Polling
Has Zack Polanski reached his peak?
The Green Party leader may have hit his electoral ceiling
Books
Samuel Beckett’s Proustian moment
The con man of anthropology
Even when the anthropologist Carlos Castaneda was exposed as a charlatan and cult leader, the credulous still followed him
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.
Cinema
Is David Thomson still watching?
Culture
Christopher Nolan's Odyssey brings Hollywood spectacle to Homer's epic
The director's new adaptation sparks casting debate while the original poem remains untouched.
The Culture Interview
Is Kim Gordon still a Kool Thing?
Culture
George Cottrell's U.S. money-laundering case and ties to Nigel Farage
The British operative pleaded guilty to U.S. wire fraud charges before resurfacing in London with Nigel Farage.
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Crime
U.K. man jailed for storing dead mother in freezer and claiming her pension
Christopher Phillips, 60, a former company director, admitted to preventing the lawful and decent burial of his 89-year-old mother, Sylvia Phillips, after she died in March 2023
Consumer
Despite push for value meals, McDonald’s is seeing sales growth slow
In January, McDonald’s Canada started offering its McValue Meal to Canadian customers for $5 and a small coffee for $1 in a bid to attract low-income customers.
Economy
Canada’s weaker loonie helped drive a wider trade surplus in June: StatCan
Canada's trade surplus with the world widened in June as exports rose and imports fell, with a weaker loonie boosting the Canadian dollar value of those exports, says StatCan.
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Pilot caught with 70,000 ecstasy pills in luggage, Indonesian police say
The drugs were discovered by customs officers at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, after they noticed a suspicious suitcase during an X-ray screening.
Canada
Canada’s foreign influence registry is now active. Here’s how it works
A new independent commission will oversee the registry, which requires individuals and organizations to log their arrangements with a foreign principal or face hefty fines.
U-s-news
U.S. clean energy project fund was improperly terminated, court rules
The divided ruling struck down the Trump administration's attempt to dismantle the Biden-era Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, commonly referred to as a 'green bank.'
Health
Health Canada approves clinical trial for Moderna’s mRNA Ebola vaccine
Canada
7 more Marineland belugas head for new home at U.S. aquarium
Consumer
WestJet flight delays expected to last days despite strike ending
Economy
Ottawa moves to list Alberta-backed West Coast pipeline as national interest project
Entertainment
Ariana Grande says choice to step back comes from an ’empowered’ place
Canada
Ontario city declares state of emergency after ‘hurricane’s worth of rain’
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Culture
Loyalist exodus shaped Canada after American Revolution
Watching Mayo win, I said goodbye to Ireland
Europe’s age of fire
The Ceuta crisis will strengthen “Fortress Europe”
World
Putin's offensive stalls as Ukrainian drones hit Russian fuel, testing NATO resolve
Andy Burnham’s shtick won’t work on Donald Trump
The betrayal of the South African dream
Andy Burnham must not bow to Trump
Culture
Rolling Stones' latest album feels familiar to North American fans
British Politics
Kemi Badenoch is the Conservative Party’s only hope
The Weekend Report
The battle for Birmingham’s flags
British Politics
Labour retains the Manchester mayoralty
Business
The next SEO battle is not rankings. It is AI citations
Welcome back
Labour is a stronger party with Diane Abbott back in it
The Politics Column
What will Labour’s newly dispossessed do next?
British Politics
Bev Craig is ready to shrug off Andy Burnham’s shadow
World
The Russian design bureau at the centre of Europe's shadow-fleet investigation
The Weekend Essay
“Don’t say climate change”
The Weekend Essay
The closing of the Anglophile mind
The Burnham Project
The Productive State: A framework for Manchesterism
Reform vs Restore
Even the Royal Navy can’t save Nigel Farage
Comment
Ariana Grande’s fans need to let go
Food & Drink
Eating at London Zoo: At least it’s not camel
TV
In praise of crap daytime TV
Theatre
Trainspotting puts line dancing at the heart of the heroin experience
Film