Donald Trump’s first ten days of his second term as president of the United States included no less than two repeated calls for Egypt and Jordan to take in Palestinians from Gaza, and an additional ...

Could it happen here? Could a Donald Trump tribute act sweep into power in the UK, trash the existing order and overwhelm the system with a series of outlandish and extreme measures before anyone had ...

Every murder mystery must have an identifiable killer, every superhero movie an evil nemesis, every romantic comedy a spoiled yuppie antagonist. And apparently every lost presidential election needs a ...

December is not the best month in the Polish city of Katowice. Unless you are a fan of coal-driven heavy industry, the town’s appeal is not obvious. In December 2018, the smell of coal that hung in ...

A piece of smart detective work by an Australian coroner following a particularly sad suicide has led to a review of the laws in Victoria state governing assisted dying—and might lead to the sort of ...

Alan and Lionel are joined by American editor and media executive Norman Pearlstine. They reflect on Trump’s second term so far, and how news outlets have reported on some of his astonishing executive ...

Why is Donald Trump doing this shock and awe on tariffs? Is it because he wants the tariffs? Or because he wants to use them to force deals—and extract payments—from friends and foes alike? He seems ...

For some people it is the offer of a gong. For others, it is a seat in the House of Lords. But surely there is no greater or rarer honour in public life than to be played by Toby Jones. Look what it ...

In a deep tunnel driven into a granite hillside, a group of soldiers crouch around a heavy field gun. They are in a fortified emplacement on the island of Greater Kinmen, two miles off the Chinese ...

Four years ago, Meta blocked Donald Trump from posting on Facebook after his false claims of election fraud helped foment the January 6 assault on the US Capitol. Now Meta’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, ...

“One in 12 in Londoners is illegal migrant”; this was a front-page splash in the Telegraph, picked up and repeated across not just the right-wing press but in “mainstream” publications and by ...

Michael Longley died in Belfast on 22nd January, at the age of 85. During a career spanning more than half a century, he had composed some of the finest short lyrics in English, addressing a wide ...