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Portrait of CP Scott
Comment is free…
but facts are sacred
CP Scott, 1921 Guardian editor
  • Volodymyr Zelenskiy welcomes former British PM Boris Johnson to Kyiv, 22 January 2023.

    Did Boris Johnson really sabotage peace talks between Russia and Ukraine? The reality is more complicated

    Emma Ashford
    A recent study shows the reasons the 2022 talks failed are more nuanced than critics suggest
  • Remains of a ballistic missile near the Dead Sea after Iran’s attack on Israel.

    Iran seems like it’s in escalation mode – but all-out war with Israel is the last thing it wants

    Lina Khatib
  • The state opening of parliament in the House of Lords, November 2023.

    No matter how bad the Rwanda bill is, a bunch of unelected peers shouldn’t decide its fate

    Simon Jenkins
  • Nesrine Malik

    Ravaged by austerity, chastened by Brexit: how can Britain have influence abroad when it’s broken at home?

    Nesrine Malik
  • Ukrainian servicemen from an air defence unit at their position near Kyiv, Ukraine, November 2023

    The west defends Israel’s skies. Not doing the same for Ukraine is a deadly mistake

    Nathalie Tocci
  • Hannah Witton

    Life as a YouTube creator was great, but 12 years in, I felt like I was trapped on a hamster wheel

    Hannah Witton
  • My parents were taken hostage on 7 October. This Passover, we pray for leaders who bring dignity and peace

    Sharone Lifschitz
  • As an actor, I know the value of culture. As West Yorkshire’s mayor, I’ll use it to enrich lives and provide jobs

    Tracy Brabin
  • A radical British politics rooted in nature is spreading – and the establishment doesn’t like it

    John Harris
  • I’ve always been untidy. Nothing prepared me, however, for the mess having a child would make

    Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
  • Britain was wise to cleave to Europe as the empire began to disintegrate. It’s time to do it again

    Will Hutton
  • The Tories are playing a risky game with their relentless pursuit of Angela Rayner

    Andrew Rawnsley
  • Mental health is a measure of success, not a reason for politicians to sneer

    Martha Gill
  • Left silences right, right silences left. But censorship stops us pushing for change

    Kenan Malik
  • Josef Burton

    As a US diplomat, I helped circumvent Trump’s Muslim ban – then realised I was part of the problem

    Josef Burton
  • Gareth Roberts

    Working for the Royal Mail sounded like an ideal job. But I discovered it’s falling apart, just like its vans

    Gareth Roberts
  • Ying Reinhardt

    I stopped apologising for my poor German, and something wonderful happened

    Ying Reinhardt
  • Corin Hirsch

    Buried under chicken wings and with cholesterol soaring, I knew I’d had my fill of reviewing restaurants

    Corin Hirsch
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  • Brian Brivati

    Labour is the party of sound defence and hatred of tyranny. Now it must show that in Ukraine

    Brian Brivati
  • Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah

    Britain’s record on aid has been badly tarnished. Here’s how Labour can restore it

    Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah
  • Charlotte Higgins

    Culture is not trivial, it’s about who we are. That’s why Labour needs a plan to save the arts

    Charlotte Higgins
  • Phineas Harper

    Keir Starmer’s got his work cut out to fix Britain’s housing crisis. This is my six-point plan

    Phineas Harper
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  • Donald Trump in court on 22 April 2024

    The Guardian view on arming Ukraine: US Congress votes against appeasement

  • Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street for PMQs.

    The Guardian view on disability, illness and work: there is no ‘sicknote culture’ in Britain

  • Emmanuel Macron

    The Guardian view on the French left: divided it will fall and fail, again

  • Ofsted inspector at work

    The Guardian view on school exclusions: to help children, gaps in the system must be closed

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Spotlight

  • Sean Ono Lennon with James McCartney

    Pop is awash with nepo babies – Lennon and McCartney are just the latest. But why aren’t they better at it?

    Simon Price
    Other fields are plagued with famous people’s offspring too, yet musical genius seems particularly difficult to pass down the generations
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  • Image: Guardian Design/Getty

    Monopoly: the Movie? Pop culture has become a series of lukewarm adverts – and it’s all so very dull

    Dan Hancox
    From films about Play-Doh and Barbie to the Shrek ‘experience’, consumer capitalism has run out of ideas
  • Illustration: Eleanor Shakespeare

    My family’s past, and Germany’s, weighs heavily upon me. And it’s why I feel so strongly about Gaza

    Eva Ladipo
  • Simon Price

    Pop is awash with nepo babies – Lennon and McCartney are just the latest. But why aren’t they better at it?

    Simon Price
  • A billboard poster depicting missiles, Tehran, Iran, on 19 April.

    In this shadow war between Iran and Israel, the outline of a different future is visible

    Jonathan Freedland
  • Simon Jenkins

    The UK’s smoking ban is government meddling at its worst and most pointless

    Simon Jenkins
  • Muscician and climate activist Marcus Decker and partner concert pianist Holly Cullen-Davies at thier East london home. Marcus is facing deportation due to the long sentance he recieved for climbing the Queen Elizabeth Bridge in Dartford. It would be the first time Britain has deported someone for peaceful protest. He and Holly are fighting for him to be able to stay with their family.

    Victimise people who raise a voice in Britain? Then destroy their families? Not in my name

    George Monbiot
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  • Ben Jennings on the Conservatives whipping up fear of migrants – cartoon

    Ben Jennings on the Conservatives whipping up fear of migrants – cartoon

  • Rishi Sunak/Taylor Swift

    Ella Baron on Rishi Sunak the tortured soul – cartoon

    The cover of the surprise Taylor Swift album might ring a few bells in the Tory ranks
  • Limbs fall off the zombie Tory government

    Chris Riddell on the zombie Tory government falling apart at the seams – cartoon

    The Conservatives are obsessed by Angela Rayner and immigrants. And then there’s MP Mark Menzies…

Columnists

  • Owen Jones

    Britain’s defence policy is more like one big declaration of war

    Owen Jones
  • Martin Kettle

    Starmer can’t dodge the Europe question for ever. In office, the economy will answer it for him

    Martin Kettle
  • Rafael Behr

    There’s a gaping hole at the centre of the Tory party where ideas should be. The risk is Liz Truss will fill it

    Rafael Behr
  • Polly Toynbee

    Jammed 999 lines and not enough ambulances to go round: come see the sharp end of this NHS crisis

    Polly Toynbee
  • Britain has no business intervening in the war in Gaza. So why did it defend Israel against Iran?

    Simon Jenkins
  • The EU’s new migration pact is intended to neutralise the far right – it risks empowering it

    Daniel Trilling
  • There’s no such thing as a benign beef farm – so beware the ‘eco-friendly’ new film straight out of a storybook

    George Monbiot
  • For a full year, the bodies have piled up in Sudan – and still the world looks away

    Nesrine Malik
  • The OJ Simpson trial was sensational – and a portent of the strife-torn America we see today

    Jonathan Freedland
  • On your marks, get set, dope! Welcome to the Enhanced Games – the sporting event no one wants

    Marina Hyde
  • Margaret Thatcher set Britain’s decline in motion – so why can’t politics exorcise her ghost?

    Andy Beckett
  • Starmer is courting Tory voters so hard it’s almost as though he wants to lose his own

    Frances Ryan
  • Michaela Community School in Brent

    Prayer rituals in schools remain a divisive issue

  • A woman sits by the fireplace at meal time in a shanty in Colombo, Sri Lanka

    Break the cycle of debt and dependency that stunts developing countries’ growth

    • Change the law on computer evidence with an amendment to data protection bill

    • Anyone is welcome at ceasefire marches

    • Isn’t it daft to let a 50-year-old smoke but not someone aged 44?

    • We cannot turn our backs on the tragedy unfolding in Sudan

    • Sedentary lifestyles are a ticking health timebomb

    • Ignorance still stalks the land

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