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From tourist hotspot to flashpoint: is Malta next?
After Barcelona's breaking point moment, social movements are fighting back with coordinated demonstrations across Southern Europe tomorrow
June 14, 2025
What is ‘AI slop’: the reality and the real risks of malign content
Why are you are seeing fake photos and videos in your social media feeds, what's to be done and what are the risks?
June 12, 2025
Sirens: the psychology of how people get drawn into cults
Joy Cranham explores the utterly addictive new Netflix drama with Julianne Moore, Meghann Fahy and Milly Alcock, and the dark ways in which cults 'hack minds'
June 11, 2025
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
June 10, 2025
Caravaggio’s ‘The Calling of Saint Matthew’
Art historian Virginia Raguin explains why this was Pope Francis’ favorite painting
June 10, 2025
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
June 9, 2025
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
June 9, 2025
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
June 8, 2025
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.
June 8, 2025
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
June 8, 2025