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Princess Anne marks her 75th birthday with a lifetime of unyielding duty and devotion to the monarchy, embodying its unsentimental core

2005 के 59वें स्वतंत्रता दिवस के जश्न के कुछ हफ़्ते बाद सितंबर में मूसलाधार बारिश वाले एक दिन, मुझे मुंबई में अपनी पहली नौकरी का मौका मिला. वो मौसम आत्मविश्वास से भरी अकड़ का था. भारत "अगला चीन" था, शेयर बाजार तेजी से चढ़ रहा था और आशावाद मानसून की…

As we remember VJ Day, let us also recall a spirit that can help us combat regional instability and climate change, says Zheng Zeguang, Chinese ambassador to the UK

The careers of Sturgeon, Merkel and Ardern show how foolish it is to idealise leaders just for being women, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

It’s tempting to scoff, but don’t dismiss the data. Modern man’s failure to forge real, meaningful friendships is bad for everyone, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

Picture this scene from the 1957 classic Pyaasa: Guru Dutt’s character Vijay, drunk and dejected, wanders through the narrow lanes of a red-light district.

It was the mid-‘80s. Independence Day was a holiday. I wanted to go out, play with my friends. But my mother sternly said, “Don’t go out today…who knows what will happen. Bombs may explode and what not.” That warning still rings in my ears every Independence Day.

Exactly four years later, our reunion in the safety of my new home in Melbourne was sweet

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: When Putin declares victory, as now looks likely, the question of how willing the ‘coalition of the willing’ will be in its continued defence of Ukraine is a crucial one that few seem ready to answer – and one on which Keir Starmer must continue to…

Editorial: The prime minister says foreign and domestic policy must be more closely unified. The problem is that he is failing to do it

Editorial: Tackling disinformation is a laudable goal, but routine disclosure of the origins of those charged will create more problems than it solves