Prime minister faces a choice between high tariffs or giving up cheap oil, putting New Delhi’s non-alignment policy under severe strain The relationship between India and the US is facing one of its most significant challenges in decades, as the Trump administration doubles down on its demands that India stop […]
Month: August 2025
The science and statistics around Letby’s case are brilliantly unpacked by this considered programme. By its end, you are filled with questions When three times more babies than expected die on a neonatal ward and one nurse is on duty during those deaths, it’s got to be pretty much an […]
Ferrand-Prévot recovers from error on first descent French president Macron calls with congratulations Pauline Ferrand-Prévot confirmed an exuberant overall win in the Tour de France Femmes in style, with her second mountain-stage win in Châtel Les Portes du Soleil. Amid euphoric scenes, Ferrand-Prévot, gold medallist at the Paris Olympics last […]
This tale of animals nurturing offspring runs from orphaned lion cubs to cannibal child spiders. It’s the crustaceans that make for some of the most ingenious footage, though There must be a rule printed on parchment somewhere at the BBC that says all big wildlife documentaries must feature a sweeping […]
Board continues to show live updates in Jeremy Hosking’s storage space which will open to public next weekend In a cavernous concrete warehouse on an industrial estate outside Margate in Kent, an enormous screen flickers, day and night, telling the times of train services from north London to Manchester Piccadilly […]
To give up drinking once seemed unthinkable – and when I finally made the leap, it didn’t go quite as expected Everyone needs a hobby, and for 40 years mine was booze. I was 17 when I drank enough to throw up for the first time, and 57 when I […]
Since her arrival at the Wall Street Journal, British editor-in-chief Emma Tucker has shaken up not only her own newsroom but also the White House The danger posed to Donald Trump was obvious. It was a story that not only drew attention to his links to a convicted sex offender, […]
It wasn’t the first hit memoir to tell a story of redemption inspired by the great outdoors – but could it become one of the last? Authors and publishers assess the damage When The Salt Path came out in 2018, it was a publishing phenomenon, going on to sell more […]
An experienced clinician in prosthetics, Jim Ashworth-Beaumont found himself the perfect guinea pig for a radical new option for amputees When the air ambulance brought Jim Ashworth-Beaumont to King’s College hospital in south-east London, nobody thought he had a hope. He had been cycling home when a lorry driver failed […]
A good crisp should be dangerously moreish – but which were perfectly seasoned and crunchy, and which weren’t worth their salt? • ‘A sure-fire summer hit’: 10 refreshing alternatives to Aperol spritz ‘What I’ve learned today,” says my friend Lucy, stepping firmly away from the crisp buffet, “is that you […]