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A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London
Healthcare / 8 June 2026
8 June 2026

Campaigners slam conflict of interest over top health official's Palantir ties at time of NHS bidding

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Welfare / 7 June 2026
7 June 2026

The Milburn review presents itself as a plan to help young people into work, but Dr DYLAN MURPHY argues it is laying the groundwork for a harsher benefits regime

England head coach Sarina Wiegman during a training session at the Melwood Training Centre, Liverpool. Picture date: Monday June 8, 2026.
Women’s football / 8 June 2026
8 June 2026
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Radio Drama / 8 June 2026
8 June 2026

BOB NEWLAND recommends a radio play about the covert action against the apartheid regime

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Welfare / 7 June 2026
7 June 2026

The Milburn review presents itself as a plan to help young people into work, but Dr DYLAN MURPHY argues it is laying the groundwork for a harsher benefits regime

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Militarisation / 7 June 2026
7 June 2026

Campaigners from across the continent will gather in Brussels on June 14 to oppose Europe’s accelerating militarisation and cuts to public services, write MAGGIE SIMPSON and BOB ORAM of No Cold War Britain

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Features / 6 June 2026
6 June 2026

National co-ordinator for General Strike 100, HENRY FOWLER, continues his nationwide tour of partner organisations by visiting the Modern Records Centre at Warwick University

Geoff Bottoms meets President Fidel Castro in Havana in 2000 / Pic: Author supplied
Features / 6 June 2026
6 June 2026

GEOFF BOTTOMS recalls meeting Fidel Castro in the ’90s after joining a Pastors for Peace caravan to Cuba, and reflects on how international support is still vital to help the island withstand economic warfare

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Features / 6 June 2026
6 June 2026

The Ivors Academy’s hike in entry fees could turn this respected peer-assessed event into an exclusive preserve for those wealthy enough to compete, warns BEN LUNN

JUST DESERTS: : Peter Murrell arrives in a prison van at the High Court in Edinburgh, last Tuesday, after admitting he embezzled more than £400,000 from the SNP
Aw That / 6 June 2026
6 June 2026

Peter Murrell’s weakness for the allure of prestige goods is symptomatic of modern consumer culture, says MATT KERR

Layth Yousif and Durham Region Arsenal Supporters Group in Oshawa, Ontario
Men’s football / 8 June 2026
8 June 2026

For the first of LAYTH YOUSIF’S Canadian World Cup diaries, he discovers a Gunners’ haven in Oshawa, Ontario, and explores the town’s role in the historic 1937 labour strikes

Denmark's Christian Eriksen, left, in action with Ukraine's Mykola Matviyenko during an international football game, in Odense, Denmark, June 7, 2026. Photo: Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP
Men’s football / 8 June 2026
8 June 2026
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Men's cricket / 7 June 2026
7 June 2026
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Music review / 8 June 2026
8 June 2026

Given the power of the live experience, MIK SABIERS recommends Jon Spencer’s new album

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Album reviews / 8 June 2026
8 June 2026

Reviews of T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, Tamikrest, and Dub Colossus  

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Attila the Stockbroker Diary / 5 June 2026
5 June 2026

The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer

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Books / 5 June 2026
5 June 2026

This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE

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Opinion / 5 June 2026
5 June 2026

KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music

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Film of the week / 4 June 2026
4 June 2026

ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert