Opinion

Where did Putin come from?

After an election rout, they’ve chosen moaning about Labour over much-needed self-examination

The race rioters spring from the same root as the jihadists

Is it time to leave Elon Musk’s online sewer?

Technical issues delayed the start of the blowhards’ audio chat. The delay was the best bit

Nigel Farage and Stephen Yaxley-Lennon's cries to the far right mob do not represent this country

Zelensky’s forces have invaded Russian territory, a move that shifts the whole dynamic of the conflict. But the risks are huge

Parisians embraced the Games – but it was a different story in one corner of rural France

Will Starmer’s inaction on Brexit help strengthen the cause of Scottish independence?

Getting honorary status at the university he has just left is nothing special

They’re out of touch, out of power and running out of readers

Public opinion is changing on the idea of a Universal Basic Income. Could it solve our poverty crisis and improve productivity?

But are her strong numbers evidence of a temporary “bounce” or a long-term “wave”?

A nostalgic yearning for lost imperial power is part and parcel of the nostalgic English national imaginary

Boxer Cindy Ngamba, from Cameroon via Bolton, won the Refugee Team’s first medal thanks in part to the value of youth workers

Businesses have dodged £4 billion in tax because of government incompetence

An extraordinary claim about the Brexiteer who wants to lead the Tories

How a once respected academic embarked on a “sad, depressing journey of radicalisation”

All Olympics opening ceremonies that offer kulturkampf instead of pure spectacle suffer from the same regression to the tacky

Ironically, the Trump campaign is trying to paint Kamala Harris’s likeability as a joke

The second coming of smash burgers is cause for celebration because thin and flash-fried is how burgers should be

If Labour fails in its declared missions, the Conservatives could have another chance – but not if they veer to the right

Vadim Krasikov is a free man. Putin wanted his hitman back

The Harris campaign understands why being deemed a political oddball is visibly getting under Trump's skin

Is free will worth the price of unspeakable acts of violence?

More Belgian in its culture than French, the north has nothing on the western coast

Valencia’s shores are paying the price of booming seasonal tourism

Would the world be a simpler and more economical place if we all spoke the same language?

GB News, the populists’ TV channel, has long tiptoed on the edge. Will making excuses for thugs finally send it over?

If opera needs a way to entrance new, younger audiences, this production of Samson needs to get on the road

The long road back to the EU will take years – maybe decades – to traverse. But we must make a start

The small town of Barga in Italy celebrates Burns night in its own way