2024: The year of living dangerously

This year, parties on the left must stop competing against each other

Anything short of a hefty Commons majority will be viewed as a failure for the Labour leader

It will be a year of political upheaval and war. If leaders can’t navigate a changing world order, the results could be disastrous

The predicament of cancerous smokers is a bit like that of Brexit voters: we all did something fucking stupid, knowingly, and now we’re paying the price

Who has the time for New Year’s resolutions?

This year, parties on the left must stop competing against each other

The route to a ceasefire in Gaza lies not through rhetorical demands, but through diplomatic pressure

It’s time for British politics to leave its Groundhog Day nightmare

If the Phlegraean Fields caldera were to erupt after 500 years of dormancy, Italy would be on its knees

Experts warn that it’s not a matter of if an emergency situation will be declared, but when

Sabaton’s animated first world war film, The War To End All Wars, makes for poetic viewing

Serbia’s frontier with Hungary has been turned into a war zone

The German politician and statesman, who died on Boxing Day, stood out as the embodiment of democracy

Ultimately, the prime minister knows which side his bread is buttered

Anything short of a hefty Commons majority will be viewed as a failure for the Labour leader

Britain needs a government that doesn’t shy away from culture and art

Delors’ political vision was spot on for the time, just as it is now

The countdown has begun to a UK general election. One of Britain’s leading political number-crunchers tells you how to read the data

It will be a year of political upheaval and war. If leaders can’t navigate a changing world order, the results could be disastrous

Donald Trump’s path back to the White House is not as clear as the polls suggest.. but it is there all the same

Rwanda and Brexit leave Britain facing a humiliation not seen since 1956 – with empty shelves and economic angst at home

The Israeli prime minister’s failed, immoral policies are a deadly own goal – and they are pure neopopulism

Truss being allowed an honours list was a joke. But handing peerages to Tory donors is no laughing matter

Initially, I thought about attempting to predict the new year’s events. Then I realised that in the case of THIS new year, it simply isn’t possible

After four failed prime ministers in four years, the Conservatives are belatedly realising that all they have to show the electorate is failure

The biggest and most dangerous surf in the world lies off Portugal, just 90 minutes north of Lisbon

A number of anniversaries means it's going to be a year to savour for the visual arts

Nothing has been quite the same in theatre since the pandemic – investors are risk-averse and a lot of money has been lost

Artists from across the continent will grace UK stages in 2024

In 2024 producers will take old plots, tropes and characters out for a new spin

2024 in film is set to be dominated by reboots. There's not much new under the sun

2024 should go down as a vintage year for female authors

For one brief moment, five very different artists – including Van Gogh and Seurat – sought inspiration on the banks of the Seine

Here’s a fun recipe of Jamie Oliver's, a chicken dish named after his dad

The adoption of some Arabic words into colloquial English came from British soldiers stationed in the Middle East and north Africa

So emblematic of the city’s spirit did she become that Mistinguett seemed timeless even in her own lifetime

The predicament of cancerous smokers is a bit like that of Brexit voters: we all did something fucking stupid, knowingly, and now we’re paying the price