Lucy Bannerman

State backing, political confidence and a fearless young generation have combined to make the country a global creative powerhouse

Martin Stern, who survived two Nazi camps, and a former Hamas hostage encourage everyone to visit the exhibition about the festival terror attack on October 7

Matthew Foster-Smith, who has convictions for stalking, allegedly killed Natalia Villalba in Bogota before being detained in Ecuador

In 2015 Gill Pharaoh decided to end her life aged 75, even though she did not have a terminal illness. Lucy Bannerman finds out what happened next

Patrice Lawrence was privately fostered until she was four and learnt to love her mother through a shared passion for reading

Our latest picks include a gothic mystery, tiny wonders from the natural world, a cloning solution with disastrous results and 1,200-year-old tales and legends from Japan

Zack Polanski’s party has raised thousands by hosting parties but Nigel Farage’s outrage over a guillotine T-shirt brings an unpleasant political hangover

Zoë Garbett faces criticism after choosing the anniversary of the Hamas attacks in 2023 for debate on ending a twinning arrangement with the city of Haifa

The party made a remarkable sweep to power at May’s elections in London and beyond. But how are they faring now?

Newly elected town hall leaders are tackling everything from river rights to neurodiversity, but critics say they are ignoring major issues