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Daring choices are vindicated in the writer’s brilliant new novel about a chess player, his brother and their family

The exhibition that the artist planned finally arrives in London, 119 years late

The French photographer took half a million pictures in his life. It took only one to restore his reputation and bring him wealth and controversy

As Nobel season approaches, speculation has begun in the scientific community

The Democrats’ vice-presidential candidate has put Trump on the back foot by pointing out his weirdness. Would this approach have the same effect on Farage?

Baseless rumours about the PM, Lord Alli and a court order are a right wing fantasy fuelled by grifter ‘journalists’ and social media

The foreign secretary's language and persona during his UN address broke boundaries. Was the world listening?

Tory MPs are worried by the former trade secretary’s gaffe over maternity benefits

The history of propaganda proves that the world should heed the warnings

A shocking case of mass rape has stunned France and started the MeToo movement’s second wave

The former Tory PM had no idea what he was doing on Europe. If the present PM hasn’t learned from the mistakes of the past, he is doomed to repeat them

The PM would prefer a Harris victory, but snubbing the Republican would have been dereliction of duty

Instead of being shamed and forgotten, the former Tory minister is quids-in as new editor of the Spectator

Ministers are kicking back over Freebiegate, but Fleet Street loves nothing more than a story that runs and runs

The Italian photographer who captured the magic in the everyday

Flooding from the River Danube has been a horrifying experience – and the clean-up has only just begun.

After centuries of banking tradition, the country that gave birth to banks could be seeing their demise

Transnistria felt like being in a Soviet Union theme park, except everything looked real

Now the Russian money is leaving, Cyprus is turning against its eastern European expatriates

Despite leaving for Santander, Britain and all its quirks will not leave me

The prime minister must stop giving the media the chance to go into frenzy or outrage mode

Photographer Christoph Irrgang returns to the sites where masterpieces were painted to see how much they have changed

The new prime minister’s government has started with worrying echoes of how his predecessor’s ended

Claims of ‘proof’ that foreign workers cost Britain more than they put in are nebulous in the extreme

EU institutions have got into the nasty habit of making concessions to populists who have spent their lives railing against Brussels

President Erdoğan wants English speakers to pronounce his country’s name differently. Will he succeed?

Thirty years ago, the sinking of the Tallinn-Stockholm ferry killed 852 people. But the truth about the tragedy has yet to emerge

With readers increasingly moving away from newsprint, the format’s future could be in jeopardy

The double whammy of losing the fuel allowance and the hike in first-class post will lead to far fewer cards being sent and received this year

The surprising origins of The Prisoner of Zenda, the ultimate swashbuckling tale of derring-do