The boy was regularly violent and sadistic to his siblings, we are told. His parents struggled to cope; nothing would help.

When I asked him how that could be true when half the country had voted against the party touting DEI programmes, his answer ...

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In an age of rampant inequality and oligarchic government, two leading thinkers ask: can democratic socialism survive? By Thomas Piketty and Michael Sandel The American philosopher Michael Sandel and ...

There’s elements within the party: a few of them would quite happily see me either leave the party or get chucked out. I’m not leaving – this is my party – and I just want to continue my work within ...

The singer who embodied the Swinging Sixties in her youth gained a power in her later years that suited her better.

Los Angeles was primed to burn – by human error and human greed. By Richard Seymour Los Angeles is burning in the middle of winter. The fires are still not fully ...

Bill Gates became, at 31 years old, the youngest self-made billionaire in the world. Personal computers were rapidly becoming ...

Can the United States resist fascism? Whether Elon Musk’s salute was intended or not, America is too big for authoritarianism to take hold. By Ross Barkan As Donald Trump settles back into the White ...

As the Trump administration embarks on its quest to bring peace to Ukraine, one of the big issues waiting to be addressed is ...

John Swinney has reversed Nicola Sturgeon’s errors and is making the political weather. “We will cut our waiting lists.” With ...

The brutal 500-year history of English violence in Europe.