There is something contrived about parties producing detailed plans for a parliament that may well last five years, in a world that is volatile and uncertain.
Volunteers of the Hindu nationalist paramilitary organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh take part in a march in Chennai, India, on April 26 2023.
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D-Day has drawn the attention of numerous filmmakers over the years. Here are ten of the best D-Day films, each showing the invasion’s prominent place in international memory.
Both the Conservatives and Labour have promised not to raise income tax, national insurance or VAT should they win the election – but most voters don’t believe them.
The shortlisted books for 2024’s Women’s Prize for Fiction.
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When many are struggling to makes ends meet, the idea that multi-millionaire sportsmen are too busy to spend their wealth seems hard to swallow – but it shows that reward doesn’t protect wellbeing
The Tories have 346 seats and could lose more than half of those. Labour is aiming for huge gains, the SNP is fighting for relevance – and the Lib Dems are hoping to become the third party again.
South African president, ANC leader Cyril Ramaphosa casting his vote in his hometown of Soweto, May 29.
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Fashions in architecture are, more or less, generational. So, the reappraisal of brutalism – a once-reviled style of architecture – is now virtually complete