Long to reign over us?

The Epstein revelations have provoked fury around the world. That anger could spell the end of the ‘Epstein class’. But it could also have much darker consequences

Failings of the past mean the final test of King Charles’s reign will be damage control

The arrest of a prince will inevitably capture the world’s attention. But his disgrace is really just a distraction from the deeper story and the more uncomfortable lessons

Kubrick made elite depravity look operatic. The Epstein files show the real thing as vile and vacuous

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The problem is that the secret international network of powerful men that Epstein created around himself will only convince the paranoid fantasists they were on to something

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If the president thinks he’s about to lose control of Congress, there’s a range of tricks he could use to steal the election. It will take a nation of millions to stop him

Young people can’t get a job nowadays. It’s not because they’re workshy, or snowflakes – it’s because last year, over a million 16-24 year olds were chasing just 17,000 positions. The result? Misery

The US is pulling back from Europe. If it withdraws its nuclear umbrella, that will leave the continent dangerously exposed. It is time to plan for that scenario

In Pakistan, the courts are no longer there to administer the law – they have become extensions of the security state. It is a worrying indicator of where the US may be heading

Should it really be necessary for all movie makers to issue Middle East position papers before attending an awards ceremony?

Alarm over the spread of AI, social media addiction and kids having phones in schools overlooks one small detail – they’re the most important technological advance since the printing press

The disposable nappy is a hugely important labour-saving invention. But it is also an environmental disaster that is now worn by toddlers

After four years of war, Putin isn't winning. So why does the president insist he is?

The Epstein revelations have provoked fury around the world. That anger could spell the end of the ‘Epstein class’. But it could also have much darker consequences

Failings of the past mean the final test of King Charles’s reign will be damage control

The arrest of a prince will inevitably capture the world’s attention. But his disgrace is really just a distraction from the deeper story and the more uncomfortable lessons

Governments across the continent must borrow to spend on defence. If they do not, then Gen Z will end up going to war

The PM’s constant u-turns and lack of any apparent plan are a gift for the extremists, who feed off the sense of chaos and drift

They’re the single largest demographic group in America and arguably the most politically influential – yet they seem to attract the ire and contempt of political figures from all sides

Do you secretly know very little about art? Are you interested in good stuff that doesn’t need a mortgage to buy it? Then this is the place for you

The idea emerged at a time very different to our own, and now the Silicon Valley tech bros have revealed what was true all along – that the notion of ‘progress’ is riddled with contradictions

Kubrick made elite depravity look operatic. The Epstein files show the real thing as vile and vacuous

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

Photographer Lorenzo Tugnoli’s photographs of Afghanistan go beyond the cliched bullets and burkas to challenge our perceptions of the country

Her memoir, A Hymn to Life, details unimaginable abuse at the hands of the man she loved – and still manages to leave you with hope

The new Gorillaz album is a triumph. It also landed its chief creator with more accusations of cultural appropriation

Mackenzie Crook’s gentle comedy has a hard edge - and beneath the supernatural, it’s a show that actually understands real people and their struggles

Dominic Sandbrook’s new literary podcast struggles with forced chemistry

The genre is big business - but Alice Evelyn Yang’s intoxicating debut novel has ambitions well beyond gore and fantasy

As Ramadan and Lent collide, so do old religion, modern body anxiety and the eternal quest for a reset

The former president made some comments about extraterrestrial life on a podcast and a lot of people got very excited for all the wrong reasons

Wagner Moura is magnificent in a Brazilian thriller that’s a stone-cold masterpiece

Flawed, flamboyant and freakishly gifted, Warne turned leg-spin into high art – and made every ball an event

The hacktivist reposted a comment dubbing Reform’s Gorton and Denton candidate ‘the establishment’

The Mail man claimed his politics had blocked him from the chairmanship of the media watchdog. Evidence at the High Court suggested otherwise...

The party wants everyone back in the office. Happily, deputy leader Richard Tice knows where you can find one

The firm is set to make massive loss on its $75m hagiography – but keeping the Trump family happy has still been good for its bottom line

The pair are squabbling on social media after Turner objected to veteran TV medic Dr Hilary Jones appearing on the channel

Ski-slope bump or influential person? Two similar-sounding but unrelated words have merged

This September, I will have lived in the UK for longer than I lived in France. And yet the defining characteristic of British society still remains, to me, a total mystery