The sphinx who reshaped Europe
The key to Europe’s future lies with Mario Draghi, the technocrat who sidelined politicians and saved the Euro, but who now needs them to succeed as Italy’s PM
The rise of Mrs Europe
A new EU is emerging. Will Ursula von der Leyen lead it to triumph or failure?
Remembering Norm Macdonald
Like Peter Cook, he made being funny seem as natural as yawning
Just add water
The Hampstead Heath ponds offer a recipe for the perfect summer afternoon
20 years of The Ricky Gervais Show
Ricky Gervais’s best comedy survives by fans swapping bootlegged recordings
No exceptions for single-sex wards
But can’t we agree to make more space for transsexuals?
We’re all funding Stonewall
How we’ve reached a point where the lobbyists are being bankrolled by those they’re lobbying
Press Gang
Croatia’s war runs like a dark thread through the excellent series ‘The Paper’
A pimp-led pyramid scheme
OnlyFans’s decision to remove porn creates a Catch-22 for those who are reliant on it
The veneration of Saint Jacinda
Ardern’s career is a foretaste of a quieter and less frightening world in which workplace feminism has triumphed
The England riots: Ten years on
Did we learn any lessons?
You can censor, but you can’t hide
The Guardian’s redacting controversial commentary on the gender wars does a disservice to readers