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Has the need for productivity become a barrier to living well?
Time wasn’t always a precious resource to maximise use of – perhaps the ancient Romans had it right.
How to age in a dignified way: know your neighbours
Co-housing developer Town hopes that building intergenerational communities will help people to live better. We spoke to founding director Jonny Anstead to learn about the company’s people-centric design and how it improves individual wellbeing.
Good mayors zone in on the details – just ask Zohran Mamdani
When it comes to curing the ills of a big city such as New York, the devil is in the details. Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s policy of focusing on the mundane promises big dividends.
Keir Starmer’s critics are right but it doesn’t mean they should take charge
UK prime minister Keir Starmer is under siege. But despite the Labour Party losing big in recent local elections, its milquetoast leader is still better than the alternatives.
College commencement season is upon us – now is the time to tackle big ideas
At a time when dulled language and strategised communication make our polarised worlds impenetrable, the upcoming spate of college commencement addresses in the US offers an opportunity to redeem the national conversation.
Opinion
Unlike my handwriting, the Republican politicisation of penmanship does make sense
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Javier Milei’s popularity plunges as corruption scandals shake his cabinet
Argentina’s president came to power on the promise of cracking down on corruption. But ahead of next year’s elections, he finds himself more mired in scandal than ever.
Friedrich Merz always wanted to be chancellor but he’s too tactless to turn Germany around
One year into the chancellorship of Friedrich Merz and the German military is once again on the rise. Yet impolitic leadership, including a spat with Trump, means that Germany’s fortunes are unlikely to change.
In fear of Ukrainian retribution, Putin bunkers down for a more muted Victory Day
While Vladimir Putin’s forces persist in their abortive invasion of Ukraine, the Russian president lives in fear of assassination and scales down the plans for this year’s Victory Day parade.
‘Putin is poisoning generations of Russians’: Mikhail Kasyanov on the future of the nation he once led
The former prime minister shared his thoughts on the current state of Russia, its leader and what the next 10 years might hold.
