored MI5 and MI6 warnings on climate change
Joanna Cherry, the woman who escaped the political nightmare
Robert Newman: ‘I was heckled inside my own house’
