Israel may, for now, have backed off from the outright annexation of Palestinian land it has occupied for half a century. But it is burying any hope for a negotiated peace in concrete and tarmac

Only by confronting our imperial past can society move on

Recent examples have brought an old legal and philosophical question back to the fore

We need to return to an ethical foreign policy, making decisions based on what is good for the world, not just in the UK’s narrow interest

The former Supreme Court judge turned lockdown critic has some sharp words on government overreach

‘Klara and the Sun’ is narrated by a robot who looks after a sick teenager. But the real drama is at the edge of the story

He arrived as a clean slate for progressives to write their hopes on. Four years later he has set the stage for the Fifth Republic’s nastiest election ever

Frothy markets in the US do not necessarily spell a crisis

The Waste Land revisited, plus Isata Kanneh-Mason performs in Manchester

Politics treats national boundaries as sacred. But these arbitrary lines do incalculable harm

Well-intentioned proposals for a fairer system can fall at practical hurdles. But these two reforms really would help us repair a broken economy

A new biography argues the iconic physicist was shamelessly self-promoting and his reputation overrated