“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

Ever resilient, farmers nonetheless need help to be ...

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Joe Stanley reflects on the ups and downs of the farming year past and looks forward to the one ahead

→ The government has unveiled its ‘once-in-a-generation’ plan to reform England’s water system, promising tougher oversight and an end to failing infrastructure. But with record sewage pollution, soar

→ 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