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Labour party's Andy Burnham delivers a speech at the People's History Museum in Manchester, June 29, 2026
Politics / 29 June 2026
29 June 2026

Incoming PM told to ‘stand up for the public, not shareholders around the world’

Kiera Marshall
Poverty / 28 June 2026
28 June 2026

KIERA MARSHALL says there is a gulf between the privileged circles in which most politicians move and the lives of working-class youth in left-behind estates – and as a newly elected Senedd member she’s determined to do something about it

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Theatre Review / 29 June 2026
29 June 2026

PAUL DONOVAN applauds this joyous retelling of the story of the idealistic young communist Mark Ashton and his legendary solidarity with the striking miners

Scotland head coach Steve Clarke reacts after the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group C match at Miami Stadium, Florida, June 24, 2026
Men's Football / 29 June 2026
29 June 2026
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch delivers a speech on the economy at Victory Services Club, central London, June 29, 2026
Climate Crisis / 29 June 2026
29 June 2026
Mourners cry while they take the last look at the body of Islam Moussa, 15, who was killed by an Israeli air strike, during her funeral in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, June 27, 2026
Palestine Solidarity / 29 June 2026
29 June 2026
The logo of water company United Utilities
‘Corporate Greed’ / 29 June 2026
29 June 2026

River Action demands government reins in the private water firm

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Ian Lavery
Features / 26 June 2026
26 June 2026

IAN LAVERY MP says an immediate focus on raising wages and reducing costs must be part of a strategy to show Labour can deliver for workers again

Friedrich Merz
Economy / 26 June 2026
26 June 2026

Friedrich Merz’s call for a new Plaza Accord ignores how Washington’s 1985 currency ambush destroyed Japan without fixing US deficits — China, a sovereign socialist state with 1.4 billion consumers, cannot be bullied the same way, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ

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Liberation AGM / 28 June 2026
28 June 2026

World Peace Council president PALLAB SENGUPTA assesses the challenges facing the international peace movement and sends greetings to the Liberation AGM

Kiera Marshall
Poverty / 28 June 2026
28 June 2026

KIERA MARSHALL says there is a gulf between the privileged circles in which most politicians move and the lives of working-class youth in left-behind estates – and as a newly elected Senedd member she’s determined to do something about it

The banner takes its place on the Edinburgh Pride parade. Pic: Andrew Johnstone
Internationalism / 29 June 2026
29 June 2026

ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer

Mustafa Barghouti (fist raised) at the International Conference Against War Pic: Steve Eason
Features / 26 June 2026
26 June 2026

At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine

Constitution River ridden by Ryan Moore wins the Boodles Raindance Dee Stakes on Ladies Day of the Boodles May Festival at Chester Racecourse, Chester, May 7, 2026
Horse Racing / 29 June 2026
29 June 2026
Viktor Hovland of Team Europe on day two of the Ryder Cup at the Bethpage Black Course, Farmingdale, New York, September 27, 2025
Men's Golf / 29 June 2026
29 June 2026
England's Danni Wyatt-Hodge batting during the ICC Women's T20 World Cup match at The Oval, London, June 27, 2026
Round-up / 29 June 2026
29 June 2026
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Music / 29 June 2026
29 June 2026

Three great releases of lost concerts by Duke Ellington Orchestra, John Taylor & Stan Sulzman, and Joe Henderson

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Exhibition Review / 26 June 2026
26 June 2026

To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE

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Exhibition Review / 26 June 2026
26 June 2026

If you can see past the relentless commodification you will be rewarded by enormously powerful work, suggests JENNY MITCHELL

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Music Review / 26 June 2026
26 June 2026

CHRIS SEARLE revels in the one-off collaboration between an American polymath and a British Muslim, and detects the presence of their revolutionary forebear

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Theatre Review / 26 June 2026
26 June 2026

GORDON PARSONS revels in an ebullient production of Shakespeare’s magical comedy

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Books / 25 June 2026
25 June 2026

BRENT CUTLER welcomes a thoughtful analysis of the Erdogan regime, viewed through the evolving history of a neighbourhood in Istanbul