America

John Prine wrote about everyday American life. He left behind a legacy of love and empathy
Music

John Prine wrote about everyday American life. He left behind a legacy of love and empathy

A new book and reissue of his album, Lost Dogs + Mixed Blessings, celebrates the life of a great American songwriter

Donald Trump wants to ‘criminalise’ homeless people because it’s not ‘nice’ seeing tents on streets
Homelessness

Donald Trump wants to ‘criminalise’ homeless people because it’s not ‘nice’ seeing tents on streets

Before meeting Keir Starmer and picking up his golf clubs, the US president signed two executive orders to remove ‘vagrant criminals’ from American streets and ‘treat homelessness and mental illness as a crime’

Why is new Tina Fey comedy The Four Seasons so toothless?
Lucy Sweet

Why is new Tina Fey comedy The Four Seasons so toothless?

These friends, who were all over 50 and had known each other for years, had energy, good hair and kept saying how much they loved each other. As if!

Letters: Reform getting in will cause a lot of civil disruption
Letters

Letters: Reform getting in will cause a lot of civil disruption

Starmer and Trump agree ‘historic’ UK-US trade deal. Here’s everything you need to know
UK-US trade deal

Starmer and Trump agree ‘historic’ UK-US trade deal. Here’s everything you need to know

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Letters: Should we be reducing our consumption of American things?
Letters

Letters: Should we be reducing our consumption of American things?

Why Louis Armstrong is the defining figure of the 20th century
Music

Why Louis Armstrong is the defining figure of the 20th century

Joe Lycett: ‘Let’s fix things in our backyard before we try and fix the world’
TV

Joe Lycett: ‘Let’s fix things in our backyard before we try and fix the world’

World War II made America great. Trump’s trade war could finally be its undoing
John Bird

World War II made America great. Trump’s trade war could finally be its undoing

Celebrating 100 years of The Great Gatsby, ‘the greatest novel in the English language’
The Great Gatsby

Celebrating 100 years of The Great Gatsby, ‘the greatest novel in the English language’

It’s time for our political leaders to grow a backbone and stop Trump’s state visit – here’s why
Zoe Gardner and Nick Dearden

It’s time for our political leaders to grow a backbone and stop Trump’s state visit – here’s why

Why did Trump win the election? Because successive presidents weakened America
John Bird

Why did Trump win the election? Because successive presidents weakened America

In politics, Starmer’s seriousness will always trump Donald’s showmanship
Paul McNamee

In politics, Starmer’s seriousness will always trump Donald’s showmanship

King of the thrill Harlan Coben: ‘America used to seem cool – now it’s gone berserk’
Letter To My Younger Self

King of the thrill Harlan Coben: ‘America used to seem cool – now it’s gone berserk’

Polarisation and a test for Starmer: How Trump 2.0 will pose a major climate challenge for the UK
Donald Trump

Polarisation and a test for Starmer: How Trump 2.0 will pose a major climate challenge for the UK

Paranoia is back in politics. But today’s conspiracy theories have roots in a strange history
Dan Davison, Sacha Marten

Paranoia is back in politics. But today’s conspiracy theories have roots in a strange history

Letters: Our US ‘special relationship’ could be dangerous if there’s a world war
Letters

Letters: Our US ‘special relationship’ could be dangerous if there’s a world war

Wicked: The musical reimagining of The Wizard of Oz shows a way to reclaim the American dream
Film

Wicked: The musical reimagining of The Wizard of Oz shows a way to reclaim the American dream

I’m a street paper vendor and here’s why I support Donald Trump: ‘We’re not as divided as we think’
Opinion

I’m a street paper vendor and here’s why I support Donald Trump: ‘We’re not as divided as we think’

Whether you’re angry at the United States or not, we still owe them a great deal
John Bird

Whether you’re angry at the United States or not, we still owe them a great deal

Donald Trump is no less of a villain for winning an election – beware his effect on UK politics
Adam Barnett

Donald Trump is no less of a villain for winning an election – beware his effect on UK politics

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Top 5 books to read for the American election, chosen by prize-winning poet Kelly Michels 
Books

Top 5 books to read for the American election, chosen by prize-winning poet Kelly Michels 

California’s governor wants to use AI to solve homelessness – but it’s backfired, badly
Homelessness

California’s governor wants to use AI to solve homelessness – but it’s backfired, badly

Americans are buying up Britain from right under our noses. Here’s why
Angus Hanton

Americans are buying up Britain from right under our noses. Here’s why

Origin review – a genuine, often unsettling cinema outlier
Film

Origin review – a genuine, often unsettling cinema outlier