Opinion

Kemi Badenoch doesn’t see Trump’s regime as authoritarian – she sees it as the Conservatives’ blueprint for power

So many European nations can boast enviable success stories in different fields. If you put them all together, what do you get?

A collective called the 1000 Artists have followed in the composer’s footsteps by releasing a silent protest album

The president’s funding freezes, gagging orders and ideological purges are wreaking havoc on US scientific research

Despite all the warning signs the first time around, the world is paying a very heavy price for Trump 2.0

Thanks to Putin’s aggression and Trump’s greed, the UK has regained its international status

Starting ‘by accident’ 10 years ago, the Profanities Embroidery Group has been described by the comedian Kathy Burke as a punk version of the Women’s Institute

The current state of the continent’s politics may be alarming, but that does not mean history will inevitably repeat itself

Today, highway robbery is common on Spanish motorways

Poland’s capital city boasts a variety of museums commemorating history, but MSN Warsaw has a futuristic approach to culture

The reality of German culture is more ancient, beautiful and varied than the extremist politicians understand

Nigel Farage has staked his political life on slavish support of Donald Trump. Now it seems to be coming back to bite him

We’d all like more money for public services - but in a world where the US has abandoned Europe, more money for the military is the only way

The excesses of the social justice movements will not be missed – but something even worse has come to take their place

The disastrous Oval Office meeting with Zelensky showed that Trump is slavishly devoted to Putin. Why?

The Trump Zelensky disaster was unbearable to watch and revealed the inescapable fact about Trump – and the US

As the industry says visitor spend has slipped behind our European rivals, an insider’s view of why some EU tourists have dropped Britain from their travel plans

When it comes to delivering uncomfortable truths, incisive docudramas can trump conventional politics and Jack Thorne's Toxic Town is no exception

Why does the government want to feed the UK creative sector to the AI companies?

Pope Francis came close to anointing his personal choice of heir. But the conclave will consider a broad group from progressives to Trump supporters

The prime minister’s cut to the aid budget will cause horrendous suffering and weaken Britain

What happens next will define the prime minister’s legacy – and shape the futures of Britain and Ukraine

Britain’s troubled manufacturers are facing even more red tape and cost. Can the government do a deal in time?

Going For Gold was a European quiz show hopelessly biased in favour of Brits. But that didn’t stop foreigners winning

It’s no surprise that so many people are looking for ways to get out of the country

Celia Imrie and Tamsin Greig are funny, tragic and unforgettable

It took Ernest Bevin and a fear of Soviet expansion to bring Nato to life. Not even the US’s nationalistic retreat from Europe will kill it off

In these worryingly unpredictable times, the UK needs to be fully engaged with the EU, for our own safety, security and prosperity

From Voltaire to Kant, the world would be a duller place without the discipline’s coffee-fuelled breakthroughs

For three days every year, the quiet Piedmont town of Ivrea becomes a citrus-soaked battleground