Family's agony Tragedy of couple killed after surprise visit home

In the cramped lanes of Ambika Nagar, everyone spoke of Pooja and Harshit Patel with pride.

Brian Wilson 1942 -2025

Pop music as perfect as pop is ever likely to get'

Critical mass Is Iran as close to nuclear weapons as Netanyahu claims?

In justifying Israel's attack on Iran, Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said he had acted to pre-empt a secret Iranian programme to build a nuclear bomb, claiming Tehran already had the capacity to build nine nuclear bombs.

Only connect The first novel from the author of We Move ambitiously spans continents and time

Gurnaik Johal's first book, 2022's We Move, demonstrated how rewarding it can be for a gifted young writer to ignore conventional wisdom.

Europe was promised a night train revival, so why the delay?

As Europeans reawoke to the joy of travel post-Covid restrictions, it looked as though we were in store for a resurgence of continent-crossing night trains.

Even in the most harrowing cases, justice cannot be immune from scrutiny

When Lucy Letby was found guilty of murdering seven babies, and attempting to murder seven more, the judge sentenced her to multiple whole-life terms for what he said had been “a cruel, calculated and cynical campaign”.

How does WOKE start winning again?

British progressives have faced major setbacks in recent years. Was a backlash inevitable-and are new tactics needed?

Old scores Why Greek myths are gods' gifts to musicals

From Hadestown to H Hercules, eternal tales of love and coming of age are still reeling in audiences

Sin bins Mexican restaurant on a zero-waste mission

Sourcing local produce and using pre-Hispanic agricultural techniques, Baldío has embraced a regenerative ethos - with delicious results

Could boredom be good for us? Smartphones offer us instant stimulation, but they may silence a deeper message

In 2014, a group of researchers from Harvard University and the University of Virginia tasked people with sitting alone with their thoughts for 15 minutes.

The blunt truth behind Ballymena’s explosion of hate

Northern Ireland faces stark questions over the racism, xenophobia, and intolerance that has forced families from abroad to flee

'A billionaire would pay a lot of money to shoot a recreated woolly mammoth' Sadiah Qureshi on extinction and empire

In her new book, Vanished, the historian of science traces the roots of how we treat life, whether living, endangered, dead or extinct

Trip advisers 'Street tutors' aim to teach tourists good etiquette

In the era of overtourism, every popular holiday destination has its tipping point.

Reality check A lively dive into the brain's knack for showing us the world as we expect to see it

The process of perception feels quite passive.

Blue dawn Is Gavin Newsom the Democrat for the moment?

When Donald Trump landed in Los Angeles to tour the ruins left by January’s devastating wildfires, just days after being sworn in for a second term, California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, was waiting on the tarmac to greet him.

Crumbling axis Dismantling of Iran's proxies paved way for Israel's attack

Israel's new offensive is the latest link in a chain of events triggered by the attack launched by Hamas from Gaza into Israel on 7 October 2023.

The world must act on message behind Attenborough's Ocean

I have been saying this a lot recently: \"At last!\" At last, a mainstream film bluntly revealing the plunder of our seas.

'Kind of lame' A military show of force that passed America by

J Oliver Conroy WASHINGTON

ISRAEL'S NEXT FRONTIER

Benjamin Netanyahu claimed the dramatic attack on his country's longstanding enemy, which began last week, was to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. But does he have an even greater objective in mind?

The art of the meal

Twenty years on from the launch of the New Nordic manifesto, Norway's National museum assesses the movement's impact on dining and culture

Crunch time: what's the secret to cooking perfectly crisp tofu?

I want to like tofu, but I don’t because of its rubbery texture. How do I make it nice and crisp?

Why are friends erasing me from their holiday memories?

After a sometimes fraught four-hour car journey, my wife and I and three friends arrive at a remote, sea-facing house in Greece.

Oh brother The startling lives of artists Augustus and Gwen John are laid bare in this dual biography

A young woman sits reading, a pot of tea to hand, her blue dress almost the only colour in a still, sandy room. Gwen John's painting The Convalescent shows a subdued yet happy moment, for this woman is free to think and feel.

'NOWHERE ELSE TO GO' CITIZENS REMAIN STOIC AMIDIRAN STRIKES

The Iranian missile blew the door off the White City museum celebrating Bauhaus Tel Aviv, and shattered the windows of the nearby Quick coffee shop, where cinnamon buns and salads were on display, ready for a relaxed summer day that would never come.

Labour's wager Will investment bring voters onside by the next election?

Just before winning his second term in office, Barack Obama made a plea to US voters not to switch back to the Republicans: \"They drove our economy into a ditch and then they got the nerve to ask for the keys back.

Diminishing returns Israel lost its 'good guy' name in Gaza. Now it wants it back

There are two ways of looking at events in the Middle East over the past year and a half.

How Ontario became the measles centre of the west

Outside the emergency room of the St Thomas Elgin general hospital, about 200km south-west of Toronto, a large sign in bright yellow block letters reads: \"NO MEASLES VAX & FEVER COUGH RASH - STOP - DO NOT ENTER!

How millions of Americans stood up to be counted over Trump

As tanks and soldiers paraded through the streets of Washington last Saturday, several million people turned out under the “No Kings” banner in about 2,100 sites around the US, from big cities to small towns, to protest against the excesses of Donald Trump's administration.

Spiralling prices force ministers to allow rice imports

It's cheap, filling and a time-honoured way for office workers to calm their hunger pangs.

Raids and fear cast a shadow over start of Club World Cup

When Donald Trump came in the laws just changed and it's hard for immigrants now ... you've got a lot of people being deported, people who have been in the United States for two decades.