Sunday April 20 2025
The Times & The Sunday Times
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NEW
Britain to ramp up explosives production to end reliance on US arms

The defence industry will increase its manufacturing of sovereign munitions amid fears over Trump’s reliability and growing global demand
Defence
Defence companies boast Trump-proof weapons are free of US parts

The first question firms face when trying to export their weapons abroad is whether they are independent of the US arms industry
Defence
Russia’s Easter truce is a lie and attacks go on, says Zelensky
Russia-Ukraine war
Two skiers sitting in the snow outside a ski rental shop during a heavy snowfall.
Record late-season snow brings chaos and perfect pistes in Alps

Skiers have been warned of high avalanche risks after two metres of snow fell in 36 hours in some areas, cutting off roads and power supplies
Europe
King Charles III and Queen Camilla waving to the crowd.
King and Queen lead royals at Easter Sunday service
Royal family
Black and white photo of Suzanne Cherry.
NEW
Husband watched in horror as wife killed by van fleeing police
Crime
Dr. Andrew Thomas speaking in front of a Swansea University banner.
Incels ‘need dating coaches to reintegrate into society’
Two women from For Women Scotland stand by a fence in London.
Supreme Court victors getting death threats in gender ruling backlash
Politics
Three Lancaster Brewery beer taps: Lancaster Red, Lancaster Blonde, and Lancaster Amber.
Cask ale brewers call for heritage status to save traditional beer
Food & Drink
King Charles III and Queen Camilla waving to the crowd.
King and Queen lead royals at Easter Sunday service
Royal family
King Charles III and Queen Camilla waving to the crowd.
King and Queen lead royals at Easter Sunday service
Royal family
Black and white photo of Suzanne Cherry.
NEW
Husband watched in horror as wife killed by van fleeing police
Crime
Black and white photo of Suzanne Cherry.
NEW
Husband watched in horror as wife killed by van fleeing police
Crime
Dr. Andrew Thomas speaking in front of a Swansea University banner.
Incels ‘need dating coaches to reintegrate into society’
Dr. Andrew Thomas speaking in front of a Swansea University banner.
Incels ‘need dating coaches to reintegrate into society’
Two women from For Women Scotland stand by a fence in London.
Supreme Court victors getting death threats in gender ruling backlash
Politics
Two women from For Women Scotland stand by a fence in London.
Supreme Court victors getting death threats in gender ruling backlash
Politics
Three Lancaster Brewery beer taps: Lancaster Red, Lancaster Blonde, and Lancaster Amber.
Cask ale brewers call for heritage status to save traditional beer
Food & Drink
Three Lancaster Brewery beer taps: Lancaster Red, Lancaster Blonde, and Lancaster Amber.
Cask ale brewers call for heritage status to save traditional beer
Food & Drink
King Charles III and Queen Camilla waving to the crowd.
King and Queen lead royals at Easter Sunday service
Royal family
Black and white photo of Suzanne Cherry.
NEW
Husband watched in horror as wife killed by van fleeing police
Crime
Dr. Andrew Thomas speaking in front of a Swansea University banner.
Incels ‘need dating coaches to reintegrate into society’
King Charles III and Queen Camilla waving to the crowd.
King and Queen lead royals at Easter Sunday service
Royal family
King Charles III and Queen Camilla waving to the crowd.
King and Queen lead royals at Easter Sunday service
Royal family
Black and white photo of Suzanne Cherry.
NEW
Husband watched in horror as wife killed by van fleeing police
Crime
Black and white photo of Suzanne Cherry.
NEW
Husband watched in horror as wife killed by van fleeing police
Crime
Dr. Andrew Thomas speaking in front of a Swansea University banner.
Incels ‘need dating coaches to reintegrate into society’
Dr. Andrew Thomas speaking in front of a Swansea University banner.
Incels ‘need dating coaches to reintegrate into society’
Two women from For Women Scotland stand by a fence in London.
Supreme Court victors getting death threats in gender ruling backlash
Politics
Three Lancaster Brewery beer taps: Lancaster Red, Lancaster Blonde, and Lancaster Amber.
Cask ale brewers call for heritage status to save traditional beer
Food & Drink
King Charles III and Queen Camilla waving to the crowd.
King and Queen lead royals at Easter Sunday service
Royal family
Black and white photo of Suzanne Cherry.
NEW
Husband watched in horror as wife killed by van fleeing police
Crime
Dr. Andrew Thomas speaking in front of a Swansea University banner.
Incels ‘need dating coaches to reintegrate into society’
Two women from For Women Scotland stand by a fence in London.
Supreme Court victors getting death threats in gender ruling backlash
Politics
Three Lancaster Brewery beer taps: Lancaster Red, Lancaster Blonde, and Lancaster Amber.
Cask ale brewers call for heritage status to save traditional beer
Food & Drink
King Charles III and Queen Camilla waving to the crowd.
King and Queen lead royals at Easter Sunday service
Royal family
King Charles III and Queen Camilla waving to the crowd.
King and Queen lead royals at Easter Sunday service
Royal family
Black and white photo of Suzanne Cherry.
NEW
Husband watched in horror as wife killed by van fleeing police
Crime
Black and white photo of Suzanne Cherry.
NEW
Husband watched in horror as wife killed by van fleeing police
Crime
Dr. Andrew Thomas speaking in front of a Swansea University banner.
Incels ‘need dating coaches to reintegrate into society’
Dr. Andrew Thomas speaking in front of a Swansea University banner.
Incels ‘need dating coaches to reintegrate into society’
Two women from For Women Scotland stand by a fence in London.
Supreme Court victors getting death threats in gender ruling backlash
Politics
Two women from For Women Scotland stand by a fence in London.
Supreme Court victors getting death threats in gender ruling backlash
Politics
Three Lancaster Brewery beer taps: Lancaster Red, Lancaster Blonde, and Lancaster Amber.
Cask ale brewers call for heritage status to save traditional beer
Food & Drink
Three Lancaster Brewery beer taps: Lancaster Red, Lancaster Blonde, and Lancaster Amber.
Cask ale brewers call for heritage status to save traditional beer
Food & Drink
King Charles III and Queen Camilla waving to the crowd.
King and Queen lead royals at Easter Sunday service
Royal family
Black and white photo of Suzanne Cherry.
NEW
Husband watched in horror as wife killed by van fleeing police
Crime
Dr. Andrew Thomas speaking in front of a Swansea University banner.
Incels ‘need dating coaches to reintegrate into society’
King Charles III and Queen Camilla waving to the crowd.
King and Queen lead royals at Easter Sunday service
Royal family
King Charles III and Queen Camilla waving to the crowd.
King and Queen lead royals at Easter Sunday service
Royal family
Black and white photo of Suzanne Cherry.
NEW
Husband watched in horror as wife killed by van fleeing police
Crime
Black and white photo of Suzanne Cherry.
NEW
Husband watched in horror as wife killed by van fleeing police
Crime
Dr. Andrew Thomas speaking in front of a Swansea University banner.
Incels ‘need dating coaches to reintegrate into society’
Dr. Andrew Thomas speaking in front of a Swansea University banner.
Incels ‘need dating coaches to reintegrate into society’
Two women from For Women Scotland stand by a fence in London.
Supreme Court victors getting death threats in gender ruling backlash
Politics
Three Lancaster Brewery beer taps: Lancaster Red, Lancaster Blonde, and Lancaster Amber.
Cask ale brewers call for heritage status to save traditional beer
Food & Drink
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Illustration of an exploded view of a smartphone's components.
Why even Donald Trump bows to the power of the iPhone
How pouches of pure nicotine became a teenage craze
Parenting
INTERVIEW
How Amelia Dimoldenberg went from Chicken Shop Date to Hollywood
Celebrity
Man with cane walking toward large house by lake.
Skies, scandal and stately homes: my walk round Turner’s Britain

To celebrate the anniversary of his birth, Matt Rudd retraces the great painter’s steps
Art
Headshot of Jason Cowley.
COMMENT
JASON COWLEY
Farage is no ‘pound shop Trump’, his rivals rightly fear him
Columnists
a woman with long red hair is wearing a white shirt
CHARLOTTE IVERS
The irony of Ozempic is that it’s allowing people to enjoy eating
Columnists
A grieving husband embraces his daughter at his wife's funeral.
Years of rage over my wife’s Arena death, reignited by jail attack
Crime
The Big Three—Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin—seated at the Yalta Conference.
TIM BOUVERIE
I study how we beat Nazism. The last few weeks alarm me
History
white scales of justice in a circle on a grey background
LAW REPORT
The Supreme Court’s ruling on trans women in detail
Universal Register
Two women and a single woman.
HADLEY FREEMAN
We’re bloody-minded, not bigots — the court trio who changed history
Scotland
A grieving husband embraces his daughter at his wife's funeral.
Years of rage over my wife’s Arena death, reignited by jail attack
Crime
The Big Three—Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin—seated at the Yalta Conference.
TIM BOUVERIE
I study how we beat Nazism. The last few weeks alarm me
History
white scales of justice in a circle on a grey background
LAW REPORT
The Supreme Court’s ruling on trans women in detail
Universal Register
Two women and a single woman.
HADLEY FREEMAN
We’re bloody-minded, not bigots — the court trio who changed history
Scotland
Headshot of Jason Cowley.
COMMENT
JASON COWLEY
Farage is no ‘pound shop Trump’, his rivals rightly fear him
Columnists
a woman with long red hair is wearing a white shirt
CHARLOTTE IVERS
The irony of Ozempic is that it’s allowing people to enjoy eating
Columnists
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World
Collage of Laurent Kabila and soldiers with weapons.
NEW
PROFILE
The Congo power battle that could undo Trump’s bid for mineral riches

Joseph Kabila’s return to the DR Congo is fuelling fears of further conflict in the bloody civil war and threatening to derail international interests
Africa
17 minutes ago
Illustration of Donald Trump with the Earth behind him.
NEW
IN DEPTH
A road less travelled: why tourists are shunning Trump’s America
US news
18 minutes ago
Forensic investigators examining a fire-damaged car in a parking lot.
NEW
Fear and extortion: drug gangs control ‘every prison in France’
Europe
18 minutes ago
Donald Trump holding a photo of an MS-13 gang member's hand tattoos.
NEW
IN DEPTH
DAVID CHARTER IN WASHINGTON
Trump takes aim at ‘weak and ineffective’ judges over migrants
US news
13 minutes ago
Taiwanese soldiers marching during a military exercise.
NEW
IN DEPTH
Xi’s espionage invasion: Chinese ‘fifth column’ seeks to topple Taiwan
Asia
18 minutes ago
Paramedics carry bodies of Palestinian first responders from an ambulance.
NEW
IDF deputy commander sacked after errors led to killing of 15 medics
Israel-Hamas war
18 minutes ago
Vladimir Putin at Orthodox Easter service in Moscow.
NEW
MARC BENNETTS IN KYIV
Why Ukrainians have no faith in Putin’s Easter truce
Russia-Ukraine war
18 minutes ago
Donald Trump holding a photo of an MS-13 gang member's hand tattoos.
NEW
IN DEPTH
DAVID CHARTER IN WASHINGTON
Trump takes aim at ‘weak and ineffective’ judges over migrants
US news
13 minutes ago
Taiwanese soldiers marching during a military exercise.
NEW
IN DEPTH
Xi’s espionage invasion: Chinese ‘fifth column’ seeks to topple Taiwan
Asia
18 minutes ago
Paramedics carry bodies of Palestinian first responders from an ambulance.
NEW
IDF deputy commander sacked after errors led to killing of 15 medics
Israel-Hamas war
18 minutes ago
Vladimir Putin at Orthodox Easter service in Moscow.
NEW
MARC BENNETTS IN KYIV
Why Ukrainians have no faith in Putin’s Easter truce
Russia-Ukraine war
18 minutes ago
Illustration of Donald Trump with the Earth behind him.
NEW
IN DEPTH
A road less travelled: why tourists are shunning Trump’s America
US news
18 minutes ago
Forensic investigators examining a fire-damaged car in a parking lot.
NEW
Fear and extortion: drug gangs control ‘every prison in France’
Europe
18 minutes ago
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Comment
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MATTHEW SYED In Vietnam I saw all the urgency and purpose the West once had

Despite a repressive regime its people have a work ethic our rights-obsessed rulers should learn from
Illustration of an Easter egg hunt with politicians dressed as rabbits, referencing local elections.

Cartoon by Morten Morland

a man in a suit and blue shirt looks at the camera
DOMINIC LAWSON America’s malaise is entirely homemade — tariffs won’t fix it
Portrait of Rachel de Souza.
RACHEL DE SOUZA Cut your own phone use before you try it with children
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HADLEY FREEMAN I lost friends and a job in the trans witch-hunt
a man with gray hair is wearing a white shirt with blue leaves on it
ROD LIDDLE Trains on time. Bins emptied. No potholes. Is it too much to ask?
a man in a suit and blue shirt looks at the camera
DOMINIC LAWSON America’s malaise is entirely homemade — tariffs won’t fix it
Portrait of Rachel de Souza.
a woman wearing a red sweater and a grey shirt smiles for the camera
a man with gray hair is wearing a white shirt with blue leaves on it
a man in a suit and blue shirt looks at the camera
Portrait of Rachel de Souza.
a woman wearing a red sweater and a grey shirt smiles for the camera
a man with gray hair is wearing a white shirt with blue leaves on it

Business
Nick Ephgrave, director of the Serious Fraud Office, in an interview.
SFO to offer deals to firms that come clean on fraud

Head of the Serious Fraud Office to announce businesses that self-report suspected financial crime may be invited to negotiate deferred prosecutions
Companies
Greg Jackson headshot.
Greg Jackson Ignore the bleating incumbents and reform our electricity market
a woman with long dark hair is wearing a green jacket
Seema Shah For Trump, success is all about jobs, not stock prices
Man leaning against Shift moving van.
Shift boss moves to thwart InPost’s £106m purchase of Yodel
Companies
A Sunday Times journalist interviews a man about his Auto Vivendi Supercar Club membership outside a pub, with a Ferrari and Lamborghini in the background.
‘It’s to look at, not drive’: what it’s really like to own a supercar
Companies
Illuminated
From gyms to golf: the perks luring workers back to the office
Companies
Elin Haf Davies, former nurse and founder of Aparito, sits in a chair in her home, holding a mug.
INTERVIEW
HOW I MADE IT
Getting investors to fund me was harder than rowing the Atlantic
Entrepreneurs
Man leaning against Shift moving van.
Shift boss moves to thwart InPost’s £106m purchase of Yodel
Companies
A Sunday Times journalist interviews a man about his Auto Vivendi Supercar Club membership outside a pub, with a Ferrari and Lamborghini in the background.
‘It’s to look at, not drive’: what it’s really like to own a supercar
Companies
Illuminated
From gyms to golf: the perks luring workers back to the office
Companies
Elin Haf Davies, former nurse and founder of Aparito, sits in a chair in her home, holding a mug.
INTERVIEW
HOW I MADE IT
Getting investors to fund me was harder than rowing the Atlantic
Entrepreneurs
Greg Jackson headshot.
Greg Jackson Ignore the bleating incumbents and reform our electricity market
a woman with long dark hair is wearing a green jacket
Seema Shah For Trump, success is all about jobs, not stock prices

Sport
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PREMIER LEAGUE
Liverpool one win from title after Trent condemns Leicester to second tier

Leicester City 0 Liverpool 1: Right back’s goal secures victory at King Power Stadium and puts Arne Slot’s men on brink of Premier League title
Football
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COMMENT
MARTIN SAMUEL
Men who hired Maresca should share blame for weaker, duller Chelsea
Football
Rasmus Hojlund of Manchester United misses a goal during a Premier League match against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Old Trafford.
PREMIER LEAGUE
No Fernandes, no threat — United look inept relying on Hojlund for goals
Football
Liverpool manager Arne Slot hugging Trent Alexander-Arnold after a game.
NEW
Slot: It’s ridiculous to question Trent’s commitment
Football
Oscar Piastri celebrating his Formula One Grand Prix win.
NEW
SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX
Unflappable Piastri takes title lead as Verstappen penalty proves costly
Formula 1
Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City during a Premier League match.
De Bruyne: I was shocked by City’s decision to let me go — it’s purely business
Football
Soccer player falling and injuring his leg.
PREMIER LEAGUE
Sublime Saka runs show before suffering injury scare in horror tackle
Football
Liverpool manager Arne Slot hugging Trent Alexander-Arnold after a game.
NEW
Slot: It’s ridiculous to question Trent’s commitment
Football
Oscar Piastri celebrating his Formula One Grand Prix win.
NEW
SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX
Unflappable Piastri takes title lead as Verstappen penalty proves costly
Formula 1
Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City during a Premier League match.
De Bruyne: I was shocked by City’s decision to let me go — it’s purely business
Football
Soccer player falling and injuring his leg.
PREMIER LEAGUE
Sublime Saka runs show before suffering injury scare in horror tackle
Football
a man with a beard wearing a suit and tie
COMMENT
MARTIN SAMUEL
Men who hired Maresca should share blame for weaker, duller Chelsea
Football
Rasmus Hojlund of Manchester United misses a goal during a Premier League match against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Old Trafford.
PREMIER LEAGUE
No Fernandes, no threat — United look inept relying on Hojlund for goals
Football

Life & Style
A journalist and her mother sitting at a table with mugs of tea.
Experts have defined the perfect day. Could I follow their formula?

A scientifically-proven 24 hours of bliss helped our writer enjoy quality family time — but it wasn’t all plain sailing
Science
Collage of six bottles of white wine.
Will Lyons Six of the best salty light white wines perfect for spring
Collage of four bottles of sparkling wine.
Jane MacQuitty The best wines for Easter — including the £5 sauvignon blanc to buy
Vinted app interface and founders.
Vinted nearly went bust. How did it become a £4 billion empire?
Fashion
A black Ford Mustang parked in front of a stone building, with Jeremy Clarkson standing beside it.
REVIEW
The Clarkson Review: the Ford Mustang is childish and irresponsible, like me
Driving
Luxor Temple courtyard with statues of Ramses II.
I’ve found the easiest (and best-value) way to see Egypt’s treasures
Cruises
Hands holding a container of vanilla whey protein powder and a scoop.
Do protein powders work — or are they an ultraprocessed fad?
Health & Fitness
Vinted app interface and founders.
Vinted nearly went bust. How did it become a £4 billion empire?
Fashion
A black Ford Mustang parked in front of a stone building, with Jeremy Clarkson standing beside it.
REVIEW
The Clarkson Review: the Ford Mustang is childish and irresponsible, like me
Driving
Luxor Temple courtyard with statues of Ramses II.
I’ve found the easiest (and best-value) way to see Egypt’s treasures
Cruises
Hands holding a container of vanilla whey protein powder and a scoop.
Do protein powders work — or are they an ultraprocessed fad?
Health & Fitness
Collage of six bottles of white wine.
Will Lyons Six of the best salty light white wines perfect for spring
Collage of four bottles of sparkling wine.
Jane MacQuitty The best wines for Easter — including the £5 sauvignon blanc to buy

Culture
Dermot O'Leary sitting on a suitcase.
INTERVIEW
Dermot O’Leary: ‘We’d make The X Factor differently today’

The talent show host turned TV everyman on Liam Payne, avoiding hangovers and getting political on the This Morning sofa
TV & Radio
Key art of a group of backpackers in a neon-lit Chinese city at night.
UPDATED
VIEWING GUIDE
What to watch on TV this week — Race Across the World and more
TV & Radio
Covers of *On Democracies and Death Cults* and *This Monster of Mine*.
UPDATED
The Sunday Times Bestsellers List — Douglas Murray on death cults at No 1
Books
Self-portrait of J.M.W. Turner at age 24.
EXPLAINER
WALDEMAR JANUSZCZAK
Why Turner was a cussed and creepy genius
Art
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip on their wedding day.
REVIEW
FASHION
Fashion in the 1940s? Make do and mend unless you’re a princess
Books
Aerial view of a destroyed theatre in Mariupol, Ukraine, with the word
REVIEW
UKRAINE
Donbas: land of coal, steel and blood
Books
Woman sitting on a couch.
INTERVIEW
Meet Emily Henry, the author who’s written five bestsellers in five years
Books
Self-portrait of J.M.W. Turner at age 24.
EXPLAINER
WALDEMAR JANUSZCZAK
Why Turner was a cussed and creepy genius
Art
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip on their wedding day.
REVIEW
FASHION
Fashion in the 1940s? Make do and mend unless you’re a princess
Books
Aerial view of a destroyed theatre in Mariupol, Ukraine, with the word
REVIEW
UKRAINE
Donbas: land of coal, steel and blood
Books
Woman sitting on a couch.
INTERVIEW
Meet Emily Henry, the author who’s written five bestsellers in five years
Books
Key art of a group of backpackers in a neon-lit Chinese city at night.
UPDATED
VIEWING GUIDE
What to watch on TV this week — Race Across the World and more
TV & Radio
Covers of *On Democracies and Death Cults* and *This Monster of Mine*.
UPDATED
The Sunday Times Bestsellers List — Douglas Murray on death cults at No 1
Books
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Travel
Chateau Buera winery in a vineyard.
Why you’ll love Europe’s oldest wine region — with new direct flights

In Kakheti, just a two-hour drive from the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, oenophiles can sip in style with 500 grape varieties, a luxury hotel and plenty of opportunities for feasting
Aerial view of the MSC World America cruise ship sailing at sunset.
What it’s like on board one of the world’s biggest cruise ships
Cruises
Woman leaving tip at restaurant table.
COMMENT
The nine most important things I’ve learnt about tipping abroad
Advice
Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain.
This new rail pass is your ticket to Spain’s most exciting cities
Spain
A woman and child lie on sleeping bags in a museum space gallery, pointing at space artifacts.
The secret to spending a night in space — without leaving London
London
Aerial view of Cape Panwa Hotel in Phuket, Thailand.
12 of the best last-minute holiday deals, from the Cotswolds to Campania
Italian garden at Tatton Hall.
Can the ‘Notswolds’ match the Cotswolds as a holiday destination?
England
Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain.
This new rail pass is your ticket to Spain’s most exciting cities
Spain
A woman and child lie on sleeping bags in a museum space gallery, pointing at space artifacts.
The secret to spending a night in space — without leaving London
London
Aerial view of Cape Panwa Hotel in Phuket, Thailand.
12 of the best last-minute holiday deals, from the Cotswolds to Campania
Italian garden at Tatton Hall.
Can the ‘Notswolds’ match the Cotswolds as a holiday destination?
England
Aerial view of the MSC World America cruise ship sailing at sunset.
What it’s like on board one of the world’s biggest cruise ships
Cruises
Woman leaving tip at restaurant table.
COMMENT
The nine most important things I’ve learnt about tipping abroad
Advice

Obituaries

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