Why Marco Rubio’s ‘reassuring’ speech to Europe was nothing of the kind | Nathalie Tocci
After JD Vance’s frontal attack in Munich last year, the US secretary of state’s tone seemed almost soothing. That’s just a new Maga trap The good news from the Munich…
Every generation gets the Wuthering Heights it deserves. And Emerald Fennell’s is for the always-online | Nadia Khomami
Packed cinemas testify to the allure of Emily Brontë’s tale, even if this latest retelling is not to everyone’s taste It’s hard to think of any book with a stronger…
International humanitarian law is at risk – but it still carries weight | Kenneth Roth
A study says IHL is at ‘critical breaking point’ amid horrendous violations in Gaza, Sudan and elsewhere. But to declare its demise would be premature Is international humanitarian law (IHL),…
Nothing says the ‘special relationship’ is over like this picture of Donald Trump and Liz Truss | Zoe Williams
It’s awkward, nobody seems to know what is going on, and the president’s thumb is at half-mast. It’s almost a metaphor for diplomatic relations between the US and the UK…
Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights is big movie with a very small mind | Adrian Horton
The maximalist adaptation of the gothic romance shows great interest in production design but very little in character It does not take long into Wuthering Heights, Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of…
I was told my inability to conceive a second child was a ‘mystery’. In fact, I was simply ignored
Women’s pain is routinely minimised, normalised, or psychologised. In fertility medicine, this dismissal is compounded by an industry structured around efficiency rather than care “The female body is such a…
Cabbagecore: why are fashionable people going wild for the green vegetable?
It’s on handbags, in flower arrangements and is even being used in a Burberry campaign. Just how did this humble brassica become the hottest new trend? Name: Cabbagecore. Age: Ready…
A Hymn to Life by Gisèle Pelicot review – a unique memoir by a figure of astonishing power
Pelicot’s riveting account of her ordeal refuses to conform to any agenda but her own It is a mark of the power and honesty of Gisèle Pelicot’s memoir, A Hymn…
Robert Duvall was a vigorous and subtle actor who always performed with passion and conviction
From his steely self-effacing consigliere in The Godfather to his surf-crazed Wagner enthusiast in Apocalypse Now, just to see him on screen made me smile Robert Duvall, Apocalypse Now and…
Far-right character’s monologue prompts violent scenes at German theatre
Actor shouted down and pelted with fruit during Catarina, or the Beauty of Killing Fascists An actor at a theatre in Germany was at the weekend shouted down, pelted with…