The greatest threat to democracy may no longer come from political parties but from unelected tech oligarchs like Peter Thiel and his powerful Silicon Valley network, argues JOHN GREEN
A HUGE dark cloud hung over Glasgow last weekend. As I wandered towards Sauchiehall Street, the smell of a massive barbecue filled the air — but the mood was far from celebratory.
Looking up above, it was impossible to tell the smoke from the clouds producing the acrid drizzle falling on the unkempt pavements.
Behind the police cordons at lunchtime on Saturday, firefighters were still spraying the smouldering Glasgow School of Art with a jet of murky water, pumped in from the Clyde via fire hydrants.
KATAYOUN SHAHANDEH surveys Iran’s cultural heritage and explains what has been damaged and what could be lost
Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Artists should not be consigned to a life of precarious working – they deserve dignity and proper workers’ rights, argues ZITA HOLBOURNE


