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From Molly Dineen’s humane portraits to Channel 4’s wild experiments, the golden age of British TV documentaries ​offers more than the streamers’ endless banal choice

When Britain’s former deputy PM took a job at Meta, nothing could have prepared him for the ‘cloying conformity’ of the tech world. So why does he still think social media is a force for good?

Category 2 storm set to end Britain’s dry spell, says Met Office forecasters

Iran will meet next week with Britain, France and Germany on its nuclear programme, the parties said Friday, as the European powers warned Tehran to engage swiftly to avoid snapback sanctions.

ANALYSIS: The harmful and racist foundations of craniometry have now been discredited, reports Elise Smith, but it had Victorian scientists captivated

IN FOCUS: A group raising money to get every lamp post in their village adorned with the ‘beautiful’ St George’s flag has been met with backlash. Helen Coffey asks whether the far right’s commandeering of our national symbol means it’s forever tainted

Exclusive: Lib Dem leader says giving Tesla a foothold in Britain’s energy market could be national security risk

Rich people are flocking to Dubai in record numbers, drawn to the desert city by its zero income tax policy and easy luxury lifestyle that has become harder to maintain elsewhere.

COMMENT: As a former attorney general suggests the government must do more to deter migrants from attempting to enter the UK, should we now look to the Scandinavian centrist coalition that ditched a historically welcoming stance in favour of a ‘zero refugee’ policy, asks Sean O’Grady

Britain is grappling with its highest-ever number of asylum applications, official data showed Thursday, as a political storm brews over the temporary housing of thousands of migrants in hotels.

The recent publication of the University of Edinburgh’s Review of Race and History has drawn attention to its “skull room”: a collection of 1,500 human craniums procured for study in the 19th century.