The haunting of West Chapple Farm
Three gruesome killings in the 1970s and the writer who hasn’t been able to stop investigating them
Make America Pregnant Again
The Republicans want a ‘baby boom’. And Elon Musk can fertilise us all
Sudden flips from hot to cold temperature come with climate change, says study
Warm weather followed by sudden cold snaps and vice versa have increased in frequency and intensity
Transcript: Swamp Notes — Trump’s ‘you break it, you buy it’ moment
Marc Filippino talks to Sam Fleming and Jon McHenry
Why our planet (and not just its people) should have legal rights
New books by Robert Macfarlane and Tony Juniper strengthen the case for granting the natural environment protection in law on par with personhood
Barbarians at the sluice gate: KKR’s Thames Water quest
US private equity firm is preferred bidder for UK utility trying to avert renationalisation
Cheap, ethical and delicious: it’s mince’s moment to shine
The good stuff is full of flavour — and Tim Hayward has the recipes to prove it
Where the west still wins
Aeroplanes, universities, sports leagues — there are lots of exceptions to the decline of the North Atlantic world
Investors bank on Bessent to tame the drunken dragon
Yields on US government bonds have been thrashing around in response to Trump’s capricious policy plans
Simon Schama: Trump’s war on knowledge
Attacks on Harvard and other universities are not just self-defeating — they are fundamentally un-American
Frank Lloyd Wright thought it was a ‘curse’ — but there’s nothing more American than a porch
In the age of America First, this year’s US pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale is a good reminder of American principles of generosity
Is phantom crying real?
Doctors can’t explain ‘babies in the head’, but plenty of novelists have tried over the years
The post-Covid world is only just becoming clear
The scars of the pandemic are emerging in our politics
Russell Tovey on the dramatisation of Jean Charles de Menezes’ death: ‘It’s the way truth gets discovered’
The actor on playing Brian Paddick in ‘Suspect’, education through art and how theatre changed his life
‘Like a jolt of adrenaline’: why Antwerp should top the list for a gastronomic weekend
From Michelin stars to funky backstreet bistros, the Belgian port city is ideal for an epicurean escape, says Marina O’Loughlin
How the white wine boom is transforming Galicia
Wines from the relatively isolated Spanish region are becoming more popular, and more interesting
William Tyler: Time Indefinite — off-kilter yet immersive
The American musician’s album is embedded in computerised textures and results from a mid-life sense of crisis
When is a natural disaster human-made?
The mud has been cleared in Valencia. But questions remain about last year’s deadly floods
The Name of the Rose’s thorny journey from novel to grand opera
Composer Francesco Filidei long dreamt of adapting the labyrinthine best-seller — but first he had to persuade Umberto Eco’s heirs
‘Fluent Korean cooking with a French twang’ — Jay Rayner reviews Calong
The properly cool thing here is the food, which is cool in an understated way, and that’s the best kind of cool
Papers and Paints, the thinking man’s paint shop
The Chelsea DIY store boasts a huge archive of historical shades – and expert advice
Serious swag: striking ideas for curtains beyond the window
Fabric drapery is taking a star turn to add drama, hide clutter and comfortingly cocoon
Reader callout: have you bought an EV using salary sacrifice?
Government set to raise tax rates on purchasing electric cars through company schemes
Take heart, quiet majority. ‘Headphone dodgers’ can be silenced
Noisemakers have plagued city dwellers for centuries — but there is a way to stop them