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The Independent UK

I’m so proud of you all, King tells artisans supported by charity he founded

Charles and Camilla were given a tour of the exhibition by former politician Rory Stewart.

Evening Standard

‘Am I at peak popularity? I hope not’: on the road with Zack Polanski, from protest to podcast to Heaven nightclub

With polls and membership at an all-time high, the Green party are having a moment – and it’s largely down to their charismatic (if slightly cheesy) new leader. Can he really pull off a socialist revolution?

The Guardian - UK

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Gary Lineker on building his podcast empire, being single and what he really thinks about the BBC

If you thought it was all over for Gary Lineker after he quit the Beeb, think again — the podcast king is now a bona fide media mogul who we are going to hear a whole lot more of in 2026

Evening Standard

Gary Lineker to take over Southbank Centre for The Rest is Fest podcast event

Goalhanger are hitting the Southbank Centre next year to give Londoners a chance to see live versions of their hit podcasts

Evening Standard

How to live a good life in difficult times: Yuval Noah Harari, Rory Stewart and Maria Ressa in conversation

From superintelligent AI to the climate and democracy, three leading thinkers discuss how to navigate the future

The Guardian - UK

MAGA comes for the ‘woke pope’ after pontiff blesses block of ice in climate change gesture

The American pontiff asked world leaders to ‘act with courage’ to fight climate change, embracing his predecessor’s environmental legacy

The Independent UK

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Is there anything Labour can do to save itself from disaster? Our panel responds – part two

Over a year into power, Starmer’s government is floundering – but it still has time on its side. In the second of a two-part series, our panelists suggest ways of reversing the slide

The Guardian - UK

‘I became obsessed’: New Labour psychodrama grips TikTok teenagers

Nostalgic social media videos detailing Blair-Brown rivalry elicit cult following among young political fans

The Guardian - UK

What did Pope Francis think of JD Vance? His view was more than clear

Francis was as outspoken as could be without naming names, when he criticized Vance in his February letter to US bishops

The Guardian - US

Rory Stewart says Starmer and Trump have inflicted ‘unimaginable damage’ over foreign aid cuts

Labour prime minister and US president accused of harming international security and the climate

The Independent UK

YouTube viewers ‘do not care The Rest Is Politics looks like high school show’

The podcast is fronted by Alastair Campbell, former Downing Street director of communications and strategy, and ex-Tory MP Rory Stewart.

Evening Standard

Rory Stewart’s wife’s charity loses $1m USAID funding days after ex-MP’s bizarre clash with JD Vance

US vice president hit out at Rest is Politics presenter’s IQ after former Tory politician criticised his ‘bizarre take’ on the bible

The Independent UK

Trump's vice president JD Vance takes aim at Rory Stewart in bizarre exchange

JD Vance and the Rest is Politics podcast presenter traded blows as US president’s allies continue to target British politicians

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Evening Standard

Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart win political podcast of year award

The Rest Is Politics is produced by Goalhanger Podcasts, co-founded by Gary Lineker, and normally releases two episodes a week.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson outsold by Rory Stewart in 2024 book charts

Sales of the former prime minister’s book slumped well below expections

Evening Standard

Pigeons, push-up bras and splitting the G: what's hot and what's not for 2025

Splitting the G? So 2024. What’s hot and what’s not for this year

Evening Standard

Freida McFadden’s The Housemaid best-selling book of the year on Amazon UK

Rory Stewart’s memoir Politics On The Edge topped the biography category.

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The Independent UK

Fact check: There were four working age adults per pensioner in 1961

Although the British population is ageing, the disparity between those of working age and those of retirement age has not been 20 to 1 in 110 years.

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s about political will’: is the Foreign Office failing Britons detained abroad?

Relatives and campaigners hope Labour will usher in a step-change in the handling of hostage cases

The National (Scotland)

Media Watch: Legacy media left red-faced by US election result

It's been a week that has left many in the mainstream media more than a bit red-faced after Donald Trump, contrary to almost every poll and…

The National (Scotland)

The mainstream media ‘underestimated the impact of Gaza’ on US election result

LISTENERS of the UK’s most popular politics podcast – The Rest Is Politics – would have gone into US election day confident of a Kamala Harris…

The Guardian - UK

Congratulations, your serene highness: Starmer, Farage and Lammy call Trump

The PM offers warm compliments, Farage a trip to Clacton, and the president-elect tries his best to remember them both

The Independent UK

Rory Stewart is ‘heartbroken’ about Trump – and social media is not being kind

‘For the record – I was completely wrong’ admitted the former politician

The Guardian - UK

Reeves hints UK will urge Trump not to raise tariffs as economists fear his policies will cut growth – as it happened

Chancellor says UK’s trading relationship with US is ‘absolutely crucial’ and promises not to be a ‘passive actor’

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