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Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a visit to Horntye Park Sports Complex in St Leonard's on Sea near Hastings, East Sussex, February 5, 2026
Labour Party / 6 February 2026
6 February 2026
President Donald Trump (left) gets a reaction from Britian's ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson (right), in the Oval Office of the White House, May 8, 2025, in Washington
Editorial / 6 February 2026
6 February 2026
Investigators leave an apartment building where deputy chief of Russian military intelligence Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev was shot, in Moscow, Russia, February 6, 2026
Russia-Ukraine / 6 February 2026
6 February 2026
UCU members at Edinburgh University gather for a rally in George Square, Edinburgh, September 8, 2025
Features / 6 February 2026
6 February 2026

DR GLYN ROBBINS ties fights at universities and sixth-form colleges to the consequences of the market system that began a generation ago with tuition fees

Great Britain's Bruce Mouat (left) and Jennifer Dodds in action during the Curling Mixed Doubles Round Robin match against Republic of Korea at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium, Italy, February 6, 2026
Winter Olympics / 6 February 2026
6 February 2026

Britain’s medal-winning curling team are back on the ice as the Winter Olympics get under way in Italy, writes JAMES NALTON

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Books / 6 February 2026
6 February 2026

HELEN MERCER recommends a timely history of the Civil Service worker organisation that proposes a principled and strategic approach for the future

Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking during a visit to Horntye Park Sports Complex in St Leonard's on Sea near Hastings, East Sussex, February 5, 2026
Politics / 5 February 2026
5 February 2026
The Rebirth of the African Phoenix, by Roger McKenzie
Government supporters call for the release of former President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, a month after U.S. forces captured them, in Caracas, Venezuela, February 3, 2026
Venezuela / 6 February 2026
6 February 2026
White House Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff speaks at an event in the Oval Office of the White House, January 29, 2026, in Washington
World / 6 February 2026
6 February 2026
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa (right) with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a state visit at Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, August 22, 2023
World / 6 February 2026
6 February 2026
People fill water containers at a free distribution point due to water outages in Khartoum, Sudan, on January 30, 2026
Sudan / 5 February 2026
5 February 2026
Free will-writing service
Prime Minister Keir Starmer (right) and then British ambassador to the United States Lord Peter Mandelson during a welcome reception at the ambassador's residence in Washington, DC, February 27, 2025
Features / 6 February 2026
6 February 2026

The PM says Mandelson 'betrayed our values' – but ministers and advisers flock to line their pockets with corporate cash, says SOLOMON HUGHES

UCU members at Edinburgh University gather for a rally in George Square, Edinburgh, September 8, 2025
Features / 6 February 2026
6 February 2026

DR GLYN ROBBINS ties fights at universities and sixth-form colleges to the consequences of the market system that began a generation ago with tuition fees

THE ART OF MEDIATION: A young Mao Zedong addresses the revolutionaries of the farms and industry
Features / 6 February 2026
6 February 2026

In the first of a series of articles, Storming the Heavens author JENNY CLEGG introduces the key themes of her book on the Chinese revolution

CHOICE WORDS: People take part in a Stand Up To Racism counter-protest against a far right demo at the Cladhan Hotel in Falkirk, housing asylum-seekers, September 2025
Features / 5 February 2026
5 February 2026

The far right thrives on division, but denying racism within the left only strengthens it. As we mobilise for the All Together March, real solidarity demands honesty about our own failures, argues ROGER McKENZIE

Print depicting the 1791 Bastille Day celebration in Belfast, discussed in the entry for Society of United Irishmen  Pic: John Carey/CC
Ireland / 5 February 2026
5 February 2026

TOM GALLAHUE argues that asking what role Irish diaspora educators can play in shaping Irish unity is to ask a deeper question about democracy itself

Victor Grossman with some of the works he published in the G
Features / 5 February 2026
5 February 2026

Hundreds in Berlin gathered on January 15 to honour the US-born socialist who made East Germany his home. Florentine Morales Sandoval reports

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, November 23, 2025
Men’s rugby union / 6 February 2026
6 February 2026
Photo: Arisa Chattasa
Men’s boxing / 6 February 2026
6 February 2026

JOHN WIGHT tells the story of boxing, conscience and cold war betrayal behind On the Waterfront

Sri Lanka's Pathum Nissanka (centre) plays a shot during the third T20 cricket match between England and Sri Lanka in Pallekele, Sri Lanka, February 3, 2026
Men’s cricket / 6 February 2026
6 February 2026
Wales' Louis Rees-Zammit during a training session at Vale Resort, Hensol, November 18, 2025
Men's Rugby Union / 5 February 2026
5 February 2026
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Books / 6 February 2026
6 February 2026

ALAN McGUIRE welcomes the complete poems of Seamus Heaney for the unmistakeable memory of colonialism that they carry

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Theatre review / 6 February 2026
6 February 2026

GORDON PARSONS is fascinated by a musical — and questioning — survey of Shakespeare’s attitude to women

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Books / 6 February 2026
6 February 2026

MATTHEW HAWKINS enjoys the work of reading the essays of a rigorous and leading London/Caribbean cultural participant

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Books / 6 February 2026
6 February 2026

ALEX HALL appreciates the history of a famous shoot-out that is sourced from diaries, letters, and newspapers of the time

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Film of the week / 5 February 2026
5 February 2026

MARIA DUARTE recommends an extraordinary film that explores an absent father’s attempt to make up to his sons

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Cinema / 5 February 2026
5 February 2026

JOHN GREEN, MARIA DUARTE and LEO BOIX review The Shepherd and the Bear, Hamlet, Twinless, and 100 Nights of Hero