British Politics
Exclusive: Brexit “bad boy” Arron Banks launched secret probe into Sunday Times star reporter
Culture
Mario Vargas Llosa’s demons
Film
Ice Cream Man: a lactose-fuelled zombie apocalypse
Politics
Irish police intercept sophisticated Semtex bomb bound for Northern Ireland
The device recovered in County Monaghan marks a technical escalation by the New IRA and the third bomb incident linked to the group this year.
Culture
Frank Cottrell-Boyce’s canon for children
Politics
Andy Burnham's communitarian gamble draws on Labour's intellectual past
The Greater Manchester mayor's high-profile start reflects a revived tradition that seeks to devolve power to communities rather than rely on central state control.
My feud with Rod Liddle is finally over
What will I do now he is gone?
Culture
American classicist Daniel Mendelsohn calls The Odyssey a blueprint for all comedy
The Bard College professor and New York Review of Books editor brings levity and moral gravity to his new Penguin Classics translation of Homer.
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Economy
Canada must avoid concessions in U.S. trade talks, dairy farmers warn
Dairy Farmers of Canada says it's urging the federal government not to offer any more concessions on dairy or supply management in talks ahead of Trump's Aug. 19 tariff deadline.
Consumer
Canada’s avocado supply not impacted by U.S. pause on Mexico inspections
The U.S. government this week halted inspection activities in Michoacan, Mexico's top avocado-producing state, where organized crime groups have extorted growers and exporters.
Trending
Abbot’s kneecap returned 70 years after it was taken from 13th century grave
George Box, who died last year, was 11 when he swiped the bone fragment while on a school trip to Glastonbury Abbey in the summer of 1956.
Health
Stanford scientists just used AI to build a virus to target E. coli
Scientists at Stanford University have created the first-ever virus designed by AI. Researchers used a generative AI model called EVO 2 to create a specific kind of virus.
Canada
Perseid meteor shower and partial solar eclipse to light up skies next week
Cited by the Canadian Space Agency as 'the best meteor shower of the year,' the peak viewing night is set to be Aug. 12-13.
U-s-news
Minnesota woman sues Chipotle after being hospitalized for salmonella
In the lawsuit, the woman claims she was hospitalized with 'a life-threatening complication of the salmonella infection caused by Chipotle's grossly contaminated food.'
Trending
Miss North Carolina USA stripped of pageant title after racism allegations
Crime
Child driving car strikes woman walking dog in California, police say
U-s-news
U.S. Senate passes bill that would impose punishing new sanctions on Russia
Canada
Ottawa sells 10 retired military planes to convert for aerial firefighting
Entertainment
Country musician Tommy Detamore dead at 70
Canada
Ford is planning an EV under $40K. Can it compete with Chinese vehicles?
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Culture
Christopher Nolan's Odyssey brings Hollywood spectacle to Homer's epic
The Ceuta crisis will strengthen “Fortress Europe”
Europe’s age of fire
The new nuclear terror
Culture
George Cottrell's U.S. money-laundering case and ties to Nigel Farage
The responsibility of scientists
Andy Burnham’s shtick won’t work on Donald Trump
The betrayal of the South African dream
Culture
Loyalist exodus shaped Canada after American Revolution
Society
The Bonehill-Paine affair leaves the Tories with questions to answer
Politics
Before Count Binface, there was Catmando
Reform vs Restore
Even the Royal Navy can’t save Nigel Farage
World
Putin's offensive stalls as Ukrainian drones hit Russian fuel, testing NATO resolve
Polling
Has Zack Polanski reached his peak?
Comment
The revenge of Old Labour
British Politics
Kemi Badenoch is the Conservative Party’s only hope
Culture
Rolling Stones' latest album feels familiar to North American fans
The Weekend Report
The battle for Birmingham’s flags
The Weekend Essay
“Don’t say climate change”
The Weekend Essay
The closing of the Anglophile mind
Silver Spoon
What we owe to bread
TV
In praise of crap daytime TV
Theatre
Sarah Kane’s Cleansed leaves you feeling anything but
Art & Design