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Scattered across the Tyrrhenian Sea to the northeast of Sicily, the Aeolian Islands were home to fishermen and farmers who were still living in “19th century” conditions when Italy’s neo-realist film directors began using the islands as film locations in […]

Keir Starmer has promised “a renewed civil service; more agile, mission-focused and more productive”. Like every government in recent history, his is pushing for improved “delivery”; for better technical and digital skills; and for performance-related pay for senior civil servants,

Keir Starmer hailed a “new era” in relations with Europe this week after the UK and Brussels agreed a post-Brexit “reset”. Under the deal, announced at a summit in London with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen, the EU will

In cinema, we tend to assume that life-changing moments will be seismic – “white-knuckle scenes of heightened drama that shift the very axis of reality”, said Wendy Ide in The Observer. But in her “quietly devastating” debut feature, India Donaldson

Rivers in Britain – and indeed across the world – are in an abject state, said Alex Preston in The Observer. Mainly, they are “dying” because of pollution (in Britain chiefly sewage), but the “riverine crisis” has other causes, including

All the “billion-dollar contracts and bling” of his visit to the Gulf last week shouldn’t blind us to the fact that “Donald Trump pulled off a diplomatic coup, perhaps the boldest of his second term”, said Pierre Haski in World

Will the Enhanced Games change the image of drugs in sport? How will autonomous weapons change warfare? And are Reform supporters more datable than Tories? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from

When Reform UK won two mayoralties, 677 council seats and overall control of 10 councils earlier this month, it was hailed as a political tsunami. Three weeks on from those election results, Reform is beginning to face up to “the

When Gary Lineker “mistakenly” shared antisemitic material on social media, it was the “final straw” for BBC bosses. The “Match of the Day” host’s inability to accept that his “voicing of strongly-held views” could have an impact on the broadcaster’s

Benjamin Netanyahu has lifted the blockade of humanitarian aid to Gaza after admitting that Israel’s allies were “approaching a red line” in their support over the risk of famine in the territory. The Israeli prime minister’s decision to allow limited