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A new book tells the story of two of Britain’s most famous mystics

The NHS could now do with the financial boost as promised on side of the Brexit bus seven years ago

Keir Starmer is right if he thinks the localised control agenda is a powerful weapon for Labour. But, if he thinks it's easily delivered, he's wrong

Brexit was supposed to save the UK’s fishing industry. Instead, it has made its plight even worse

Despite British perfidy over the protocol, and the reneging of basic humanitarian values when it comes to migration, the French seem more bemused than belligerent

His tactics mix invisibility with stating the obvious. How long can Rishi Sunak survive?

This play seems to want to challenge stereotypes, but inadvertently and ridiculously reinforces them

Now even the cheerleading hacks who propped up this government are seeing the truth about Britain after Brexit

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One in three Conservative voters believe Brexit is more trouble than it’s worth. But will this waning support for Britain’s exit from the EU ever be acted upon?

Successive UK governments have long realised that it is cheaper to import doctors than to train our own, but it raises serious moral and ethical questions

Leader Richard Tice says his party can wipe out Rishi Sunak at the next election. But what would come next?

Keir Starmer's attempt to adopt the language of Vote Leave has divided commentators and Twitter alike

Just a tiny fraction of England’s farms have received payment under the government’s sustainable farming incentive

The Brexiteers dismissed fears over lorry queues at Dover. Now the government has called in a charity to deal with a disaster of its own making

The former Mail boss's appointment as the Independent's editor-in-chief is good news for journalism

There’s no doubt that she knew how to make clothes in every sense – but the idea that she represented a spirit of rebelliousness is frankly ridiculous

A counting system used by children playing games was once used by shepherds for counting sheep in Cumbria

There are literary delights to look forward to this year – but authors won’t be getting a pay rise

The National Gallery’s failure to properly showcase female artists continues with its treatment of Eva Gonzalès

We’re in a recession, energy bills are due to rise again and the timebomb of an ageing population ticks on. But Britain continues to live in a fantasy

It's political forecasting season for pundits. But, this doesn't mean they will be accurate

It looks as if it’s going to be another challenging year for theatre, but there is certainly a lot to look forward to

The PM doesn’t seem very keen to have a bonfire of EU rules. And that spells trouble – for him

The prime minister’s push for numeracy rings hollow as his government persists in ignoring the numbers

If last year taught us anything, it's that anything can happen in politics

But above all, we need politicians to be prepared to explain to the public that defence is important and is not just for diplomats and think-tanks

The Taoiseach’s admission about Brexit errors is not the climbdown they think it is

A new poll should concern Keir Starmer as much as Rishi Sunak

The mythology of the Glencoe massacre endures to this day. It would take historians and spin doctors far greater than I to erase this