In Stoke-on-Trent, Matthew Engel finds a party struggling to answer the simplest questions

A celebrated journalist’s guide to crisp, accurate expression is full of sound advice

Academics and students on campus life in the era of ‘knowledge corporations’

Matthew Engel tours Middle England in search of the root of voter disillusionment

An entertaining inquiry into the relentless advance of American expressions among the British

Doyen of radio cricket commentary will hang up his microphone in September

Recent books by Matthew Engel, Edward Luce and Anne-Marie Slaughter

National identity matters less in an age of globalised sport

Geography is destiny in this historical meditation on the peculiarities of the English

The pursuit of novelty is leading to ever-shorter forms of the game

The holder of this title until now would, for me, have been Muhammad Ali

Amity between old adversaries almost certain to crumble once first ball is bowled

Train travel in the UK now combines the worst features of capitalism and socialism

Will Britain’s election be decided in the Labour heartlands? Matthew Engel reports

A pledge to roll back the Beeching cuts has rekindled a strange national obsession

Impact of pandemic has halted nearly 400,000 housing transactions

Global property portals report big increases in Chinese inquiries

My buyer asked to delay due to Covid-19 and now I understand I need to pay capital gains tax within 30 days of sale

Pandemic puts more pressure on Masayoshi Son’s bet on beleaguered WeWork

Business ease in adapting to lockdowns changes attitudes to remote set-ups

Some leases prohibit doing business — plus what to do when coronavirus halts completion of a sale

Owner of some of UK’s biggest shopping malls still faces uphill struggle

Landlords reject call for 50% reduction, saying hotel group is using Covid-19 crisis to cut costs

Before the world went into lockdown, Rebecca Watson found herself in a very different kind of confinement

An occupied home has utility no empty shop can match

Health and beauty chain cites ‘unprecedented decline’ in footfall

Company says it will be ‘several years’ before revenues return to 2019 levels

Office group founder files lawsuit over largest investor’s decision to pull out of $3bn tender offer

Company must not bet the bank on expansion; estate agents have nowhere to go

Office providers warn chancellor that companies will go bankrupt without relief

President acts as though Latin America’s second-largest economy is immune to pandemic

Oil price collapse and crumbling health system put Latin American nation at risk

The need for an effective fight against coronavirus trumps other considerations

Maduro regime rejects latest Washington plan despite fears of humanitarian catastrophe from Covid-19

Behaviour of Brazil’s ‘walking crisis’ president sparks backlash among one-time allies

All attempts to remove President Nicolás Maduro from power have failed

Flashpoint between Brazil’s populist leader and political establishment over response to virus

Region’s ‘Pink tide’ leaders see chance of revival as inequality and public health concerns take centre stage

Dismissal of Luiz Henrique Mandetta follows feud over how to tackle coronavirus

Officials’ barbs come at a precarious time for Latin American country

Approval ratings for the billionaire president have more than doubled

Work dries up under lockdown but returning home could be more perilous than staying put

Tensions escalate between president and the speaker of Congress’s lower house over response to coronavirus 

Sérgio Moro was the face of nation’s long-running ‘Car Wash’ anti-corruption probe

Justice minister’s departure raises risk of yet another impeachment in Latin America’s largest democracy

Finance minister Paulo Guedes has had his liberal economic agenda sidelined by emergency measures

Former justice minister had accused president of political interference in police work

Tareck El-Aissami has little experience — and a $10m US bounty on his head

Decades of philanthropy pay off for one of Wall Street’s most complicated figures

David Enrich’s salutary tale of Deutsche Bank’s overreaching ambitions