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The Booker-nominated author on discovering Jane Austen, taking a crash course in Moby-Dick and falling for fairytales

Russian forces, alongside Syrian regime forces, have been intensively bombing civilian areas in northwestern Syria since 2013. Despite several ceasefire agreements signed between 2013 and 2021, the Russian military has still been dropping illegal munitions and has carried out thousands of air strikes targeting civilian areas. Our Observer, who lives…

As the Belgian director brings his new production of A Little Life to Edinburgh, he says the British stage has been brilliant at maintaining links with Europe

This week’s hustings show many members are unenthusiastic about Sunak or Truss – and might even prefer the current PM

Without lots of heavy rain in autumn and winter, water restrictions could be tightened even further

Bella Lack, a leading voice in the next generation of environmentalists, is on a mission to redefine activism. She talks about optimism, collective responsibility and finishing her A-levels

The six protesters had been accused of breaking lockdown rules by attending the vigil.

The Afghan rulers’ ban on female schooling has provoked global anger, but opposition is also growing from within

Csaba Vasvári’s claims of ‘overreach’ follow freeze on EU funds over concerns about judicial independence

The Chagossians were forced from their archipelago in the 1970s. Philippe Sands relates the wider tragedy of the scandal with nerve and precision

Reissues of novels by Natalia Ginzburg and Emeric Pressburger show off their skills at characterisation and narrative drive