Opinion

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

The American jazz pianist had a passion for teaching music, and created a bridge between the worlds of bebop and classical

Despite the lessons from the pandemic, the demagogues and their followers are all too ready to embrace a cult of death

The pork-filled stew – one of Portugal’s national dishes – is boundlessly hearty and invariably leads to a postprandial snooze

Donald Trump and the mind-bending insanity of his foreign policy that treats enemies as friends and vice versa

As the country’s courts become more Russian, the real Georgia can be found out on the streets

In these days of far right anti-Islam extremism, AfD politicians are quick to seize on any evidence of what they call the Islamisation of Germany

Cornish was doomed after Latin was banished from church services in favour of English during the 1500s

To avoid a repetition of this dark past, Spain’s citizens must listen to the testimonies of those who suffered at the hands of Franco’s torturers

The Belgian prime minister’s cries for the EU to stick to its core functions are selfish and short-sighted

‘Pippo’ soared to fame alongside Maria Callas in the 1950s but his playboy lifestyle ultimately led to the loss of his golden voice

Restaurateurs in Grisciano are on a ‘promotion mission’ to tell Pasta alla Gricia's origin tale to tourists

As a Frenchwoman with Moroccan roots who has lived in Britain for 15 years, I don’t fully belong anywhere. But that is a privilege, not a pity

Spending 2.5% of GDP on defence is a good start – but it’s not enough

A vote at the United Nations made it very clear what he thinks of America’s former allies across the Atlantic

The braggart in the White House claims to have record high approval ratings – but polls show he actually has the worst among modern American presidents