The pen may not be mightier than the sword, but it still has the power to wound. How else to explain the extraordinary remarks of the former Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, this week in which he ...

“I don’t think Santa is real. I think it is you who give us our presents”—our eight-year-old has repeated this a few times over the past couple of years. Usually, I laugh and respond in the vaguest, ...

My one-year-old cat went missing eights weeks ago. On a windy and stormy night, he walked off and never came back. I am especially worried for him, as this is the second time he has lost his home—when ...

On 18 th June 1994, two members of the Ulster Volunteer Force dressed in boiler suits and balaclavas walked into a bar in Loughinisland, County Down and opened fire. Six people were killed. Nobody has ...

In the years since the Conservatives came to power in 2010, Britain’s housing crisis has grown steadily worse. Today, England has one of the highest rates of homelessness in Europe. With nowhere to go ...

A cold sun sets behind the empty husk of a mosque. Its central prayer hall was blown out in an explosion. A group of children play football among the rubble in front, kicking up dust into an air ...

Alan and Lionel are joined by researcher Felix Simon to discuss how artificial intelligence could be positively harnessed by the media Can traditional journalism survive when ChatGPT is able to ...