Here’s how Germany can protect its democracy – banning the AfD isn’t the solution | Timothy Garton Ash
Far-right nationalist populist parties are gaining ground everywhere from Washington to Warsaw. So why be so alarmed about a small…
'Everyone thought it was a poop emoji!' 27 writers on the best cake of their lives
A Sorting Hat sponge cake The Sorting Hat sponge I made for my son’s Harry Potter party isn’t the best…
Jonathan Franzen: 'It's still a mystery to me why I was angry for so long'
When HBO dropped its plan to adapt Jonathan Franzen’s bestselling novel The Corrections in 2012, the author was so relieved…
Don't be afraid to be masculine, laugh more, and call your mum: letters to our sons, by Stephen Graham, Riz Ahmed, Danny Dyer and other wise men
Hello, champ. What can I say? From the moment you and your sister were born, my heart has been full…
A software error caused flight chaos for hundreds of thousands of people in a millisecond.
A software defect in part of the UK’s air traffic control system corrupted flight data “in the space of a…
Russians are voting in an election overshadowed by the war in Ukraine and Putin's tightening grip on power.
Russians are voting to elect a new State Duma in a tightly controlled election with no real competition and a…
‘Run! Get away!’: witnesses describe Israeli ‘double tap’ strike that killed a child and a medic in Gaza
Mohammad Abdul Zinati was walking home from school through the rubble of Salah Khalaf Street in northern Gaza City when…
'A map is never neutral': meet the cartographers who challenged centuries of Western bias
Three cartographers have expressed surprise that the UN has adopted their map almost universally. The map was designed to show…
Paul, John… and Yvonne? The French novelist asks: what if a woman had written the Beatles' greatest hits?
Relations between France and England have rarely looked better. The recent loan of the Bayeux Tapestry has become a symbol…
'I toured with a hole in my brain. I don't regret a thing': punk duo Lambrini Girls on fighting extreme times with extreme measures
to encapsulate the imperialist settlement, which was really important to do.” She is encouraged to see more artists speaking out…