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Tayari Jones’s Kin builds a messy, funny, tragic world of female friendship and fate

Fifty years ago, writer John Ingham was chatting to three musicians. Then their singer Johnny Rotten opened his mouth, and everything changed

Young people have turned away from the French classic – but that doesn’t mean the end of artisan boulangeries

The promise that everyone can benefit from science rings hollow in a world of inequality and exclusion

PL Travers told Walt Disney to throw out the animation and that Julie Andrews was too pretty for the role

In countries like Britain with no strong baby naming traditions, Lily, Ivy and Elsie can disappear for decades before returning to popularity

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The BBC’s documentary to mark what would have been her 100th birthday was always going to be respectful – but it feels too reverent

The prime minister is in even deeper trouble after the civil servant he sacked took apart No 10’s latest tangled explanation of the indefensible

Hours after being grilled by an ex-military man, I ran into him again – in very strange circumstances

The disgraced ex-PM has gone from partygate shame to a series of lucrative paydays – with the latest coming in the heat of Miami

According to JD Vance, Pete Hegseth and Russell Brand, the Bible is clear that war is a good thing. Why doesn’t the Pope understand? (Is this real, or satire?* Read on to find out…)

If you thought the rape of Gisèle Pelicot was a unique story, you were wrong

Well, it couldn’t be any worse. Could it?

The fuel price shock has destroyed Australia’s most fundamental strategic assumption – that geographical isolation means security. Turns out that was wrong all along

One MP is giving it a go, and the results have been wearyingly predictable. But the internet means the way people learn about sex has changed forever. Sex education must change with it

Governments, critics and AI executives themselves have been saying for years that AI could completely overturn western society. So is it any real surprise that it’s now come to this?

The media here has picked up on the UK press’s dislike of Harry and Meghan, but the papers are way out of step with the Australian public. The informal style makes the couple a much better cultural fit than any members of the royal family

Sharon Osbourne plans to join a far right protest in London next month

If he knew Mandelson had failed vetting, he should resign. If he didn't, he looks fatally incompetent

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The Israeli government is justifying its territorial expansion using ancient historical finds. Around East Jerusalem, whole Palestinian neighbourhoods are vanishing

The veteran Brexiteer is in the Daily Telegraph railing against the government kowtowing to the European Union. Is it 1993?

Viktor Orbán’s authoritarian rule is over, but Magyar once had a poster of him on his bedroom wall. When the celebrations are over and reality returns, what kind of government will Hungary have?

After Iran, and Venezuela, the US has destroyed its reputation and the world has learned a new lesson. That the US is no longer a country to be admired. It is now to be feared

You’ll never have a two-sided conversation with a cherry tree – but it probably has a far simpler sentience of its own

With no apparent challengers, the unloved leaders look set to survive a May 7 meltdown

Network and All the President’s Men are 50 years old. Both diagnose the beginnings of today’s political diseases – and show symptoms of the sickness of conspiracy theory

A new exhibition celebrates the absurd brilliance of designer Elsa Schiaparelli, creator of the shoe hat and the skeleton dress

Before Google Maps, travellers had to rely on guides and phrasebooks that mixed useful advice with imperial arrogance and surreal oddities

Stefan Golaszewski’s series about baby loss explores how couples can communicate what they need – and what can happen when they don’t

The AfD is surging in Saxony-Anhalt – and ready to unveil frightening policies for schools, culture and identity