New PM slashes fuel bills and culls Starmer deadwood, but peace activists warn that placing John Healey as new Chancellor shows ‘beyond doubt that the military industrial complex is in charge of Burnham’s economic policy’
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Nick Dark paints a vigorous portrait of 18th century artist William Hogarth in a double bill of plays, says LYNNE WALSH
Misanthrope: Keith Allen as William Hogarth
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Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER
GORDON PARSONS is intrigued by a pessimistic novel in which Hitler is removed from history, to little effect
NATHAN CRITCH hails a new law, which will go some way to prevent state cover-ups, as it passes through the Commons
Hogarth’s Progress
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THIS double bill from Nick Dear is a bawdy romp — a delve into the seething underbelly of 18th century London, with its buxom wenches and pox-ridden punters.
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Gin Lane by William Hogarth is a critique of 18th-century London’s growing funeral trade, posits DAN O’BRIEN