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The former prime minister made sure he got himself photographed on his “mercy mission” to Ukraine

The prime minister's old rival, after helpfully advising his tactless remarks on Ukraine, is once again out on manoeuvres

Ruth Wilson is a serious actor, but this is a singularly boring piece of theatre

Updated insolvency records show that Digme Fitness – part-run, and part-owned by the chancellor’s wife – was £15.1m in the red when it went under

Comedian MITCH BENN discuses what the chancellor's been up to this week as a real man of the people

In Testament, an exhibition at Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art, contemporary artists have set about ripping up the traditional concept of statues

The chancellor’s disastrous spring statement has set a timebomb ticking under the prime minister. How will he react?

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The man the Mail chief dubbed Britain's "pornographer-in-chief" has landed the Ofcom job Paul Dacre failed to secure

With more than 100m albums sold, the Anglo-Italian could afford to be sanguine about critical coolness towards his work

The school has had a role in shaping British public life for the worse, writes one reader

Restrictions on freedom of movement after Brexit have left British competitive cyclists struggling to gain the experience they need to make it

The West missed warning after warning when it comes to Putin. We mustn't fall into the same trap with his peers

Why Woman's Hour's airing of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's sobbing was manipulative

Online events have kept us going during Covid, but nothing can replace the real thing

When Boris Johnson’s government cut the aid budget in 2020, it dealt a devastating blow to charities and the people they support, but did it also sound the death knell for the UK’s role as an aid superpower?

Despite a £40.4m government contract to supply plastic test tubes, Alex Bourne notched up a £709,000 loss last year

It's ultimately why he dodged a bullet in failing to land the job as chair of Ofcom

Reasonably daring when first performed in 2009, Mike Bartlett's Cock now feels all mouth and no trousers

Tim Walker wanted to win over the political professionals with his debut play, and now he has

Just why is the newspaper so keen to ensure that the former speaker is never elevated to the House of Lords?

The celebration dreamed up by Theresa May has cost a scandalous £120m of public money

The former prime minister is finding speaking engagements thin on the ground

The prime minister would do well to remember how Gove sold him down the river in 2016

Comedian MITCH BENN shares some other events that are, when you think about it, also just like Brexit...

U-turns and new schemes are welcome, but Britain still isn’t welcoming to those fleeing conflict

If Hobbes is right, perhaps the only way to maintain peace is to have a powerful world organisation that can enforce international laws and punish states that break them

Public schools produced the prime minister and 64% of his shoddy cabinet. Finland, where all education is free, shames our system. It’s time for a change

The Home Office is in urgent need of fixing, and Priti Patel is not the woman for the task

It is now blindingly obvious that the EU must step up and take responsibility for its own collective security, argues one reader

Rishi Sunak must accept that more borrowing and more spending are essential in his spring statement