Opinion

The government has quietly admitted Singapore-on-Thames is dead

The vicious electoral cycle has encouraged the government to falsely promise that they can deliver speedy gains without immediate pain

Musk is building his libertarian utopia on dry land while the rest of us hold up our hands in despair

It’s unlikely that Russia will use a nuclear weapon in Europe – but not impossible

Rejection of regular EU talks and Horizon dithering prove the PM is running scared of his party’s lunatic fringe

Could this disaster finally make ecocide an internationally recognised crime?

The award-winning author, Faïza Guène, wants to make sure the descendants of people from France’s colonies are no longer overlooked and calls for the generational trauma to end here

The government’s own economic experts told him his mini-Budget was a huge blunder – but he went ahead with it anyway

The London mayor has expressed his frustration about the elephant in the room

Labour’s spending dilemmas overshadow their poll leads. Is their leader right to be cautious, and what could he do on the cheap?

There are two very good reasons why men should embrace skirt-wearing

English had been rooted in the northern hemisphere for centuries – until the transportation of convicts in the 1700s

Few directors have mined their internal anguish and lived experience as deeply as Bergman

The rise of Sinn Féin in both the north and south brings a border poll closer. But coming together would be painful – and perhaps bloody

Should Suella Braverman naturally have a softer view on migration because of the colour of her skin? It’s a dangerous assumption

A new book rediscovers the power and subtlety of Carel Fabritius, the forgotten master of the Dutch golden age

There’s far more to Irish cinema than the pain and cliches of Colin Farrell’s dark comedy – as a recent Galway film festival showed

Serial liars, such as Boris Johnson, don’t want you to know what they’re up to. The late Harry G Frankfurt’s writing can help us call them out

We should not be fooled by Sunak’s smiley cinema jaunt. The political world he inhabits is a place devoid of mercy, compassion or shame

Political disruptors from Joe Biden’s side of the spectrum could split the Democrat vote and open the door for Donald Trump

Only Keir Starmer or Rishi Sunak can be PM after the next election. If you want to see the back of the Conservatives you need to vote Labour

Severe weather events show that our house is on fire. Yet we continue to dither over a plan to save the planet

The owner of Twitter has taken one of the world’s most instantly recognisable brand names and replaced it with something utterly meaningless

If Labour stay on their current course, the debate stays focused on the government’s deficiencies, and the polls continue to move towards Rejoin

Music isn’t something the French have ever truly excelled at. But, I’m slowly being won over

No one in Kyiv wants to fight this war. But the monster next door has to be fought

Whether he is the “Goat” or not, he has a unique brand of authenticity, happy to deviate from the expected behaviour of a global tennis star

Italians are breaking with the past and switching on air conditioning. That alone is a sign that environmental change is underway

I yearn for the days when the news took a proper summer break and non-news would entertain us

The city is celebrating its past and future on Saint Christopher’s day

Spain's rock’s greatest frontman was silenced by “sand in my lungs”. Now, miraculously, he’s back