Age of the tyrants

Across the world, democracy is in rapid retreat as populism, polarisation and post-truth have given the whip hand to a new breed of autocrat. The consequences are dramatic

Emmanuel Macron’s plan for a multi-tier European Union offers some hope for president Zelensky.. and for Rejoiners too

Forty years after the invasion, a threat from within has ripped apart the islands’ squid and fish industry

The French star's new film sees her scrubbing floors and emptying bins. But it's actors who have it hard, she says

Whataboutists try to convince you that all wrongdoing is the same because ignoring how the cases differ never works in their favour

Its misguided logic underpins the ideas of far right movements. Now, it’s started to influence the fringes of conservativism as well

Across the world, democracy is in rapid retreat as populism, polarisation and post-truth have given the whip hand to a new breed of autocrat. The consequences are dramatic

Good wishes on my birthday do not make me feel any better about getting older. Besides, there were two other important anniversaries last week both involving leaders of the Labour party

Emmanuel Macron’s plan for a multi-tier European Union offers some hope for president Zelensky.. and for Rejoiners too

The party looks trapped on a downhill path, straight towards the fate of a radical East German fringe party

The government is paralysed by having to prop up its own failed pet policy

A report on the scandal said Home Office staff should be trained in diversity.. but two years on, the number of staff trained is zero

The former French president takes aim at flippant Boris Johnson, Putin, Orbán and more

Forty years after the invasion, a threat from within has ripped apart the islands’ squid and fish industry

Special adviser Henry Newman suggested the levelling up minister be more of “a character” in his television appearances

Since Gove stepped down as a member, the value the Dorneywood Trust's investments have increased by £933,000

Sir Ehud Sheleg’s donations attracted the attention of the National Crime Agency but he'd still put enough aside to finance a luxury leisure complex on the grounds of his £5m Hampstead home

The former foreign secretary is eyeing up Number 10 (again)

Almost 1000 people gathered in Claridge's to hear the non-dom billionaire declare how the Daily Mail was “calling out the charlatans”

The Daily Mail’s circulation may be down but Dacre's finances are up

Legalisation won't get rid of the criminals unless legal outlets undercut the undercutters

The government has tried to end scrutiny of the fall-out from its Brexit trade deal – but work to build a better relationship with the EU goes on

Top Gun: Maverick confirms that, like it or not, Tom Cruise is a cultural phenomenon

Comedian MITCH BENN on the government’s rather telling blank-eyed incomprehension of Keir Starmer’s pledge to resign should he be given a fixed penalty notice

The French star's new film sees her scrubbing floors and emptying bins. But it's actors who have it hard, she says

A new exhibition reveals the secrets of a forward-thinking heiress whose taste and beliefs transcended her patriarchal age

The story of Sweden's first celebrity gangster is a sub-Tarantino gushing glorification

The frontman of one of Norway's most notorious death metal bands has now turned his hand to Riesling

Tiny sculptures made by an 85-year-old tell an epic tale at the Venice Biennale

If part two of David Eldridge's trilogy of plays about relationships is a state-of-the-nation play, then all it has to say is that the nation is in a bit of a state, which will hardly come as a surprise to anyone

When Teffi grew sceptical of the revolution, she headed for Paris, writing a masterpiece on the way

Chelsea's attempt to change their luck by wearing yellow in the FA Cup final didn't pay off

Sweetbreads are the most unchallenging of offals, with a lovely delicate flavour. They are usually available all year round but are at their best at this time of year

A brand of English made it all the way to Iwo Jima – but linguists only found out thanks to a travel show on Japanese TV

The French daredevil whose luck ran out in front of two young future Beatles

To render any word unspeakable and un-writable is to impose totalitarian double-think rather than advance the cause of racial justice