Opinion

The Los Angeles riots highlight how Trump has changed America in so many ways. But one thing he has certainly not done is make it great again

Thirty years after it was first published to indifference, Jacqueline Harpman’s I Who Have Never Known Men is a literary sensation

Jonathan Rutherford’s Blue Labour ideas are at the heart of No 10’s political plans. But will it be enough to save Keir Starmer at the next election?

Nine years on, Leave’s most enthusiastic voters have suffered the most. Yet they’re still backing the man who sold them the snake oil in the first place

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

For the last 15 years, Ronnie Brunswijk and his party have been Suriname’s kingmakers, never the king. Until now

Rain or shine, Trump craves adoration – which was his motivation for the spectacle to mark the US Army’s 250th anniversary all along

Italy’s blue bloods don’t have the money to maintain their historic properties – so they’re giving them away

Gere is no fan of Trump or America’s current political climate. So, like an increasing number of US citizens, he left for Europe

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The world saw through the spectacle for what it was: the whim of a self-styled strongman in need of flattery and adoration

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Like the hapless Fantasia character, Donald Trump has learned that wielding the axe without experience, humility and understanding ends in chaos

A new book suggests that we should appreciate flashes of genius without believing that they make a person uniquely special

Ten years on, the country’s treatment in the midst of financial crisis remains a stain on European democracy

Yes, its economy needs a reboot, but the country feels less tatty and troubled. Why?

The Israeli leader has scored a tactical victory against Iran. But that alone is unlikely to bring him victory, either at home or abroad

Labour are trying to fix Britain’s housing crisis. But they can’t expect any credit for it

Britain has tumbled down the wellbeing rankings – and now it is time to learn from the country at the top

The government failed to level with the public about the depths of Britain’s problems. It will come back to bite them

The Beach Boy is gone – and as Trump’s troops stalk LA, the state’s sun-drenched dream is over too

One day an engineer at a metals company in the Netherlands stole a trove of nuclear secrets and offered them for sale – his first customer was Iran

Trump doesn’t care about the bombing of Iran, or global security. Now Europe must fill the volatile vacuum he has left behind

A long-awaited and much-needed compromise has the loony right crying about betrayal… and potatoes

You used to be the coolest Europeans, with the best music and culture. But cutting back the British Council and the World Service will only make you smaller on the world stage

The chancellor is spending billions – but the moment demands far more

To be in Europe is to live without boundaries. The Irish have chosen that path, and their national identity has soared

Politicians from the main parties have ignored us for too long. No wonder my generation is out there looking for alternatives

Experiments to combat climate change using ‘iron fertilisation’ to boost plankton growth, first proposed in the 1980s, remain unproven and contentious

The Belgian is – temporarily – replacing Tintoretto in one of the Venice’s sacred spaces. But first he wants to talk about Trump

The movies used to belong to auteurs. Now the industry is mining viral meme content like Skibidi Toilet for new ideas

Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely turned machines and myths into joyful rebellion