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A DR Congo fans cheer prior to the Africa Cup of Nations group D soccer match between Botswana and DR Congo in Rabat, Morocco, December 30, 2025
Men’s Football / 2 January 2026
2 January 2026

The Congolese revolutionary’s image re-emerges through a supporter’s statuesque silent protest during DR Congo’s group-stage win, writes JAMES NALTON

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, July 14, 2025
Eyes Wright / 1 January 2026
1 January 2026

Labour’s decline, Tory exhaustion and the advance of Reform UK signal the end of stable two-party rule, with British politics entering a volatile new phase, says NICK WRIGHT

(L to R) Helena Caldas, Clare Brice, Oliver Wood, Imogen Amos, George Kipa, Daniel North / Pic: Inigo Woodham-Smith
Pantomime Review / 2 January 2026
2 January 2026

JAN WOLF enjoys a British revival of the 1972 come of age farce/panto Pippin

A general view of the temperature control of a radiator in a home in London
Cost-of-living Crisis / 2 January 2026
2 January 2026
The Rebirth of the African Phoenix, by Roger McKenzie
New York mayor Zohran Mamdani (left) stands with his wife, Rama Duwaji, during his inauguration ceremony, January 1, 2026
US Politics / 2 January 2026
2 January 2026
Southern Yemen soldiers of Southern Transitional Council (STC) at a check point, in Aden, Yemen, December 31, 2025
Middle East / 2 January 2026
2 January 2026
Ukrainian servicemen of the 48th artillery brigade fire a 2s22 Bohdana self-propelled howitzer towards Russian positions at the frontline in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026
Eastern Europe / 2 January 2026
2 January 2026

Meanwhile, President Zelensky says peace deal is ‘90% ready’ in New Year’s message

Free will-writing service
Francesca Albanese, United Nations special rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Robert Jenrick
Features / 31 December 2025
31 December 2025

The Morning Star sorts the good eggs from the rotten scoundrels of the year just gone

TRAILBLAZING RESEARCH: Dr Aggrey Burke in 2022; Jamaican immigrants met by the Colonial Office officials as they disembark from the Empire Windrush one in four will commit suicide / Windrush pic: Whispyhistory/CC
Obituary / 31 December 2025
31 December 2025

1943-2025: How one man’s unfinished work reveals the lethal lie of ‘colour-blind’ medicine

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, July 14, 2025
Eyes Wright / 1 January 2026
1 January 2026

Labour’s decline, Tory exhaustion and the advance of Reform UK signal the end of stable two-party rule, with British politics entering a volatile new phase, says NICK WRIGHT

STICKING A PLASTER INSTEAD OF CURING: One of St Mungo's charity billboards installed across London and fitted with orange 'Herephones', which play the inspiring stories of people who have experienced homelessness, July 2025
Inequality / 31 December 2025
31 December 2025

Why is welfare in its limited sense attacked when aimed at the poor? asks poignantly PAUL DONOVAN

A massive gathers in Hyde Park, London, for a meeting during the General Strike, May 1926
History / 1 January 2026
1 January 2026

BEN CHACKO says in different ways, the centenary of the General Strike and that of Fidel Castro’s birth point to priority tasks for the British left in the coming year

LAYING DOWN A MARKER: (L to R) Captain Ibrahim Traore of Burkina Faso, General Assimi Goita of Mali and General Abdourahamane Tchiani of Niger at the second AES summit on security and development in Bamako, Mali on December 23 2025 Pic: Mali Government Information Center via AP
Northwest Africa / 31 December 2025
31 December 2025

NICHOLAS MWANGI highlights a historic turning point in Sahelian sovereignty, as Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger bolstered their regional security through a unified military force

A DR Congo fans cheer prior to the Africa Cup of Nations group D soccer match between Botswana and DR Congo in Rabat, Morocco, December 30, 2025
Men’s Football / 2 January 2026
2 January 2026

The Congolese revolutionary’s image re-emerges through a supporter’s statuesque silent protest during DR Congo’s group-stage win, writes JAMES NALTON

Stellar Story ridden by jockey Sam Ewing (left) on their way to beat The Jukebox Man ridden by jockey Kielan Woods to win the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle on day four of the 2024 Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse, March 15, 2024
Horse racing / 2 January 2026
2 January 2026

Including races at Sandown, Wincanton, Southwell and Lingfield

Aryna Sabalenka
Tennis / 2 January 2026
2 January 2026

 United Cup, Brisbane and Adelaide set the tone for a star-packed start to the 2026 season

FIFA World Cup trophy
Men’s Football / 30 December 2025
30 December 2025

Supporters say ‘alarm bells should be ringing’ at Fifa as allocations go unfilled

covers
Literature / 2 January 2026
2 January 2026

A deeply pleasing festive crime wave

MD 2025
Best of 2025 / 22 December 2025
22 December 2025

MARIA DUARTE picks the best and worst of a crowded year of films

autism
Books / 23 December 2025
23 December 2025

JOSEPHINE BARBARO welcomes a diverse anthology of experiences by autistic women that amounts to a resounding chorus, demanding to be heard

flag
Books / 23 December 2025
23 December 2025

PAUL BUHLE recommends an eminently useful book that examines the political opportunities for popular anti-fascist intervention

UK subs
Books / 23 December 2025
23 December 2025

PETER MASON is entertained by the autobiography of Charlie Harper, one of punk’s most enduring figures

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Books / 23 December 2025
23 December 2025

JAMIE BRITTON reaches for the sick bucket as he is forced to engorge detail after detail of the Royal Family’s wealth