The 80th anniversary of VJ Day today marks the passing of the generation that took part in the second world war. The few ...

When Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump meet in Alaska today, it will mark their first encounter since Russia’s invasion of ...

Just when you thought American political discourse couldn’t possibly sink any lower, along comes Laura Loomer’s deposition in ...

VJ Day – falls today, 15 August being the day in 1945 that Emperor Hirohito spoke to his people for the very first time to ...

Who is Ritchie Wellman? He is a father, a boyfriend, an assistant operations manager at a local business and a part-time ...

While the Bank of England consults on who will appear on the next round of British bank notes, with reports that Winston ...

Who does Uefa think it’s kidding? It says the huge banner saying ‘Stop killing children’ unfurled at a Super Cup match last ...

Well, well, well. Back to Scotland’s self-identifying ‘newspaper’, which has planted itself at the centre of a row over the ...

Friday 15 August is a painful anniversary for Afghanistan – it is four years since the Taliban took Kabul, turning my country ...

Alaska,” said the mountaineer Jon Krakauer, “is a place that constantly reminds you of just how small you are in the grand ...

Like much of Radio 4’s output, Thought for the Day is something of a curate’s egg – sometimes enlightening and a source of ...

On August 8, 2025, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a historic peace agreement brokered by US President Donald Trump. At the ...