Opinion

No 10: Full Confidence offers a surprisingly good lesson in the misery of governing Britain

‘Chinamaxxers’ love the dazzling cities and the incredible trains – but how much brutality are they willing to overlook?

Robert Jenrick made the unlikely claim as he insisted Reform would easily renegotiate Britain's withdrawal agreement from the EU

Hollywood used to understand desire. Now even its sex comedies are embarrassed about the bedroom

Silent as a child, she was feted by Warhol and the press before vanishing at the height of her fame

Most music biographies are lazy and rubbish. Here are 10 exceptions

Seven decades after Ellis faced the hangman, author Louisa Treger argues that the attitudes behind her execution have not disappeared

Felix Hartlaub’s scathing notes on ‘one fanatic and a heap of ingratiating rubber dwarves’ may have got him killed

If you finish a novel and you haven’t posted about it, have you really read it at all?

He built a global philosophy of physical freedom – but demanded absolute commitment

Younger people now tend to pronounce it Low-es-toft, but Low-st’f is historically accurate

If you pick a lane at the lido then you need to move at the right speed – and if not, then what on earth are you thinking?

Drought is hitting British farms just as war and supply shocks make our food supplies more vulnerable

There needs to be much stricter controls on who can access the genetic data of viruses. AI is making that situation all the more urgent

Reform's leader thought calling a by-election in Clacton would change the game - but this bitter winner has ended up back where he started

The Leavers promised British citizens living in the EU would have their rights fully protected after Brexit. The reality is somewhat different

French newspapers are mad as hell with Google for using their content in their AI search results – so now 300 of them are suing

Caro Claire Burke’s badly written bestseller is the worst novel I’ve ever devoured

Artist Richard Dadd stabbed to death the father he loved – then spent 42 years producing remarkable work inside the hospital known as Bedlam

Tony, a new biopic of the celebrity chef’s early years, cuts through the sanctimony and myth

The White House’s chief medical adviser was not perfect during Covid, but science must resist his persecution by conspiracy-deranged Republicans

Baseball’s biggest star was the subject of racist insults at a time when black players were banned from the game

The strange journey of a word that dates back at least eight centuries

He got out from behind the wheel, went over the hovering drone and kicked it to the ground. Do not try this at home

You think you’re getting a great deal on that meal – but it’s the shop that gets the bargain

A Moroccan activist named Betty has ended up in jail. Male activists get public outcry and petitions of support – but not her. She gets silence

When a newspaper describes a recently dead person as ‘forthright’ or ‘eccentric’, here’s what they really mean

The thin-skinned MP made a fool of himself on radio by refusing to recognise King Charles as white British

Anthony Kenny saw the future PM’s flaws close-up at Oxford University

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A three-paragraph memo from 45 years ago sums up everything that can go wrong when politicians forget what they’re here for

The worst response to her story is voyeurism. The second worst is pretending there is nothing to see