The boy was regularly violent and sadistic to his siblings, we are told. His parents struggled to cope; nothing would help.

The German brothers’ fairy tales, in which moral laws are suspended and violence abounds, were no stranger than the ...

There’s elements within the party: a few of them would quite happily see me either leave the party or get chucked out. I’m not leaving – this is my party – and I just want to continue my work within ...

This biopic of the 17-year-old Olympic gold medal-winning boxer Claressa Shields explores not just the victory, but the aftermath.

The singer who embodied the Swinging Sixties in her youth gained a power in her later years that suited her better.

Bill Gates became, at 31 years old, the youngest self-made billionaire in the world. Personal computers were rapidly becoming ...

As the Trump administration embarks on its quest to bring peace to Ukraine, one of the big issues waiting to be addressed is ...

John Swinney has reversed Nicola Sturgeon’s errors and is making the political weather. “We will cut our waiting lists.” With ...

The cigarette’s maligned counterpart is finally being brandished in film and TV. Can it ever look cool?

Smoking cigarettes can make you feel ashamed, but the dysphoria caused by vaping is far more powerful: it makes you feel ...

Rachel Reeves is not just facing an economic crisis – she is suffering from a failure of philosophical imagination.

The brutal 500-year history of English violence in Europe.