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Edinburgh unplugged: fire alarms and outages send fringe shows on to the streets

The art of improv is in the air as comedians have battled blackouts and other interruptions – with the result of rekindling the festival’s spirit

The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2024

Starmer won by shifting to the right. But the Labour left doesn’t need to spend these years in the wilderness

The party increased its vote in seats with leftwing MPs. In this strange new world of British politics, there are reasons for hope, say Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2024

Labour’s top brass know the election battle will be brutal, but they can hardly believe their luck

The mood is hyper and buzzy. Starmer is warning his troops that the real enemy is complacency, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2024

Britain once rioted over the price of bread. What would it take for us to confront greedflation today?

We seem to wearily accept corporate profiteering as a fact of life. But an ever poorer public can be pushed only so far, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2023

Criminals, oligarchs and kleptocrats still own large chunks of the UK – and they’re using this loophole to stay anonymous

The clampdown on the rich Russians using shell companies to buy up London, launched after Putin invaded Ukraine, hasn’t worked. Here’s why, says author Oliver Bullough

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2023

Starmer may lack Blair’s charisma, but he may well change Britain more than New Labour ever did

Without the optimism that carried Labour to power in the 90s, the party now has to go big on reform, says the Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK · Jan 6, 2023

For Ukrainians, poetry isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity during war

Poetry is fulfilling a very human need – to make sense of the senseless and tell their stories, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2022

Thanks to Gavin Williamson, the era of dark arts in the whips’ office is over

There will always be a place for political enforcers – but they now know their missives will probably see the light of day, says the Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2022

Who rules the waves? In my part of Scotland that’s far from clear

The sale of a Clyde estate might once have been seen as making a positive case for globalisation. But it’s no longer so simple, says journalist Ian Jack

The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2022