Patriotic myths are exploded in a vivid pageturner, which considers the Company as a forerunner of modern multinationals, ‘too big to fail’ About a century ago, a series of giant murals was unveiled ...

Technology is making impressive inroads into cancer treatment, saving lives and money The tumour is hard to miss on the scan. The size of a golf ball, it sits bold and white on the brain stem, a part ...

Two out of three prisoners are forced to work, in what is often referred to as modern day slavery Susan Dokken, who is in a halfway house re-entry program in California, worked throughout her sentence ...

Downing Street says Moscow behind calls to British defence secretary and home secretary last week The Russian state was responsible for hoax calls to Ben Wallace and Priti Patel, pretending to be the ...

In an extract from former editor James Brown’s memoir, he remembers the chaotic, drug-fuelled chaos of working on the original 90s lads’ mag Interview: ‘We flew so close to the sun our trainers melted ...

Co-parenting lesbian polar bears become the only LGBTQ+ characters in the show’s 18-year history Worldwide children’s TV sensation Peppa Pig has added a same-sex couple to its cast of characters. It ...

The author’s new Robert Galbraith novel, Troubled Blood, has faced accusations of transphobia JK Rowling has said that the character of Dennis Creed, the serial killer in her new novel who has ...

A slimline Geraint Thomas has said he has nothing to prove to Sir Dave Brailsford as he attempts to end his season with the perfect tonic. The Welshman believes he has rediscovered his best form after ...

In this week’s newsletter: The baroque Brixton band came out of nowhere to be one of indie’s hottest new acts – but is there more to their hype than there seems? If you regularly loiter in the indiest ...

Detained UK-Iranian dual national has been victim of torture, says psychiatrists’ report Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe “is in urgent need of psychiatric support” and has been the victim of torture, a ...

The poet Brendan Kennelly, who has died aged 85, invited readers to embrace and understand their polar opposites. His most ambitious and controversial work, Cromwell (1983), addressed the archetypal ...

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