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Rishi Sunak’s Favourite Things
As the Prime Minister reveals that his favourite author is Jilly Cooper – he tells Otto English about some of his other favourites in music, food, movies and sport

‘It was Like a Prison Cell for Me’: Children in Care, Reunited with Parents in New Initiative, Speak Out
Natasha Phillips reports on the success of the Coventry City reunification pilot featured on Channel 4’s ‘Kids’

Harry and the Press: Read All About It?
A prince of the realm taking on Britain's biggest newspapers is surely newsworthy? Not if you're a reader of one of these titles, writes Liz Gerard

‘Breaking the Fourth Wall: The Absurdity of the Modern News Interview’
Now, more than ever, we need people willing to verbally tear down the set and bring reality into the play of broadcasting, writes Reverend Joe Haward

The Upside Down: Why We Get the Green Man Wrong
John Mitchinson explores a presence not a character, lurking on the edge of our technology-addled consciousness...

‘High Time for High Fashion to have Found Us’
Vogue Editor-in-Chief Edward Enninful understands we have to go beyond stunning photography and glorious clothes – and push for further discussion around the disability narrative, writes Penny Pepper

The Coronation: ‘A Spectacle of Apathy’
It is almost as though Queen Elizabeth’s death has brought down the old scaffolding, writes Jonathan Lis

‘Putin’s Russia is the Antithesis of Eurovision – Let’s Keep it Off the Stage’
In the wake of Putin's invasion of Ukraine and brutal suppression of its culture, Matt Smith says Eurovision can provide another story of international solidarity and appreciation
Coronation Stricken: The Sound of Slamming Portaloos
Otto English joined the crowds to see if he would feel any emotion at the crowning of a new king. He did. Rage.
The Coronation: ‘Picking the Wrong Constitutional Fights’
Introducing an electoral system of proportional representation should take priority over conversations about the future nature of Britain's head of state, writes AC Grayling
The Coronation: ‘Is It Lese Majeste to Want Less Majesty?’
King Charles' Coronation is a missed opportunity to move monarchy into the modern era, writes former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall