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Just before Christmas a couple of thieves broke into the underground car park in a block of flats in north London and helped themselves to quite a few bikes. Around the same time a frail 77-year-old ...

For centuries, ars moriendi depicted death, suicide—and what comes after. As MPs consider legalising assisted dying, they would be wise to look back at a long tradition ...

The big story, following publication of the Makin Report and the resignation of Justin Welby, is clear: a corrupt Church of England knowingly sheltered a terrible abuser, in the shape of John Smyth, ...

The Archbishop of Canterbury resigned over failures in the Church of England’s safeguarding, following the appalling revelations about the abuse committed by John Smyth, who was part of the Iwerne ...

Nick Butler is a Financial Times commentator and visiting professor, King's College London. He is a member of the International Energy Agency's commission for urgent action on energy efficiency ...

Jessica Brown is a journalist and writer, and her work can be found at jessicaebrown.com ...

The fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria is at the heart of a major shift in the geopolitics of the Middle East. Assad’s departure brings with it changes in the positions and behaviours of some ...

“I’m famous but not quite.” Of all the lyrics from Charli XCX’s 2024 album Brat, this is the one that has turned out to be the least true. Previously a “cult classic”, well known enough to be ...