Cover Story
The take over
In his first days in No 10, Andy Burnham showed his determination to do politics differently
After Ann Widdecombe
Political violence is eroding British liberty
Books
What did women want?
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.
This is the end of Russia
Europe will never be the same, and the world’s powers must build a new order
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.
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.
Andy Burnham’s shtick won’t work on Donald Trump
Maga officials view the “special relationship” as insulting
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Crime
Canada’s homicide rate sees biggest decline since 1986: StatCan
Among 2025 homicide victims, 175 women and girls were killed, 67 fewer than in 2024, while the number of men and boys decreased by 53, equalling 494 victims.
Health
Feds should increase federal health funding, but with strings attached: Friends of Medicare
Friends of Medicare is urging the federal government to increase health care funding and impose more conditions on what the provinces can do with that money.
Entertainment
‘Cosby Show’ actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s widow sues his mom for $1.2M
Tenisha Warner alleges the late actor agreed to pay her $16,000 tax-free each year on their wedding anniversary and $5,000 a month for working as his chief of staff and assistant.
U-s-news
Greer defends Canada tariff threat, says CUSMA ‘options’ coming this year
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said he's hopeful 'interim arrangements' will be presented to the leaders of all three countries before the end of this year.
U-s-news
Canada, U.S. warn against false distress calls on Great Lakes as numbers mount
As part of its effort to limit false calls, boaters in distress are being advised to use VHF-FM channel 16 or 911 to call for help in a real emergency.
World
France says it saw 5,700 more deaths than usual in record June heat wave
Public Health France said the excess mortality, with 36% more deaths that would normally have been expected, was the highest from any heat wave since 2003.
Weather
Possible tornado causes ‘significant’ damage in Quebec’s Laurentians
World
Modelling scout with ties to Jeffrey Epstein found dead outside Paris
Crime
D4vd murder case: Singer accused of ordering chainsaws, body bags and shovel
Health
Canada’s salmonella outbreak from pistachios over, but Iran import ban remains
Tech
OpenAI says its AI hacked another company in ‘unprecedented cyber incident’
Canada
Carney to meet premiers in P.E.I. as new Trump tariffs loom
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Culture
Loyalist exodus shaped Canada after American Revolution
Andy Burnham must not bow to Trump
Zelensky hands Putin an unexpected gift
Under siege on the Gaza flotilla
World
Putin's offensive stalls as Ukrainian drones hit Russian fuel, testing NATO resolve
The global crises Andy Burnham cannot escape
“This is the Nato summit of reactionary nationalism”
British Politics
Stop calling Keir Starmer a good man
Culture
Rolling Stones' latest album feels familiar to North American fans
British Politics
Yet another first day at No 10
Westminster
Andy Burnham: this will be a “circuit breaker” for Britain
The Weekend Interview
Gary Stevenson: Ballooning billionaire wealth is a cancer
Business
The next SEO battle is not rankings. It is AI citations
A matter of principle
Count Binface is the establishment at its worst
The Burnham Project
The Productive State: A framework for Manchesterism
The Weekend Essay
Lawless in Gaza
World
The Russian design bureau at the centre of Europe's shadow-fleet investigation
International Politics
ECHR derangement syndrome
The Weekend Essay
Apartheid fetishism
The Weekend Essay
“How the World Declared War on America”
Appreciation
Kevin Keegan’s mighty life
The Sketch
Andy Burnham becomes PM amid the yelling and singing of history
TV
Diane Morgan’s very human robot
Book of the Day