The d.c. brief

MISMATCHED FINANCES. OPPOSING IDEOLOGIES. CHANGING JOBS, LOVE LIVES, FAMILY STRUCTURES –THE LIST GOES ON… 2024 HAS BEEN AYEAR THAT TESTED OUR FRIENDSHIPS IN MANY WAYS. SO JUST HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE ARAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD WITH YOUR CLOSEST RELATIONSHIPS INTACT?

TLS contributors choose their favourites

Ruth Jones and James Corden are giddy with excitement when they arrive to talk with Big Issue. We are in St Katharine Docks, London, where they’re midway through the edit for the 90-minute Gavin & Sta

In 2023, US smaller companies delivered only two-thirds of the 27% return their larger counterparts managed, says Stephen Connolly. This year, up until the US election, their relative performance was

CHINA FACES ACCUSATIONS OF ESPIONAGE and WEAPONIZING OUTER SPACE as it BU ILDS a NEW OBSERVATORY in CHILE critics say WILL BE USED for MILITARY PURPOSES

Predicting the future is considered a fool’s game. But it’s one many of us like to play. And seeing as we asked a selection of experts about the biggest breakthroughs of the century so far (p38), we c