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Fri 2 Oct 2026

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It’s true: this is my final column. You have exactly 24 hours to complain before my inbox self-destructs

Marina Hyde

The Parthenon marbles in the British Museum on 11 May 2023.

Should we refuse to give the Bayeux tapestry back to France? Of course not! So why are we keeping the Parthenon marbles?

Simon Jenkins

A wind farm off the coast of Great Yarmouth.

There is a way to look after people, the planet – and Britain’s growth. It’s what we call the ‘wellbeing economy’

Jamie Driscoll

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Students walk across Cornell University's campus at dusk near a glowing Gothic building

After rape allegations at Cornell University, why are women again being urged to talk to their sons? Why not men?

Gaby Hinsliff

Ed Miliband and Andy Burnham at the Labour party conference, Liverpool, 27 September 2026.

For too long, only the right has expanded the boundaries of what governments can do. Can Burnham change that?

Andy Beckett

Andy BurnhamBritain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks to residents, care workers, volunteers and social care stakeholders during a care home visit in London, Wednesday, July 29, 2026.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool)

Flipping public opinion on the triple lock was Burnham magic – he’ll need more of it to see his social care plans through

Polly Toynbee

Aftermath of Russian drone attack in KyivIhor Malchevsky, 69, a deputy department head at Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences, escapes from an administrative building what went up in flames after it was hit by a Russian jet-powered drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 28, 2026. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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I went curtain shopping during a Kyiv air raid. And not because I’m ‘resilient’

Diana Berg

Donald Trump addresses the 81st United Nations general assembly in New York on 22 September.

War, power games and impunity. I watched the farce that is the UN general assembly: what a tragedy, what a mess

Nesrine Malik

Britain's PM Burnham in New York for the 81st UN General AssemblyBritain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, US, September 22, 2026. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Pool

Burnham is right that ‘hope comes from honesty’. That’s why Labour must make the case for rejoining the EU

Sadiq Khan

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