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

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

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

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

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

You don’t seem to like London very much, or our mayor. But people around here live longer than Americans, and we’re much less likely to get murdered. As for your Sharia law claims - have you ever actually been here?

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

The British electorate are now overwhelmingly pro-remain. And yet the europhobes still argue the votes of the dead count for more than the views of the young

The suave star once tested himself by working with prestige directors. Now he’s phoning it in in fluff like Jay Kelly

The failed PM gets £115,000 of taxpayer money per year to spread poison about the UK on her new online show

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

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

The last time the world got over-excited about a new technology, people lost a lot of money - and ended up looking pretty stupid. The AI bubble risks being just the same

In fact, it’s a total abomination, dreamed up by the company’s marketing department as a way of appealing to your inner narcissist

Subscribers are queuing up to criticise an article that called leaving the EU “an unmitigated economic failure”

The government should have agreed to join a key European defence scheme - there can only be one explanation for why it did not

Human baptisms may be down, but pet blessings in Britain’s churches are up

In August, a businessman from the far east gave Nigel Farage’s party a huge pile of cash. He loves Britain, but just not enough to actually live here

Reform’s deputy leader risks a defamation action after calling accuser Peter Ettedgui a politically motivated liar

The right wing media is getting excited about putting the chancellor in checkmate over a junior tournament

The campaign means well - but male violence won't be solved by segregating us and making our lives smaller

Corbyn’s comical conference highlighted a broader dearth of vision and intellectual heft that’s diminished UK politics

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The school stories, the admiration for Enoch Powell and comments about the “US Jewish lobby” all hang over Farage - and make him unelectable

I’ll go out of my way to watch stuff I’m sure won’t be my thing, just because finding common ground is pleasant – even if it’s friendly disagreement