Juliet Samuel

Some years ago, before I had children, I visited Lebanon on holiday. After a bit of beach, some hiking and dancing, we ventured south into Hezbollah heartlands — through Sidon, with its merchants’ inn

The new government has been beset by scandals and policy U-turns, but it has a chance to reset with the budget

Reading CS Lewis to my eldest has underlined the revolution in values propagated by children’s literature. Nowadays, kids’ bookshops are stuffed full of metaphors for decolonisation, panegyrics to

As individuals we are powerless to resist the malignant addictive design of the technology harming our mental health

The budget was much like those of the past 16 years: a funnel for pouring money into an unsustainable state sector

The new British government plans to boost public spending by taking out bigger loans and raising taxes, particularly those on companies, the wealthy and financial investors. The roughly 48 billion euros in additional tax revenues will be used to boost the economy and improve public services, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves explained when presenting her budget. The press reacts with a mixture of scepticism and praise.

Pessimists who see only economic disaster coming should remember many benefited from the Sino-American trade war

People on three London estates blame ‘net-zero zealotry’ for high cost of replacing heating system that warms 3,000 Pimlico homes

It’s not like last time. When Trump first pulled it off, it was as if someone had suddenly let the master troll out of the basement to run amok in broad daylight, tweeting his way into trade wars and

Treasury shows a basic misunderstanding of agriculture, epitomised by capping subsidies rather than an enlightened overview