The US-China trade war is also having an impact on manufacturing worldwideThe shockingly bad snapshot of industry from IHS Markit and the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply puts Britain on recession alert. It doesn’t mean that a recession will inevitably materialise.For that to happen, the poor performance of manufacturing...

Alarmist reactions to the ‘rightwing’ film – starring Joaquin Phoenix as a needy, dangerous wannabe star comic – overlook its subtler pointsTodd Phillips’s Joker had its world premiere at the Venice film festival only on Saturday, so it’s impressive that nearly everyone on the internet has an opinion on it....