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Sengal’s worrying slide. Plus: The new science of history

A quirky stay in a secret Second World War airbase in Norfolk — with 1940s decor and live music — holds so much allure for our writer she’s a regular guest

In this week's episode of "Unpacked by AFAR," we dig into AFAR's "Where to Go in 2024" list—Estonia! Fiji! Kenya!—with the editors who brought it to life.

Our Lives columnists on how they plan to spend New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day 

From Paul Murray’s brilliant tragicomedy to Barbra Streisand’s epic memoir, Guardian critics pick the year’s best fiction, politics, science, children’s books and more. Tell us about your favourite books in the comments

From Brno to Rome to the Texas Hill Country these are 25 of the best places around the world to travel to in 2024.

BUTLER TWP — The Butler County Community College women’s basketball team returns one of the nation’s top 3-point shooters and three other players from a 2022-2023 squad that won the program’s sixth co...

I've got a theory — D+37 — about culture and politics that started as idle speculation but is crystallizing into unshakable territory.

In the fifth episode of season 3 of “Travel Tales by AFAR,” Emma John travels to Vienna to learn how to sing—and how to embrace the city’s most famous art: opera.

Critically acclaimed Broadway musical Next to Normal has now opened at London's Donmar Warehouse. Caissie Levy stars as Diana, a suburban wife and mother living with bipolar disorder and haunted by her past. Donmar Artistic Director Michael Longhurst directs the long-awaited UK première of this powerful musical about a far from average family.