After Trump’s second inauguration, Ellen and Alona are joined by Labour peer and diplomat Catherine Ashton. Catherine was formerly leader of the House of Lords, as well as the EU's first High ...

On 15 th January, Sam Harris, the philosopher, neuroscientist, author and podcast host, revealed what lay behind his falling out with Elon Musk. Once, said Harris, they had been friends—so much so ...

What does a good death mean? There’s an intentional irony in the phrase. Surely death is to be shunned and avoided? A good death is simply the opposite of a bad death—a death without pain, without ...

When she dies, Ingrid Newkirk wants her skin to be turned into a leather belt and an umbrella stand to be fashioned from one of her feet. In her will, which she has published online, she asks that her ...

The LA wildfire may have claimed its most famous victim. “There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us,” read the Facebook post of the family of David Lynch after his death last ...

It was once assumed that when the impacts of climate change hit the western world, people in wealthier countries would act. The wildfires in Los Angeles prove this will not be the case. Recrimination ...

In the 1880s and 1890s, a series of technological innovations—the invention of the linotype machine, the move from hand-cranked to steam-powered presses, the adoption of cheap pulp paper—made ...

A new report released today appears to directly challenge the British Jewish community’s dominant approach to fighting antisemitism. But for Feldman et al, this strategy of building vertical alliances ...

December is not the best month in the Polish city of Katowice. Unless you are a fan of coal-driven heavy industry, the town’s appeal is not obvious. In December 2018, the smell of coal that hung in ...

I have been worrying about my neck size. It’s 16-and-a-half since you ask, and I have a full collection of M&S shirts to prove it. But I’m not sure my neck is… OK, I’m going to say it, masculine ...

It has all happened so quickly. Not long ago I climbed a mountain, and now I hesitate to walk half a mile to the shops. A cataclysmic change occurred when I turned 90. Overnight, the world branded me ...