Rather than a relic of the past, Britain’s best known classist sees the ancient world as a powerful tool for understanding the present. By NS Podcasts Rather than a relic of the past, Mary Beard sees ...

Nicola Sturgeon’s now estranged husband has brought shame on the SNP By Chris Deerin Peter Murrell was never one for the public eye. He was the archetypal backroom operator, forever lurking in the ...

Inside Andy Burnham’s leadership bid – and the campaigns underway to stop him By Ailbhe Rea As Keir Starmer looked around his cabinet table on Tuesday morning, he met the gazes of people who had told ...

In the mad world of the British far right, faith and thuggery jostle for attention By Emily Lawford On the road to Parliament Square, men kept stopping Kate to tell her she was beautiful. She was a ...

If Andy Burnham succeeds in the Makerfield by-election next month, Labour will immediately face a new challenge: a Greater ...

The UK is deploying facial recognition and AI tools at scale. The law is playing catch up By Rhi Storer In April, the Home Office announced £115m of new funding to create the “Police.AI” centre. Its ...

In her novels, trauma is never far away – but her new book lays it on thick By Ellen Peirson-Hagger The protagonist of The Things We Never Say, Elizabeth Strout’s 11th novel, is a 57-year-old ...

The controversial star’s conversion is more cult-like than Christlike By Pippa Bailey The cover of Russell Brand’s How to Become a Christian in 7 Days features a swarm of flies, corralled into the ...

The government is leaning into a row it previously shied away from By Ethan Croft The government has caused some excitement today as it plans to use “Henry VIII powers” (secondary legislation) to ...

Energy policy has left us perilously exposed to global shocks By Dieter Helm When Israel and the US attacked Iran, there were bound to be consequences for the countries that depended on Gulf oil and ...

In his new book, Reform’s in-house academic set out to articulate his ideas. He produced trash By John Merrick Let’s get this out of the way early: Matt Goodwin’s new vanity press-published book, ...

Exclusive polling shows how late the Gorton and Denton by-election was decided By Ben Walker Campaign strategists still behave as if elections are settled months in advance, with party loyalties fixed ...