‘I was much more disposable than I believed’: an interview with Boris Johnson
The former prime minister sounds like a man with unfinished business in politics
United kingdom
Thursday
This has been an awful year for the royals
King Charles’s speech was as telling for what was not said as for what was
‘I will die protecting this country’: Kemi Badenoch on where she plans to take the Tories
‘I will die protecting this country’
Tuesday
Christmas on patrol with the Royal Navy’s submariners
Some hold Mario Kart tournaments, while others transform spaces into makeshift cinemas
A Christmas Carol is the gift that keeps on giving
Dickens wrote it in six weeks, amid explosions of laughter and tears at his desk
Sunday
The Trump effect will benefit Farage – and cost the Tories
The Tories were gifted their version of Trump’s great realignment five years ago. They blew it
Saturday
Lord Mandelson slammed as a ‘moron’ by Trump strategist
Chris LaCivita did not hold back
Friday
Will Musk’s millions really carry Farage to victory?
In the end, though, votes not dollars decide UK elections
Thursday
Mandelson to be named US ambassador
How will that gel with a resolutely Sinoskeptic Trump administration?
The free world has abandoned Hong Kong
Beijing has wound back its promises and launched a repressive crackdown on what was once one of Asia’s freest and most open cities
Tuesday
Farage's Musk meeting is uncomfortable for the Tories and Labour
Who will the meeting annoy the most: Keir Starmer or Kemi Badenoch?
Friday
Prince Andrew's Chinese 'spy' blunder is no surprise
An alleged Chinese spy, who has now been banned from Britain, had close personal and financial links to the duke
Tuesday
Why Americans fear for Britain
The old England, which cherished liberty, is dying and a more sinister society is emerging in its place
Monday
Most-read 2024: Can Meghan and Harry stoop any lower?
There’s a whiff of Sunset Boulevard about the isolated pair as they flail around wondering where to go next
Saturday
The column you don’t want to read
I’m loath to bury the memory of being stifled, imprisoned and treated like an idiot a second time
Monday
Prepare for the National Suicide Service
Legalized euthanasia promotes a culture of death as a solution to suffering
Friday
MPs back assisted dying, but was the debate long enough?
Was the debate long enough?
Sunday
The boundless curiosity of Oliver Sacks
His longtime friend and editor Kate Edgar has gathered together hundreds of the letters he wrote to family, friends, readers, patients and fans during the decades
Saturday
Britain’s failing statecraft
Ball in Britain’s court, I suppose
Saturday
What Kemi Badenoch’s victory means for the Conservatives
For a long time — even before the contest was officially called — she was seen as the one to beat