Reform UK’s leader refuses to answer questions about his abusive behaviour, claiming there’s ‘no evidence’. We talk to victims and witnesses Nigel Farage has denied – albeit through a spokesperson – that he ever said anything racist or antisemitic when he was a teenager. The Guardian has spoken to 20 […]
Year: 2025
A moment of peril demands a new approach – on everything from funding to the BBC charter Pat Younge is the chair of the British Broadcasting Challenge We have not been here before. The BBC is used to coming under pressure from political parties, well-funded pressure groups and powerful newspaper […]
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say Krista Pawloski remembers the single defining moment that shaped her opinion on the ethics of artificial intelligence. As an AI worker on Amazon Mechanical […]
From the outside, the run-up to Rachel Reeves’s announcement has looked chaotic, and many see the future of the chancellor and PM in the balance Every budget could be described, to a greater or lesser extent, as a high-stakes moment. Things can easily go badly wrong, as Gordon Brown discovered […]
Team refuse on a point of principle to rein themselves in but latest batting collapse lays bare glaring weaknesses It is the UK that is living through a cold snap, but in balmy Perth they were playing in a snow globe. The scenery was static, solid, but everything else was […]
From Claire Foy’s Anne Boleyn in Wolf Hall to Adriana in The Sopranos, we meet the actors who had to bump off TV legends … and then face the wrath of the public Talk about being a pantomime villain. It’s unpopular enough playing the antagonist who murders a long-running TV […]
Wyndham’s theatre, LondonBryan Cranston, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Paapa Essiedu and Hayley Squires achieve theatrical alchemy in Ivo van Hove’s superb production In 2014 Ivo van Hove’s Young Vic staging of Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge drew comparisons to monumental Greek drama. Lightning has struck twice with this magnificent, shuddering […]
To prevent a future pandemic we’d need agile leadership, smart decision-making, humility and trustworthiness. How does one build those into a political system? It feels as though a collective amnesia has set in around Covid-19. We all just want to move forward and pretend it didn’t happen. But, as the […]
People love to complain about small talk – but it’s a great way to build rapport and dip your toe into deeper topics Tell us: what are the best and worst gifts you’ve ever received? The holidays are around the corner. As we get ready to mix, mingle and carouse, […]
Ukraine could be forced into an agreement but plan as it stands seems too bizarre for Zelenskyy to sell to his public We’ve been here before: the Trump administration announces a roadmap towards peace in Ukraine that seems to be dramatically skewed towards Moscow’s demands; Volodymyr Zelenskyy gets on the […]