Today, Friday 13 June 2025, it feels humanity has stepped closer to the threshold of World War III than at any moment in most of our lifetimes. None of us want to face that fear, but how can we avoid it, when Israel—apparently in...

If someone had said a fortnight ago that more than half a century of Assad family rule would soon end in Syria, they would have been given little credence. The forces of Hizbullah and Israel were still battling it out in Southern Lebanon; the...

The fate of two documentaries, one about the West Bank and one about Gaza, reminds us of the shifting battle for narrative supremacy that has long accompanied the Israel-Palestine conflict.On 3 March in Los Angeles, Israeli-Palestinian co-production No Other Land won the best documentary Academy...

Gary Lineker was famously never booked for foul play despite a 16-year career in professional football with more than 650 club and international appearances. Unfortunately, off the pitch it was his instinct towards fair play that ultimately ended his career at the BBC, where...