Opinion

Recent FSB revelations are a reminder that our society is open to the Russian threat

Industry experts are warning that wines are ‘up £3 a bottle’ since the UK’s departure from the bloc

The government's new proposals will be devastating

The late poet was a natural anarchist and a one-off whose like we will not see again

People paid a big price for the ex-PM’s perennial ignorance, while he gets off scot-free

The former PM produced nothing but blather at the Covid inquiry

Being “Tory Lite” will do him no favours at the next election

Why does the newspaper continue to publish Larry Elliot’s Corbynite nonsense on the EU?

Our legal system is one of the few remaining checks holding government to account - no wonder pundits and politicians attack it

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

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

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

Philosophers have rarely written about swearing - until now

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

Joining the European family is what Georgians have wanted for decades

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

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

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

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

We can’t make a country safe just by saying it is

Immigrants are entrepreneurial and hard working – why shut them out?