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A general view of Gorton, Greater Manchester
Britain / 25 February 2026
25 February 2026

By-election poll puts Starmer's future on a knife-edge

Members of the Congress give a standing ovation as President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, February 24, 2026
United States / 25 February 2026
25 February 2026
QUO VADIS? Tech giants' AI race / Pic: Wesley Fryer/flickr/CC
Science and Society / 25 February 2026
25 February 2026

Does widespread and uncontrolled use of AI change our relationship with scientific meaning? Or with each other? ask ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT

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TV Network Monitor / 25 February 2026
25 February 2026

DENNIS BROE points out that two popular TV series promote police violence and disguise it as ‘fun’

Akron Stadium, a venue for the 2026 World Cup, in Guadalajara, Mexico, January 24, 2026
Men's Football / 25 February 2026
25 February 2026

The Rebirth of the African Phoenix, by Roger McKenzie
Women sit with malnourished children at Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, May 14, 2025
Somalia / 25 February 2026
25 February 2026
A worker cleans the windows of the Ministry of Health in Havana, Cuba, February 20, 2026
Caribbean / 25 February 2026
25 February 2026
Residents watch firefighters and civil defense workers at the site where homes collapsed due to heavy rains and severe flooding in the Parque Burnier neighborhood of Juiz de Fora in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, February 24, 2026
World / 25 February 2026
25 February 2026
Free will-writing service
QUO VADIS? Tech giants' AI race / Pic: Wesley Fryer/flickr/CC
Science and Society / 25 February 2026
25 February 2026

Does widespread and uncontrolled use of AI change our relationship with scientific meaning? Or with each other? ask ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT

Members of trade unions shout slogans during a nationwide strike to protest an interim trade deal with the United States, saying the agreement undermines the interests of farmers, small businesses and workers in New Delhi, India, February 12, 2026
Workers' Rights / 25 February 2026
25 February 2026

The biggest strike in global history is a template for our future. The silence tells you all you need to know, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE

Lord Peter Mandelson leaving his home in Wiltshire. Lord Mandelson has resigned from the Labour Party and quit the House of Lords since the latest tranche of Epstein Files were released in the US. The London and Wiltshire homes of Lord Peter Mandelson have been searched by officers as part of the Metropolitan Police's probe into alleged misconduct in public office, February 20, 2026
Politics / 25 February 2026
25 February 2026

KEITH FLETT highlights the inimical role of the strategist who helped shape Tony Blair’s ascent and whose political blueprint continues to echo in the era of Keir Starmer

Nikita Khrushchev with Joseph Stalin, January 1936
History / 25 February 2026
25 February 2026

70 years on from Khruschev’s closed-door address to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union’s 20th Congress, Kenny Coyle talks to academic and writer RICHARD SAKWA about the significance of this political bombshell, in which Stalin’s ‘cult of personality,’ abuse of power and mass repressions were denounced

Famulus Wagner and Mephistopheles
TV / 24 February 2026
24 February 2026

Small Prophets finds Mackenzie Crook conjuring tiny prophetic beings from working-class malaise, writes STEPHEN ARNELL

Benfica's Gianluca Prestianni fights for the ball against Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior during a Champions League playoff in Lisbon, Portugal, February 17, 2026
Men's Football / 25 February 2026
25 February 2026
Katie Taylor celebrates after winning her Undisputed Super Lightweight Championship title fight against Chantelle Cameron at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. Picture date: Saturday November 25, 2023
Women’s Boxing / 25 February 2026
25 February 2026
FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during a Board of Peace meeting at the U.S. Institute of Peace, February 19, 2026, in Washington
Men’s Football / 25 February 2026
25 February 2026
boy wind
Theatre review / 24 February 2026
24 February 2026

GORDON PARSONS applauds a marvellous story of human ingenuity and youthful determination, well served by a large and talented company

MND
Theatre Review / 24 February 2026
24 February 2026

SUSAN DARLINGTON applauds bold choices that force the audience to re-examine a familiar comedy

Tempest
Theatre Review / 24 February 2026
24 February 2026

PETER MASON relishes a quirky and highly entertaining take on Shakespeare’s tragicomedy

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Album Reviews / 23 February 2026
23 February 2026

New releases from Bill Callahan, The Delines, and Beck

secret agent
Opinion / 20 February 2026
20 February 2026

STEPHANIE DENNISON and ALFREDO LUIZ DE OLIVEIRA SUPPIA explain the political context of The Secret Agent, a gripping thriller that reminds us why academic freedom needs protecting

guitari
Global Routes / 20 February 2026
20 February 2026

TONY BURKE speaks to producer and broadcaster LUCY DURAN about her new project — Guitari Baro