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The Rwanda plan is in tatters - and it is very difficult to see how the PM can salvage its flagship policy.

Restore Trust put forward five people for election at the National Trust’s annual general meeting but none were successful

By Oumar Farouk Sesay A vexed mentality permeates our social media postings, painting the portrait of a frustrated people bereft of hope. A content analysis of some of the material of the binary debate in the media could be valuable to a psychanalyst who would want to probe the range and depth of the national mindset. In some cases the fora give one the impression of a vast

Jonathan Sumption rightly criticises the Covid inquiry for having decided the outcome before proceedings began (News Review, last week) — but then does the same himself in deciding that Boris Johnson was not competent or diligent before he has given any evidence.He misunderstands the nature of the p

The inclusivity and wellbeing calendar, which has been provided for volunteers, includes Hinduisms Diwali, and Islams Eid and Ramadan.

The weakness with which the doctrine of separation of powers is applied in Australia has the practical effect of substantially removing any obstacle to the legislative growth of the executive government. Fairly described as an ‘elective dictatorship’, it is therefore no wonder so many of our basic rights can be ignored and violated. If you think that is an acadamic abstraction, two words: Covid lockdowns

Andrew Motion Something old made new: The Iliad in Emily Wilson’s muscular and moving new translation, the first by a woman, is truly what it claims to be – a version for our time (Norton, £30). And something new made immediate: Hannah Sullivan’s second collection of poems, Was It For This (Faber, £12.99), ambitiously extends

It is always nice to hear compliments about your own country, and the other day a guy in Sao Paulo was being positively glowing. London ! said the Brazilian tycoon. Its the greatest city on Earth.

In July this year we spoke with Jonathan Sumption, and we catch up with him again during his trip to New Zealand.
In the interim there has been a lot of ch

The comedian’s trip through medieval history may pass at breakneck speed, but it’s an impressive blend of irreverence, accuracy and wit