‘Our chances? Zero – and getting worse’: inside a Tory death spiral
Frank Hester, Lee Anderson, an unpopular budget … as the catalogue of Conservative disasters piles up, discipline seems to be breaking down, and any hope of election victory fading
‘People question everything now’: how Kate’s photo scandal rips up the rules for royals and the media
Like it’s 1997? Major’s lot weren’t so pointless, poisonous or loathed
Tim Bale
Race of truth: F1 needs to double down on diversity if it wants to put the Horner saga behind it
David Challen
Democrats are angry over media coverage of Biden. Is it a distraction?
Harris is reaching Democrats where Biden isn’t – on abortion and Gaza
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The Observer view: Michael Gove’s definition of extremism will shut down vital debate
The Observer view on Russia’s election: insecure, weak Putin craves the popular vote, but uses violence to guarantee it
This parody of an election will be remembered for the cynically methodical manner in which he and his cronies stole the people’s right to freely choose Russia’s leader
The key to happiness is equality
How should economists address the climate crisis? By focusing not on growth but on the redistribution of wealth
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‘This place is utterly dysfunctional’: MPs on why they’re leaving parliament
Almost 100 MPs will stand down at the next election – and for many it won’t come a moment too soon. Here, Harriet Harman, Charles Walker, Caroline Lucas and others talk about what life inside Westminster is really like
‘I don’t think I developed emotionally’: Earl Spencer on the pain of boarding-school abuse
Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker: ‘I hit a wall – I had just been going in survival mode’
Scroll on: why your screen-time habits aren’t as bad as you think they are
‘Black men are conditioned not to articulate our emotions’: Ryan Calais Cameron on his hit play bringing new audiences to the West End
Cosmic cleaners: the scientists scouring English cathedral roofs for space dust
Cabbies have given me some great lines, but they have nothing on Frank Hester
Stewart Lee
The big picture: George Hoyningen-Huene’s mysterious Divers
The Rev Richard Coles: ‘I think my CV looks like the work of a fantasist’
TikTok may be on borrowed time in the US, but it still holds a Trump card
John Naughton
On my radar: Nicole Flattery’s cultural highlights
One to watch: Nemzzz
‘We are all mixed’: Henry Louis Gates Jr on race, being arrested and working towards America’s redemption
Jeremy Hunt’s budget mixtape is no match for Brexit’s greatest hits
‘A strangely singular freedom’: losing and finding myself at sea
After a break-up, disillusioned with work and lonely in London, the writer Susan Smillie found a companion in her small boat, Isean, and together they set off for an adventure of a lifetime
‘You can’t always win in this industry’: Theo James on fame, Guy Ritchie and the actor’s hustle
Feeling empty inside, one sociologist found answers by exploring his own traumatic childhood
Who you gonna call? Meet the real ghostbusters
Brownstone story: art and culture merge in a family home in Brooklyn
Sagas and geothermal swimming pools – Reykjavík moves to a different rhythm
Nigel Slater’s recipes for potatoes with mussels and dill, and filled with cauliflower cheese
My two-year-old daughter suddenly finds she has to sort
Séamas O’Reilly
Notes on chocolate: a drink to soothe a troubled soul
Live to 120? I’d rather go for quality not quantity of life …
Eva Wiseman
Sunday with David Harewood: ‘I sit with a sneaky beer, watching the world go by’
Root cover-ups: 10 of the best
Springtime on the allotment
Everything’s fine but somehow I feel I can never settle
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