Italy’s legendary August shutdown was a hard-fought victory. It would do us all good to have something similar.
On the Riviera di Ponente, tucked between the flashy resort towns of the Ligurian coast, lies the Albenga plain. Filled…
Is Microsoft's AI strategy being slowed down by a chip shortage?
The chips are quite small—some can fit in the palm of your hand. But they’re essential for building artificial intelligence…
'His ache is real': Bob Dylan and others on the wild genius of honky-tonk hellraiser Gary Stewart
Bob Dylan tells me: “He sings like a man arguing with destiny. It sounds like the ache is real, that…
Living in 54°C heat: diaries from Delhi's slums reveal what it's like to endure extreme temperatures.
Every summer evening, Gulshan follows the same routine. She washes the floor of her one-room home several times to cool…
A bus carrying Polish pilgrims has crashed in Hungary, killing 12 people.
Twelve people have died after a bus carrying Polish tourists overturned on the M3 motorway in Hungary, while the group…
Moroccan police have arrested more than 100 people who were trying to enter Ceuta.
Moroccan police have arrested 111 people as they attempted to enter Ceuta, Spain’s North African territory, amid heightened security on…
Rare Renaissance paintings by Antonello da Messina have been stolen from a museum in Sicily.
Four of the most important works by the 15th-century Renaissance master Antonello da Messina were stolen from a museum in…
Move over, Odysseus—it's time for the women of ancient Greece to step into the spotlight.
It feels like a proper Greek summer here in the UK. The ground is parched, it hasn’t rained in months,…
Premier League fans’ previews: our club-by-club guide to the 2026-27 season.
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The weekend is now a century old – but have "skiveday Fridays" and hybrid working ruined it for everyone?
For 11 years, from 1929 to 1940, the Soviet Union had no weekends. Instead, to boost productivity, workers were given…