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As populism tries to pull the EU apart and Donald Trump threatens Europe’s security, Keir Starmer will face the challenge of resetting the UK’s role in the continent and the wider world

Will Keir Starmer lead the shift from chaotic Conservative turmoil into a new era of stability, or will it be more of the same?

For good reason – and much to the frustration of the tabloids – the Labour leader’s wife has done a great job of avoiding the spotlight

There is a huge gulf between the shadow cabinet and the real thing. How will Starmer’s untested team cope with the brutal realities of power?

For philosopher Tommie Shelby, Labour’s commitment to building more prisons is a sign of failure, short-termism, and nothing to celebrate

Being French and yet so invested in British life, you get double the highs and double the lows

Marine Le Pen’s clear win underscores her party’s achievement of making a duplicitous surface-level transformation to voters

There are gaping holes in our education system that are vulnerable to exploitation by certain politicians

As Italy turns to the right, the grass is looking greener back home for Britons

Bands that played Spain in the heady aftermath of Franco’s death have been rewarded with remarkable loyalty

It’s a very Anglo-European success, boasting a German founder, Dutch name and British customers

There must be something better than the juvenile name-calling that has come to characterise our way of government

Starmer looks poised for victory because those around him understand that Labour is the product of the working class

The Ruhrgebiet, Germany’s most densely populated region, is often seen as dirty and decrepit, but it has a rich history and an underrated charm

The Australian strategist has burned through any credit he had with the prime minister

Meanwhile, in Newark, Robert Jenrick appears to fancy himself as future Tory leader

As populism tries to pull the EU apart and Donald Trump threatens Europe’s security, Keir Starmer will face the challenge of resetting the UK’s role in the continent and the wider world

Will Keir Starmer lead the shift from chaotic Conservative turmoil into a new era of stability, or will it be more of the same?

For good reason – and much to the frustration of the tabloids – the Labour leader’s wife has done a great job of avoiding the spotlight

There is a huge gulf between the shadow cabinet and the real thing. How will Starmer’s untested team cope with the brutal realities of power?

How can a new government make Britain better – and what does ‘better’ even mean nowadays?

They might have ruined the country, crashed the economy, partied through Covid and brought us Brexit … but on the upside, the Tories have provided us with great front-page material. We’ll miss that*

A lacklustre campaign has been marked by an unwillingness to get real about Britain’s problems

Will a Labour government prove quietly competent or will their lack of experience in power lead to trouble?

Government and culture do not mix.. just look what happened last time

From remote Spain to the US Midwest via the Eternal City and Moominland, here are 10 must-reads for those long, warm days ahead

A new novel that reimagines art’s most toxic relationship and reintroduces the photographer and artist’s legacy to the world

A new movie role shows there is much more to Sofie Gråbøl than that chunky jumper she wore as Sarah Lund in the classic Scandi noir drama

A new venture by BrewDog’s ‘captain and co-founder’ is not to be welcomed

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s cinema, television and books

It was so dull that Churchill made his excuses and went to bed in the middle of it – even though it was screened especially for him

The common portrayal as a humourless Teuton could not have been further from a man whose work was infused with nuance, warmth and joy

The addition of suffixes to indicate a change in size is a common feature of many languages – but the word ‘cello’ is a unique example

Come on Tate Gallery, if you really feel the need to right a historic injustice, do it by ameliorating a contemporary one