Opinion

She comes across as nasty and rejects compromise – that’s no recipe for a leader

A fearless, restless pioneer, the jazz legend was an imperfect man, but a musician of unique genius

Donald Trump sends friends and family round the world to negotiate on his behalf – is it any surprise that Putin should do the same?

Whenever something bad happens, it always has to happen to us. Haven’t we been picked on enough already?

A shiny set of evenly-spaced gnashers used to be a sign of wealth and status. Not any more

Reform haven’t peaked – and their march to No 10 can only be stopped if we face up to why they're winning

Boyhood author David Keenan is more like a soothsayer than a novelist

As Trump has discovered with Iran and Putin in Ukraine, a new, cheap method of warfare has come along to make those ultra-high-tech, ultra-expensive, weapons redundant

A film about a great painter needs great paintings to succeed

In one of the largest mass trials in the country’s history, 486 alleged gang members are being tried together in a single proceeding in El Salvador

The city is getting shinier, but a diner with no name remains one of its highlights

The Taxi star revelled in creating chaos and confusion

The man who might be our next PM wants a new electoral system to replace FPTP

French Protestants came in search of religious freedom. Then the Glorious Revolution changed everything

The news is relentlessly bad – but, statistically speaking, things will have to get better at some point. Here are some positive thoughts to cling to amid the gloom

He started off as a nerdy bookseller with a love of spreadsheets. Now he’s ended up as a stony-faced, muscle-bound plutocrat, posing on the red carpet with the Kardashians.

As a leader, Starmer was meant to be rigorous. But he turned out to be just as flimsy as his predecessors

The prime minister says he will fight on. That looks increasingly unlikely

The regulator is now probing the channel’s Donald Trump interview over “material misleadingness”

The PM must show fight and passion - and his critics must consider what they really want

A revealing look into the Reform leader’s private journal. (Is this real, or satire?* Read on to find out…)

Labour are letting Reform’s leader get away with it - the upcoming 10th anniversary is time to change that

In a $12bn Colorado court challenge, an heiress claims she was swindled out of her inheritance. But the argument is about much more than one woman’s money and about the infinite possibilities of the world of offshore finance

If the Labour leader refuses to accept the inevitable, Britain will soon have a pocket-lining populist in No 10

The problems faced by Indigenous Australians have been overlooked for too long. It has taken a horrific murder to force Australians to confront the intense bigotry that persists across society

A disaster for Starmer and a triumph for Farage - but not quite as clear-cut as predicted

After the elections, a serious pivot to the EU is necessary, possible and the only card the beleaguered prime minister has left to play

A new startup by the Silicon Valley money man will allow people to raise objections to stories in the press. A quick look at the targets of this new venture makes Thiel’s agenda all too clear

Our society does horrendous things to animals, but this one taboo is regarded as sickening and wrong above all others – and people find it hard to say exactly why

Protests have rocked the so-called ‘Art Olympics’ over its decision to let Putin exercise soft power

A fatal outbreak has occurred on a cruise ship after it docked in South America. There will be no new pandemic, but it’s a reminder of the lesson of Covid: that wild animal populations are awash with diseases we do not understand

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