As the first learning-disabled artist to win the UK’s most prestigious art award, Kalu has smashed a ‘very stubborn glass ceiling’. Her facilitator reveals why her victory is so seismic – and the secrets of her party playlist The morning after the Turner prize ceremony, the winner of the UK’s […]
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Meanwhile, the Lib Dems’ Gentleman Ed rips into Starmer for staying silent on The Donald’s US security strategy With little more than a week to go until the Christmas recess, the Commons is in festive overdrive. Demob happy. A few minutes in to the year’s penultimate prime minister’s questions with […]
Our writer tried out seven activities: forget novelty mugs and aftershave – these are the gifts they’ll actually appreciate • The best Christmas gifts for 2025 Want to give the ultimate waste-free gift, or buy someone something they didn’t even know they wanted? Then try an experience they won’t quickly […]
Wes Streeting’s plan to make booking easier made sense. Then I encountered an AI triagist, a stubborn receptionist and a Kafkaesque vicious circle A couple of months ago the health secretary, Wes Streeting, rolled out his latest master plan to save the NHS. From 1 October, it became compulsory for […]
The Free Birth Society was selling pregnant women a simple message. They could exit the medical system and take back their power. By free birthing. But Nicole Garrison believes FBS ideology nearly cost her her life. This is episode one of a year-long investigation by Guardian journalists Sirin Kale and […]
Our cartoonist on the trouble at Anfield after Egyptian’s stinging response to being dropped by Arne Slot David’s favourite cartoons of 2025 | Buy one here And his latest book, Chaos in the Box: get it now Continue reading…
With a sharp eye and saturated colours, Parr’s photographs revealed the world in all its eccentric glory. Here, his friends, peers and collaborators pay tribute to a master Grayson Perry, artist I’ve never really been a fanboy, but the first time I saw Martin Parr I ran up and drunkenly […]
The Green party leader is riding high in the polls. But across the political spectrum, uncritical adulation leads nowhere fast Shortly after Donald Trump launched his first White House run in 2015, television’s Kelly Osbourne made one of her regular appearances on The View, which is basically the American version […]
Tory leader took on Brexit, benefits claimants and grooming gangs in a presser that probably should have been an email If a press conference takes place and no one is around to take notice, can it be said to have really happened? Sometimes the most interesting thing is the person […]
The battle to buy Warner Bros Discovery has captured Donald Trump’s attention. The US President has declared he’ll be involved in the decision on the company’s sale, as both Netflix and Paramount fight to take over the entertainment giant. Lucy Hough speaks to Guardian US deputy business editor Callum Jones […]