Why won’t he listen?

Britain’s choice in a Trump trade war is a no-brainer: we must rejoin the single market and customs union, or we’re in deep trouble

My first Berlin adventure began at Checkpoint Charlie. My second began in Islington

With a declining industrial base, a lack of support for emerging sectors, and a shaky financial landscape, the country’s downturn might be here to stay

How the band may have played a bigger part in the country’s history than is yet appreciated

It is time to dispel disbelief and face the grim reality that is unfolding

In times of state corruption and political interference, scientists remain ‘apolitical’ at their peril

If you love children and happen to live in Russia, the kindest thing you could do would be not to have any

The Spanish press are asking pointed questions about the lacklustre warning system and slow crisis response

IndyRef 2 feels a long way off. The SNP need to show that they have something to offer for Scotland’s short-term future

In September, the senate suddenly announced 10% cuts to the city’s arts budget

As the Portuguese superstar’s football career winds down, his Monopoly career is just taking off

The church, both Anglican and Catholic, has conspicuously failed to provide the leadership the UK craves

The Ukraine missile strikes he has permitted won’t change the war – but they must change minds in the EU and UK

Bonhoeffer fought against exclusion and for those who couldn’t fight for themselves

The ‘trollification’ that happens on X, Elon Musk’s online hellhole, deserves a definition

Senate Republicans know that Matt Gaetz is unfit to run US law enforcement. But defying Donald Trump is bigger than defending democracy

Britain’s choice in a Trump trade war is a no-brainer: we must rejoin the single market and customs union, or we’re in deep trouble

Just as he talks of closer relations, Keir Starmer’s perplexing refusal to engage properly with the EU or European experts is adding to a widening divide

A social media rumour about Keir Starmer has attracted millions of views – aided by far right figures who amplify conspiracy theories online

We need a military alliance of European nations, which will require the UK to not just cooperate but to be inside the structure

The Reform leader is once again skipping his constituency work to mix with some unsavoury characters in the USA

Falling fertility rates mean more immigration is needed to grow the economy. Yet lots of boomers hate the idea

My first Berlin adventure began at Checkpoint Charlie. My second began in Islington

An empty square in the centre of the German capital gives a warning from the recent past

With a declining industrial base, a lack of support for emerging sectors, and a shaky financial landscape, the country’s downturn might be here to stay

Two stunning exhibitions at the Helmut Newton Foundation celebrate the great photographer and the city he escaped from

How the band may have played a bigger part in the country’s history than is yet appreciated

From Sally Bowles to George Smiley by way of Kreuzberg and Alexanderplatz, the best books about Berlin

The Jewish German writer antagonised Hitler’s regime with every action she took. To me, she was also family

Sent from Berlin to London to escape the Nazis, artist Frank Auerbach – who died earlier this month – painted his new surroundings over and over again

Restaurants like this tapas bar rarely exist in Britain. People are too reluctant to live

At 86, with a number of all-time classics to his name, Ridley Scott has earned the right to have some fun

This ethnic group of Afro-Indian origin have their own language, derived from French after their ancestors were brought to the islands as slaves

Her young daughters grieving before a grave she didn’t occupy was not even the worst tribulation to afflict the life of the Hungarian

New Yorkers get to be abstemious, at least most of the time, because their weather allows it. Not so here