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Andy Burnham surrounded by Labour Party supporters at the launch of his campaign as Labour's candidate for the Makerfield by-election during a press conference at Stubshaw Cross Community and Sports Club in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, May 22, 2026
Britain / 22 May 2026
22 May 2026

Burnham launches his campaign to return to Westminster

STATE BRUTALITY: Scottish politician, trade unionist and socialist activist from the East End of Glasgow David Kirkwood MP on the ground after being struck by police batons during the Battle of George Square, January 31 1919 / Pic: Public domain
Features / 22 May 2026
22 May 2026

Ignorance of working-class history leaves working people open to deceptive narratives, demagogy and political manipulation, writes SAN SENIK

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola celebrates after the Emirates FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium, London, May 16, 2026
Men’s Football / 22 May 2026
22 May 2026

Pep Guardiola leaving City marks the end of an era of peak modern football, says JAMES NALTON

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Interview / 22 May 2026
22 May 2026

Rita Di Santo speaks to Hungarian director LASZLO NEMES about his new film, a portrait of the French Resistance leader and hero, Jean Moulin

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Towards Titley Junction: a view across the fields of the old railway junction station / Pic: Mike Parker/CC
Borderlands: A Country Diary / 22 May 2026
22 May 2026

Decommissioned railway tracks have been ‘repossessed’ by nature with wild birds the prominent protagonists, writes MARK SEDDON

Pic: Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital only hospital in Soweto and the largest in sub Saharan Africa in 2017 / Pic: amanderson2/CC
Features / 22 May 2026
22 May 2026

ROGER MCKENZIE recalls the one-in-a-generation communist leader murdered at the dawn of a new South Africa 33 years ago last April 10

STATE BRUTALITY: Scottish politician, trade unionist and socialist activist from the East End of Glasgow David Kirkwood MP on the ground after being struck by police batons during the Battle of George Square, January 31 1919 / Pic: Public domain
Features / 22 May 2026
22 May 2026

Ignorance of working-class history leaves working people open to deceptive narratives, demagogy and political manipulation, writes SAN SENIK

Aslef delegate Lucio Buffone
Features / 21 May 2026
21 May 2026

Delegates rejected calls to disaffiliate after a passionate three-hour debate, while warning the Labour leadership that working-class members demand change

Delegates voting at TUC Cymru Congress. Photo: Natasha Hirst
Features / 21 May 2026
21 May 2026

TUC Cymru’s programme offers a potential roadmap for co-operation between Labour and Plaid Cymru on jobs, services and economic democracy, says DAI MORGAN

The Angry Summer
Features / 21 May 2026
21 May 2026

HAZEL PRING and MAX DICKINSON introduce The Angry Summer Project, a fringe for the TUC Cymru Congress

Arsenal fans celebrate at the Emirates Stadium, London, May 19, 2026
Men’s football / 22 May 2026
22 May 2026

Premier League champions Arsenal will finally lift the coveted trophy this weekend after 22 long years. LAYTH YOUSIF pays tribute to and remembers those who are not here to see it

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Exhibition review / 22 May 2026
22 May 2026

MIRANDA RICHMOND relishes the gloriously liberated art of Roy Oxlade, and traces his method back to the thinking of David Bomberg, his acknowledged teacher  

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Books / 22 May 2026
22 May 2026

MARTIN HALL examines the way the Roman orator took on different schools of philosophy

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Books / 22 May 2026
22 May 2026

ALEX HALL is amused at the way the UFOs appear exactly where commercial interests, conspiracies, militarism and right-wing media overlap

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Film of the week / 21 May 2026
21 May 2026

ANDY HEDGECOCK is astonished by a portrait of contemporary Greece, complete with political protest, organised crime and people trafficking, told from the point of view of — wait for it — runaway poultry

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Cinema / 21 May 2026
21 May 2026

MICHAL BONCZA and MARIA DUARTE review Eagles Of The Republic, The Balloonists, Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, and Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War

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Books / 21 May 2026
21 May 2026

TOMASZ PIERSCIONEK is intrigued by a the changing significance of its vast areas of forest to Russia’s history