The Independent

Summer is a few months away, but the streets of Croatia’s old town of Dubrovnik are already teeming with tourists

Grab your passport: The Independent’s culture team has picked out the best music getaways for 2026, whether you’re after a forest rave or a sun-soaked break in southern Italy

With tracks inspired by weed, acid trips and same-sex relationships, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter changed the face of country music. As she releases a characteristically confessional new album, ‘Middle of Nowhere’, she speaks to Hannah Ewens about post-divorce singledom, her shifting view on having children, and burying the hatchet with her fellow country queen Miranda Lambert

Noticed your inbox filling up with eerily robotic sounding reports and presentations? You’re not the only one. Katie Rosseinsky explores how AI-driven ‘workslop’ infiltrated office life – and how it could be damaging our careers

Despite its reputation, Sean O’Grady found himself won over by the latest iteration of this longtime classic. Could it be the start of a beautiful friendship?

From wellness overwhelm to weeknight ease, Ella Mills shares why healthy eating should be simple – and the three recipes she turns to when time is short

The sense is Slot will remain but the Dutchman’s assessment of his own performance this season is revealing

The prime minister called on marchers who hear chants of ‘globalise the Intifada’ to stop and ask themselves ‘why am I not calling this out?’

Cellphone tower operators across Africa are increasingly turning to solar power to reduce reliance on costly diesel fuel and expand connectivity in off-grid areas

Cash-strapped Spirit Airlines appeared closer to a shutdown after Friday came and went without a needed government bailout

Both Frontier Airlines and Jet Blue have offered to help Spirit Airlines customers book replacement flights if the airline closes this weekend

Roberto De Zerbi insists Tottenham are good enough to save themselves while Mikel Arteta sees a ‘siege mentality’ at Arsenal.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has begun offering new appointments to disaster workers whose contracts were not renewed in January