A fight over a cloister in tourist-filled Florence
One of the last quiet spots in tourist-saturated Florence is a cloister adjoining the Basilica of Santo Spirito, the residenc...
Ukrainian refugees may be in Europe for good
Three years into the war in Ukraine, the information centre for refugees in Krakow, in southern Poland, is doing brisk busine...
Trump is driving American scientists into Europe’s arms
John von Neumann and Albert Einstein were part of a wave of great scientists who fled Nazi Germany, went to America and creat...
Russia plays for time in Ukraine ceasefire talks
As american spooks tell it, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky may be willing to talk about ending their war, but they are...
Protests are the last thing keeping Turkey’s democracy alive
“THE PRESIDENT had a great conversation with Erdogan a couple of days ago,” Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, told...
Who will speak for Henry?
It is hard to feel sorry for someone who boasts about their £460 ($600) Sony headphones. It is difficult to worry about the f...
What is the future of British hospitals?
SITTING IN the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH) in Smethwick, near Birmingham, Francis Gallagher, one of its a...
Can Britons be enticed to fix their draughty homes?
BRITAIN’S STREETS of Georgian row houses and Victorian terraces may be easy on the eye but they are not easy on the wallet. T...
Heathrow’s outage raises questions about Britain’s resilience
AS THE FIRE blazed, planes were grounded and hundreds of thousands of passengers waited, a question rang out: deliberate sabo...
New data show that the class divide in Britain may not be so wide
“BUILDING SOCIAL capital will not be easy, but it is the key to making democracy work,” wrote Robert Putnam, an American poli...