An apocryphal quote from Uncle Joe Stalin was that artists in the Soviet Union should be the ‘engineers of human souls’.

Brains are indeed fascinating. They are also still mysterious. And they can also be confusing. I was reminded of this during ...

Two books I read in my teens made me want to be a writer. One, Nick Hornby’s Fever Pitch, appeared when I was in the third ...

The UK is in a dark place, but surely it couldn’t reach the point of civil war? Don’t be so sure. To discuss the possibility ...

If ever there were a week for me to commit a crime, this was it. The Sentencing Council – which advises judges on how long ...

Calle Londres 38 is the address in Santiago of one of the notorious detention centres where the government of the Chilean ...

James Heale is correct to call it that — is, more importantly, a victory for the new style of Toryism the shadow justice ...

When President Trump held up an easel in the White House Rose Garden illustrating each country’s ‘tariffs charged to the USA’ ...

In his address to the 61st Munich Security Conference, American Vice President, JD Vance, said of the magic of democracy: He ...

It’s all kicking off in Bristol. On Friday, Reform UK announced that the multimillionaire Arron Banks was going to be their ...

Patrick Harvie has today announced – and not a moment too soon – that he will step down as co-leader of the Scottish Greens ...

Donald Trump is set to take his tariff war global. At 9 p.m. UK time (4 p.m. in Washington), the American President will ...