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Given the constant flow of bad news – recession nearing, markets tanking, federal agencies run amok – a victory in court for a news wire service...
The start of the second Trump administration has been chaotic, to put it mildly. It is difficult for Americans to understand what exactly the...
Some time in the early years of the last decade, a friend and I travelled by train from London to Barcelona, where we would be covering a football...
In the past week, the global economy has changed and not for the better. But apparently we will have to wait until after the election for the...
Donald Trump’s decision to impose a 125% tariff on Chinese imports into the US has raised stakes in the struggle between the world’s two biggest...
Like many scientists, I came to the US as a young adult, driven by idealism and ambition. I arrived with all my belongings contained in two...
What does it take for the British government to express genuine outrage over the conduct of Israel? The extermination of tens of thousands of...
I joined the Scottish Conservatives in 2015, back around the time when David Cameron was still hugging hoodies. By that point, he had pushed equal...
Whatever Britain’s relationship with the US under Donald Trump might be, it should not be called an alliance. That word implies common goals,...
As financial markets continue to see-saw in the face of inflation and the US administration’s attempt to hold the world hostage with their tariffs,...
As Australian doctors strike for safer working conditions – and are publicly undermined or quietly punished for doing so – I have to ask: who...
In the first week of January, I received a letter from the Berlin Immigration Office, informing me that I had lost my right of freedom of movement...
Excuse me for a moment while I clamber on top of my high horse to deliver an important public safety announcement: stop buying enormous cars!...
Making America great again was never a promise Donald Trump could deliver on, nor one that he intended to. That said, he has undoubtedly thrust the...
In western academia, everything began with philosophy. Ever since, especially since the Enlightenment and the scientific revolution of the 17th...
Responding to the first NHS long-term workforce plan, in 2023, the King’s Fund thinktank described staff shortages and gaps in England as amounting...
While running for president, Donald Trump promised voters “the largest deportation operation in American history”. Now he wants to deliver....
Exactly a month ago, you were taken from me. This is the longest we have been apart since we got married. I miss you more and more every day and as...
Trade Wars, Episode V: The Empire Shoots Itself in the Foot. As the world financial markets fail to appreciate his genius, tariff-excreting...
Late one evening, I am reflecting on my inpatient list. The first patient, a middle-aged man, has been admitted with an “all-over” rash. Since...
There’s been a lot of doom-mongering about tariffs recently, hasn’t there? Oh no, my life savings are going to get wiped out and I’m never going...
Seven and three-quarters hours into his 25-hour speech on the Senate floor, the New Jersey Democrat Cory Booker uttered the word “Gaza”. He was not...
When the initial news of the executions of eight paramedics from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and the disappearance of one more...
Crises suit him – whether in Southport, Ukraine or the White House. Facing the headwinds of the Donald Trump storm, Keir Starmer’s “we have your...
One of the first things I noticed when I sat down to watch the eagerly awaited third series of The White Lotus was the birdsong. The distinctive...
Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias were the leading cause of death in Britain in 2021 (followed by Covid-19 and heart disease), and a top 10...
It’s not the first time that the justice system has been accused of going to the dogs – but it may be the first time it’s been meant literally....
I’ve often heard parents describing exam season as like going into a war, or an incredibly harsh winter, for the entire family. Not just the person...
What is the point of street protest? This is the question I asked myself as I rode the bus downtown to San Francisco city hall, where activists...
It’s taken years to get here, but Labor’s election pledge to make household batteries cheaper is a significant step forward that should cut climate...
At times my work takes me to the big city and the tall buildings where people with power make decisions that affect the rest of us. While I am...
It’s less than a week since Donald Trump’s sensational announcement that he was unilaterally ending the world’s trading system with the...
When the first season of The White Lotus arrived, it took a while to notice how dazzlingly political it was. The director, Mike White, has since...
Inspired by a curiosity to factcheck my own feelings, I’ve been tracking my mood: Far too often a bad day can feel like a permanent state rather...
Universities in the US are under attack. While the Trump administration pretends to punish them for their alleged compliance with or support for “...
Graphic images. Distressing footage. Blurred-out posts that only clicking a consent button will reveal. For a year and a half now, disclaimers have...