Keir Starmer and his entourage have returned from Beijing—and many of the virulent opponents of his China visit have, for the time being, turned their attention elsewhere. But arguments about the ...

More of the Epstein files have been released—but why now, and what do they really tell us? This week, Ellen and Alona are joined by investigative journalist Peter Geoghegan, editor of the Democracy ...

We see it when Jesus rides into Jerusalem on an ass, when he tells Peter to put away his sword, and when he dies on the cross. “If you are indeed the Son of God, save yourself and us,” grumbles one of ...

Parliamentary byelections often matter as much for what doesn’t happen as for what does. So far, the coming race in the Greater Manchester constituency of Gorton and Denton is most significant for two ...

The “Wagatha Christie” case requires at least three things to be explained. The first is how, in legal and practical terms, Colleen Rooney won and Rebekah Vardy lost. And to understand this, we can ...

When Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney declared at Davos last week that “the old order is not coming back,” the global reaction varied sharply. In Europe, as the Economist noted in a piece aptly ...

“Less Holocaust, more Anne Frank,” was the advice Michael Grunwald received from the CEO of a publishing house who opted not to bid for his latest book, We Are Eating the Earth. Grunwald took notice.

In one of those opening lines at which he excelled, WH Auden caught the temper of his time, and our time too: “The earth turns over, our side feels the cold.” China is an increasingly assertive power ...

The newspaper comic is one of America’s longest-running traditions, but it’s been in the doldrums for decades. Now a new generation of artists is leading a change ...

Mark Carney’s Davos speech was an expression of fear, not an accurate description of reality—as Starmer’s visit to China this week shows ...

At a recent roundtable event, policymakers and experts discussed what’s working, what’s not and what needs to change ...

Twelfth November was an unremarkable day in British politics. Another day when the topic of debate wasn’t one of voters’ main concerns—immigration or healthcare, say, or the budget, or the farmers—but ...