Martin Luther King in the season premier of Game of Thrones (For those not fully up to speed with the crass ignorance of our government here's an explainer. bit.ly/2UY3zdg)

“We’ve lived through a moment when questions that are normally intensely personal – people’s health – have become profoundly political.” In this week’s audio essay Matthew d'Ancona re-examines the crucial moment the PM fell ill. Read the transcript here torto.se/2YfXUS7

Still remember Sue’s original interview stopping me in my tracks as I drove through a deserted London. Great news... theguardian.com/world/2020/jun…

Boris's speech was designed as a quick win. Then he opened his mouth | John Crace theguardian.com/politics/2020/…

For fantasy adventures, historic maps and books and maps on just about everything, Stanfords is a jewel in the shopping crown. It's now fighting for survival. theguardian.com/travel/2020/no…

Prince Philip admitted to hospital as precautionary measure theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/f…

Royal family say farewell to Prince Philip at Windsor Castle funeral theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/a…

I'm not normally one for birthdays, but today my Guardian Politics Live blog celebrates its 2,500th edition, with more than one billion page views - Thank you to everyone who's read it, or contributed in any way - theguardian.com/politics/live/…

Imagine if in Russia a police chief controversially reappointed by Putin refused for weeks to investigate law-breaking evidence against the President then, on the eve of a report exposing damaging truth, that cop suddenly said they’d look into it so details must be suppressed.

‘A life worth living’: bereaved mother and daughter set off on year-long drive across Africa theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Now Showing. oldredliontheatre.co.uk/ReporttoanAcad…

Just to get this clear, never in the history has there been so much instability and churn in the First Lord and Second Lord of the Treasury. That’s 301 years by the way… that’s one figure that doesn’t need checking by the OBR

Welcome to our totally normal country

‘Terrible blowe’: gunpowder plot tipoff letter to go on display | National Archives | The Guardian theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/n…

Anyway, we do have some spare copies of Spare if you want one

A 🧵 on Counsellors of State - constitutional deputies for the King – which appear to be widely misunderstood… 1/8

Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing. I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused. I hope everyone celebrating had a very happy Mother’s Day. C