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Absolute free speech is a right enshrined in the law, which is fundamental to British democracy. We must defend it, says former government minister Peter Hain

From fiscal rules to universities, doors have opened that were shut three months ago. Our future depends on which he chooses, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Editorial: Sixty years old this month, the famous northern walking route successfully blazed a trail for a national pastime

Series of actions this week including at Princeton and in a tiny town, offer hope that courageous voices can make a difference

This battle between the US and China goes far beyond market turmoil – it has killed off the liberal dream of a borderless world, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

Donald Trump’s America is clearly pursuing an isolationist ideology. His insane-seeming tariffs scheme, which has sent the stock markets careering and kicked off a trade war, is designed to force Americans to buy American. Trump seemingly can’t comprehend that trade deficits are mostly because American consumerism is famously rapacious, and…

Just one antisocial fellow traveller can ruin a journey. Is it a giant two-fingered gesture to the rest of the world?

The second Trump administration was backed and is staffed by two major – and widely differing - ideological projects

Eighteen months of slaughter in Gaza has resulted in little more than tepid official letters. It’s taken diplomatic humiliation to cause real anger, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones