The Booker-winning poet and novelist believes the best way to respond to our age of crisis and polarisation is to ‘speak through fables’ ...

Vive la révolution. The winner of the Booker Prize is being announced on 9 November and I’ve been busy doing my revision before the champion is revealed. May We Feed The King by Rebecca Perry is my ...

Trump’s deep unpopularity and voter anger at the rising cost of living - made worse by the president’s tariffs and war with Iran - could redraw America’s political map. Republican strongholds that ...

This was not North Korea’s first rodeo. Although most of its citizens are not allowed on the internet, the state has developed a speciality in cryptocurrency heists. These thefts Record haul. The main ...

When a vulnerable woman sought healing during lockdown, her therapist slowly and relentlessly groomed her in what he called ‘energy release’. When she finally fled, she found reporting him was not so ...

The novelist on the relevance of Arabian Nights stories, why writers are slow to understand AI, and the ‘frightening change’ in young people’s reading habits ...

While conservative culture warriors such as Nigel Biggar insist we shouldn’t be guilt-tripped about our imperial past, the fortunes made and damage inflicted are still with us ...

Shabana Mahmood has U-turned on allowing overseas care workers to settle in the country after five years. Now she must follow suit for other migrant workers and refugees ...

Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom A red-legged camel spider – sorry, Kalahari Ferrari Monday Speed. That’s what I’m all about. I ...