In this age of lies and delusions, the trickster may seem to be a peculiarly modern creature, but he or she is almost as old ...

Giorgia Meloni has emerged as one of the most significant politicians in Europe since she became Italy’s first female prime ...

It’s hard to classify this thought-provoking book – part memoir, part philosophical exploration, but mostly a deeply ...

The Boys, the entertaining debut novel by the literary critic Leo Robson, is set in Swiss Cottage during the 2012 London ...

Since Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000, the Russian press has been slowly, methodically strangled, which has forced ...

Nathalia Holt’s book begins irresistibly. The year is 1928. Two sons of Theodore Roosevelt called Ted and Kermit – yes I know ...

When Elon Musk tweeted his vision for an ‘America Party’, he ignited a firestorm of hope and scepticism. The idea was ...

Uh oh. After Sir Keir Starmer’s embarrassing U-turn on his government’s welfare bill last night – where changes to Personal ...

Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, 46, shed a single tear from the front row of the government benches in ...

It was already a bad enough week for the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and the Chancellor Rachel Reeves, what with the ...

All is not well on the Labour front benches. As Sir Keir Starmer defends his welfare U-turn in the Commons – after last night ...

The scenes of a tearful Rachel Reeves are all anyone is likely to remember from yesterday’s Prime Minister’s Questions. The ...