Opinion

Book festivals, ragebait journalism and city boys in the country get eviscerated in Natasha Brown’s brilliant Universality

Anti-vaccine lies mean the disease is now spreading in Britain, the US and around the world. And this is just the start

The director has given another self-aggrandising interview. He should be making better films instead

There’s only one way to stand up to superpowers such as the US and China, and to the authoritarian bullies like Putin

The site has become an actively malignant force, and the playground of racists and fascists. How can politicians still justify posting on the platform?

The party planned a modest £1.7 million deficit for its election-year campaign. Instead, it blew through more than double that

Ketamine use is spreading in Britain and the government has no plan to deal with it

The German discount retailers are piling pressure on Asda and Morrisons. But they will find Tesco and Sainsbury tougher to beat

Speeding up the UK/EU reset agreement could help cut food prices - and put Farage on shaky ground

Raising the state pension age assumes people can walk into new jobs in their sixties. It’s not as easy as that

By factoring extremist unrest into his judgment, a British judge has signalled that disorder works

Elon Musk’s DOGE tried to cut wasteful US government spending, but his car company would benefit from the same plan. First target: his own pay packet

Fuelled by the far right and the media and endorsed by other politicians who should know better, Islamophobia is becoming a new national pastime

Donald Trump says his interventions have brought Ukraine and Russia close to peace. So why does it feel further away than last week?

He is a criminal, and has led Israel to commit criminal acts. If he does not stand trial, then international law will be shown as worthless

Our conversation felt like a scroll through far right Facebook – but reminded me that we’ve got to keep talking to each other

‘Everyone will know where you stand’ promises the far right party, which is selling Farage signed shirts for £100

Putin’s influence is spreading in Slovakia. The country is now a test case for the confrontation between Russian fascism and western democracies

Ideologues don’t like science because it confronts them with truths they can’t dismiss. Donald Trump seems to think he has a workaround

‘Scarcity mindset’ marketing made the collectable dolls a Gen Z cult, but ubiquity will gradually erode Labubus’ power

A so-called national crisis isn’t being driven by migrant boats – but by a cynical political class that would rather feed fears than fix anything

The EU’s new travel rules look suspiciously like the ones he’d approve for Britain - so naturally, he’s against them

Donald Trump has favoured Ukraine over Russia in recent weeks. But when he meets Putin in Alaska, all that could change

There is one obvious way to avoid spending cuts and tax rises - but Labour lacks the guts to try it

Reform’s xenophobia is going to convince a lot of voters unless Labour shows it really cares about women

Like bullfighting, this practice shows little respect for animals’ capacity to suffer and turns their deaths into a spectacle

In the age of Trump and Vance, celebrity-led ‘Godcasts’ and prayer apps are pulling in millions, and liberal ‘New Atheism’ can’t match their energy – or offer of meaning

Cycling across London has fundamentally reshaped my understanding of the city

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The chancellor's policy change will do little to alter the course of the conflict in Gaza. It has, however, alienated his party

With Nato poised to ramp up spending, a bold new financing plan could create an engine of national renewal

Americans may have Apple, Amazon and the lead in the AI race, but Donald Trump is killing their soft power