The media present Starmer as staying out of Trump’s war — but we’re already deeply involved in a conflict that sees the US and Israel kill civilians on a huge scale, argues IAN SINCLAIR
ARCHITECT and urban planner Mark London passed away in August. London is best known for his work in leading the public consultation for the redevelopment of the Old Port of Montreal, where he enabled the transformation of the former Expo 67 site into a large park as well as rehabilitating Mount Royal Park and the Lachine Canal.
And far outside of Montreal, gentrification of unused parts of cities, often unused port areas, became part of what came to be known as “rehabilitation,” which formed part of the ethos of “urban renewal” and in Britain, “urban regeneration.”
I witnessed this first-hand when I moved to New York in 1988 and learned very quickly the word for this practice on parts of the city where poorer people lived, insultingly labelled “gentrification,” a reprehensible term for “putting people” in the place of people who are assumed not to exist (eg the poor, people of colour).
While Spode quit politics after inheriting an earldom, Farage combines MP duties with selling columns, gin, and even video messages — proving reality produces more shameless characters than PG Wodehouse imagined, writes STEPHEN ARNELL
The fallout from the Kneecap and Bob Vylan performances at Glastonbury raises questions about the suitability of senior BBC management for their roles, says STEPHEN ARNELL



