Opinion

The Golden Flake Tavern, Greggs’ new pub, brings colas (and beers) to Newcastle

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After the murder of Jewish Australians on Bondi beach, the instinct is to use grief as a way to bolster preconceived arguments. But certainty itself carries its own dangers

The president’s social media messages about the murdered director reveal him as a humourless, bitter bigot

An endorsement from the porn star underlines the hypocrisy at the heart of Nigel Farage's party

Politicians and activists must do better than using slaughter to justify their points of view

His motives for calling on religion look less like a personal awakening and more a cynical marketing ploy

Non-French speakers don’t fully understand the phrase “sales connes”. But we do, which makes the president’s wife using it even more awful

If you want to get near the US president, your face has to fit. And if it doesn’t, sorry - it’s time to go under the knife

The president said he had brokered a peace between the Thai and Cambodian governments. As ever, with the US president, the truth is very different

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Young people got depressed, anxious and led astray long before social media arrived. So is the new ban in Australia really going to do any good? And if so, how will we be able to tell?

Lacking roots doesn’t mean lacking ties, and people will always matter more than places do

Genetic screening of prospective pets to deduce behavioural traits can’t tell you much about your dog’s personality

The pain she suffered at the hands of powerful men was ultimately too much to bear, but 2025 will be remembered as the year of her vengeance

Badenoch may suddenly have a spring in her step, but her snark and stunts reveal a lack of serious ideas

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

The latest edition of the Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait prize exhibition features subjects looking for a connection

The Swiss want their unique singing tradition to be given prized status as part of the world’s cultural heritage – but some nations are struggling to join in

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On political funding and social media, Malinauskas has shown real leadership. Our government should take note

He was a master of misery who sometimes argued it was better never to have been born. But his love of the flute suggests the philosopher wasn’t all gloom

People around here think that if you drive an electric vehicle, you’re likely to end up either on fire, or in a nightmarish traffic accident. But attitudes are changing

One restaurant in Bari has done the unthinkable. And it’s not about the money

Two years ago, it happened to the people of Grindavík in Iceland – and yet today, the lights flicker and the boats put out to sea

The Greek capital has experienced an influx of Israeli investment in property – but the graffiti around town suggests severe local antipathy

You don’t seem to like London very much, or our mayor. But people around here live longer than Americans, and we’re much less likely to get murdered. As for your Sharia law claims - have you ever actually been here?

Reform needs a pact to reach Downing Street – and the Conservatives are desperate enough to hand it to them

The British electorate are now overwhelmingly pro-remain. And yet the europhobes still argue the votes of the dead count for more than the views of the young

The suave star once tested himself by working with prestige directors. Now he’s phoning it in in fluff like Jay Kelly

The failed PM gets £115,000 of taxpayer money per year to spread poison about the UK on her new online show