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Queen Elizabeth and Greta Thunberg Are Sending the Same Message on Climate Change. Will World Leaders Listen?

The Queen's complaint comes only two weeks after Greta Thunberg made strikingly similar remarks

By Dan Stewart

How John le Carré's 'Silverview' Fits Into His Legacy

When John le Carré died last December, his obituarists struck a common theme: here was a master spy novelist who, despite selling millions of books and having his work adapted for television and film, never...

By Dan Stewart

A Top Economist on Why We Need a New Social Contract

Minouche Shafik, the British-American director of the London School of Economics, on why we need a new social contract

By Dan Stewart

England vs Germany Offers End to 25 Years of Hurt for One Man, and a Nation

In 1996, Germany defeated England at the European football championship, breaking hearts across the UK. A lot has changed since then.

By Dan Stewart

Why the 1995 Princess Diana Interview Is Causing a Firestorm

An official inquiry found a 1995 BBC interview with Princess Diana had been obtained deceitfully and unethically

By Dan Stewart

What Megan and Harry Mean for the Royal Future

The couple's allegation of racist treatment by the family comes with an aging monarch on the throne and the country in a moment of change

By Dan Stewart

Kazuo Ishiguro on His New Novel 'Klara and the Sun'

The convention of this interview format is to spend TIME With the subject, but with the U.K. in lockdown, physical proximity is impossible. So over a recent video call with Kazuo Ishiguro, we ponder where...

By Dan Stewart

The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2020

Reading fiction in 2020 was an act of defiance—of turning our attention away from the catastrophes playing out around us to engage in a quiet, imaginative act. And the year’s best fiction offered many paths...

By Lucy Feldman , Annabel Gutterman , Suyin Haynes , Ciara Nugent , Dan Stewart and Lucas Wittmann

Veep Creator Armando Iannucci Says These Times Call for Charles Dickens

In 1837, Charles Dickens moved into a narrow terraced house north of Central London. 48 Doughty Street was the novelist’s home for only 2½ years, but they were productive ones–he wrote Oliver Twist and Nicholas...

By Dan Stewart

Best-Selling Novelist David Mitchell Talks About Visiting the 1960s Rock Music Scene in New Novel Utopia Avenue

In David Mitchell’s new novel, Utopia Avenue, a member of the 1960s psychedelic folk rock band that gives the book its name is asked by an interviewer which category its eclectic music falls into. “You’re...

By Dan Stewart

Hilary Mantel on 'The Mirror and the Light'

In London, the ghosts of history are never far away. The past lies close to the surface of its narrow streets and the walls of its churches. At Gray’s Inn, the cluster of stately brick...

By Dan Stewart

These 6 Leaders Shaped the World in 2019

Leaders from New Zealand, France, India, China and the U.S. were most influential

By Charlie Campbell , Molly Ball , Brian Bennett , Billy Perrigo , Dan Stewart and Vivienne Walt

Hunt: Saudi Arabia Has 'Paid the Price' for Khashoggi Killing

"I think they have paid a big reputational price and there have been profound diplomatic consequences.”

By Dan Stewart

The Fateful Decision That Led to Theresa May's Downfall

The date was June 9, 2017

By Dan Stewart

Mohamed Salah: 'We Need to Change the Way We Treat Women in Our Culture'

"It's not optional"

By Dan Stewart

Watch a Piece of Glacier the Size of a Skyscraper Crash Into the Ocean in This Clip From Netflix’s Our Planet

75 million tons of ice broke off from the Store Glacier in just 20 minutes

By Dan Stewart

David Attenborough Isn't Sure We Can Save the Natural World. But at 92, He's Not Giving Up Trying

David Attenborough's new series is more than just another nature documentary

By Dan Stewart

Costa Rica's President Carlos Alvarado Quesada Wants to Set a Green Example for the World

The most valuable resource at the world economic Forum at Davos is time. No one has enough of it, so everyone makes compromises to make the most of it. President Carlos Alvarado Quesada of Costa...

By Dan Stewart

Journalist's Disappearance Underscores Autocrats' Rising Brutality

There's increasing publicity to their impunity

By Dan Stewart

The 3 Big Takeaways from Donald Trump's Controversial Interview with The Sun

The U.S. President blasted Prime Minister May's plan for Brexit in an interview with the British tabloid

By Dan Stewart
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