On 27th January 2025, the stock price of one of the world’s highest-flying companies, Nvidia, fell 17 per cent. The stock ultimately lost almost $600bn in value, a record loss for any publicly traded ...

For Alfred Brendel, now 94, climbing up to the top floor of his Hampstead house has become increasingly challenging. Whenever he’s in London, he’ll make that ascent with great determination, slowly ...

After a hiatus to vote in the Commons a rather breathless Kim Leadbeater arrived back in the committee to explain why assisted dying had to be a core NHS function, but why also private companies would ...

I was frazzled, late, tired, hungry and depleted of vitamins when I arrived at the door of a charming nail salon in downtown Athens. It has become customary for me to book a nail appointment when I ...

And now they have cancelled Ben and Jerry. You remember: peace, love and ice cream. Yes, it introduced novel chunks of cookies, chocolate and nuts where previously there had been none. But Ben and ...

Every January in central Oxford, two farming conferences take place half a mile apart, at the same time: the venerable Oxford Farming Conference (OFC), first held in 1936, and the upstart Oxford Real ...

Former MI6 chief John Sawers joins Alan and Lionel to discuss the new world order—and whether the future of intelligence sharing with the US could be in jeopardy This week, Alan and Lionel are joined ...

Liz Kendall’s announcement in the House of Commons that £5bn needed to come off the welfare bill by 2030 was made in defiance of a strong Labour tradition. There is a storm to come on this question ...

Looking around, this doesn’t appear to be a cemetery. There are no gravestones or plastic-wrapped flowers, walls locking us in and gargoyles lurking above. Instead, tree sprouts clutter the ground, ...

Canada is right to be fearful that when Trump repeatedly talks about making his northern neighbour the “51st state”, he means it. His behaviour at home and abroad since 20th January has been so ...

In what promises to be an extremely thought-provoking discussion, leading thinkers, policymakers and influences will reflect on the relationship between wealth accumulation, societal responsibility, ...

For too long, UK decision-makers have prioritised economic growth for the country over the economic security of its people. The relationship between the two has been viewed largely as sequential and ...