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The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register. The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers.

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Latest Articles

The underrated crowd-free alternatives to Venice

Foodie powerhouse Bologna sits 50 miles to the west; cultural corker Florence 90 miles southwest; needs-no-adjective Venice 90 miles to the north. But choose instead Ravenna and its little canal-laced coastal neighbour Comacchio and you’ll find this distinctive pairing mixes the magical elements of all three — but without the …
By Norman Miller
• The Times

The army of digital sleeper agents who propelled Labour to power

It’s mid-June and Emma Reynolds, now the MP for Wycombe, is doing what her colleagues are doing all over the country — knocking on doors. Treading the well-worn path of an election candidate, she picks a street and spends the day hoping to convince those over the threshold to vote …
By Geraldine Scott
• The Times

Matt O’Riley shines as Celtic dominate DC United in Washington

On a humid night in the US capital, Celtic began their tour with a 4-0 victory against hosts DC United. The scoreline was indicative of the gap in strength between the Scottish champions and the MLS side currently sitting 13 out of 15 in the Eastern Conference standings.Midfielder Matt O’Riley, …
By Vitas Carosella
• The Times

The ultimate guide to Niagara Falls: everything you need to know

With around 12 million visitors each year, Niagara Falls is one of North America’s most spectacular natural wonders with bonafide bucket list appeal. Though it’s by no means the world’s tallest waterfall — that’s Venezuela’s Angel Falls — Niagara’s roaring curtain of water makes it one of the most beautiful, …
By Siobhan Grogan
• The Times

The ultimate guide to visiting the Taj Mahal: everything you need to know

There are few buildings anywhere in the world as recognisable as the Taj Mahal. Made entirely of white marble in Agra in northern India, it was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal, when she died in 1631. It took 20,000 of the …
By Siobhan Grogan
• The Times

Best audiobooks to listen to this summer

An unreliable narrator can be exhausting for a reader who must cleave through prevarications, inconsistencies and concealment. But Juniper Hayward, the antiheroine of Rebecca Kuang’s snarky novel Yellowface, is a potent blend of megalomania and self-laceration. The narrator Helen Laser masterfully captures Juniper’s feverish ecstasy when she secures a multimillion-dollar …
By Clara Coker-Whyte
• The Times

Best audiobooks to listen to this summer

An unreliable narrator can be exhausting for a reader who must cleave through prevarications, inconsistencies and concealment. But Juniper Hayward, the antiheroine of Rebecca Kuang’s snarky novel Yellowface, is a potent blend of megalomania and self-laceration. The narrator Helen Laser masterfully captures Juniper’s feverish ecstasy when she secures a multimillion-dollar …
By Clara Coker-Whyte
• The Times

Labour plans heavy blow to end 70 years of Tory rule in Wycombe

Every May since 1678, the people of High Wycombe have been weighing their leading elected official. In an attempt to curb exuberance at the taxpayer’s expense, a brass weighing machine is set up in the town centre with a mace-bearer declaring “and some more” if weight has been gained or …
By Geraldine Scott
• The Times

New York v Toronto: which is better?

With their subways, skyscrapers and big city sights, New York and Toronto have plenty in common — and not just the traffic. Both waterfront cities have thriving arts scenes, major financial districts, multicultural neighbourhoods as well as shopping, galleries and museums aplenty. In fact, they look so similar that Toronto …
By Siobhan Grogan
• The Times

Labour attacks SNP over cancer patients forced to go private

Cancer patients were forced to go private and pay for more than 1,000 rounds of chemotherapy last year because of lengthy NHS waiting lists, Scottish Labour has claimed. Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, accused John Swinney of having his “head in the sand” over the issues facing the health …
By Athina Bohner
• The Times

Rosie Duffield: I’m not anti-trans but Labour ignores women’s rights at its peril

Rosie Duffield knows what gaslighting feels like. But she did not expect to feel it from Sir Keir Starmer. “Keir is basically gaslighting me,” the former primary school teaching assistant, who is the party’s candidate in Canterbury, said. “You recognise it straight away.”
By Geraldine Scott
• The Times

‘I owe a debt to Britain’: the Labour candidate who fled the Taliban

The last time there was a new Labour government, Roh Yakobi was a child in Afghanistan, listening to news of Princess Diana’s death on BBC Persian radio. A year later the Taliban had massacred his people, his father had gone into hiding, and Yakobi would later be tortured. Now, having …
By Geraldine Scott
• The Times

Leaked email blames Tory MPs for poor start to election campaign

Conservative ministers and MPs have failed to “get behind” campaigning and have refused to knock on doors, a leaked memo from Tory headquarters sent days into the general election campaign has revealed.Conservative staff accused MPs of focusing too much on ministerial business in a document accidentally emailed to party MPs …
By Geraldine Scott
• The Times