opinion

US Navy destroyer or Royal Navy frigate – what’s best for hunting Russian submarines?

World
Emily Foster

The Type 23 does have the Magazine Torpedo Launch System, which enabled me to lob a torpedo straight into the water next ...

Donald Trump has rescued the Nato alliance

World
Emily Foster

Nato’s ability to emerge victorious from the Cold War, with the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1989, owed much to the ...

The NHS is a case study in how technology is ruining our lives

Health
Sarah Carter

On the radio yesterday morning, the manager of a big NHS trust said the key to improving patient satisfaction is to invest ...

Moral arguments over the state pension are irrelevant. There is no money

Business
Robert Johnson

The state pension age is going to have to rise sharply, in Britain as elsewhere. It is simply not sustainable to carry ...

Labour has just admitted how dangerous it really is

U.K.
William Turner

Credit to Rachel Reeves’s team: the shadow chancellor’s Mais Lecture this week was briefed perfectly. If you did not attend her hour-long lecture ...

As Chinese invasion looms, only a mighty drone strike armada can save Taiwan

World
Emily Foster

A Chinese invasion of Taiwan, by contrast, could play out in just a single day as Beijing’s massed fleet steams across the ...

Pushy, ‘perfectionist’ teachers like Strictly’s Giovanni Pernice tread a fine line

Trending
Sophie Anderson

I thought about Strictly Come Dancing coach Giovanni Pernice yesterday as I panted and sweated my way through the last 10 minutes ...

Starship rival: Chinese scientists build prototype engine for nuclear-powered spaceship to Mars

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

When fully deployed in space, the 1.5 megawatt reactor – including its heat sink – could tower as high as a 20-storey ...

China is finally reaping what it sowed with TikTok sell-off

World
Emily Foster

Well, perhaps. And yet the Chinese government is hardly in a position to accuse anyone else of unfair competition. This is a ...

If this is how Britain treats Kate, no wonder so many young women are struggling

Entertainment
James Parker

The Princess of Wales has more than proved herself. Until this week’s furore over an edited Mother’s Day photograph, she was a ...