Opinion

Mandrake has been informed she has already attracted serious financial backing

A new report by EMMA Association has highlighted the discrimination Romani women have faced after fleeing the war

The British state needs to work very differently – what are the Labour leader’s big ideas?

Of course American students have the right to protest over Gaza. But what happens as a result may put Donald Trump back in the White House

Putin is spinning the pro-Russian narrative of an unwinnable war for Ukraine and the west

Jeremy Hunt says Labour wants to turn Britain into France. Would that be such a bad idea?

A battle between Ocado and local residents shows that Labour has a Nimby problem

Rishi Sunak’s admission that no failed asylum seekers will be flown to Africa before the election concludes a senseless, costly shambles

Why are so many MPs standing down at the election?

Leaving the EU won’t be a campaign issue for the big parties - but voters may think differently

The prime minister needs to realise voters don’t like being lied to

Rachel Reeves is right - the government is gaslighting the country over the economy

Rishi Sunak’s gamble on going to the country looks sure to rebound

It would take a lot more than a change in government to turn around the lives of some of the pupils at The Heath – but it would be a start

There are good reasons to believe that Labour in power will be better and go further than you think

The electorate will see through any attempt to frighten them into yet another period of government by the doomed Tories

Germany’s most successful club finished third in the Bundesliga and ended the season without a trophy – despite Harry Kane’s best efforts

A little morsel of madeleines, put it in a teaspoon and dipped in tea, summons memories of In Search of Lost Time

Banning talk of sex from classrooms contradicts the openness and love of learning the philosopher strived for

There’s a simple way to save our crisis-hit universities. But Rishi Sunak is the only one who can’t see it

You might not know it, but you ruined the country. Obviously nothing to do with the Conservative government

As tensions rise, Islamist groups are once again quietly preparing attacks in Europe – with the Olympics and Euro 2024 as possible targets

In both situations, it can feel like waiting for the deal-breaker to present itself

As the first presidential debate looms, it’s time for Biden to take care of business

After his humiliating local election defeat, Erdoğan wants to silence his ideological opponents

In learning how to fight off populists, Spain’s prime minister is starting to emulate their moves

The most brutal aspects of the country's drug war are spreading nationwide

With an 800-year history, the city’s St John’s Hospital Museum understands the role of art in the healing process

Paola Totaro’s ‘immigrant’s love letter to Britain’ reminded our readers of all the good things about the country, and moved some to tears

If the tech bros will steal Scarlett Johansson’s voice, they’ll steal anything