Court of Appeal rules key anti-protest legislation was forced through unlawfully

The bard mourns the loss of comrades and troubadours, and looks for consolation with Black Country Jess

CHRIS MOSS relishes the painting and the life story of a self-taught working-class artist from Warrington

First Test between the two countries since 2003 will take place at Trent Bridge

JAMES NALTON writes on how the title win has sparked long-awaited celebrations among fans after a triumph four years — and one pandemic — in the making

Washington’s tariff policies become explicable in light of the US economy’s relative decline and the astonishing rise of China, argues MICHAEL BURKE

Decision allows Germany’s spooks to use informants and other tools to spy on the far-right party’s activities nationwide

JONATHAN TAYLOR is intrigued by an account of the struggle of Soviet-era musicians to adapt to the strictures of social realism

Including races at Newmarket and Thirsk

DIANE ABBOTT looks at the whys and hows of Labour’s spectacular own goal

GORDON PARSONS is fascinated by a unique dream journal collected by a Jewish journalist in Nazi Berlin

CAILEAN MCBRIDE welcomes a refreshing and timely study of the way officialdom creates structures that exclude LGBT+ rights and humanity