‘I was an optometrist. Now I’m an MP. I had to sink or swim’

One hundred days into the job, parliament’s new independent members are getting to grips with the dress code and their fellow MPs. But can they make a difference?

Lyrical images of the Caspian Sea show a natural treasure in peril

In a new book, photographer Khashayar Javanmardi returns to the once-abundant Iranian shores on which he grew up

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