The translator of Homer’s classic poem, now adapted for the big screen, explains the text’s enduring power By Tanjil Rashid Daniel Mendelsohn is a literary polymath; he writes memoirs, monographs, ...

With Marine Le Pen now free to run in next year’s election, France is entering uncharted political territory By Julian ...

The murder of Ann Widdecombe has one lesson: both left and right need to detoxify our public discourse ...

Nigel Farage is facing his biggest challenge since he became an MP two years ago after a string of revelations about his ...

Culture change will require some “heads on spikes”, as one insider puts it By Ailbhe Rea Tony Blair had some advice for his younger self this week, speaking at his eponymous institute’s glitzy summer ...

When I stood against him, I realised he had no interest in serving his “people” By Jovan Owusu-Nepaul Not many people thought we could actually win in Clacton. At the 2019 election, when Boris Johnson ...

Uniting capital and labour is easier in rhetoric than in government By Vladimir Bortun After weeks of growing scrutiny over the £5m gift received from the Thailand-based billionaire Christopher ...

The PM-in-waiting is using this brief interregnum to articulate his project By Ailbhe Rea Who is providing the ideas for the Andy Burnham machine? The answer might shock you. After years of political ...

After Exeter’s announcement that it will cut 150 academic jobs, is there any hope for higher education? By Ella Dorn The sleepy city of Exeter has become the locus of the country’s fraught battle over ...

How can the UK protect its critical national infrastructure from cyberattacks? Ransomware, hostile state actors and AI-enabled attacks are changing the threat landscape Cyberattacks on the UK’s ...

The PM-in-waiting will find himself stretched between Manchester, Westminster and the international stage By John Bew By all accounts, Andy Burnham thinks Keir Starmer has spent too much time abroad ...

The Reform leader framed the contest as the “people vs the establishment” By Ethan Croft Nigel Farage has triggered a by-election in his Clacton constituency as he attempts to outrun press questions ...