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Elif Shafak
Jules Verne’s dystopia was a world without humanities. Don’t let it come true
Thu 5 Feb 2026
Simon Barnes
‘Speed is for losers’: my week as a brown-throated three-toed sloth
Tue 3 Feb 2026
Will Hutton
As its unicorns falter, China eyes UK’s surging tech dragons
Sun 1 Feb 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Reform is turning into a recycling centre for toxic Tories
Sun 1 Feb 2026
Kenan Malik
Britain’s deprived areas need attention for their own sake, not merely to beat Reform
Sun 1 Feb 2026
Séamas O'Reilly
A fond fatherly farewell
Sat 31 Jan 2026
Lucien Young
Xi doesn’t worry about backbenchers or rude questions from Beth Rigby
Sat 31 Jan 2026
John Naughton
‘AI swarms’ are mass-producing misinformation. Democracy may get stung
Fri 30 Jan 2026
John Niven
When bands play live for the love of it, it’s priceless
Fri 30 Jan 2026
Simon Barnes
My week as a song thrush
Tue 27 Jan 2026
Andrew Anthony
Katie Miller, Maga podcaster and flag-toting chaos queen
Mon 26 Jan 2026
Melanie Reid
I am trapped, paralysed and fighting chronic pain – let me decide when it ends
Mon 26 Jan 2026
Lucien Young
Dear Keir: I have been forced into endless U-turns and now poll worse than most STIs
Sun 25 Jan 2026
Giles Whittell
Rumours of realpolitik were rife at Davos. Thank heavens for Matt Damon
Sun 25 Jan 2026
Kenan Malik
The New Right’s vision of community depends on obedience
Sat 24 Jan 2026
Séamas O’Reilly
Snookered by my brothers
Sat 24 Jan 2026
Philip Collins
Mark Carney’s Davos speech was a masterclass. History will decide how great it was
Sat 24 Jan 2026
Frank Skinner
I winced when Brooklyn pressed the Insta button
Sat 24 Jan 2026
Róisín Lanigan
London isn’t a hellhole but its tourist sites are
Fri 23 Jan 2026
John Naughton
Guess who the US military just recruited? Private AI
Fri 23 Jan 2026
Sarah Manavis
Sympathy for the rebel Beckham, who has always been tabloid fodder
Wed 21 Jan 2026
Simon Barnes
My week as a bolas spider
Tue 20 Jan 2026
Eva Wiseman
Why sunbeds need a roasting
Tue 20 Jan 2026
Harriet Meyer
Human intelligence: How to use AI to plan your holiday
Mon 19 Jan 2026
Marie Le Conte
Snooker is like a large-scale piece of experimental theatre
Mon 19 Jan 2026
Kenan Malik
The left and right are spinning Iran’s story for their own ends
Sun 18 Jan 2026
Séamas O’Reilly
Fit and 40? I’m working on it
Sat 17 Jan 2026
Róisín Lanigan
We’ve all gone nuts for pistachio – but I’ve had my fill
Fri 16 Jan 2026
John Naughton
The UK is wedded to US tech. Time for a divorce
Fri 16 Jan 2026
Erica Wagner
Hamnet and Marty Supreme are all vibe, no story. Hollywood has lost the plot
Fri 16 Jan 2026
Lucien Young
Dear Nigel: When a woman asks if she’s being too something, the answer is yes
Thu 15 Jan 2026
Eva Wiseman
Why skin positivity is having a bumpy ride
Wed 14 Jan 2026
Martha Gill
The fortunes of the bus may finally be turning around
Wed 14 Jan 2026
Simon Barnes
My week as a grey whale
Mon 12 Jan 2026
Kenan Malik
Trump has laid bare the myth of a rules-based order
Sun 11 Jan 2026
Marie le Conte
Big paintings, little dots – I find neo-impressionism utterly pointless
Sat 10 Jan 2026
Frank Skinner
Life is for grabbing by the Bazballs
Sat 10 Jan 2026
Lucien Young
Dear Keir: If international law were a football team, I’d be at every match … but Gaza, Venezuela
Fri 9 Jan 2026
John Naughton
Tesla is being overtaken, but its shares are still in top gear
Fri 9 Jan 2026
John Niven
Time has caught up on Tiger Woods – and it’s cost me
Fri 9 Jan 2026
Sarah Manavis
Why I’m warming to saunas
Thu 8 Jan 2026
Martha Gill
Criminals are restyling Britain’s barbers as hairdressers are forced to cut back
Wed 7 Jan 2026
Bernard Gray
US tanker seizure leaves Nato with a sinking feeling
Wed 7 Jan 2026
Simon Barnes
My week as an adder
Tue 6 Jan 2026
William Keegan
The government’s fear of rejection should not scupper a return to the EU family
Sun 4 Jan 2026
Kenan Malik
Stripping citizenship with such ease tears at the moral fabric of society
Sun 4 Jan 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Chatter of dethroning the prime minister is easy. Doing so is much harder
Sun 4 Jan 2026
Erica Wagner
A show left me lost in space and time... much like Nasa's jettisoned library
Sat 3 Jan 2026
Lucien Young
Dear Keir: My resolution? Reverse my political fortunes
Sat 3 Jan 2026
Séamas O’Reilly
Book of the year? Ask my son
Sat 3 Jan 2026
John Naughton
AI has a ‘provenance problem’. Here’s how to avoid it
Sat 3 Jan 2026
Will Hutton
In capitalism’s casino, tech is a surer bet for Keir Starmer
Sat 3 Jan 2026
Eva Wiseman
Damned lyes and statistics: the truth about hair relaxers
Fri 2 Jan 2026
Róisín Lanigan
My New Year plea: let’s all start posting online again
Thu 1 Jan 2026
Lucien Young
When you’re prime minister, you have 70 million backseat drivers
Tue 30 Dec 2025
Simon Barnes
My week as a Hercules beetle
Tue 30 Dec 2025
Melanie Reid
Why I’m glass half full in January
Mon 29 Dec 2025
Marie Le Conte
I prepared for underwhelm, but Caravaggio’s Cupid pierced my heart
Sun 28 Dec 2025
Kenan Malik
We’re ‘bowling alone’ politically when we should be rallying for change
Sun 28 Dec 2025
