As Peter Magyar tries to shake up Hungary, what can he learn from Poland? www.thetimes.com/article/3cba...

Actually government buildings did fly the flags of allies in WWII, including of the USSR.

Something you quickly learn as a reporter is that a lot of folk who say they are interested in politics really, really hate political science. This story seems to trigger loathing on both sides of Scotland’s big constitutional divide. Why? Read it and see. www.thetimes.com/article/05e7...

Claudine Longet obituary: wife of Andy Williams who shot her lover www.thetimes.com/article/26a7...

Claudine Longet obituary: wife of Andy Williams who shot her lover www.thetimes.com/article/26a7...

we only know about the £5m Harborne donation thanks to journalists at the Guardian, but sure trash the MSM for clicks

I’ve been obsessed by this all week.

Swinney, beware: Byres Road Man has changed his tune www.thetimes.com/article/58c9...

Russia wants its empire back. Estonian mums plan to stop it www.thetimes.com/article/81f2...

I know there are more important things happening in the world but check out the latest AI slop biographies of Scottish politicians. www.thetimes.com/article/066b...

As always, there is a lot more to this article than the headline suggests >>> Why Scotland’s school system has become mediocre www.thetimes.com/article/744c...

French cities crack down on 30mph electric ‘fat bikes’ www.thetimes.com/article/07ce...

This is fascinating on so many levels, not least that school sixth formers were able to a/ go on a school trip to America, b/ get an unbelievably candid briefing from HM ambassador to the US and c/ meet washington lawmakers. www.thetimes.com/article/64b6...

First rule of Germany’s ‘fencing’ clubs? Don’t call them far right www.thetimes.com/article/5d29...

The nightmare question Hibs fans are asking: what if Hearts really do it? www.thetimes.com/article/ece5...

I was the first British reporter on the ground after Chernobyl. This is what I saw www.thetimes.com/article/16ff...

Iran war latest: US could ‘review’ Falklands claim to punish Britain www.thetimes.com/article/fb0b...

Trump and his boys are too smart for primary school maths. They could explain why but we thickos would not understand.

Yunno, sometimes there are weird little stories you might flick past that dig up all sorts of tricky little issues that otherwise go unnoticed. This is one of them. >>> Robert Bruce history panels at railway station ‘are propaganda. www.thetimes.com/article/0ea9...

Reform plan to get ‘inactive’ Scots into work is ‘risible’ www.thetimes.com/article/9880...

Was he washing her hair?

The rapist who partied, had children and let Andrew Malkinson rot www.thetimes.com/article/6ddf...

We sometimes forget there is a very long tradition of people insisting on having weird views on North Sea Oil. www.thetimes.com/article/aa34...

To grasp why Viktor Orban fell, start with the mansion in his village www.thetimes.com/article/5f9f...

With war in its DNA, will Hezbollah ever disarm? www.thetimes.com/article/4970...

Inside Bernat Klein’s modernist studio before restoration work begins www.thetimes.com/article/5003...

Inside Bernat Klein’s modernist studio before restoration work begins www.thetimes.com/article/5003...

Is it, though?

I don’t think I’ve ever seen an official staff portrait like this before and I work in an industry where a surprising number of folk have byline photos taken in a different geological era. www.thetimes.com/article/50d6...

Will jet fuel shortages ruin your summer holiday? www.thetimes.com/article/6835...

Trump continues to criticise the Pope — and turns on Giorgia Meloni www.thetimes.com/article/9951...

Putin vs the unbelievers — inside Russia’s religious crackdown www.thetimes.com/article/bf5b...

How Barcelona is waging war against tourism tat on La Rambla www.thetimes.com/article/6ba5...

Amid all the funny insults Neil Mackay aims at Wes Streeting’s “colonialist sneering”, he lets slip that an old truth: that Scottish nationalists see incorporatist British nationalism as an unwitting ally in their long war against actual unionism. Read: www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

The 30-year crime spree of Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ www.thetimes.com/article/be44...

Welcome to Svalbard — Putin’s gateway to the Arctic www.thetimes.com/article/1461...

Trump posts image of himself as Jesus after attacking Pope Leo www.thetimes.com/article/0f5b...

I mean, who among us hasn’t tweeted abuse at the pope, claimed we got the pontiff elected and then posted an AI-generated image of ourselves as the son of God. I don’t know what all the fuss is about.

This podcast is a short, quirky but insightful ride through the weird (& rather extreme) world of Mensa.

Have Hungarians just turned off a cash faucet for the radical, contrarian and far right elsewhere in the EU and Britain? Reporting from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social’s team suggest so.

A lot of Orbán's American fans are saying that this election proved he was never an authoritarian in the first place. This is completely wrong — and, in fact, betrays a complete misunderstanding of both Hungarian politics and modern authoritarianism. Here's why.

Why Peter Magyar’s victory is a warning to Trump www.thetimes.com/article/9309...

US and Iran fail to reach deal, says Vance www.thetimes.com/article/c7f8...

Polls say SNP cruising to victory — so why are Nationalists so nervous? www.thetimes.com/article/0e42...

Scotland’s new towns: a crumbling legacy is a Holyrood battleground www.thetimes.com/article/8b74...

The Viktor Orban I know, and why he may still win Hungary’s election www.thetimes.com/article/ea57...

Academic held over school shooting to give occult talk at Highland lodge www.thetimes.com/article/2117...

Man whose abuse drove wife to kill herself jailed in landmark case www.thetimes.com/article/8e71...

SNP on track to win 67 seats in Holyrood landslide www.thetimes.com/article/a47f...

Forgive my ignorance, but do Americans routinely have their IQ tested?