Day: June 30, 2026

‘I hadn’t seen people smiling until I arrived in the UK’: one man’s harrowing journey from Yemen to safety‘I hadn’t seen people smiling until I arrived in the UK’: one man’s harrowing journey from Yemen to safety

After being arrested, beaten and targeted for conscription, Amal Sahel realised he needed to leave his country. But his journey to Europe was fraught with danger When Amal Sahel* was 15, he and his friends found a long length of metal lying abandoned in the street. The boys thought immediately ...

‘There’s this deep mystery of what, actually, is this thing?’: the philosopher inside Google DeepMind‘There’s this deep mystery of what, actually, is this thing?’: the philosopher inside Google DeepMind

Since 2017, Iason Gabriel has worked at the tech giant, trying to anticipate – and think through – the impact of AI. But as commercial and geopolitical pressures escalate, can ethicists make any difference? In 2017, a 33-year-old political philosopher named Iason Gabriel was told by a friend that he ...

Never mind the Bayeux! Here’s some other great medieval art – and it’s freeNever mind the Bayeux! Here’s some other great medieval art – and it’s free

Want to see some old wonders but don’t fancy forking out £33 for 40 minutes with a tapestry? Our critic celebrates the British treasures you can see all year round – from monstrous crypt carvings to the vaulting glory of our cathedrals There’s a carved stone character grimacing furiously in ...

‘Am I losing this battle? Yes’: Martin Lewis on the online scams that steal his identity – and others’ life savings‘Am I losing this battle? Yes’: Martin Lewis on the online scams that steal his identity – and others’ life savings

Trusted by millions, the finance expert has seen his name and face used to mis-sell a string of fake investments. And yet, he says, it would be ‘very simple’ for the government to stop them This month, an email from a consumer landed in Martin Lewis’s inbox. It was from ...