Thousands in Sri Lanka insist Rajapaksa family quit politics
Colombo, Sri Lanka – Sri Lankans are continuing to demand President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation, with thousands rallying in the capital, Colombo, saying neither he nor members...
‘I’m not the pigeon guy – I just happen to have a pigeon’: Jeffery Jones’s best phone picture
Jeffery Jones had a parakeet as a kid but never considered himself a bird fanatic. Yet when he and his wife settled into an apartment...
Sweet relief: the candyfloss sellers of Mumbai – in pictures
Along the western edge of Mumbai, not far from the sprawling beaches, there are funfair attractions, street food stalls – and candyfloss sellers. London-based photographer...
Mary Bousted on Tory education: ‘To destroy children’s hope is wicked. We do it on a grand scale’
At the beginning of January 2021, when the Delta variant of coronavirus was sweeping across the UK, sending the Covid death toll spiralling, Boris Johnson...
Manju Malhotra: down-to-earth Londoner at the Harvey Nichols helm
Enjoying a cup of tea in the sunshine on the Harvey Nichols roof terrace, Manju Malhotra is clearly in her element, the quietly confident boss...
Cathy O’Neil: ‘Big tech makes use of shame to profit from our interactions’
Cathy O’Neil is a writer, a mathematician and author of the bestselling Weapons of Math Destruction, which won the Euler book prize. Her latest book...
Understanding Vladimir Putin, the man who fooled the world
Vladimir Putin was annoyed – or maybe just bored. The Russian leader had been patiently fielding questions from a small group of international journalists in...
Mud-caked feet, berries for breakfast and hiding from hunters: my life as a deer
For some time, a fox has been been sleeping in our garden. One evening I decide to follow it across the fields at the back...
How Beethoven inspired 50 years of cultural exchange between the US and China
It was a big year for Tan Dun, the Oscar-winning Chinese musician who would go on to compose the soundtrack for the film Crouching Tiger,...
Celebrity blue-bloods: everything we know about Brooklyn and Nicola’s wedding
It may seem impossible to those of us who have watched their evolution from tabloid fodder into a global celebrity dynasty, but this weekend the...