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How a centuries-old institution can save today’s faltering social media culture.

Elon Musk’s ruin of Twitter has been a boon for the newsletter platform, which is reshaping the market for the written word.

Whether sketching in bomb shelters or escaping the capital with unruly pets, Ukrainian illustrators and artists bear witness to the fear, heroism and solidarity of their countrymen – and issue an…

The musician on why Morrissey matters, his deepening faith and grieving for his sons.

Russia’s war in Ukraine poses a grave threat to Nato’s eastern states. As Britain doubles its military presence in Estonia, the dread of the Cold War is returning – and the West is braced for conflict…

Olaf Scholz’s progressive government has been strong domestically but mixed abroad.

Deep and lasting connection comes in many forms: we need a new vocabulary to talk about love.

Rage aimed at the eminent international relations scholar reflects liberal frustration over the West's limited power to prevent Russia's war in Ukraine.

Ukrainians are showing Vladimir Putin, and the world, what nationhood should mean

For the first time since 1989, central and eastern states are spearheading the continent’s response to a major crisis.

Thirty years ago, the philosopher Judith Butler, now 64, published a book that revolutionised popular attitudes on gender. Gender Trouble, the work she is perhaps best known for, introduced ideas of…

Over the next two weeks, the boards of BAE Systems, AstraZeneca, Glencore, Flutter Entertainment and the London Stock Exchange all face the possibility of shareholder revolts over executive pay at…

The war in Ukraine has taken us into a new, dark period of history – and democracy seems ever more fragile.

“Every year politicians repeat ‘never again’,” Volodymyr Zelensky chided the Bundestag on 17 March. “And now, we see that these words simply mean nothing.”

The OED’s task – to define every part of the world’s most spoken language – is as ambitious as it was 150 years ago.