Emmanuel Macron has claimed wildfires are France's biggest challenge since the Second World War. Credit: Getty

28 Jul 2026 - 11:00am

European wildfires provoke backlash against climate policies Increased rural regulations have given ammunition to opposition parties on the Right

One person was killed and 29 injured in a terror attack in Berlin over the weekend. Credit: Getty

Politicians are scared of calling out Muslim homophobia

Monday, 27 July

Trump can’t afford to stay in Iran for much longer US munition stockpiles should be held back for future conflicts

Jennifer Kavanagh

Britain’s semiconductor pivot is built on sand Burnham’s AI minister says he wants chips to be built domestically

Why is Staffordshire Police still putting men in women’s cells? Officers are wilfully ignoring last year’s Supreme Court ruling

Burnham doesn’t want to be the new Gordon Brown. Credit: Getty

Andy Burnham isn’t really ruling out a snap election

IRA violence is making a comeback A bomb incident near the Irish border raises more questions than answers

Sunday, 26 July

Midjourney’s astrology expansion brings AI to the soul Should we be worried about tech taking on spiritual significance?

Russia’s allies are pushing Putin to strike a peace deal Kazakhstan has relayed calls from Europe and the US for a freeze on the conflict

Bethany Elliott

Images of ants in dishes at Joseph Lidgerwood's Seoul restaurant went viral online. Credit: Instagram

Why do elite chefs want us all to eat bugs?

Richard Crampton-Platt

What’s behind the rise in ADHD diagnoses? NHS data suggests there has been a 31% increase in prescriptions over the past year

Saturday, 25 July

White House Correspondents’ Dinner deepens Trump’s press codependency The President needs the media for his brand of politics to work

Rudakubana was sentenced to a minimum of 52 years in prison for the murder of three young girls in 2024. Credit: Getty

Axel Rudakubana symbolises failure of UK justice system

Friday, 24 July

New Russia sanctions are the EU at its most impotent Individual member states are preventing strong action against the Kremlin

William Nattrass

AI primary schools distort the purpose of education Technology frequently hinders critical thinking

Kristina Murkett

Anas Sarwar leaves Scottish Labour at a crossroads Campaigners want to set the party free from Westminster

Iain Macwhirter

Is the capital really safer under Khan? Credit: Getty

The truth behind Sadiq Khan’s claims of falling London crime

Thursday, 23 July

Jameela Jamil doesn’t understand the British Empire Progressive attitudes to national history are rooted in parochialism

Samuel Rubinstein

Mango boss death shows dangers of therapy culture A homicide case in Spain raises troubling questions about the profession

Stella O'Malley

Release of Andrew Harper killers reveals Britain’s broken justice system The public has been sold a fiction about what a custodial fiction means

Will Tories become the party of the South? Kemi Badenoch could benefit from Andy Burnham’s Northern populism

Wednesday, 22 July

Yemen's Houthi loyalists show support for Iran Credit: Getty Images

Houthi blockade on Saudi Arabia will escalate US-Iran war

Are Britain’s prisons beyond saving? James Timpson leaves a system that is no healthier than when he began

New army chief can’t hide Ukraine’s military dysfunction Mass protests have pushed Zelensky to change commanders

Jennifer Kavanagh

Farewell Patrick Vallance, the scientist who symbolised pandemic hubris His betrayal of the public’s trust should have disqualified him from Government

Tuesday, 21 July

Nick Clegg has been critical of Labour’s economic vision in the past. Credit: Spectator

Nick Clegg: the Left doesn’t understand economics

AOC tries and fails to replicate Obama’s appeal She is imitating his message, but her views still diverge from the average voter’s

Michael Baharaeen

John Healey can be a radical chancellor He is better placed to implement securonomics than Rachel Reeves

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, whose eligibility for female competition has been called into question. Credit: Getty

Government misinformation report has a gender blind spot

Monday, 20 July

Don’t let Fifa Americanise future World Cups Hydration breaks and half-time shows belong in US not global sports

B. Duncan Moench

Andy Burnham’s anti-Thatcherism is built on a myth His first speech as PM blamed Britain’s problems on the Eighties

Lee David Evans

Boris Johnson is still in denial about his immigration failures The former PM refuses to challenge the basic assumptions of the Boriswave