Opinion

Voluntary price controls won’t solve crippling food inflation – only more money for the poorest will

The country is running out of water – and a polluted Tigris makes things even worse

Governments must do more, faster, to speed up green transition

Chris Patten and Larry Summers are right to say Brexit’s failure has wrecked the UK economy

Seven years on, populist politicians are running out of targets for their Brexit blame game

The simultaneous elevation of the chip into gastronomy, and its demotion, via pulverising and reconstitution into the soggy cardboard substratum of contemporary British poverty, marks its nadir

Plato wanted societies to be governed by an incorruptible, intellectual elite. Today this is a terrifying thought

Nato’s flag in Ukraine would send a strong signal to Russia. It’s a big step that needs to be taken

Deluded Conservatives have constructed an increasingly viral betrayal narrative in which Johnson was destroyed by a conspiracy led by Sunak

The electronic boys from Basildon are a national treasure – both at home and abroad

A new contender has emerged in the Republican presidential race – the first African American to be elected to the Senate from the South since 1881

We must take a leaf out of Vienna’s book and reckon with the past of the British empire

The journalist Simon Jenkins claims the Celtic tribe and language did not exist. He is wrong – as Julius Caesar could have told him...

People instinctively assume that AI will lead to catastrophe. But what will the world look like if we get it right?

These atypical creatures are causing havoc and holding the city hostage

The fate of Wittenberg’s antisemitic sculpture on the wall of the town church remains in dispute

Erdoğan’s victory will only hurt his supporters – and the rest of Turkey

By 2030 its economy will be bigger than Britain’s. Why are we being left behind?

Owen Jones has got it wrong (again). Hoping for a hung parliament is a self-indulgent waste of time

Though authorities might deny it, La Liga and the country itself has a racism problem. Now one small club in Madrid has had enough

Russia’s supersonic airliner was a child of the cold war – but a fatal crash 50 years ago ripped through the veneer of Soviet tech superiority

This was not just a motley gathering of eccentrics – remember, Ukip were never taken seriously, and look what damage they managed to inflict on Britain

Two thirds of the Brexiters’ Bible’s readers admit that leaving the EU has gone pear-shaped – but not for the same reasons as the rest of us...

A plan for councils to build on farmland bought at sensible rates is a good first step

Did the Third Reich really have teams of archaeologists dedicated to finding sacred relics in the name of Aryan mastery? The answer, unbelievably, is yes.

Authoritarian rulers have often used body doubles – what are they trying to hide?

The rental market in the capital is bad and getting worse

Our economy needs young, energetic workers from abroad. The government’s inability to accept this fact is poisoning our politics

Starmer must not get distracted by the assumption that Labour are home and dry

After a decade of striving for success, David Bowie finally had it all. And then he seemed to throw it all away by killing off “my monster”

As Portugal sailed the world’s seas in the 15th and 16th centuries, its language spread globally – nowhere further than Macao