The Politics Column
What will Labour’s newly dispossessed do next?
Victims of the cull are plotting how to make their presence felt from the backbenches
Wildfires
Europe’s age of fire
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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Economy
1 in 3 Canadian workers have used generative AI tools, StatCan says
In March, just over one in three of workers said they had used generative AI tools as part of their main job or business in the past 12 months, Statistics Canada said.
Canada
Judicial review of ethics ruling in Trudeau We Charity case to proceed
In May 2021, then-federal ethics commissioner Mario Dion found Trudeau, prime minister at the time, did not breach the Conflict of Interest Act in his WE Charity participation.
World
France lets 84K evacuees go home as wildfires spread across Europe
Europe is sweltering under an exceptionally hot and arid summer, creating tinderbox conditions for unprecedented fires, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate.
Health
Are you underestimating mold-related illness? What U.S. study says
The findings, published this week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), come from an attempt to better gauge how common these kinds of illnesses are.
Consumer
WestJet flight attendants give 72-hour strike notice; airline issues lockout
The union representing close to 4,400 flight attendants at WestJet say they have issued a 72-hour strike notice to the airline, to which WestJet responded with a lockout notice.
Crime
Toronto police to provide update on nearly 20-year-old homicide case
Nearly 20 years ago, Patrick Santos was found murdered in his father’s backyard. The 21-year-old was bound at the wrists and ankles, beaten and suffocated.
World
Death toll from earthquake in Japan rises to 25 as rescue hopes dwindle
Politics
Premier Moe faces criticism over taxpayer-funded Lindsey Graham funeral trip
Investigations
Body of child, believed to be missing 11-year-old Parker, found in north Calgary: police
U-s-news
U.S. Fed holds interest rate despite some dissents as inflation persists
Consumer
Deal to fund water, wastewater infrastructure for housing signed by Alberta and Ottawa
Trending
Florida executes 2 prisoners in a day, including an 80-year-old man
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Culture
Loyalist exodus shaped Canada after American Revolution
Andy Burnham’s shtick won’t work on Donald Trump
The betrayal of the South African dream
Andy Burnham must not bow to Trump
World
Putin's offensive stalls as Ukrainian drones hit Russian fuel, testing NATO resolve
Zelensky hands Putin an unexpected gift
Under siege on the Gaza flotilla
The global crises Andy Burnham cannot escape
Culture
Rolling Stones' latest album feels familiar to North American fans
British Politics
The Prime Minister against the mainstream media
British Politics
Inside the Green Party’s defence divide
Burnham bounce
Labour’s lead may not last
Business
The next SEO battle is not rankings. It is AI citations
Exclusive
Who’s who in John Healey’s top political team
British Politics
At last, a government that looks like it’s trying
Manchester heist
The Green plan to steal the Manchester mayoralty
World
The Russian design bureau at the centre of Europe's shadow-fleet investigation
Left Hook
Stop calling Keir Starmer a good man
The Burnham Project
The Productive State: A framework for Manchesterism
The Weekend Essay
Lawless in Gaza
Gaelic football
Watching Mayo win, I said goodbye to Ireland
Comment
Johnny Depp has made his comeback, so Me Too is truly dead
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