The rest is politics

→ Walk through parliament and barely a wall is clear of portraits and paintings harking back to hundreds of years of tradition. Sitting in Ed Davey’s office is a somewhat different experience. On the

ZACK POLANSKI WOULD LIKE TO CLEAR SOMETHING UP. IT’S ABOUT HIS TEETH.“I’VE NEVER LOST a tooth,” he says, pointing at the distinctive gap in the back of his mouth. “The gap that I have is a baby tooth

“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” Antonio Gramsci’s words, written in prison near Bari almost 100 years ago, ring out to us now. The politi

Love Big Issue and Lou, I think, who sold me the mag at St Paul’s station is a nice guy. Here’s a picture (above) that I took last week from my narrow boat on the River Lea where I have recently moved

Controversy of the week

BACK IN THE BAND WE PREDICT A RIOT ...