Apparently I hate Winston Churchill
That’s the view of some people on the British right. But getting emotional over history is a sure sign that you’re abusing it for political ends
Politics
Wobbling Starmer must not turn back on the Brexit reset
You’ll never please Nigel Farage – so there is no point in the prime minister trying to appease him
PMQs review: Is Kemi Badenoch getting her strategy from the Two Ronnies?
The Conservative leader quizzed the PM on Tony Blair’s net zero comments, just a week too late. Meanwhile, Ed Davey went all Pastor Niemöller
Rachel Reeves may have to U-turn on non-doms
The average taxpayer will have little sympathy, but evidence suggests Labour’s hard line could damage its growth ambitions
Alastair Campbell’s diary: Labour can’t beat Farage at his own game
Don’t fight him where he is strong, fight him where he is weak – the economy, the NHS, Putin, Trump, climate, and yes, Brexit
The populist war on law
From El Salvador to Greater Lincolnshire via the White House, populists want to sweep aside the criminal justice system as we know it
Letters: Virginia Giuffre was betrayed by society
What happened to her as a 17-year-old was appalling, but was it down to the failings of a brainwashed society obsessed with celebrity?
What happened when the lights went out in Spain
A major power outage across the Iberian peninsula caused panic and unexpected joy as people rediscovered simplicity, resilience and community
French movie cool goes under the hammer
A newly discovered, signed script for Jean-Luc Godard’s first and greatest movie, Breathless, could fetch more than £400,000 at auction
How Merz can build his coalition
Scholz’s successor will exceed expectations – but only as the bar for the chancellor-designate has been set so low
Jerzy Kosiński, the writer whose last act was to plagiarise himself
However his works might have been assembled and whatever dissembling he did when talking about his life, Jerzy Kosiński was a master storyteller
Goodbye Mr Globalism
Klaus Schwab, the man who founded the Davos summit, had a vision for the world. But things haven’t turned out the way he wanted
Farage’s net zero policy would be a disaster
Reform are winning by offering wrong answers to real problems. Switching off the booming green economy is worse than Brexit
Björk, Pascal and the end of the world
Whatever you do, don’t give in to the idea that we are all doomed. It only makes it all much worse
Living in the shadow of coal
Communities whose lives have been shaped and scarred by mining are now shaken by the prospects of a green transition
Can Cop30 solve its ethical dilemma?
Thousands of trees are being felled in the Amazon rainforest to build a four-lane highway for this year’s climate summit in Belém
Fleeing the heat of Trump’s America for Ireland
Meet the Americans swapping Trump’s Florida for the gentle rural landscapes of County Kerry
When the snow stops falling
Reliable snowfall is becoming a thing of the past in the Alps, where the effects of climate change are magnified due to the terrain
What happened when the lights went out in Spain
A major power outage across the Iberian peninsula caused panic and unexpected joy as people rediscovered simplicity, resilience and community
Trump in the rough over late golf returns
The firm which owns the president’s Scottish course has been issued with a warning it’s at risk of being struck off after failing to file its finances
Facebook’s free speech battle
The oversight board Mark Zuckerberg set up has criticised him, and ruled that anti-Muslim content should be removed. Will he now silence them?
X marks the drop for Elon Musk’s British business
New figures filed at Companies House show a whopping fall in the turnover of the self-styled first buddy’s social network X
How to save the internet
Have you noticed how the internet has just got a whole lot worse? It’s time to do something about it
The gap between reality and Black Mirror is closing
The TV series is back with an opening episode on the corrosive power of technology firms. Can we do anything about it? Or will they inevitably get us all?
The Sorrentino blues
Mussolini, Trump and me
Michel Hazanavicius on hope and the Holocaust
The Assessment and the mother of all battles
Tracey Emin: ‘Brexit was hideous and heinous’
The iron curtain and the silver screen
Eimear McBride is not playing games
