Another day, another housing minister

“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

Controversy of the week

Controversy of the week China’s “mega-embassy” “Ministers like ...

Cultural Crusader

Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

→ 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