Section: Voices
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Weak or shrewd? Starmer’s failure to call out Trump has his MPs divided
The PM had hoped for a domestic reset in 2026. Instead, the US capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has dragged him into another crisis
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Weekend with Tasneem Abdur-Rashid: ‘I’m known for my sticky barbecue ribs’
The author on motherhood, her love of cooking and the writers who inspire her
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Will Starmer survive 2026? Here’s what could seal his fate
After a bruising 2025 for Labour, eyes are on possible successors to the PM in the shape of Wes Streeting, Andy Burnham and Angela Rayner
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It’s crystal clear that our water companies aren’t working — let’s change that in 2026
Crumbling infrastructure and massive debts are costing us all dearly. It’s time the government made a new year’s resolution to fix it
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Why do we regress into our childhood roles when going home for the holidays?
The family home works like a time machine. We walk in as functioning adults with tired eyes and within hours we’ve regressed to the kids we once were
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Weekend with Ebada Hassan: ‘I have to lie down and feel grass through my fingers’
The Brides actor on her favourite books, being out in nature and taking cats out for a walk
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Streeting’s fight with doctors could win him headlines but cost him his legacy
The health secretary accused the doctors’ union of ‘juvenile delinquency’. But he’ll need striking medics on side if he wants to fix the NHS
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Farage’s opponents are desperate for racism claims to stick. Will they matter?
Reform UK’s leader faces dozens of allegations that he racially abused classmates at Dulwich College, which he denies. Yet he keeps chalking up wins
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Weekend with Aayan Ibikunle Shoderu: ‘There should be some sort of law against alarm clocks’
The actor on faith, dream roles and EastEnders, and why he’ll take anyone on in a game of table tennis
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Plans to scrap jury trials have unleashed fury within Labour
David Lammy’s proposals to restrict the right to trial by jury to the most serious criminal cases have angered even loyal backbenchers
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My mother gifted my girlfriend a saree of purple threads, holding my queer family together
I still look for a future in which families like mine, who are both trans and religious in nature, might survive without losing one another
