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West Ham United manager Nuno Espirito Santo (third right) appears dejected following defeat in the Premier League match at the London Stadium. Picture date: Tuesday January 6, 2026
Men’s Football / 7 January 2026
7 January 2026
West Ham United's Declan Rice lifts the UEFA Europa Conference League Trophy following victory over Fiorentina in the UEFA Europa Conference League Final at the Fortuna Arena, Prague, June 7, 2023
Men’s football / 5 January 2026
5 January 2026

From Prague success to Premier League peril, PAUL DONOVAN writes about the decisions that dragged the Hammers into a relegation fight

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

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TV review / 23 December 2025
23 December 2025

PAUL DONOVAN relishes the candour of a historian who refuses to whitewash the crimes of British imperial history

West Ham United's Kyle Walker-Peters (right) scores their side's third goal of the game during the Premier League match at the London Stadium. Picture date: Saturday November 8, 2025
Men’s Football / 9 November 2025
9 November 2025
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Books / 23 October 2025
23 October 2025

PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK

Men’s football / 21 October 2025
21 October 2025
Tottenham Hotspur's Mohammed Kudus (second left) has a shot at goal during the Premier League match at the London Stadium, London, September 13, 2025
Men’s football / 14 September 2025
14 September 2025
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Books / 9 September 2025
9 September 2025

PAUL DONOVAN recommends three new books that explore the human relationship with nature

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Theatre review / 8 September 2025
8 September 2025

PAUL DONOVAN recommends an excellent stage adaptation of Stephen King’s classic portrayal of the the injustice of the US prison system

Cartoon: JAB
Features / 9 August 2025
9 August 2025

Labour councillor PAUL DONOVAN wonders why the right-wing party gets so much more media attention than it seems to merit

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Theatre review / 28 July 2025
28 July 2025

PAUL DONOVAN relishes the spectacle of a 1950s detective in pursuit of a 500-year-old murder mystery