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Satire or propaganda? The Trump baby Credit: Carlos Barria As one Trump leaves, another arrives. This month, the Museum of London will welcome the Trump Baby – a large balloon of the former US president in a nappy, described by the director as capturing “a particular moment of resistance” – into its collection. It’s a reminder of one of the more depressing effects that the left’s loathing of the political characters and events of recent  years – Trump, Brexit – has produced: ...

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/uks-johnson-resists-pandemic/"></div>LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resisted calls for an inquiry into his government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday as the country’s death toll neared 100,000 and his chief scientist said hospitals were looking like war zones. Johnson has been accused of reacting too slowly to the crisis, failing to su...

Modern art in an 800-year-old setting, Salisbury Salisbury Cathedral is known for many things – the tallest church spire in the UK, the best surviving copy of the Magna Carta, the oldest working clock in the world – but not, perhaps, its art. Yet when I visited with my partner in July, the modern art on display in these medieval surroundings was breathtaking. As well as its permanent collection, which includes sculptures by Barbara Hepworth and Elisabeth Frink, there is a year-long temporar...