‘I Want to Make Something That Seems Really Improbable’: Watch Diana Al-Hadid Create Sculptures That Defy Gravity
New York’s Madison Square Park looks a little bit like an enchanted forest right now. A seemingly weightless cast of…
Russia will raise pension ages that date back to Stalin
WHEN the Soviet Union started paying pensions in the early years of Josef Stalin’s rule, the retirement age was set…
The obstacles on Macedonia’s road to the EU
SOLZA GRCEVA’s face curdles into a sneer as she traces the betrayal of her nation. Over coffee in Skopje, the…
Women-only clubs get a makeover
MOST Finns celebrate the summer solstice with a long night of sweaty sauna sessions and binge-drinking. But this year, on…
Erdogan inaugurates a new political era in Turkey
AMID a frenzy of honking, a young woman leant out of the window of a car, one of the hundreds…
Confusion over immigration and crime is roiling European politics
AS MAYOR of the small Swedish town of Haparanda, Peter Waara has had his share of problems with refugees and…
Award
On June 20th, at the Medical Journalists’ Association annual awards for health-care journalism, John McDermott, our global public-policy editor, and…
Hospitals are learning from industry how to cut medical errors
AFTER a brain aneurysm in 2004, Mary McClinton was admitted to Virginia Mason Medical Centre in Seattle. Preparing for an…
Block Around The Clock opens anti-fracking festivities
The first day of a major protector action against gas fracking near Blackpool kicked off yesterday with ska-robics, speeches and…
Loretta Napoleoni on the “migrant crisis”: ‘None of the solutions proposed will ever work’
In this exclusive interview international terrorism and human trafficking expert Loretta Napoleoni explains why she doubts the EU will be…
EU Summit 2018: Sharing responsibility on migration?
European Union leaders gathered on Thursday to examine new ways to stop migrants entering Europe, desperate to ensure that their…
Home Office addresses citizenship case after 18 years (and a 24-hour hungerstrike)
The Kamil family had spent the previous five years being ignored or told they weren’t a priority until they made…
First-ever female mayor for Amsterdam
Femke Halsema will be named Amsterdam’s mayor, a move that would make her the first-ever woman to lead the city…
Must-See Art Guide: London
Last week, Christo took over the London art world with his large-scale installation The London Mastaba, consisting of 7,506 oil barrels…