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Highlights

What a year it’s been for sport – even if the backdrop was often murky

In 2022 some legends fulfilled their destinies while others only just began their stories

Editorial Let us indeed hope that light overcomes darkness in 2023

Emilie McDonnell The UK is completely abandoning its duties towards refugees

Letters We need to talk about nepo babies in politics

Voices

Voices

Will Gore All I want for Christmas is… a new CD player

Taban Shoresh Mental health is a lasting casualty of war that we must address

Chris Blackhurst Free the cities, free the North – then we have a chance to level up

Long reads

Jessie Thompson It wasn’t a great year for culture, but real-life drama had us gripped

Profile

Sean O'Grady Jeremy Clarkson: A man never too far away from a controversy

David Barnett Mark Gatiss: ‘Christmas is the perfect time for ghosts’

Politics Explained

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady A constitutional clash looms on gender reforms

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Stagflation is here and the Sunak government looks adrift

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady If Tories want war with NHS unions they need a smarter general

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Why Khan faces a tough battle even as Labour surges ahead

Most Commented

Boris Johnson could be back in No 10 by next Christmas Nadine Dorries predicts

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Opinion: Can you believe what the woke brigade want to do with Christmas?

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Theresa May predicts Tories can win the next general election

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‘Three dead’ in drone attack on Russian air base – live

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Editorials

Editorial The blame game has shifted on strikes – Tories are in the firing line

Editorial Happy Christmas and Slava Ukraini to our Ukrainian friends

Editorial It is time for the government to face up to reality on the strikes

News analysis

Jon Stone The EU corruption scandal is an extreme example of something common

Harry Cockburn Nothing says ‘backwards Brexit Britain’ better than a new coal mine

Lizzie Dearden Germany ‘coup plot’ shows conspiracy theories are a real-world threat

Chris Stevenson Sunak can’t afford to let U-turns and Tory rebellions stack up

Travel

Helen Coffey Kids on flights and reclining seats: The hottest travel topics of 2022

Simon Calder Christmas Eve travellers race to reach their destinations

John Rentoul

The Independent’s chief political commentator

John Rentoul What have we learnt about Sunak in his 60 days as prime minister?

Editor’s letters

John Rentoul The former Brexit Party has become a Trussite party

Blair, Brown and what a No 10 political secretary does all day

Andrew Grice

Political columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

Andrew Grice The party that founded the NHS will have to save it again

Andrew Grice The Tories and Labour are saying one thing on Brexit and doing another

Andrew Grice The government needs to rethink its strategy on strikes

Chris Blackhurst

Chris Blackhurst Why the Cop15 biodiversity discussions matter for us all

Chris Blackhurst Christmas markets aren’t enough to save our high street retailers

Chris Blackhurst An instance that shows economic pressure can work

World

Rituparna Chatterjee Indian state to launch cheap whisky to counter unsafe, bootleg alcohol

Danielle Desouza Ukrainians in UK divided from loved ones at Christmas by war

Culture

Geoffrey Macnab The original ‘It-girl’ Clara Bow and her sisters in mayhem

Michael Church The Magic Flute at Royal Opera House is ideal Christmas family fare

Culture Staff The Week on Stage, from Hex to Kerry Jackson

Sport

Lawrence Ostlere Antoine Griezmann: One of the World Cup’s outstanding performers

Lawrence Ostlere World Cup star Mbappe is king of the chateau for France

Mary Dejevsky

Expert on foreign affairs, Russian politics and diplomatic relations between the Kremlin and the west

Mary Dejevsky Zelensky’s trip to the US leaves some unanswered questions

Mary Dejevsky In light of the nurses’ strike, we’re going to need to rethink the NHS

Mary Dejevsky We need to talk about why Russia invaded Ukraine

Hamish McRae

Authority on business, finance and the intersection between the worlds of economics and politics

Hamish McRae What will happen to China and the West? We have the first forecasts

Hamish McRae Why is the World Cup the greatest sporting event of them all?

Hamish McRae Interest rates are going up again this week – this is why

Editor’s letters

Editor’s letters

Ben Burrows A very different Boxing Day in the Premier League

Editor’s letters

Victoria Richards Christmas can be difficult if you’re not feeling festive

Editor’s letters

Jon Stone Brexit red tape is no accident – it’s government policy

Editor’s letters

Megan Sheets After another horror year for gun violence, will 2023 be different?

America

Peony Hirwani US accuses North Korea of supplying missiles and rockets to Russia

Politics explained

Chris Stevenson Biden vs Trump in 2024? Voters don’t seem overjoyed at the prospect

Vishwam Sankaran Elon Musk disbands Twitter’s Trust and Safety advisory group