Features
Streets of lanterns: a festival in pictures
A photographer spent three nights among the crowds at the city’s oldest autumn celebration.
Month: September 2026
Culture
The chef putting forgotten grains back on the menu
Fonio, teff and emmer are having a moment, and one small kitchen is behind a lot of it.
Sport
Tennis prodigy, 17, stuns the world number two
A straight-sets victory announced the arrival of a player coaches have been talking about for years.
Business
Shipping costs fall to their lowest level in three years
Freight rates have dropped by almost a third since spring as new vessels enter service and demand steadies.
Culture
A museum reopens with a gallery its visitors helped design
After a four-year refit, the city museum has handed one of its rooms to the public, and the results are surprising.
Sport
Cycling team names its first all-African line-up for the grand tour
Eight riders from five countries will start the three-week race, a first for a top-division team.
Opinion
Our politics has forgotten how to lose gracefully
Concession speeches used to be the most important speech of a career. Now they barely happen.
Opinion
Stop pretending the housing crisis is a mystery
We know what works. We simply keep choosing not to build it.
Opinion
The case for slower news
Being first has never mattered less. Being right has never mattered more.
Opinion
Science needs more boring replication studies
The unglamorous work of checking results is what makes the headline findings trustworthy.