So far not a single target of the plan has been met. As negotiators convene for Cop17, the pressure is on to find a way to honour the commitments made at previous summits Cop17 at a glance: everything you need to know about the UN’s nature summit Passersby could smell […]
While the party’s MPs went into hiding, it was left to its failed byelection candidate Matt Goodwin to defend it It was the dog that didn’t bark in the night. After Sunday night’s ITV exposé of widespread racism and misogyny within Reform, you might have expected one of its MPs […]
Dulwich Picture Gallery, LondonWith its helpless rowers, naked river-crossers and snowbound tea-drinkers, this magnificent series is a warning to put your faith in the essential and enduring The giant wave’s foaming white summit spreads high over the heads of the helpless souls huddled in their long thin boats, crackling into […]
Twenty years ago, if a pregnant woman had asked for a C-section because of her fears over poor staffing levels, midwives would have thought she was over-anxious. Now, it seems like a depressingly realist position The classic way to outrage someone who’s pregnant is to touch their stomach without asking. […]
From rent strikes to squatting, a new show reveals how people have managed to keep a roof over their head in London – and the mould and astronomical rents that persist Charles Booth’s pioneering poverty maps of Victorian London show a vivid colour-coded warren of streets, alleyways and slums tightly […]
The show depicts prisons as places characterised by violence and isolation, with no focus on rehabilitation. It’s depressingly accurate Alex South is a former prison officer and the author of the memoir Behind These Doors The new series of Time is not an easy watch. The opening seconds of Jimmy […]
In the face of terrible crises, it can feel right to shock people into action. But what if that has the opposite effect? These days, it’s easy to succumb to hopelessness. Whether you’re thinking about the climate crisis, the prospect of AI apocalypse, war or political turmoil, the list of […]
It’s a perfect storm of protesters with heartfelt grievances and others set on conflict. The key here is the sense of betrayal that united them on the streets The first thing I learned on the streets of Paris this weekend is that there is no arguing with teargas. I arrived […]
The racist murder of a British Bengali schoolboy was a landmark moment. Now campaigners seek to build a multiracial alliance to combat the challenges of today “For my brother Ahmed, British values meant standing up for others. It was doing right. It was supporting and looking after the underdog, whoever […]
Facing a slump in the polls, Argentina’s president is making economic attacks on the islands’ oil industry, and suggesting its key fisheries industry could be next A dozen local people and a uniformed military police officer (“Do you mind if I sit in?”) took their seats at the back of […]