Opinion

The difference between those who depend on their screen-time and those who can do without it represents a deep social divide. But the full consequences will take decades to play out

He’s doing huge damage to his party, but the PM shows no sign of loosening his grip on power. And that’s a problem – because no Labour PM has ever been removed from office against his will

Philosopher Immanuel Kant said you should always tell the truth no matter the consequences. It’s too much to expect that from politicians

It’s a dreadful building and no amount of money will fix that. Britain needs to wake up, modernise, get rid of all the ridiculous pomp and spend the money on defence instead

Instead of subsidising AI start-ups, the government needs to use the new technology for socially beneficial ends. But the real opportunity will be after the inevitable coming AI crash

Poor Timmy got beached on the German shoreline. Then it happened again. But when the same whale washed ashore for a third time, people started asking whether something was up

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The Italian city marks the religious holiday in a way that can only be described as unique

There’s been a run on fuel in some parts of South Africa and the pumps are running dry. It raises the possibility that something much worse might happen

It was Britain's most influential paper. Now it's barely in the national conversation

The prime minister has been damagingly incurious over the Peter Mandelson affair. But that’s not the half of it

The president has so offended US evangelicals that the previously loyal are calling him demon-possessed and the Biblical ‘father of lies’

Conspiracy theorists say a man in a black cap must be part of the plot to kill a president. But the truth is likely to be very different

‘Michael’ avoids the claims of child abuse by the King of Pop – and falls into the same old cliches

The Estonian artist thought the French masters were ‘hideous’ and ‘boring’. How does his own work measure up?

A mesmerising set of drawings never exhibited during the artist’s life show his genius in its rawest form

A new crop of video games is educating players about cultural looting and the pain inflicted by western colonialism

Tayari Jones’s Kin builds a messy, funny, tragic world of female friendship and fate

Fifty years ago, writer John Ingham was chatting to three musicians. Then their singer Johnny Rotten opened his mouth, and everything changed

Young people have turned away from the French classic – but that doesn’t mean the end of artisan boulangeries

The promise that everyone can benefit from science rings hollow in a world of inequality and exclusion

PL Travers told Walt Disney to throw out the animation and that Julie Andrews was too pretty for the role

In countries like Britain with no strong baby naming traditions, Lily, Ivy and Elsie can disappear for decades before returning to popularity

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The BBC’s documentary to mark what would have been her 100th birthday was always going to be respectful - but it feels too reverent

The prime minister is in even deeper trouble after the civil servant he sacked took apart No 10’s latest tangled explanation of the indefensible

Hours after being grilled by an ex-military man, I ran into him again – in very strange circumstances

The disgraced ex-PM has gone from partygate shame to a series of lucrative paydays – with the latest coming in the heat of Miami

According to JD Vance, Pete Hegseth and Russell Brand, the Bible is clear that war is a good thing. Why doesn’t the Pope understand? (Is this real, or satire?* Read on to find out…)

If you thought the rape of Gisèle Pelicot was a unique story, you were wrong

Well, it couldn’t be any worse. Could it?