extortion

A deadly imitation game: the fate of the British teenager who posed as a Russian oligarch’s son

18 April 2026 9:00 am

Patrick Radden Keefe investigates the mystery of Zac Brettler’s fall from the balcony of a luxury riverside apartment into the Thames one November night in 2019

The crude tirades of Cicero the demagogue

25 January 2025 9:00 am

Far from being a crusader for virtue, the Roman statesman is seen as a violent firebrand, disregarding the law when it suited him and laying the groundwork for Julius Caesar’s assassination