Can Andy Burnham charm Donald Trump? Lessons have been learned from Keir Starmer’s rocky relationship with the US President By Ethan Croft and Megan Kenyon Ahead of Keir Starmer’s first public meeting ...

Exclusive new research reveals we value robust debate – we just can’t do it By Rachel Cunliffe When was the last time you had a proper disagreement? And how did it make you feel afterwards? We’re not ...

A new show strays into high camp as it imagines Britain on the brink of annihilation By Nicholas Harris Do you really like watching the news? Do you most like watching when the news is bad news? Do ...

Could the leader of the Workers Party kill Zack Polanski’s by-election chances? By Ben Walker George Galloway has announced that he is going to run as a candidate in the upcoming Holborn and St ...

Labour’s Holborn and St Pancras candidate on the race to replace Keir Starmer By Megan Kenyon As she walked to work through King’s Cross during the austerity years of the 2010s, Sagal Abdi-Wali began ...

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Lance Hammer’s film doesn’t attempt to be heartwarming By David Sexton Do you want to see a truly bleak film about dementia and the end of life? Is it possible actually to enjoy such a production?

I still remember vividly my grandad’s descent – the gradual loss of comprehension, the withdrawal, sudden flashes of life By Tom McTague It was early Monday afternoon when I heard the news about Andy ...

As Austen mania returns, the 1995 classic still shines for its wit, romance and sisterhood By Pamela Hutchinson We are all Janeites now. Jane Austen mania reigns, with more film and TV adaptations ...

It has long been fashionable for politicians and commentators to worry about the “Americanisation” of British politics. Concerns of this nature date back more than a century, to debates about ...

Politics is lousy with bookworms. But are they reading the good stuff? By Bethany Elliott The reading habits of politicians, like their sexual proclivities, are largely hidden from public view until ...

The case has unleashed an avalanche of personal stories from struggling mothers and reckless conspiracies By Jill Filipovic Closing arguments began on Thursday 27 August in the trial of Lindsay Clancy ...