The Latest Breaking News from Margaret Thatcher

The decline of this great institution is a story in microcosm of how so many aspects of British life have been degraded, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Heroic pilots hit and miss in Spielberg and Hanks’s costly saga; a no-frills history of the miners’ strike grips; Nicole Kidman stars in a languid Hong Kong thriller; and flat caps off to Jay Blades and David Jason

Tory ads for general elections have ramped up paranoia over quality of life, the economy and Labour politicians’ integrity

Now that the UK has been taken out of trade zone, we are left only with the damage she wreaked on the British polity

Ben Elton and Lenny Henry were backing Neil Kinnock; Bob Monkhouse and Steve Davis supported John Major

Faced with war and the threat of Trump, Ursula von der Leyen and others should study the legacy of modern Europe’s architect, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

It’s not just the election we ought to be afraid of this year… but all the merchandise that’ll come alongside it. Wherever you fall on the political spectrum, can we at least all agree that the tat endorsed by our leaders is confusing, painful and almost pathologically uncool, asks Roisin…

British politics has been drained of all credibility. The Labour leader could turn low expectations to his advantage – for a time, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

There are few more high-profile and pressurised jobs than leading a country. So it’s perhaps not surprising that the pressure appears to be getting to British prime minister Rishi Sunak.