I want to tell you about Val. I am introduced to her through the words of her daughter, Sofia, who is addressing a commemorative hearing at the Lampard Inquiry at Chelmsford Civic Centre. The inquiry ...

OK, fun’s over. Know your place. And that place is here, back in the office, where I can see you. Swipe in. And only swipe out again when I say so. This, loosely translated, is the message sent to ...

Rupert Charles De Mauley chairs the House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee ...

Two big comebacks this week—Phillip Schofield and Michael Gove—and who is to say which is the most ground-shaking? One involves confronting “total isolation…and provides the time to battle within his ...

Alan and Lionel are joined by Yale history professor and leading scholar of Soviet Russia, Tim Snyder. Snyder’s new book, On Freedom, explores the risks to shared freedom in a “post-truth” world. He ...

The war in Ukraine has shattered many long-standing assumptions about defence and security in Europe. It has exposed the dangers of complacency and highlighted the urgent need for the UK to rethink ...

Matthew Janney writes about the literature and culture of the Caucasus, Russia and Eastern Europe ...

Is it just Succession for rednecks, or something more important? On 11th November, the final episodes of the fifth (and supposedly last) season of Yellowstone will premiere on Paramount Plus, steering ...

Tim Snyder: Why a Trump victory is a threat to freedom Jon Sopel on meeting Donald Trump—and the BBC’s “mess” ...

Gazan pupils didn’t attend school for the whole of last year. Had such a gap year occurred in peaceful circumstances, I would have envied them. I grew up in a refugee camp in the south of Lebanon in ...

In 1976, Western Australia and Queensland, the two best state sides at the time, played a one-day match at Perth. WA had been bowled out for a mere 77. Rod Marsh, the captain, tried to encourage his ...

Much of the UK hasn’t noticed, but an enormous shift could be about to happen in Welsh politics. Soon, Labour may no longer be its largest party. Welsh Labour has been the most successful democratic ...