George Osborne has called for the UK to rejoin the EU customs union and increase trade.
Former chancellor George Osborne said Britain’s economy had “fallen off a cliff” since Brexit and that rejoining the European Union’s…
I was hit by an emotional hurricane': Esther Freud, Deborah Levy and other novelists revisit their childhood homes
‘People return to their childhood homes to revisit earlier versions of themselves.’ — Psychotherapist and author Julia Samuel Julia Samuel,…
Who are the 514 people accused of starting wildfires in France, and what are their motives?
One is a 15-year-old boy who threw a lit cigarette into a wood near Bordeaux. Another is a 36-year-old man…
Voting is underway in Sweden, with the far right hoping to enter government for the first time.
Voting is under way in Sweden in a high-stakes election that could bring the far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) into government…
Warning: our democracy won't survive the death of reading. Read on if you still can | John Harris
Imagine this: by chance, your TikTok feed shows you footage of the fascists who recently held highly organised demonstrations in…
The fight to save rural France's dying heart: the village bistro
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Putin would rather keep killing than admit he's lost. As Ukraine faces a winter of misery, NATO must step in | Simon Tisdall
Ukraine’s people face a winter from hell. Having failed on the battlefield, Russia is now launching systematic daily attacks on…
You start to worry you'll never listen to anything else': 25 years of Can't Get You Out of My Head, the song that saw the future of pop
Around the release of Pet Shop Boys’ 1988 album Introspective, Neil Tennant coined the term “imperial phase” to describe a…
Sweden's very tight election could bring the far right into government.
Sweden votes on Sunday in a very close election. If the country’s right-wing parties can win a majority, the far…
Nearly 50,000 Yemeni civilians have fled as Houthi forces advance along the Red Sea coast.
Nearly 50,000 people have fled a sudden advance by Houthi forces in western Yemen, leaving entire villages empty and families…