Women’s prize for fiction 2025: an expert overview
Six experts review the shortlisted novels for this year's Women's prize for fiction: The Safekeep, Good Girl, All Fours, The Persians, Fundamentally and Tell Me Everything
What can you do if you don’t like your child’s friends?
Rachael Murrihy gives parents tips while urging them not to be too critical of their children’s choices
Why we still love Jane Austen’s heroes, heroines and houses
On the enduring timeless appeal of the ever-popular Jane Austen, her books and her characters 250 years after her birth
Parenting children with challenging behaviour
Kids' behaviour often drives parents crazy. But with understanding, support and some effective strategies, families can live more harmoniously, says Johanna Cutajar.
The Surfer, starring Nicolas Cage, is an absolute blast
With both pathos and humour, this new Aussie film from Irish director Lorcan Finnegan is dishevelled, dehydrated delirium says Grace Russell
Ocean governance: from sovereignty to sustainability
Two experts give Times2 a brief history ahead of The United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, France which starts tomorrow
Opinion: the smartphone is a sleek glass-fronted parasite
Your smartphone is the most successful parasite of the modern age according to evolution, and we are all paying the price
How did sport become so popular?
Konstantine Panegyres explains the ancient history of a modern obsession, from the Ancient Egyptians to Saint Augustine
What is retinol? And will it make my acne flare?
Three experts unpack the trendy skincare ingredient
What was Mount Etna’s ‘Strombolian eruption’?
A volcanologist explains what happened at Mount Etna earlier this week