The Guardian Articles

In recent times the Calcutta Cup has morphed into the “Scottish play” the English would rather not mention by name. One Red Rose win in seven attempts and four consecutive victories for Gregor Townsend’s side has certainly been an uncomfortable sequence for those who, for decades, regarded death and taxes …

Keir Starmer will not risk riling Donald Trump by challenging him over his attack on Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy when the pair finally meet next week, as the prime minister seeks to cool an escalating transatlantic row.

Starmer will fly to the US in the coming days for what could be …

Pope Francis, who is in hospital undergoing treatment for double pneumonia, is “not yet out of danger” and will remain in hospital for at least the whole of next week, one of his doctors has said.

Francis, 88, was stable but “the chronic illness remains”, Sergio Alfieri, a general surgeon …

They poured on to streets across Germany by the thousands, waving rainbow flags and signs that read “Choose Love”. Days before an election that is expected to see the far right catapulted into second place in Germany’s parliament, the simultaneous rallies in 50 municipalities were billed as a show of …

The solicitors’ regulator has reopened an investigation into the business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, over accusations he misrepresented his legal career.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority said on Friday it would look into allegations that Reynolds had incorrectly claimed to have worked as a solicitor even though he did not finish his …

Sometimes it takes a fresh pair of eyes. Matt Sherratt, newly installed as Warren Gatland’s replacement, however temporarily, has picked his first Wales team. No one is expecting much more from it than a 15th consecutive defeat when Ireland come to Cardiff for round three, but there is at least …

Scottish Labour would set up an Elon Musk-style department to clear out inefficient quangos and government waste if it wins power next year, Anas Sarwar has said.

The Scottish Labour leader said their own “department of government efficiency” – a title

identical to Musk’s Doge

Zoe Williams argues that fascism’s gradual arrival induces a sense of paralysis (

The new world order is exactly what it looks like. Are we too frozen with fear to name it?, 17 February

In this study, when …

All the overwhelming opposing emotions that Adrian Chiles went through happened to me too when I casually looked at our street on Google Maps (

My dad died a year ago – and a photo of him on Google Street View brought me up short, 19 February

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Dining across the divide, 13 February