New books by Robert Macfarlane and Tony Juniper strengthen the case for granting the natural environment protection in law on ...

Composer Francesco Filidei long dreamt of adapting the labyrinthine best-seller — but first he had to persuade Umberto Eco’s ...

Gopal made me practise (the same way he had as a 14-year-old) with a damp towel. I hooked my left thumb under one side and ...

Ian Stewart’s great achievement in his vivid new book The Celts is to examine these rifts and complexities with imagination ...

April’s Beige Book said that economic activity was “little changed” since its last report in March but that “uncertainty around international trade policy was pervasive” across all regions.

The third truth about trade is that, ultimately, it isn’t about all the stuff you get to sell. It’s about all the stuff you ...

A flight to ancient rituals in an age of AI is spurring more homeowners, estate agents and architects to call on energy ...

The MicroStrategy copycat is just the first in a series of Cantor Spacs. It has raised two other Spacs that are currently searching for deals with Brandon Lutnick as its chief executive. Cantor has ...

Also in today’s newsletter, ex-Big Four bosses launch rival firm and Davos founder accused of manipulating research ...

The former head of NHS England on tech-led reforms, the future of healthcare funding — and the back-story of her resignation ...

The first non-European pontiff in centuries pioneered change but was not the radical liberal of conservative imaginings ...

A growing number of Americans hope that Pope Francis’s death will mark a decisive conservative shift for the papacy ...