America

A new book, Madwoman, is a poignant tribute to America’s first female investigative journalist. Author Louisa Treger explains why her legacy is crucial now more than ever

There are unmistakable echoes of the Watergate president in Boris Johnson’s Partygate defence

How an attempt at upstream cultural change on the banks of New York City's East River failed spectacularly

The government are too afraid to challenge adults’ belief systems. This is pure cruelty

We need to call White Supremacy out now in all of its guises. Even when it appears as “free speech”

It's hard to find a culture you feel at home in when you belong to two cultures. It's a movement between the two that creates a sensation people call patriotism

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

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

If Roe V Wade falls, the Trump world has won

The Spanish spoken by descendants of the first Europeans to colonise the US diverges from that of Mexicans and Latinos

There are real fights on free expression being carried out across the world every day. We must not let the more visible, sillier ones crown them out

The reaction to the Depp/Heard trial demonstrates society's primal behaviour

There’s been a significant semiotic shift on planet Kardashian - the name of the show has changed!

The left may have discovered a way to rid themselves of the QAnon supporter and Trump enabler

It's not the one who lives in The White House. Meet the podcast host who can say what he likes about Covid, race and conspiracies without any comeback

His polymathic attitude to genres and prolific output mean he is rarely spoken of in the same awed tones as a Hitchcock or Capra, but Curtiz was as much of a craftsman as any Hollywood great

The Oscars night should, too, have been about the Williams sisters, their genius and how their problematic but remarkable father nurtured it

The values it supports have absolutely nothing to do with the ones it practises. What is the organisation good for and why are we still playing along?

Our 19th-century education system is broken and must be replaced by one that teaches young people to be citizens of everywhere

They make for a fitting tribute to America’s first female secretary of state and the world should take heed of them

The school has had a role in shaping British public life for the worse, writes one reader

Volodymyr Zelensky has taken us to a new reality which resembles our past more than our future

Lili Damita began her life as a revue star, ended it as a broken-hearted recluse and married Errol Flynn in between

PETER TRUDGILL on the schools that took children away from their homes and forced them to abandon their own language and practices

The Godfather was hailed as a masterpiece from when it first aired 1972. And, it still is today

The US president's State of the Union address was a bravura performance of ordinariness and common sense

There is something troubling about many men at the moment, and it's about time someone said it

As The Godfather is re-released, what lessons does it hold for fans like the prime minister about holding on to power at any cost?

Despite all the artistic licence in the world and interesting source material this Netflix series is over-long, draining and empty to watch

What is the Duke of York’s role in public life now? And, where will the money for his out-of-court settlement come from? Explanations for these issues must not be avoided nor swept under the carpet

The actions in Ottawa mark a wider trend of uncivil and aggressive behaviour which is escalating all over the world - and aggressors are sharing tactics on social media

In Buying Wordle, The New York Times raised a few eyebrows. But, it does make sense in this digital age.