Opinion

People instinctively assume that AI will lead to catastrophe. But what will the world look like if we get it right?

These atypical creatures are causing havoc and holding the city hostage

The fate of Wittenberg’s antisemitic sculpture on the wall of the town church remains in dispute

Erdoğan’s victory will only hurt his supporters – and the rest of Turkey

By 2030 its economy will be bigger than Britain’s. Why are we being left behind?

Owen Jones has got it wrong (again). Hoping for a hung parliament is a self-indulgent waste of time

Though authorities might deny it, La Liga and the country itself has a racism problem. Now one small club in Madrid has had enough

Russia’s supersonic airliner was a child of the cold war – but a fatal crash 50 years ago ripped through the veneer of Soviet tech superiority

This was not just a motley gathering of eccentrics – remember, Ukip were never taken seriously, and look what damage they managed to inflict on Britain

Two thirds of the Brexiters’ Bible’s readers admit that leaving the EU has gone pear-shaped – but not for the same reasons as the rest of us...

A plan for councils to build on farmland bought at sensible rates is a good first step

Did the Third Reich really have teams of archaeologists dedicated to finding sacred relics in the name of Aryan mastery? The answer, unbelievably, is yes.

Authoritarian rulers have often used body doubles – what are they trying to hide?

The rental market in the capital is bad and getting worse

Our economy needs young, energetic workers from abroad. The government’s inability to accept this fact is poisoning our politics

Starmer must not get distracted by the assumption that Labour are home and dry

After a decade of striving for success, David Bowie finally had it all. And then he seemed to throw it all away by killing off “my monster”

As Portugal sailed the world’s seas in the 15th and 16th centuries, its language spread globally – nowhere further than Macao

This is a dessert worth queuing for. It’s a bit different and absolutely worth trying

The contest looks plausibly like an alternative governmental structure for our fissiparous yet self-loving continent

Wherever she went, the breakout role which made her name always seemed to be at her shoulder

An exile’s redemptive return to track four generations of family history in the “backyard of a country that still thinks it’s an empire”

His admission that “Brexit has failed” shows once again that for Nigel Farage and the populist right, shifting the blame is second nature

If the Turkish president scrapes victory in Sunday’s run-off, there are still lessons to be learned about how to fight populist authoritarianism

Decades from now, this once-in-a-lifetime series will still be watched as a cultural artefact of a particular moment in history

Today, if you’re in public, you’re fair game

The Florida governor has taken on a formidable foe in a battle for the heart of American childhood

Does Rome’s first Starbucks threaten Italy’s coffee tradition?

The Wetherspoon owner still believes we were right to leave the EU – but even he admits things have not gone to plan

London is embracing the European approach to socialising and hosting guests at home. Why? No one can afford to go out any more

Since the 2008 crash, Spain has been remaking itself. But, the tradition of Flamenco remains unchanged