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Can drama successfully rewrite history to satisfy modern sensitivities?

Protest, pandemic and recession are a reminder of the fine line between civility and chaos

The French people are not happy. Can their President do anything to change that?

Why does Twitter even have multilingual options?

Exclusive: Farage scents betrayal, but the Chairman of the ERG remains optimistic that a deal is coming

Are we watching a Stalinist show trial, with hitherto dissident figures loudly recanting any support for past regimes?

Why does Boris want marriage to be a contract-at-will?

A podcast on the possibility of a second civil war reveals the dangerous polarisation that few Americans – including its host – can escape

What’s not newsworthy about fascists, Islamists, grooming and death threats to journalists?