Acropolis Now

If Sunak can’t be a credible leader for the Tories, then they will find someone who can

The row with Greece shows Sunak can’t even do basic diplomacy. So what’s the point of him being PM?

The dictator in the Kremlin may not be popular, yet he rules unopposed. But once again he is going to the polls – why?

Wim Wenders is back with two very different films... and harsh words for Brexit

Philosophers have rarely written about swearing - until now

If Sunak can’t be a credible leader for the Tories, then they will find someone who can

The scale of the global crisis means the time for pacifism is long gone

A journey on the Paris Métro can be a kaleidoscope of cultures, stories and impromptu musical performances

A risk of mad Cow disease is causing donors who lived in Britain between 1980 and 1986 to be turned away by doctors

Joining the European family is what Georgians have wanted for decades

The country's citizens have always been fatalists but now it's getting out of hand

The argument that only the British Museum can protect the marbles isn’t accepted in Greece

For Germans, Kissinger's is a story of forgiveness

The British Museum should be a place of cognition but it's not

Their passing has marked a sad week for the entire Labour family

The row with Greece shows Sunak can’t even do basic diplomacy. So what’s the point of him being PM?

As Israel’s response to the Hamas attacks goes on, a spiral of violence by West Bank settlers is worrying Washington DC and Brussels

The dictator in the Kremlin may not be popular, yet he rules unopposed. But once again he is going to the polls – why?

The trade secretary's post-Brexit trade deals do plenty for her profile, but very little for the British economy

Boris Johnson’s bluster and Partygate brought national shame. But the Covid inquiry is a source of national pride

Colour photography pioneer Ernst Haas created a new iconography for the city by blurring the space between art and photojournalism

Scotland will flourish as a member of the European family, while England tragically continues thinking it's exceptional

What would you buy Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer for Christmas?

Wim Wenders is back with two very different films... and harsh words for Brexit

Tales of ice and lighthouses, the ghosts of Irish literary legends and the Iliad reborn: the books you should give this Christmas

As Russia bombs Ukraine’s cultural sites, the powerful work in the capital’s Biennial is scattered across Europe

The new Swedish series boasts a plot fuelled with murder, trials and reasons why women aren’t believed when they come forward

The Labour leader’s love of EU anthem Ode to Joy has caused faux outrage.. and hopes that he might just be a Rejoiner after all

A staunch and warm Christmas tradition for most is a yule log

New England has many place names that must have been taken across the North Atlantic by homesick English people in the 1600s

The relentlessly prolific author of plays, poems, short stories and novels, Pirandello was always looking ahead

In terms of reflecting an idealised portrait of Britain, this year’s series has to have been, at best, troubling