‘Do your national service!’ (… and vote me out on July 4)

In 2010, the Conservative Party promised so much. How did they sink into poisonous culture war posturing?

Nothing sums up the chaotic idiocy of the Tory campaign more than their latest plan to reintroduce national service

After 30 years of coverups, what really happened when a Chinook helicopter crashed in 1994, killing key personnel involved in Britain’s battle with the IRA?

The Champions League final explains why sport is so compelling – because it tells and retells the tales that we long to hear

For the philosopher Don Cupitt, God is the ideal we plan our lives around

The language is embedded in my family history; I just don’t have time for it yet

Emmanuel Macron is on a mission to restore ‘Republican order’ in New Caledonia

Cantiano’s idyllic setting seems at odds with the cruelty that goes on there

Even in a country where smoking remains socially acceptable, restrictions still look likely to be widely acknowledged

As their election nears, Belgians political tensions are growing deeper

The conflict in Gaza is raising tensions across the world, but Gibraltar’s historic Muslim and Jewish communities maintain harmony

Skilled European workers are deserting the UK and Starmer could find a route to bring them back

His ‘offer’ should be understood for what it is: an invitation to the west to sign its own death warrant

The elusive F1 legend’s 10-year silence has fuelled a media frenzy in Germany

Is someone in the prime minister’s team deliberately trying to derail his campaign from within?

In 2010, the Conservative Party promised so much. How did they sink into poisonous culture war posturing?

Nothing sums up the chaotic idiocy of the Tory campaign more than their latest plan to reintroduce national service

Mandrake has been informed she has already attracted serious financial backing

His team, Manchester United, won the FA Cup, but still face a tricky rebuild. Also difficult? His views on Brexit

After 30 years of coverups, what really happened when a Chinook helicopter crashed in 1994, killing key personnel involved in Britain’s battle with the IRA?

The beleaguered British public deserve better than this morally impoverished Tory government

Rassemblement National’s European election candidate Jordan Bardella was humiliated in a TV debate. So why do opinion polls say he won?

Great political mantras started with “Liberté, égalité, fraternité”. Can we expect anything as inspiring in this election?

Born an East Berliner, Jenny Erpenbeck has won the International Booker for her sensitive insight on life behind and beyond borders

The Champions League final explains why sport is so compelling – because it tells and retells the tales that we long to hear

On the eve of its five-year closure, the Centre Pompidou is hosting an exhibition of Constantin Brâncuși’s work that is only the second of its kind in France

If the political food lens is switched on, the Labour leader is something of a masterchef

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s cinema, television and books

Many actors, in real life, are the opposite of who they portray or seem to be

Before Segovia, the guitar was not an instrument to be taken seriously. In a matter of minutes, everything changed

Even the world’s most prominent linguistics experts cannot agree on when humans first acquired the capacity for language

A post office queue leads to a disarming encounter