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Why the Kentucky Derby Has Never Felt Weirder

Since the death of the race ambassador in 2018, the run for the roses has seen surreal, chaotic results.

Sports Illustrated

Voices: ‘A myth’: Independent readers reject the UK-US ‘special relationship’

YOUR VIEWS: Our community share their views on the UK–US "special relationship" – from calls for a shift towards Europe and criticisms of subservience, to the belief that the bond was always a myth

The Independent UK

Allies at War by Tim Bouverie review – a revelatory study of second world war alliances

In focusing on the multilateral bonds that were forged to defeat Hitler, this entertaining account offers fresh disclosures about the course of the war

The Guardian - UK

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Burgh Island Hotel is a secluded idyll, just several hours from London

This Art Deco hotel stands alone on its own private island — bar the neighbouring 14th century pub. Shireen Jilla checks in, following in the footsteps of everyone from Chanel to Churchill

Evening Standard

Starmer plays royal card as he tiptoes around the madness of King Donald

The British prime minister is the latest would-be Trump whisperer from Europe to butter up a capricious president

The Guardian - US

OPINION - Why Donald Trump is absolutely right to end the war in Ukraine

The US president has changed the game in a way nobody else has

Evening Standard

Escaped Alone and What If If Only review – Caryl Churchill’s double whammy of dazzling dread

Hiding behind the fluttering dialogue and domestic chatter lies a dark poetry in a pair of plays that address terrifying futures head on

The Guardian - UK

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Churchill in Moscow at the Orange Tree Theatre review: bursting with political playfulness

3/5 The ideas at work here is marred by a lack of believable characters

Evening Standard

Call for ‘censorship culture’ to end as Unity Mitford’s German diary is revealed

Extracts from Mitford’s papers published but many more archives concerning British fascists remain concealed

The Guardian - UK

Former Conservative MP Marco Longhi defects to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party

Ex-MP attacks Tories saying the party of Churchill and Thatcher ‘has transformed into something unrecognisable’ in another blow to new Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch weeks after former minister Andrea Jenkyns crossed the floor

The Independent UK

What will you be reading this summer? We asked 6 avid readers

Summer reads are often advertised as fat paperback page-turners: romance, adventure or crime fiction. But everyone has their own definition of the summer read.

The Conversation

Five writers on the five books they’d give for Christmas

BOOKS: The Independent’s writers look back on the literary year and select the very best books to gift your loved ones this festive season

The Independent UK

Starmer and Macron demonstrate Franco-British unity at WWI anniversary in Paris

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer joined French President Emmanuel Macron Monday at the ceremony in Paris commemorating the 106th anniversary of the end of World War I in a symbolic show of unity between the two countries.

Radio France Internationale

OPINION - A military collapse for Ukraine is now a possibility — and Nato is not good in shape

The news from Ukraine is grave – to echo Churchill’s speech on the fall of France in 1940. Today the talk among advisers and analysts is less of possible victory for Ukrainians, but how they can avoid defeat.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Has Boris Johnson new respect for women? Let’s ask the one he calls ‘old grumpy knickers’

In his memoir, the great inseminator has little good to say about the women around him

The Independent UK

Israeli soldier urges UK to be Churchill not Chamberlain in standing against ‘evil’ Iran

Wounded soldier Barak Deri said his war started on 7 October last year when he faced ‘the toughest choice’ of his life

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson is a ‘loner’ who hates parties, says former Times political editor

Author and journalist Tim Shipman called Johnson a ‘fairly bleak character’

The Guardian - UK

‘I wasn’t interested in Churchill’: Steve McQueen on the ‘ordinary people’ in his film Blitz

Director’s second world war feature is a grimy, chaotic look at Londoners navigating their way through hell

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The Guardian - UK

Two tribes are at war for the Tory leadership. How to choose? Let me help

Rabid Trussonomics or naked nativism? With the race down to four runners, here’s my guide to a party reeling in two directions, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK

One size doesn’t fit all: how to buy hats when you have a big head – and 12 of the best

It’s official: I have a really big head. Can experts, stylists and the world’s oldest hat shop help me find the perfect headgear?

Evening Standard

The true story behind The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, the mission that inspired James Bond

Turns out, the true story is rather different

Evening Standard

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare on Prime Video review: Guy Ritchie creates a slick, fun Boys' Own adventure war film

The British director leaves many of his usual ticks behind in this story of Churchill’s secret army

The Guardian - UK

John Lennon wasn’t joking about Jesus

The Independent UK

Tory blame game already begins with a week to go before polling day

Exclusive: Nadine Dorries has broken the Tory public silence on who is to blame for what many expect to be a historically bad defeat next week

Evening Standard

Election merch madness! Labour bucket hat, Tory baseball cap or a babygro for your vote?

There’s little that brings more joy than a quick study of political merch, so often a riveting insight into the Little Britain capabilities of party marketing teams. Tory superfans can snap up caricature Toby jugs (£28.95) of all previous leaders from Churchill to Johnson. Note, Liz Truss and Sunak have…

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