Starmer is right about Israel and Gaza. But he needs steel – and a philosophy
The crisis has put the Labour leader between a rock and a hard place
Blood on his hands
Callous, incompetent and criminally negligent. Boris Johnson’s Covid government should be prosecuted for corporate manslaughter
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The deadly failings of a moral pygmy
Boris Johnson’s lack of focus and lack of humanity cost lives during Covid. Yet instead of facing charges, he is raking in the cash
Welcome to Richmond: Sunak Land
Could the prime minister really lose his seat at the next election? A visit to his North Yorkshire constituency reveals the locals are true blue... for now
Legends of a fall: Justine Triet’s courtroom victory
Why twisty French thriller Anatomy of a Fall is tipped to win the Best Picture Oscar
In this edition
Everyday philosophy: Happy birthday, Albert Camus
The French philosopher and writer, born on November 7, 1913, was a publisher’s dream
Westminster is broken. Here’s how to mend it
The public wants, and expects, government to solve its own problems but this government is not equipped to do so
Starmer is right about Israel and Gaza. But he needs steel – and a philosophy
The crisis has put the Labour leader between a rock and a hard place
Giorgia Meloni’s stagnant first year
Italy has a history of premiers not completing their tenure. Will Meloni be any different?
The French language is not set in amber
The opening of the International French Language Centre embraces the evolution of the language in a globalised world
Serbia’s president is full of baloney – literally
Aleksandar Vučić’s sandwich PR stunt showed Serbians he’s all bark and no bite
Italy’s ancient war with Halloween
The Catholic church does not approve of zombies
Trappist beers migrate to England
Now you can try your first Belgian beer closer to home
Germansplaining: Our relationship with poppies
Remembrance feels more important than ever this year
Brexiteers are using the National Trust for their war on ‘woke’
The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street
Sunak’s gruesome interview with Elon Musk demeaned the office of PM
Sunak has stooped to cheap sensationalism and the country deserves a leader who aims higher
On a November day 60 years ago, both a president and a dream died
The assassination of JFK forever changed America’s national psyche
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The findings of the Covid inquiry merit real punishment
The damage Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings did to the country is off the scale
The deadly failings of a moral pygmy
Boris Johnson’s lack of focus and lack of humanity cost lives during Covid. Yet instead of facing charges, he is raking in the cash
Welcome to Richmond: Sunak Land
Could the prime minister really lose his seat at the next election? A visit to his North Yorkshire constituency reveals the locals are true blue... for now
There’s trouble in store for post-Brexit Britain
Thanks to higher costs, increased red tape and supply chain damage, we must get used to living in a country with empty shelves
Aldo Moro: The body in the boot and a long hunt for answers
Conspiracy theory surrounds the 1978 kidnap and killing of the former Italian prime minister in the centre of Rome
Sunak is the political avatar of right wing tech billionaires
The new brand of Conservatism they sponsor is more disturbing than any cynical opportunism – and Sunak really believes this stuff
Cartoon: Is the world-beating UK finally sorting out AI?
Think you’re not an extremist? Think again, those of you who mock Tory MPs
Cruella Braverman’s proposed new laws will make it illegal to even have mean thoughts about the Conservatives
Legends of a fall: Justine Triet’s courtroom victory
Why twisty French thriller Anatomy of a Fall is tipped to win the Best Picture Oscar
True artist or con artist? The story of Take the Money and Run
Jens Haaning’s fans call the stunt a daring conceptual piece of satire. However, a Danish court says it’s a crime
The greatest European autobiography of all?
He wrote three operas with Mozart and ended up working at a grocers in New York City: meet Lorenzo da Ponte
Grayson Perry’s portrait from the edge
Richard Ansett’s photograph of the artist at Beachy Head sums up Brexit in a single shot
Radical acts of resistance: women in the Paris Avantgarde
A new exhibition in Basel aims to put women at the centre of the previously male-dominated Fauvism movement
Taste of Europe: Gordon Ker’s white chocolate cheesecake
This white chocolate cheesecake is served tableside from a large bowl, as is done in so many parts of Italy
A pightle fight about dialect
This term for house or property might sound like it belongs to one region – but like many others, it’s in use across England
Robert Enke: The goalkeeper taunted by the cruelty of depression
For all the cod philosophy attached to the art, being a goalkeeper did not cause the Germany international to end his life
Multicultural Man: On Jehovah’s Witnesses
Why our columnist has taken to de-evangelising evangelists