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Politics explained

What race to replace Sturgeon could mean for the SNP and independence

Who are the contenders and how might the leadership battle affect wider British politics?

Fergus Drake Peace in Ukraine will depend on one crucial thing

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Robert Webb Story of the song: Purple Haze by The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Ashley Parker Republicans are running on ‘wokeism’ – but don’t know what it is

Voices

Andrew Grice The battle lines for next year’s general election have been drawn

John Rentoul How Starmer and Sunak could unite against Johnson to clean up politics

Voices

James Moore Coffey would rather make us eat Baldrick’s favourite veg than admit Brexit is a failure

Long reads

Geoffrey Macnab Bespectacled misfits are having the last laugh in film

James Rampton U-boat wargamers: The unsung women who changed the course of WWII

Patrick Law Lessons Keir Starmer should draw on when choosing his chief of staff

Politics Explained

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady What are Starmer’s ‘five missions’ and can they work?

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Why ministers are in the mood to talk to striking nurses

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Race to replace Nicola Sturgeon takes a personal turn

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Brexit, the Northern Ireland protocol deal and what it means for UK

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Editorials

Editorial Rishi Sunak deserves praise for fixing the mess left by Boris Johnson

Editorial The sheer toll of human misery wrought in Ukraine is incomprehensible

Editorial One year on, the Ukrainian resistance has been of historic proportions

Culture

Culture Staff The Week on Stage, from Romeo and Julie to The Winter’s Tale

Alice Saville The Winter’s Tale is a quixotic take that gives us two shows in one

The message fights with the music in eco-conscious staging of Rusalka

Travel

Travel questions

Simon Calder What should we do on our trip to Northumberland?

Alastair Gill Walking Scotland’s West Highland Way in winter

John Rentoul

The Independent’s chief political commentator

John Rentoul Rishi Sunak may not succeed, but he is trying to do the right things

John Rentoul The Top 10 cases of buyer’s remorse

John Rentoul Keir Starmer’s speech: what he said – and what he really meant

Andrew Grice

Political columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

How Britain – and Boris – led the way in global fight against Putin

Andrew Grice Sunak’s Northern Ireland decision could make or break his premiership

Andrew Grice Starmer has finally tackled Labour antisemitism – what’s next?

Chris Blackhurst

Chris Blackhurst Hiring management consultants is often just a back-covering exercise

Chris Blackhurst Sunak’s business shake-up highlights a big issue he still has to solve

Chris Blackhurst M&S has turned a corner – the tough decisions are paying off

World

Andy Gregory Sunak to urge G7 to ‘move faster’ on anniversary of Ukraine invasion

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar UK government finally defends BBC one week after India raids

News analysis

How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine spread global economic turmoil

Vicky Shaw Financial hurdles women can face throughout their lives

Craig Paton SNP leadership race: Who could replace Sturgeon?

Lizzie Dearden Leaving Isis members in camps could have ‘consequences’, expert warns

Sport

Luke Baker The death of John Motson is the death of the last ‘voice of a sport’

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

Mary Dejevsky

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

Mary Dejevsky Putin v Zelensky: The personality clash that defines the Ukraine war

What is driving Putin’s relentless assault on Ukraine?

Mary Dejevsky Russians who support the Ukraine invasion aren’t always ‘brainwashed’

America

Alastair Jamieson Witnesses in Trump election meddling probe ‘may have lied under oath’

Vishwam Sankaran ChatGPT cheating by students is already on the rise, surveys suggest

Politics explained

Chris Stevenson What does the Chinese spy balloon mean for US-China relations?