Sunday May 4 2025
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Portrait of Zia Yusuf, Reform Party Chairman, sitting on a sofa.
Reform: Young people need a moral re-education

Zia Yusuf, the party chairman, says schools will teach a love of Britain if Farage becomes PM

Politics

Farage has blown apart two-party politics. Here’s what comes next

Badenoch’s in a doom loop and Starmer’s searching for a story — could it see him jettison two ministers and an entire department?




Prince Harry in a BBC interview discussing reconciliation with the Royal Family.



Officer with tobacco-sniffing dog seizing illegal cigarettes in a shop.
‘Got any cheap cigs?’ Britain’s fake cigarettes epidemic uncovered

Police at a counter-terrorism raid scene.
Iranians among eight arrested in counterterrorism operations
A relative of Layton Carr wrote online: “Nothing will ever come close to the pain I feel right now”
Fourteen children arrested after boy, 14, dies in fire

Officer with tobacco-sniffing dog seizing illegal cigarettes in a shop.
‘Got any cheap cigs?’ Britain’s fake cigarettes epidemic uncovered






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People celebrating VE Day in London, sitting on a beer barrel-laden truck.
VE Day in the words of ordinary Britons: ‘A proper anti-climax’

Diaries and overheard remarks prove that those historic moments were joyous, yes, but not without mixed emotion


Headshot of Jason Cowley.
Jason CowleyBlair or Miliband? Who Starmer listens to on net zero will shape Labour’s future



Robbie Williams standing in front of his art installation at the Moco Museum in London.
Robbie Williams: My art? It’s 25 minutes then, boom, on to the next one


Passengers standing near a stopped high-speed train during a power outage.
I told ministers blackouts were coming — here’s the plan they ignored






Portrait of Artur Podsokha, president of UCL’s Ukrainian Society.
The Ukrainian student societies punished for helping their people


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World


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Self-righteous are always tripped up by pop culture

MPs who tangle with bands like Kneecap simply shoot themselves in the foot



Illustration of politicians on a seesaw labeled "Ye Olde Two Party Politics."

Cartoon by Morten Morland



a bald man wearing glasses and a suit smiles for the camera
Understand moral universalism’s failures and we’ll understand Farage






a bald man wearing glasses and a suit smiles for the camera
Understand moral universalism’s failures and we’ll understand Farage






Bee Wilson sitting at a kitchen table.

The food writer was blindsided when her husband of 20 years suddenly announced he was leaving her


a close up of a woman 's face with her hand on her chin
Dolly AldertonDear Dolly: ‘Should we let a pet dog come to our wedding?’


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Headshot of Irwin Stelzer.
Irwin StelzerTrump has released the beast of uncertainty in America




Illustration of José Mourinho in two different styles.

Twenty years ago Chelsea won a sensational title in his first season, but it is ten years since his last league triumph. What went wrong?


Illustration of an Arsenal player and manager wearing silver medals.
Martin SamuelArteta’s Arsenal need the validation of a trophy — Paris is a defining game


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Portrait of Indhu Rubasingham, Director and Joint Chief Executive of the National Theatre.

Indhu Rubasingham is the first woman and person of colour to run the powerhouse. She talks ticket prices and Etonians


Felicity Finch, actress who plays Ruth Archer in The Archers.
The best podcasts and radio shows of the week — Victory at Ambridge


Christopher Abbott and Pico Alexander in Catch-22.
The 14 best Second World War novels — chosen by William Boyd and Max Hastings



Aber Falls in Snowdonia, North Wales, with a wooden bridge.
Claire IrvinBe a tactical tourist, and avoid the day trip scrum this bank holiday



Jayne Mansfield boarding an American Airlines plane.
The best skincare for long-haul flights


Louis Vuitton plates: bold, bright and beautifully over the top


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