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As Russian drones and missiles continue to rain down death, the prospect of a Putin-Zelenskyy meeting seems unlikely, says author Andrey Kurkov

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The Israeli prime minister is good at finding excuses and distractions to avoid committing to the most minimal of peace agreements, or to stop his siege of Gaza City – it is time he took a risk for peace

Editorial: Schools deserve praise, but fresh ideas are needed to shrink the attainment gap between rich and poor areas

Editorial: Kemi Badenoch is presiding over the collapse of a party that was once a broad church into a narrow hardline sect

Growing up on an estate in London as a young child, summer holidays consisted of a 10-to-10 shift. Playing outside, that is. I’d only return home for toilet breaks, to chug down water and beg my mum for £1 to buy my crisps, chocolate and fizzy drink combo. And on…

By eschewing living in Buckingham Palace and suggesting ‘the firm’ be heavily scaled back, the prince has a survival plan that might work, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Still in its torn packet, the cheese has evolved into something other than food. I refuse to imagine the meal when I finish it

The dispute over hybrid working at the Office for National Statistics is becoming a key test of worker power, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

On August 1, a bench of two Supreme Court judges, including the Chief Justice of India, disposed of a writ petition on bringing political parties under the purview of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. 

Weeks before Carnival begins, the city is already stirring. In school halls, children stamp out dance steps their great grandparents refused to forget. In community centres, men and women bend wire, cloth and sequins, working through the night because culture does not build itself. In the pan yards, steelbands play…

It’s not about Nato or the Soviet Union. It’s about democracy.