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 ...

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

Over a deliriously unruly 520 pages of social history, The Freaks Came Out to Write maps the story of the Voice from its founding in 1955 to its current status as a title which, despite various ...

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 ...

Being away, staying in hotel rooms or, nowadays, Airbnbs, is part of the freelance musician’s life. In terms of distraction, it’s a lot easier than it used to be—though that can, of course, be a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

You may not be too aware of it, but the outside world is waiting—and worrying, about the choice you will make on 5th November. Should you care? I suggest you should. In a world of hypersonic missiles, ...

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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 ...