Opinion

A new book knows its stuff about the WWE star, but glosses over some of his worst moments

The former minister’s editors have done him no favours, and his lightweight summaries of wars would leave a GCSE history examiner unimpressed

Punishment Park, the brutal mock-doc by Brit Peter Watkins that anticipated our age of rage and recrimination

It was an observatory so successful that the Soviets tried to assassinate its head scientist. If the government closes it now, it will complete the KGB’s work

Robert Altman’s Popeye was a disaster – until it wasn’t

The days when one man could ban plays might have ended in 1968 – but now redaction is rife

Everywhere you turn, people are handing you a drink. In your 20s, it can be quite fun. But as the years drag on, the problems start

The old Farage would have jumped at being our guest. The new one is less confident

Friedrich Merz doesn’t have a plan for government or any leadership skills – but what he does have is a PR nightmare on his hands, all of his own making

His film has put The Odyssey on the bestseller list – yet a third of adults in the UK say that they have already given up on books

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The case of a jeweller in Piedmont who killed two burglars has caused huge debate across Italy. Will the PM exploit it for her own political gain?

Reform’s leader expects to win Clacton comfortably – but scandals that could envelop the party are widening

New recruiting processes are sidelining accomplished women at what should be the very peak of their careers

The PM has made a winning start, but he’s had help from his enemies – and he may already be fighting the wrong battles

The president will do everything he can to cheat the mid-terms. But the real trouble will start when Congress returns in January next year

When it comes to AI, Britain is stuck between the US and China – and the choices are stark

It’s now impossible to tell whether an online image, or video, or person is machine-created. The big tech companies don’t seem to care

It used to be that online sex work was safer than the in-person kind. But not any more

The new foreign secretary appears to have successfully wrestled back ownership of European policy from the Cabinet Office

The row over a T-shirt shows the Green leader is not ready for the political big time - but Reform’s hypocrisy is ludicrous

If this wild prediction came true, it would make his own companies virtually worthless

The painter-turned-director’s In the Hand of Dante has divided critics. Luckily, he thinks it’s a masterpiece

We used to love high-speed trains – before cowardice and waste took over

Made from shells in northern Australia and taken to Manchester, they’re now on show in Venice

New DNA evidence cannot settle the centuries-old debate – in fact it adds another twist to one of history’s greatest mysteries

The bandleader was drifting on a long US tour until he met an activist who redefined his purpose

The self-employed now have to report to HMRC each quarter. It’s time-consuming, expensive and hopeless

Both Immanuel Kant and Ann Widdecombe believed in capital punishment – but it is barbarous and absurd

The problem of the house where Hitler was born has finally been solved – but it cost a lot of money