A great picture can have an immediate and visceral effect on a viewer, as if bypassing thought. But a huge amount of thinking goes into selecting and sourcing them, and researching their backstories Can photographs still exert power in an age when millions of pictures are taken and shared every minute, and when a…

Tory leader says apology would be ‘navel-gazing distraction’ and would be used as lever for financial compensationKemi Badenoch has said an apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade would be a “navel-gazing distraction”, describing slavery as an evil “in which people from every continent…

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Updates from the match at Anfield (4.30pm GMT)Table | Top scorers | Email Daniel hereSo much of life is luck: when we’re born, where we’re born and to whom we’re born; the the skills we have; who we meet and when we meet them.Liverpool have lost one game this season. On the Premier League’s opening weekend…

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The simplicity of breathing; the sweetness of laughter; the privilege of lying on a bed. Buddhism teaches us how to enjoy the small pleasures Making sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can be used to navigate everyday lifeThere is a particular Buddhist story that reassured me I had found the right…

In Wicker, the love interest is a man made of plaited twigs. In romantasy, women are getting it on with goblins, elves, minotaurs and mothmen. Is this bad news for heterosexual men?Apologies if this is too personal, but is there anything in your home that turns you on? A sleek standard lamp, say, or a sexy piece of…

When it comes to fertility, testosterone and reproductive fitness, manosphere misinformation is rife - which can lead to a lot of heartache. Meet the man who wants to change all that“I think you can tell it’s for a lay audience,” says Michael Carroll, holding up his book, Your Nuts, its cover illustrated with…

Cash was king in those days, and that money was enough to last me for a month as I slowly travelled from Australia back to the UKRead more in the kindness of strangers seriesIt was a hot night in 1989 when my wallet – stuffed with $1,000 cash – fell out of my pocket.After university, I left the UK and went…