Stories from the worlds of geopolitics and acting

How much work is love? Plus: The Goldsmiths Prize 2025

Can the rise of populism be stopped? Plus: Autumn art market trends

Trump’s White House demolition, the Louvre heist and Helsinki Book Fair

Zelensky’s meeting in Washington, the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair and Cheltenham Literature Festival

Gaza latest, Macron’s PM reshuffle, Bollywood in Britain and autumn with Olivia Potts

Politics in the US, UK, Japan and the animals behind the scenes

Art as resistance

Jimmy Kimmel and the US crackdown on free speech

How Mandelson’s exit affects Trump’s state visit to the UK

The London Literature Festival and the importance of print

The week in news and culture. Plus: the heritage of craft in Hastings

The week in news and culture. Plus: Washington’s bipartisan bistro Butterworth’s

Trump meets Putin and UK festival season

How to curate the perfect library

Trump’s tariffs, the dishes that define Paris and a controversial new Taiwanese TV show

Trump’s media woes and Expo 2025 Osaka

The state of media and a new independent publisher

How radio changed the home

Persephone Books, Edinburgh Book Festival highlights and this week’s global headlines