How much worse can it get?
The hero of many of Ford’s novels, Frank, now 74, is still trying to bond with his son Paul, who has been diagnosed with an incurable neurodegenerative condition
A whale of a problem
Restoring the painting ‘View of Scheveningen Sands’, an art conservationist uncovers a vital detail, leading her to regret the pact she once made with her husband
Deep mysteries
On 11 June 1930, William Beebe and Otis Barton descended into the Caribbean depths to glimpse a world no man had seen before
When the going was good
Though she photographed many society figures of the 1930s, Ker-Seymer lacked ambition and remains largely unknown – as she herself seems to have wanted
Sic transit gloria mundi
Katherine Pangonis also traces the histories of Tyre, Antioch, Syracuse and Ravenna, once proud centres of government, trade and culture
The lure of red gold
The Atlantic Bluefin Tuna has the misfortune to taste so good that it has been hunted for millennia, and stocks are now dangerously depleted
The devil comes calling
The sinister Sergeant Bertrand arrives in a ‘provincial, mediocre’ Russian town to wreak havoc in the lives of a couple mourning the loss of their son
A talent to abuse
The nonagenarian’s critical faculties are as sharp as ever in these imaginary letters addressed to Kingsley Amis, Jonathan Miller, Doris Lessing and many others
A lurid fascination
After months of conversations with Ireland’s most notorious murderer, Mark O’Connell got both more and less than he bargained for, says Frances Wilson
Russian sanctions are hurting Putin’s enemies
‘Ukrainians fight for their homeland, Russians fight for Putin’s ambitions’, declared the TV presenter on his YouTube channel earlier this…
Have the Tories given up?
When confronted with a list of problems and setbacks afflicting the Government, a minister recently told me: ‘The darkest hour…
Will Scottish junior doctors accept Humza’s record pay deal?
As of this afternoon, the junior doctor strikes in Scotland have been called off. Today, the Scottish government and the…
Starving the cat: how ESG kills freedom
Our four dogs really really wanted to kill our cat. From their perspective, one day they were the supreme pack doted upon…
Why Dutton needs coal not renewables or nuclear
Yesterday, Opposition leader Peter Dutton called for Australia to embrace nuclear power to secure a clean, cost-effective, consistent electricity supply. …
Aboriginal cricket tour of 1868 the start of reconciliation
Tom Will won hearts pioneering indigenous cricket
SNP calls for drugs to be decriminalised
It’s Humza Yousaf’s 100th day in office today. So what better way to mark this milestone than with a fresh…
The housing crash we’re heading for might not be the one you think
Are house prices falling? The Halifax house price index, published today, is finally showing a significant year on year fall:…
What if Boris Johnson was still prime minister?
It’s one year today since Boris Johnson resigned as prime minister, following mass resignations in the ministerial ranks. At the…
Spare us from Keir Starmer’s vacuous education pledges
Keir Starmer clearly does not abide by the principle ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’. On the contrary, with…
The Kremlin is trying to humiliate Prigozhin
When corrupt Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was toppled in 2014, his private estate at Mezhyhirya turned out to contain an…
Why won’t James Cleverly stand up to Iran?
The Foreign Office is making a big mistake in failing to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a terrorist…
Has Humza Yousaf achieved anything in his first 100 days?
Perhaps Humza Yousaf’s greatest achievement in his first 100 days as First Minister is that he has survived them. Since succeeding…
Humza Yousaf’s first 100 days
Today marks Humza Yousaf’s 100 days as First Minister, yet not even that has gone right: the nationalist leader has…
Broken dreams
Interviewing the Continent’s refugees and poorest rural inhabitants, Ben Judah reveals a world far removed from Brussels politics or Eurovision optimism