Opinion

A new book examines not only an iconic film and novel, but of the pillar that holds them up – white supremacy

Both Tory leadership contenders clearly want to be tough on immigration to appease the many ultras in their party, writes one reader

We don’t need a pragmatic or evolutionary reason to value butterflies. There's a simple joy in seeing them

The time has come for Europeans to take back control of the world’s most popular juvenescent fashion statement

Colonialists of all stripes have squeezed the island’s indigenous languages out in favour of Mandarin and Hokkien

Public service radio orchestras have played far more than just a cultural role over the last century but they are now under threat

We should have just enjoyed a World Cup, but money means this year's will take place in winter

The death of David Trimble comes as his historic legacy has never seemed under greater threat

The torture and destruction of Ukraine is just a practice run for the same routine to be used against Europe

Anyone coming into No 10 with the slightest hope of fixing Britain would need to acknowledge it is actually broken, and neither of the Conservative leadership candidates can do that

Its promise of a new patriotism was dashed by Brexit, but some say it was built on a mirage all along

The words 'Prime minister Liz Truss' finally spell doom for the satire industry

As competence joins fact-based debate in the dustbin of Brexit Britain’s history, queues mount at airports and Eurotunnel terminals

Delays on the rail network saw the former Liberal leader's long-delayed farewell party delayed even longer

Damian Aspinall's Aspers UK Holdings ran up a £16.2m loss on £13.4m in sales in 2021

The former chancellor's wife has been hit with a £5m loss at Acamar Films, in which she holds 2,000 shares through her investment arm, Catamaran Ventures

In lamenting NHS failures, the former Tory leadership hopeful seems to have forgotten who was in charge for six years

With his backing for Kemi Badenoch, the former levelling up secretary once again demonstrated his reverse Midas touch

If the Daily Mail chief heads to the House of Lords, expect big changes at the titles he leaves behind

Transport is the only sector where greenhouse gas emissions have increased in the past three decades. Now a backlash is growing, with forward-thinking mayors spearheading new visions of urban centres

Italy’s unusually stable government under the experienced Mario Draghi is poised to collapse and take the country back to the days of ineffective alliances and controversial populists

Will a catastrophic summer in Europe deliver real change on climate policy? Not while states remain captured by fossil fuel interests

Ali Goldsworthy, Laura Osborne and Alexandra Chesterfield’s book, Poles Apart, dives into the causes and solutions to increasing polarisation

Italy’s unusually stable government under the experienced Mario Draghi teeters on the brink of collapse as it faces a confidence vote that could take the country back to the days of ineffective alliances and controversial populists

The Conservative leadership contenders are not being required to explain how they would address the devastating economic impacts of our decision to leave the EU. They should be

So-called ‘dark stores’ are surreptitiously popping up all over Europe – but is the business model sustainable in the post-pandemic world?

There is too little questioning either of the process to choose the next prime minister or scrutiny of the half-baked proposals and vacuous slogans the candidates are bringing to the table

Ahead of another vote in the Tory leadership race, former chancellor Rishi Sunak pledges to get rid of those pesky EU regulations and unleash Britain’s potential. Where have we heard that before?

As the Conservative leadership race narrows down to the final five, we look for clues to how the next prime minister might approach Brexit

For many of us, holidays offer a chance to catch up on our reading and in our post-Covid, post-Brexit world, so too does tortuous travel. CHARLIE CONNELLY has you covered

The answer is both yes and no. While we can take many things from his thinking, we must be wary of his celebration of self-reliance