Preferable to Starmer he may be, but there is scant sign of a sharp political break in Burnham’s policies so far — while left challenges aren’t making much of a running either, finds ANDREW MURRAY. How can socialism be put back on the map?
THE heatwave they tell me will be over today. We have seen record temperatures of over 31 degrees. The Met Office have even invented a new yellow extreme heat warning. Surely Frosty will have his serious hat on with a strict lecture on climate change?
No bugger that, it is far too hot. Let’s talk about ice cream.
I have dug out some interesting ice cream facts and history. First, ice cream is much older than I thought although its history isn’t really well documented.
Millions of elms were wiped out by Dutch elm disease in the 20th century, transforming the landscape forever – yet pockets of hope are keeping this beloved tree alive. MARK SEDDON explains
US-based labour and social movements authors and organisers Robert Ovetz and James Tracy interview DANIEL GROSS about his new book, Unions of Our Own: Eight Building Blocks to Change Work and the World
Gisele Pelicot said ‘shame must change sides.’ We may think we agree, but, argues LOUISE RAW, society still has some way to go
JAN WOOLF examines work that aims to give viewers a material experience of the environments in the polar north and Britain equally affected by the climate crisis



