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Jeremy Hunt’s budget shows that leaving the EU is only paying off in a parallel universe

When Suella Braverman said Britain was being ‘invaded’, she was right – but not in the way she meant. It’s been happening for centuries

Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman believe in a hard line on migrants. A better way is possible

The Beheading of St John the Baptist in Valletta’s St John’s Co-Cathedral became the inspiration for Samuel Beckett’s dramatic monologue Not I

Critics argue that it is impossible, or at least impractical, to rear octopuses for food without causing them intense suffering

From terrier territories to kitty kingdoms: a rundown of the most popular pets around Europe

When one person draws a line, the strength of resistance is tested

Jeremy Hunt’s budget shows that leaving the EU is only paying off in a parallel universe

As with everything else, there is one rule for them, and another for everyone else

When Suella Braverman said Britain was being ‘invaded’, she was right – but not in the way she meant. It’s been happening for centuries

Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman believe in a hard line on migrants. A better way is possible

The former chancellor’s reputation may be in tatters, but the diet plan devised by his fifth wife has done wonders for his waistline

The country’s capital, Lisbon, is buckling under the weight of visitors, including a new generation of ‘desirable’ migrants

The prison island in Tuscany is a social experiment in which 80 prisoners look after animals, orchards and fields

The latest gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street

The current sensation of bouts between reality TV stars, rappers and TikTok celebrities could kill off real boxing forever

He was the last Conservative prime minister to stand up to MPs making inflammatory, racist speeches and ensured Enoch Powell was removed from the party

For discredited populists, it has been the week justice hit back

The Beheading of St John the Baptist in Valletta’s St John’s Co-Cathedral became the inspiration for Samuel Beckett’s dramatic monologue Not I

The late Israeli actor and singer performed If I Were a Rich Man more than 3,500 times in multiple productions of Fiddler on the Roof

Unsung Inglourious Basterds actor Denis Ménochet encounters more terror in the countryside in Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s The Beasts

A triumphant production about life, love, growing old and dying has absolutely restored my faith in theatre

It’s nothing short of terrifying that Tom Basden has managed to shift a story of Italian police corruption so effortlessly and convincingly to a metropolitan police station in this country

How Brigitte Reimann, once an idealistic socialist, wrote one of Germany’s great post-war novels

We labelled her an ‘enemy alien’ but the Austrian-born studio potter’s work helped reinvent a drab postwar Britain

This recipe, from the founder of Michelin-starred Le Quinzième in Paris, puts a South American twist on a familiar favourite

Most modern European languages are thought to have originally come from one area of the vast Eurasian Steppe

The diminutive Italian actress, star of La Strada and Nights of Cabiria, was more than a match for her husband, director Federico Fellini, on and off set

A local modern-day bard, serenading commuters and beautifying the neighbourhood, is easily the best eccentric street person I’ve ever known