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Politics
Weird Europe: Villagers in Cyprus chip in for a giant potato
News that you might have missed from around the continent, selected by Steve Anglesey.
The Wolf Age: Bloodsoaked Britain’s age of terror
CHARLIE CONNELLY on a page-turner which brings to vivid, often gruesome, life one of the most violent periods in the history of Britain
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The UK encouraged Afghan women to take up top judicial roles. Now they need, and deserve, our help, argues Baroness Kennedy.
‘Unsafe’ Bolshoi Theatre blamed for second death in eight years
News that you might have missed from around the continent, selected by Steve Anglesey.
Berlin’s disaster of a new airport is a model of German inefficiency
The country has a reputation for doing things better. But Berlin’s disastrous new airport shows that given a chance, it can stuff things up just as badly as everyone else.
COP26: The old diplomacy won’t save our planet
Global tensions mean self-interest as much as collaboration will be key to cracking climate change.
Boris Johnson has made it hard to be optimistic about COP26 summit
It’s the most important conference on the planet, yet already its organisation is being labelled as farce in the making.
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis: The battle for a sustainable future will be arduous but worth the fight
Ahead of the Med9 event in Athens, Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis shares his thoughts on the escalating climate and environmental crisis
Why Germany’s Greens failed to rise on floods
The country’s tragic floods might have been expected to boost support for the Greens ahead of September’s elections. But this doesn’t appear to have happened
Brexit means UK is increasing its carbon footprint
The UK is no longer a glowing example of tackling climate change – our carbon footprint is growing following Brexit
Pledge to deliver ‘green Brexit’ has not been met, say environmental groups
The “green Brexit” promised by the government has not been delivered, with weaker protections in areas such as nature and air quality, campaigners have said.
The tech firm whose fate shows the flaws of Global Britain
The tech firm’s sale was supposed to demonstrate confidence in a post-Brexit UK. But it hasn’t worked out like that.
Germany’s start-up culture breaks the old stereotypes
The country has a reputation for being tech- and risk-averse. But a new generation of entrepreneurs are proving that is no longer the case.
Germany returns to the forefront of European youth culture
A 22-year-old from
Frankfurt has become one of TikTok’s biggest stars. SOPHIA DEBOICK explains the simple charm behind his success.. and what it says about
his country.
The apprentice scheme that has failed to prepare Brexit Britain
Brexit, like Covid, has undoubtedly contributed to a jobs crisis. But another major problem has been the government’s failure to create a properly functioning apprenticeship system.
Why Europe lags behind the States on legalisation of cannabis
How has the US – ridden with culture wars and deeply divided on so many issues – managed to largely legalise weed with so little fuss and furore, while supposedly liberal Europe lags behind?
Is the Sun setting on Murdoch’s global media empire?
The Sun’s days could be numbered, writes LIZ GERARD.
The last days of the genius Vincent van Gogh
Anna Soubry: Leaving the Commons and re-entering the courtroom
Arsène Wenger: “Why I want to start a world football revolution”
Shirin Neshat: On the edge of America
Lord Kerslake: “Regional levelling up benefits us all … including the south”
An eyewitness to history: Watching the Berlin Wall go up
Patricia Chin: Reggae’s unlikely tycoon
