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FW Pomeroy's Statue of Justice stands atop the Central Criminal Court building, Old Bailey, London
Britain / 24 May 2026
24 May 2026

One victim says sentence for appalling crimes ‘hit me like a rock straight in my face’

COUNTING ON CHANGE: Ballot boxes are stacked on tables ahead of the count for the 2026 Senedd elections at The Arena, Venue Cymru, Llandudno on May 8 2026
Features / 23 May 2026
23 May 2026

With a political crisis engulfing the Labour Party, the case for PR is back on the agenda. TONY BURKE argues trade unions must now engage on changes to our voting system

West Ham United players await other results after the final whistle in the Premier League match at the London Stadium, May 24, 2026
Men’s football / 24 May 2026
24 May 2026
I’ACCUSE...! A comment left among tributes close to Grenfell Tower in west London the day after a fire engulfed the 24-storey building
Features / 23 May 2026
23 May 2026

YVETTE WILLIAMS and JOE DELANEY dissect the institutional dawdling that rubbed salt into the Grenfell open wounds prolonging the agony of survivors

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United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at a joint presser with India's Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar, unseen, following their talks in New Delhi, India, May 24, 2026
Middle East / 24 May 2026
24 May 2026
Rescue workers search for victims in the rubble of a destroyed house that was hit on Tuesday by an Israeli airstrike, in the village of Deir Qanoun al Nahr, south Lebanon, May 20, 2026
Lebanon / 24 May 2026
24 May 2026
Volunteers look for victims from an overturned train coach on a railway track as survivors wait for transport at the site of bomb explosion, in Quetta, Pakistan, May 24, 2026
Pakistan / 24 May 2026
24 May 2026
Police officers arrive at Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) headquarters in Ankara, Sunday, May 24, 2026, to evict supporters gathered inside. Photo: Ugur Yildirim/DIA Photo via AP
World / 24 May 2026
24 May 2026
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COUNTING ON CHANGE: Ballot boxes are stacked on tables ahead of the count for the 2026 Senedd elections at The Arena, Venue Cymru, Llandudno on May 8 2026
Features / 23 May 2026
23 May 2026

With a political crisis engulfing the Labour Party, the case for PR is back on the agenda. TONY BURKE argues trade unions must now engage on changes to our voting system

I’ACCUSE...! A comment left among tributes close to Grenfell Tower in west London the day after a fire engulfed the 24-storey building
Features / 23 May 2026
23 May 2026

YVETTE WILLIAMS and JOE DELANEY dissect the institutional dawdling that rubbed salt into the Grenfell open wounds prolonging the agony of survivors

FRAUGHT PROCESS: A member of HS2 staff walks through the Chilterns tunnel of the new line
Features / 23 May 2026
23 May 2026

The HS2 debacle exposes what happens when public infrastructure is handed to private contractors – especially when set against China’s state-led high-speed rail success, says CARLOS MARTINEZ

500 miles for solidarity
Aw That / 23 May 2026
23 May 2026

After battling hills, rain and injury in a three-day cycle ride ending at the CWU conference, MATT KERR reflects on why class unity remains the answer to injustice

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Features / 23 May 2026
23 May 2026

Through marches, music, schools and political debate, campaigners in Tower Hamlets are using the 90th anniversary of Cable Street to inspire resistance to modern racism. GLYN ROBBINS explains

Winston Pinder
Features / 23 May 2026
23 May 2026

A lifelong communist and community organiser, Pinder helped shape anti-racist and anti-colonial activism in Britain while dedicating himself to youth work and collective struggle, writes David Horsley

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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

aliens
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

oak larch
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