Opinion

It's a period film. It's a monster movie. It's a martial arts picture. It's Brotherhood Of The Wolf and its improbable global cult status is long overdue

A new generation of Gaeilgeóirí, or Irish language-speakers, are pushing for their rights in Northern Ireland in a cultural revival that could bring communities closer

As another election, rows over the Protocol and a febrile atmosphere between unionists and republicans overshadow the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement looms, can its message of reconciliation be resurrected?

The co-option of queerness by capitalism is perhaps the most sterile union imaginable: giving birth only to merch rather than masterpieces

How much longer does the country have to suffer this catastrophe of a government?

Ridiculed by Jack Grealish, "playing like Miguel Ángel Almirón" suddenly looks like something to be envied

Another Tory farce has diminished the UK’s standing in the world. But could better times be ahead?

Macron wants a reset, but unravelling the country’s tangled legacy in the continent is proving harder than it sounds

The pan-European Volt Europa is targeting a breakthrough at the 2024 Euro elections. Do they have a chance?

Brexit-induced labour shortages are going to be a limiting factor in the pursuit of growth, growth, growth

The Labour leader needs to work out what his offer to business is

The New World’s witch trials are infamous. But the most brutal outbreaks of Satanic panic took place in what is now southern Germany

For the moment, Scholz's plan appears to have worked. But, Germany's energy problem isn't solved yet

The Kerch Strait bridge will never be the same again. The patched-up bridge may end up looking like the original, but it will now have very different connotations

Donald Trump and Liz Truss have more in common than first meets the eye. Above all, their loyalties used to lie elsewhere

Liz Truss has joined the ranks of Tory PMs who fell partly or wholly thanks to internal posturing over the continent. Will Sunak be next?

The Northern Ireland Protocol points the way to a better Brexit – so, Macbeth-style, Sunak is being urged to kill it

The name’s Johnson, Boris Johnson. Licenced to kill propriety, decency and sincerity...

Rishi Sunak has taken the reins of the country. However, he has just as many reasons to be afraid as the rest of us

We used to laugh at Italy. But, after five Tory prime minister's in six years, we are now the global joke

The new prime minister is a Brexit true believer who believes in making the rich richer

The ex-PM is like a tired movie trope: the battered, near-dead villain who rises one last time to wreak more havoc. Now it’s time to lower the curtain on this horror show

The ghouls are circling for Halloween – but nobody wants this Tory leadership horror show

A generation of kids will grow up associating Conservatism with cold, hunger and political disaster. He’ll only make it worse

If the UK is forced to endure another Tory government, is there anyone out there who might be willing to face facts on Brexit?

The political chaos at home in Britain is almost matched by that in Italy

A trade collapse with the EU shows that the damage will linger on far longer than Liz Truss did

The prime minister has resigned after a farcical and disastrous 44 days

The prime minister’s reckless plans continue to radicalise even the least militant organisations

Two more years of the Tories’ destructive misgovernment would be disastrous for the UK’s economy and credibility

Mathias Döpfner is Europe’s leading media mogul; the most influential man you’ve never heard of