Do private schools need a rethink?
In the last few weeks, the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for private schools in the UK to have their charitable status scrapped, but why?Also today, The Sunday Times launches its annual Pa...
9 Dec 202231min
Rishi Sunak's winter of discontent
As Rishi Sunak outlasts his predecessor in the top job, just how is he doing? With polls suggesting a heavy Conservative loss at the next election, a cost of living crisis and strikes across numerous ...
8 Dec 202228min
Why it's time to talk about male suicide
Seventy-five percent of all lives lost to suicide in the UK are male. And one charity is leading a campaign to do something about it. For this year, The Times and The Sunday Times is supporting the Ca...
7 Dec 202234min
Nato’s arms race with Putin
Putin’s invasion has ushered in a new era of industrial warfare. As the winter freeze sets in, the pace of the war has not yet abated. Weapon stocks are running low and Russia is rearming. The West no...
6 Dec 202228min
The British Museum or Greece: Who should lose their marbles?
Over the weekend, reports emerged that the chair of the British Museum, ex-chancellor George Osborne, has been holding ‘secret’ talks with the Greek prime minister over the return of the Parthenon Scu...
5 Dec 202236min
China’s protests: A view from the inside
Chinese cities have seen days of extraordinary protests calling for an end to the country’s zero-Covid measures, and for President Xi to step down. So what is it about this generation of students that...
2 Dec 202228min
Nicola Sturgeon's great independence gamble
After a stinging rebuke from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom - which ruled that the devolved Scottish parliament cannot authorise an independence referendum - SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has do...
1 Dec 202226min
Tutankhamun: The Times scoop of a century
One hundred years ago, when the tomb of King Tutankhamun was discovered in Egypt, the world learnt of the treasures via The Times which had secured the exclusive rights and photographs. So just how di...
30 Nov 202228min
