Opinion

The museum that masks Erdoğan’s contempt for Turkey’s artists

The Tories look exhausted. But Labour seems out of ideas, too. Are we headed for the most depressing election campaign ever?

Instead, we have dumbed-down political and commercial interests masquerading as purveyors of news, lurching from one spasm to another

We stand badly in need of the spirit of Oppenheimer’s Los Alamos but modern populism recoils from intense strategic inquiries and policy formulation

The prime minister is on a mission to win over motorists. What else does he have up his sleeve?

What I am discovering, in re-reading his novels, is the immense capacity not only of his mind, but of his humanity

The Dutch capital became a safe haven for threatened journalists after the dark days of the war. Today, their legacy remains

The root of our evils – from water to trains to sport – is a belief that making money is not just good business, but morally right

It’s hard to ignore suffering when it’s near you, or even right in front of you. Yet still, we turn away

Give into your inner child and pay the unconventional Parco ai Pioppi a visit

In Skopje, scepticism is increasing over whether North Macedonia will ever claim the prize of EU membership

The country’s past turmoil can be traced back to the colonial rule that sought to divide and rule citizens of Cyprus

Brexit has made touring a logistical nightmare for artists. Just ask Kate Stables, aka This Is The Kit

Now he has received an apology from his bank for deleting his account, is it not time for Nigel Farage to apologise for Brexit?

Next year, the quaint town in Saxony-Anhalt will celebrate 30 years of world heritage status. Once you visit, it’s easy to see why

Business knows it, the government knows it. So let’s stop the posturing and start solving Britain’s worsening worker shortages

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