Opinion

Our legal system is one of the few remaining checks holding government to account - no wonder pundits and politicians attack it

In terms of reflecting an idealised portrait of Britain, this year’s series has to have been, at best, troubling

The scale of the global crisis means the time for pacifism is long gone

The Labour leader’s love of EU anthem Ode to Joy has caused faux outrage.. and hopes that he might just be a Rejoiner after all

Philosophers have rarely written about swearing - until now

Boris Johnson’s bluster and Partygate brought national shame. But the Covid inquiry is a source of national pride

As Israel’s response to the Hamas attacks goes on, a spiral of violence by West Bank settlers is worrying Washington DC and Brussels

The row with Greece shows Sunak can’t even do basic diplomacy. So what’s the point of him being PM?

If Sunak can’t be a credible leader for the Tories, then they will find someone who can

Scotland will flourish as a member of the European family, while England tragically continues thinking it's exceptional

What would you buy Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer for Christmas?

The British Museum should be a place of cognition but it's not

A journey on the Paris Métro can be a kaleidoscope of cultures, stories and impromptu musical performances

A risk of mad Cow disease is causing donors who lived in Britain between 1980 and 1986 to be turned away by doctors

The country's citizens have always been fatalists but now it's getting out of hand

Joining the European family is what Georgians have wanted for decades

The argument that only the British Museum can protect the marbles isn’t accepted in Greece

For Germans, Kissinger's is a story of forgiveness

Their passing has marked a sad week for the entire Labour family

Colour photography pioneer Ernst Haas created a new iconography for the city by blurring the space between art and photojournalism

The new Swedish series boasts a plot fuelled with murder, trials and reasons why women aren’t believed when they come forward

We can’t make a country safe just by saying it is

Immigrants are entrepreneurial and hard working – why shut them out?

The party plan to appeal to the “yoof” vote by rebranding as the Dem Libs...

The dictator in the Kremlin may not be popular, yet he rules unopposed. But once again he is going to the polls – why?

From planning laws to better skills to a proper industrial strategy, all is not quite lost for Britain

By appealing to Tory voters, Labour’s leader is merely showing how much he wants the Tories out of power

If he can’t make Twitter work his way, he’d rather break it than let anyone else take over

Europe's challenges with inflation requires very different weapons

More people than ever before will be able to vote in the next election but these citizens are still at risk of being ignored

The ex-PM is close to a deal with Spain on Gibraltar, while the current one sulks over Greece