The BBC’s medical editor Fergus Walsh has made two extraordinary films about assisted dying in North America—both well worth watching. Although they are as neutral and balanced as you would expect, ...

Quite why Keir Starmer’s government is so determined to surrender the strategic Chagos Islands to Mauritius remains a puzzle. The sands of explanation keep shifting. Still, a leading justification has ...

Once there was a concerted attempt to use the United States constitution to prevent a president from seeking re-election. It may well be that the president would get popular support, it was contended, ...

What would you do if you realised your work was putting you in danger? This week, Alan and Lionel are asked if they’ve ever been unsafe because of their journalism.

“Storm clouds are gathering.” So warned Scotland’s first minister John Swinney as he called for a coordinated cross-party resistance—a Scottish cordon sanitaire, if you like—against the far right and ...

I was in Thailand last week and I visited the redlight districts. They hold a particular fascination to me, as they feel both nostalgic and dreamlike. They are nostalgic because they remind me of my ...