Time is running out to avert catastrophic climate change and to halt the decline of nature, but the new Prime Minister has already closed the department dedicated to the issue
The new Prime Minister has appointed an older, less posh and more female team than her predecessor, with a 'ring of Brexit steel' to protect her
The potential for tension between new Cabinet members to descend into squalid squabbling is plain to see
Junior doctors are traditionally loath to take strike action and on the centre-right of politics. Hunt managed to unite them all against the government. That is no mean feat
Concluding his two-part series on mending modern politics, Independent founding editor Andreas Whittam Smith shares his ideas for a better future
3) Eventually you realise that you're not one person
There is a lack of humanist studies in the universities of the Arab world, and an absence of the texts which flourished in the very golden age which Islamists so often proclaim
He speaks languages, knows about diplomacy from his one-time Eurocrat father and is culturally sensitive in a way that eludes many British Islanders. Unlike David Miliband, who appeared supercilious, Boris can save situations with humour and self-deprecation
If you were cynical you might wonder if, despite their ability to reach out to people, Corbyn's opponents feel they'd be unlikely to beat him in a straight vote of members
I grew up in a single parent family in an ex-mining community and left primary school unable to spell or do basic arithmetic. Jeremy Corbyn spoke sense to me when other mainstream politicians didn't seem to care
Jon O'Donnell prepares to race through the canals, hills and streets in and around the Bavarian town of Roth in the oldes and largest triathlon in the world
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Financial Conduct Authority to investigate crowdfunding industry, as fears grow that investors' cash could be at risk
His was a genuine partnership with Cameron, but his demise at the hands of Theresa May comes in part because he made too many mistakes
He is, remember, the man who once got stuck on a zip-wire with a Union flag in each hand – which Johnny Foreigner wouldn't find that kind of prank a hoot?
Remember that Fox was forced to resign in disgrace as Defence Secretary in 2011 because he had invited his old mate Adam Werrity, a lobbyist, to international trips and to private Ministry of Defence meetings even though he had no official role in government and no security clearance
With instances of homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate crime on the rise and the closure of so many spaces for LGBT people, the community finds itself exposed and vulnerable with worryingly few sources of support
He had to say sorry for commenting that black people have lower IQs, and suggested that same-sex marriage "could lead to three men and a dog getting married". He referred to London's St Patrick's Day event as "lefty Sinn Fein crap" and likened Hillary Clinton to "a sadistic nurse in a mental hospital"
If you go down to the woods today, you're in for a rather delightful surprise. Fiasco, a US-based ensemble theatre company, specialise in playfully pared-down productions that put the emphasis firmly on performance, text and story. A few years ago, they brought their wildly inventive account of Shakespeare's unclassifiable Cymbeline, which employed just half-a-dozen actors and a trunk of props, to Stratford-upon-Avon. Now the Menier Chocolate Factory has imported from Off-Broadway their charming... Читать дальше...
This Murcian port on Spain's south-eastern coast offers Modernist architecture, Roman remains and underwater archaeology
Two Oxford University projects, a college in Glasgow and south London housing estate are also shortlisted