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Liz Truss’s least favourite feline is a national treasure but could be near the last of his nine lives

Amid global political and technological chaos, there’s something strangely comforting about seeing skilled craftspeople calmly mending old timepieces

Summer breaks are fraught affairs for Westminster’s finest. Robbie Griffiths has the lowdown

Former minister said Conservatives had ‘deserved’ to lose power and that he had not been shocked to lose his seat

Brief letters: Liz’s lettuce | Banksy’s rhino | Liverpool accent | Apostrophes | Tesla owners

Satirical artists’ collective that recently pranked Liz Truss says project is not tribal, although focus remains on far right

Plus: Zuckerburg’s tribute to his wife, Clooney’s non-tribute to Tarantino and an ode to Velamints

Imagine, for a moment, becoming haunted by the shadow of a salad vegetable. Not an exciting salad vegetable, like a radish, or even a suggestive salad vegetable, like a courgette. Just a plain old common-or-garden lettuce. Since her historic 49-day tenure as prime minister, Liz Truss’s comparative lettuce has refused…

Those defending the right to be offensive want a safe space for themselves while shutting down dissenting voices, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Liz Truss ally applied to for job advertised by the Treasury, but was rejected from role

‘I’m disgusted,’ said one audience member