Virginia Giuffre, Person of the Year

A new strategy statement from the US makes clear that America is imploding, and that its main enemies are not Russia or China but Europe’s democracies

Reform needs a pact to reach Downing Street – and the Conservatives are desperate enough to hand it to them

The pain she suffered at the hands of powerful men was ultimately too much to bear, but 2025 will be remembered as the year of her vengeance

The movement may have exploded 50 years ago with the Sex Pistols, but the fuse was lit by rebels way back in history

He was a master of misery who sometimes argued it was better never to have been born. But his love of the flute suggests the philosopher wasn’t all gloom

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On political funding and social media, Malinauskas has shown real leadership. Our government should take note

People around here think that if you drive an electric vehicle, you’re likely to end up either on fire, or in a nightmarish traffic accident. But attitudes are changing

One restaurant in Bari has done the unthinkable. And it’s not about the money

Two years ago, it happened to the people of Grindavík in Iceland – and yet today, the lights flicker and the boats put out to sea

The Greek capital has experienced an influx of Israeli investment in property – but the graffiti around town suggests severe local antipathy

An attempt to remove the stories of Black GIs from a second world war cemetery in the Netherlands ran into stiff resistance

The Swiss want their unique singing tradition to be given prized status as part of the world’s cultural heritage – but some nations are struggling to join in

A new strategy statement from the US makes clear that America is imploding, and that its main enemies are not Russia or China but Europe’s democracies

Badenoch may suddenly have a spring in her step, but her snark and stunts reveal a lack of serious ideas

Reform needs a pact to reach Downing Street – and the Conservatives are desperate enough to hand it to them

The pain she suffered at the hands of powerful men was ultimately too much to bear, but 2025 will be remembered as the year of her vengeance

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

The latest edition of the Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait prize exhibition features subjects looking for a connection

Middle-aged men are being radicalised – and they’re fuelling the spread of extremism, conspiracy theories and political violence

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

The movement may have exploded 50 years ago with the Sex Pistols, but the fuse was lit by rebels way back in history

In Margate, the woman who is arguably Britain’s greatest artist takes on the elements – and wins

In Barcelona, key sites from the fight against Franco remain, but their memory has been wiped clean

The journalist who had an affair with RFK Jr while profiling him writes beautifully. But letting a vaccine-sceptic loon off the hook is inexcusable

A hit job on Keir Starmer does no one any favours – but shows how the party’s old grievances have led to its failure in power

An extraordinary Florence show brings together the friar-artist’s sacred visions and the Medici politics that shaped them

Joel Edgerton’s career-best performance underpins a modern classic that owes s substantial debt to Terrence Malick

A speedy stop at Bouillon Chartier is exemplary value at just over 15 euros

Genetic screening of prospective pets to deduce behavioural traits can’t tell you much about your dog’s personality

In Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, it is Sandler who steals the show with his best performance since Uncut Gems (2019)

The clarity of emotion she expressed over strings and a rhythm and blues beat came as naturally to her as breathing

The party is looking for famous faces who could seek to become MPs for Nigel Farage’s mob at the next election

The minister in Tory governments that saw homelessness double is chairing a panel on journalism about homelessness

The right wing tabloid hack used a GB News slot to repeat a notorious conspiracy theory about the Duchess of Sussex

Stung by criticism of Nigel Farage’s schoolboy racism, the paper delved into the PM’s own youth – and found very little

Facing racism allegations, claims of electoral overspend and errant councillors, the Reform leader is off to attend England’s catastrophic Ashes campaign

What triggers haplology – why do speakers omit whole syllables?

Lacking roots doesn’t mean lacking ties, and people will always matter more than places do