A century after its publication, the novel’s glory and brutality persist in the national psyche.

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There is the EU, of course, but it no longer includes the UK, which is essential for European security, as its important role ...

In identifying a crisis in religion as the root of Western disorder, however, the right – not for the first time – is ahead ...

Solitary bees lay their eggs on balls of pollen mixed with nectar, walling them up into separate compartments in their nest ...

Observer journalists’ regular Saturday-night haunt, the Lincoln Arms, is usually closed on Easter Saturday, but has agreed to ...

The BBC reporter talks courting Putin, playing piano with Gorbachev, and the rising tensions of a nation at war.

When my Polish great-grandfather was arrested for defying the Nazis and sent to Auschwitz, he took two things with him: his ...

There are still knock-backs – witness the outcry over Nice’s refusal to endorse Leqembi, a drug that can, at enormous cost, ...

The government can reverse the town’s fortunes with a long-term plan for British Steel.

Already anaemic growth forecasts for this year are being revised down. UK 30-year bond yields have reached their highest ...

A huge retrospective gives the authorised version of this prolific artist’s career.