In 2014, on a Friday night just before Christmas, the US government released a heavily redacted, non-searchable, virtually unreadable document–likely hoping that it would go unnoticed in a wash of ...

Canada’s prime minister and leader of the opposition have not made bold statements about the country’s assisted dying laws—despite religious pressure ...

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Cometh the hour, cometh the man. It is not only Canadians who should count themselves fortunate that, through domestic political happenstance, Mark Carney became prime minister of Canada at exactly ...

The startling Netflix hit Adolescence reminded me of “Liam”, a student I met while doing research for the book Gen Z, Explained. At the age of 11 Liam had begun hanging out with alt-right subcultures ...

Michael Ratcliffe is a former literary editor of the Observer.

Alan and Lionel discuss more listeners’ questions on this week's Q&A. The editors also chew over how best to tackle conspiracy theories, and how media outlets can avoid being part of the problem. Plus ...

There’s a funny clip circulating on social media in which the American comedian John Mulaney likens the Trump presidency to a horse loose in a hospital. “It’s never happened before,” he says in a tone ...

Alan Rusbridger is the editor of Prospect and the former head of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. He was editor of the Guardian from 1995 to 2015.

Do you remember Julian Assange’s catchphrase, “Courage is contagious?” I think he may have borrowed it from the old Bible basher Rev Billy Graham, but no matter: it had a catchy ring about it. Sadly, ...

Looking around, this doesn’t appear to be a cemetery. There are no gravestones or plastic-wrapped flowers, walls locking us in and gargoyles lurking above. Instead, tree sprouts clutter the ground, ...