Culture
Politics
Tech
Investigations
Stewart Lee
Apr 14, 2026
•
8 min read
Novelist Krisztián Marton was contemplating leaving his country under the oppressive Fidesz government. Then came a vote, an agonising wait – and a message of unity from the winner he had hardly dared hope for
14 min read
Hungary’s new PM has described his predecessor’s funding of propaganda bodies as criminal and vowed to investigate. This could be bad news for ultraconservatives in the UK – and around the rest of the world, writes Alice McCool
Apr 12, 2026
9 min read
Despite the debacle in Iran, a president at war has several pressure points at his disposal to postpone, restrict and ultimately cancel democracy, writes the historian
Apr 10, 2026
There used to be some sense that killing a reporter would mean serious consequences. Now that understanding has vanished, writes the BBC’s world affairs editor
The best culture to enjoy this week – from Carey Mulligan in the second series of Beef to the surrealism of Leonora Carrington – as seen and chosen for you by our team of editors and writers
11 min read
Obviously, rap stars advertising swastika T-shirts during the Super Bowl is unacceptable. There seem to be different rules for another kind of racism in Britain
10 min read
The council’s initial children’s services contract with Peter Thiel’s AI firm caused an outcry. Now the deal has been renewed – with a 50% price rise and a new campaign to stop it, reports Max Colbert
12 min read
The award-winning author of Empire of Pain on the importance of long form journalism, the joy of doing his job – and why his new title feels like his most intimate yet
Apr 2, 2026
The prime minister has swept all before him for 16 years. But now his authoritarian facade is crumbling – and a challenger is offering a hope we had all but abandoned, writes novelist Krisztián Marton
Feb 13, 2026
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-long project that cloaked eugenics, race science and sexual misconduct in Ivy League respectability
Mar 13, 2026
Experts say that claims UK data remains under government ownership miss the point that the company has the capability to build its own detailed picture of the British population, and even infer state secrets. Report by Charlie Young and Carole Cadwalladr
Mar 24, 2026
The Reform UK candidate’s polemic Suicide of a Nation claims to expose a toxic elite leading Britain to annihilation, but my close reading revealed a mix of phantom sources and falsehoods. Then MattGPT answered back... By Andy Twelves
The French film-maker, whose new movie, The Stranger, is out next week, talks to Ellen E Jones about stars, politics, Camus and the Cure
7 min read
The sculptor’s joyous, organic creations, repurposed and reimagined from everyday objects, speak to each other beautifully in her new exhibition, writes Emily LaBarge
Apr 8, 2026
As a 13-year-old in Saudi, Arwa Haider wore the band’s T-shirts under her abaya. Now a new book and gigs by the duo, and a major exhibition on youth culture, are shining a light on the overlooked power of fandom
3 min read
A fresh, seasonal spring pasta dish from social media star and recipe developer Beth Adamson (aka @boroughchef)
Mar 27, 2026
4 min read
The London restaurateur and ‘queen of Kurdish cooking’ shares a hearty spring recipe from her debut cookbook
The novelist, cook and food writer shares a vibrant dish from her inventive new book
Mar 6, 2026
5 min read
The London-based chef and restaurateur shares her addictive, easy-cook recipe for Vietnamese cà ri gà
