30 Jul 2020 - 1:00am

Happy birthday, Baghdad, wonder of the world The city, founded 1,258 years ago today, was once an intellectual and cultural centre like no other

Justin Marozzi

29.07

The truth about vaccines Why is one of the most effective medical interventions known to humanity regarded with such mistrust?

Stuart Ritchie

29.07

Why the Government’s diet won’t work Tackling overeating is far more complicated than just telling people to make better choices

James Bloodworth

29.07

Is QAnon on the brink of power in America? Devotees of the cultish pro-Trump conspiracy theory are on the ballot for the US elections

Travis View

29.07

How Europe’s Last Dictator survived Belarus's Alexander Lukashenko has avoided the fate of other ex-Soviet bosses

Daniel Kalder

28.07

From Covid to crime: how media hype distorts risk The pandemic has forced everyone to undertake a high-stakes crash course in statistics — including journalists

Tom Chivers

28.07

Why the best bands are dictatorships Democracies and music don't mix — as the success of Talking Heads and Wu-Tang Clan proved

Richard Godwin

28.07

Is Putin loosening his grip on Russia’s regions? Protests in Khabarovsk could herald big changes to the way the nation is run

Mary Dejevsky

28.07

The tragedy of Hillary Rodham Clinton The failed presidential candidate was a victim of America's misogyny

Tanya Gold

27.07

Why Boris Johnson keeps on winning Despite a global pandemic and economic shutdown, the PM's popularity just won't wane

Matthew Goodwin

27.07

The trouble with abolishing prisons Could our justice system cope with the radical reform a new book proposes?

Adam King

27.07

Has lockdown broken old habits for good? Most of us are imitators not innovators: that’s why it takes a disaster to bring about change

Peter Franklin