Opinion

This is a dessert worth queuing for. It’s a bit different and absolutely worth trying

The contest looks plausibly like an alternative governmental structure for our fissiparous yet self-loving continent

Wherever she went, the breakout role which made her name always seemed to be at her shoulder

An exile’s redemptive return to track four generations of family history in the “backyard of a country that still thinks it’s an empire”

His admission that “Brexit has failed” shows once again that for Nigel Farage and the populist right, shifting the blame is second nature

If the Turkish president scrapes victory in Sunday’s run-off, there are still lessons to be learned about how to fight populist authoritarianism

Decades from now, this once-in-a-lifetime series will still be watched as a cultural artefact of a particular moment in history

Today, if you’re in public, you’re fair game

The Florida governor has taken on a formidable foe in a battle for the heart of American childhood

Does Rome’s first Starbucks threaten Italy’s coffee tradition?

The Wetherspoon owner still believes we were right to leave the EU – but even he admits things have not gone to plan

London is embracing the European approach to socialising and hosting guests at home. Why? No one can afford to go out any more

Since the 2008 crash, Spain has been remaking itself. But, the tradition of Flamenco remains unchanged

The British Embassy Cricket Club has a star-studded past which, despite its name, has nothing to do with the British embassy

Bath has been deemed a hotbed of our country’s elitism. That’s all well and good, but the city’s roots are anything but English

Germany's Green Party is facing a public backlash as their policies struggle to gain support and voters ditch them in their droves

After the disaster of Jeremy Corbyn, Labour has one goal – winning the next election and finally getting rid of the incompetent Tory government

Featuring the hit show tunes Don’t Cry for Me, Richmond (Yorkshire), Suella, If I Were a Poor Man, and many more!

The people who’ve polluted our national waterways are now asking for more money. Who are they kidding?

The recent National Conservatism conference highlighted the threat of the far-right and the polarisation within the Tory Party itself

Martin Amis once confided his belief that his literary legacy would not last long. It was one of the rare occasions that he was wrong

Economic hardship and war have not pushed Europe’s nations apart, but closer together

In an age of stultified self-censorship and blandness, we have lost an author who always ran towards gunfire

Once again, the government is failing to offer any answers for why fisheries are struggling

Young people will spend their lives in the shadow of the problems discussed at the G7 summit. Is real help at hand?

I’d like to enjoy his Guardian writings, but there’s one small thing getting in the way

The government has no plan to save a vanishing sector

Is The Ugly Duchess a work of misogyny, a portrait of deformity or the mocking of an aristocrat? Or all three?

In this extract from his new book, our editor-at-large reflects on why The People’s Vote failed... and what makes a successful campaign

It's time for Putin to cut his losses. Except he doesn't see it this way

All roads in Hungary still lead to its populist PM – but after missteps over Ukraine and EU funding, for how much longer?