Opinion

Following the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie the term chautauqua may well undergo a semantic shift, becoming synonymous not with the exercise of free speech, but with crazed attempts to repress it

The first of a new series on the hidden aspects of well-known cities explores the suburb of Catalonia’s capital that stays blissfully tourist-free

A year on from the fall of Afghanistan, one journalist’s terrifying return...

Authors and readers love live events. But will they survive the attack on Salman Rushdie?

After so many false starts, will this be the season Paris Saint-Germain finally attain their Holy Grail of the Champions League?

In 1992, Wales' most incendiary political rock band took to the stage of the Reading Festival for the first time

Robert Habeck is the country’s most popular politician. But a hard autumn and winter are coming...

We don't want our freedoms curtailed too much, but sometimes paternalism can save us from ourselves

Twenty-five years after her passing, the legacy of Princess Diana endures even among generations who don’t recall her death, let alone life

Liz Cheney may have lost her renomination, but we haven't seen the last of her yet

German public broadcasting has gone beyond a public service and has become excessive and expensive

Britain’s energy crisis is even harder to fix than you thought – and Truss and Sunak don’t even seem to be trying

Liz Truss is promising a bonfire of rules and regulations. But every other prime minister has tried that and failed – for good reason

Fifty years ago, Boris Spassky’s destiny became forever intertwined with that of Bobby Fischer. But the Russian deserves more credit

Renewables aren’t just about saving the planet any more – they’re a means of helping to loosen Russia’s grip on the continent and preventing future fuel price hikes

A film about the female conductor of a major German orchestra is set to light up the awards season this year. Unfortunately, it's fiction

This list puts an emphasis on the perfectly formed pop single

Putin blames Zelensky for the fatal car bomb that killed an ally’s daughter. Whatever the truth, the Kremlin’s dictator should be worried

The BBC is an important part of our national and cultural identity and I remain a defender of them. But, on occasion, they make doing so quite difficult

Sadly, Truss's delusional attitude means the Tory government is likely to stand in the way of the change needed to make renewables work

The Tory government have relaxed standard after standard. Why stop there? Here are some more they can lower...

A move to appoint Michael Gove editor of the Thunderer could spark a merry-go-round of moves on Fleet Street

Theresa May's chief of staff is coining it in offering the advice which proved so useful to the former prime minister

An exhibition of Frank Brangwyn’s work at Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft is full of colour and life – like the artist himself

The Tory leadership candidates’ support for the Rwanda refugee policy is not only morally abhorrent, but also may violate international law

The government’s chief illusionist waves his bureaucracy-busting wand at the British state and suggests some services may be surplus to requirements

Hundreds of animals have been grounded by new rules governing breeding programmes with European zoos

The dictator is gearing up for a new assault - and the West must act decisively to prevent it

Solutions to the current economic crisis will require the will of a strong leader. Is this part of Keir Starmer's mentality?

A proper baccalaureate – not the ones peddled by Michael Gove and Rishi Sunak – is fairer and would be a real sign of levelling up

In fetishising the trainer, the devotee makes of it a transitional object: something that eases the troubling developmental stage between childhood and adulthood