Opinion

Movies intended to make you scream with fright are everywhere. Ones to make you scream with laughter, not so much

The contenders to run the country once bombing stops are divided and discredited - and civil war looks a distinct possibility

Believe it or not, they are still out there and still arguing that it was a tremendous success. What is wrong with them?

Their poll surge is partly down to Zack Polanski saying things Labour no longer does - but climate change and nature are still top of the agenda

When Putin invaded Ukraine, his assault began with an attack in space. And now, the Iran war is being overseen and managed by technology orbiting the globe. And this is just the beginning

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I popped in to get some admin done, and found a man loudly trying to pitch an AI-based start-up to some investors. It was unbearable

Calls for Ye’s London gigs to be cancelled over his racism and bigotry are causing a backlash on social media

Paid surrogacy is banned in Australia. But the consequences for women in other, poorer nations are terrible, and that raises questions about the nature of parenthood itself

The No Kings protests were heartening - but they exposed an absence of younger stars willing to stand up

The PM made a tepid speech on fall-out from Iran. But now has an opportunity to save Britain and himself

The idea of martyrdom is deeply embedded in Iranian culture. If US ground troops set foot in Iran, they will find themselves facing an opponent with a spiritual relationship with death

The Fab Four’s leading historian Mark Lewisohn is trying to finish his definitive trilogy – just as AI and algorithms start to rewrite their story

A new exhibition explores his radical transformation from law professor to abstract art rebel

The 1992 documentary series that captivated a nation and anticipated reality TV is finding a new audience

Iran, Israel and insults have torn Trump’s alt right army apart

Dead Pioneers are ferocious – and furious about stolen lands and centuries of being erased

A new history finds divisions that predate colonialism - and suggests that the future might be federal

You can be an expert in logic and still espouse the worst values

Merz thought he had the answer for how to deal with Trump. But it turns out he didn’t

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The notion that innovation is value-free conceals the political and ideological agendas behind it

There is a new archbishop of Canterbury, who now heads a huge international church. But here, in the UK, can she achieve what successive governments have failed to do?

The continent needs to take the crucial step towards ending US global economic dominance. Here’s how to do it

The abstract painter wanted to make art like he was ‘rushing through a battlefield’ – so he started using his feet as brushes

The origin of the hat’s name comes from the location of berries used to dye its felt

A French reality TV star gained national attention by outraging the viewing public. What followed was tragedy

A tour of top podcasts featured savagings of Brexit – and the man baby in the White House

A referendum is coming in June that would limit the number of Swiss inhabitants at 10 million. What happens if it passes?

It could cause enormous problems. And one, very large tech company should be especially worried – the AI advertising model might just destroy its business model

In Singapore, the land on which houses are built is so expensive it’s worth many times more than the houses themselves. That makes farming next to impossible. So where do you get your food?

He appears to view the country like an African Iran – not so much a country with a history, but a political malfunction, to be solved by shouting, threats and bombing. Which, of course, doesn’t work