The best long reads of 2025
The Mysterious Novelist Who Predicted Putin’s Russia – and Then Came to Symbolize Its Moral Decay By Sophie Pinkham Victor…
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Trump and Putin both have a strong desire for status and recognition. This shared craving is a key reason why they each seek to undermine Europe.
Some argue that Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine is driven not by fear or imperial ambition, but by a sense…
‘For the first time, she could tell people who she was’: A decade of gender recognition in Ireland
Shortly after Ireland enacted its Gender Recognition Act in 2015, Labour politician Kevin Humphreys visited a care home for the…
When the AI bubble bursts, humans will finally have the chance to regain control.
If AI hasn’t changed your life by 2025, it almost certainly will in the year ahead. This is one of…
My weirdest Christmas: I sat in a desk chair watching the strangest movie I’ve ever seen.
In 2022, I was living in a flat above a chicken shop in north London with two flatmates and a…
Spain’s socialists lost support in the regional election while the far right gained ground.
Spain’s ruling Socialist Workers’ party (PSOE), already struggling amid a series of corruption and sexual harassment scandals, has suffered another…
Major companies are scaling back their public support for Pride events.
The UK’s largest companies are significantly reducing their public backing for Pride events, according to a Guardian analysis, raising concerns…
Danish and Greenlandic leaders have a message for Donald Trump: you cannot annex other countries.
The prime ministers of Denmark and Greenland have reaffirmed their commitment to territorial sovereignty after Donald Trump appointed a special…
Christmas is a time for forgiveness. But is saying “sorry” enough?
It’s a strange season to talk about forgiveness. While streets glow with fairy lights and shop windows suggest compassion is…