Tate: Turner Prize, 2005. Photo: Adrian Barry

About Artists: JIM LAMBIE

Britain’s attorney general Suella Braverman - ‘a Brexiter of the true faith’ - attends a cabinet meeting. Photograph: WPA/Getty Images

Fṛm Đ Gardịn │ The attorney general’s office was worthy of respect. Suella the stooge disgraces it

Observer, interview, 2017: "I'm proud of being the first person to cross Dartmoor in a straight line." Photo: Si Barber.

About Artists: RICHARD LONG

British Council: Biography / Critical perspective / Bibliography / Awards / Author statement

About Poets: CAROL RUMENS

Boris Johnson holds a regional cabinet meeting at Middleport Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent. Photograph: PA

In Ñspel │ The Guardian view on the Conservatives: a party without a project

About Artists: COLIN DICK

About Artists: COLIN DICK

British Council: Biography / Critical perspective / Bibliography / Awards. Photo: John Minihan.

About Poets: SEAMUS HEANEY

Herald Scotland, October 2014: "Artist David Mach tells of wife's brave battle."

About Artists: DAVID MACH

Clasics in Ñspel: MOTHER TO SON, by Langston Hughes

Clasics in Ñspel: MOTHER TO SON, by Langston Hughes

Wikipedia. Photo by Anthony Pepitone, 2007.

Clasics in Ñspel: WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? by Pete Seeger / Joe Hickerson

The Observer, September 2016: "The artist reveals the best way to see London’s architecture, his love of Pina Bausch and some in-depth reading on African culture." Photograph: John Phillips/Getty Images.

About Artists: YINKA SHONIBARE

Bloodaxe: Profile / Books

About Poets: CLARE POLLARD

The Guardian, 14 January 2014: "The TS Eliot prize for poetry 2013 winner talks about her delight over the prize, and the many perspectives in her winning collection, Parallax." Photo: Queens University.

About Poets: SINÉAD MORRISSEY

The Guardian, 22 June 2021: "My parents’ trauma is my trauma" – Veronica Ryan on making first Windrush monument

About Artists: VERONICA RYAN

The Guardian, 4 March 2016: "Sculptor expresses astonishment after being selected as artist for British Pavilion at renowned international art exhibition." Photograph: David Levene.

About Artists: PHYLLIDA BARLOW

Boris Johnson during the state opening of parliament, 10 May 2022. Photograph: Alastair Grant/PA

Fṛm ɖ Gardịn │ Inane and Orwellian: a Queen’s speech to improve the life of Boris Johnson

The Guardian, 20 September 2017: "Simon Armitage webchat – your questions answered on poetry, austerity and Beyoncé." Photograph: Gareth Phillips.

About Poets: SIMON ARMITAGE

The Guardian, 25 May 2016: "Cornelia Parker, sculptor and installation artist is curating a group at the Foundling museum in London on 'found' objects." Photograph: David Levene.

About Artists: CORNELIA PARKER

Varsity, 6 June 2013, interview: "The Birds and the Butterflies"

About Poets: GILLIAN CLARKE

The Observer, 18 October 2020, interview: "Turner prize winner reveals how drawing gave her comfort in lockdown." Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty.

About Artists: RACHEL WHITEREAD

The Guardian, 28 July 2020: "Michael Rosen on the serious consequences of the government’s poor handling of the pandemic."

About Poets: MICHAEL ROSEN

A protest against the elections bill in Parliament Square, London, in February. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Getty Images

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Today’s elections are the last before the Tories vandalise our democratic rights

Boris Johnson on the local election campaign trail. ‘The prime minister is running out of people to blame for his personal failures.’ Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

In Ñspel │ The Guardian view on government drift: the rot starts at the top

When she could get a word in edgeways, Susanna Reid questioned the prime minister’s honesty on Good Morning Britain. Photograph: ITV

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: The Convict blusters but the only cause in which he truly believes is his own survival

From Portuguese: The Prettiest Girl in Rio, by Artur Azevedo

From Portuguese: The Prettiest Girl in Rio, by Artur Azevedo

From Portuguese: The Oracle, by Machado de Assis

From Portuguese: The Oracle, by Machado de Assis

When two becomes one: ‘Grief experts encourage us to find strength and power in our experiences. Except that has never been the case with me.’ Illustration: Eva Bee/The Observer

Fṛm ɖ Obzrvr │ How to rebuild a life after the death of a partner

The Telegraph, 11 January 2014, Phot: Andrew Crowley.

About Poets: HELEN MORT

Wages in Britain have been mostly stagnant since the financial crisis and productivity sits 15% below the United States, Germany and France. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer

In Ñspel │ The Observer view on the cost of living crisis

Guardian, interview, 2016: "The stone I married is beautiful and dignified – it will never let me down." Photo: Anthony Wallace.

About Artists: TRACEY EMIN

Neil Parish stands to ask a question during prime minister’s questions in the Commons. Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA

In Ñspel │ The Guardian view on sexism in Westminster: this sleaze harms us all

‘Vladimir Putin could be using nuclear rhetoric to give the appearance of being unstable.’ Photograph: Sputnik/AFP/Getty

In Ñspel │ The Guardian view on Putin’s nuclear threats: Russia is losing in Ukraine

‘The readiness of many MPs, led by the prime minister, to ignore other rules seems undiminished.’ Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA

In Ñspel │ The Guardian view on the parliamentary session: a low, dishonest year

On Venus by P. Staff at the Venice Biennale. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

In Ñspel │ The Guardian view on the Venice Biennale: sensuous and serious

The Guardian, 4 October 2012: "The watery verse of a poet who lives on a narrowboat is to be inscribed on new lock gates in the hope it will inspire people to explore their local waterways."

About Poets: JO BELL

Illustration by Bill Bragg.

Fṛm ɖ Gardịn │ In an era of electoral fragmentation, Labour must learn to embrace power-sharing

Anti-Boris Johnson protesters outside Downing Street, London, April 2022. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images

Fṛm ɖ Gardịn │ Boris Johnson is flailing – so he is reviving his Brexit greatest hits

From Czech: LAST JUDGMENT, by Karel Čapek

From Czech: LAST JUDGMENT, by Karel Čapek

The Scotsman*, interview, 2020.

About Artists: ALBERTA WHITTLE

Boris Johnson at the Indian presidential palace in New Delhi, India, on Friday. Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Every day Boris Johnson clings on, our democracy rots a little bit more

The Guardian, 12 February 2020: "Sonia Boyce first black woman to represent Great Britain at Venice Biennale." Photograph: David Levene.

About Artists: SONIA BOYCE

The Observer, 16 April 2017: "Chris Ofili: ‘Being in Trinidad is still really exciting… I think it is working for me'." Photograph: Kibwe Braithwaite.

About Artists: CHRIS OFILI

Revellers enjoy the passage of performers on Olympic Boulevard in Rio in their first carnival since Covid. Photograph: Jose Lucena/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

Fṛm Đ Obzrvr │ ‘Carnival is politics’: revellers bring anti-Bolsonaro sentiment to Rio’s streets

Photograph: Pal Hansen for the Observer, 11 March 2012. "Damien Hirst has gone from mouthy YBA to global brand over the past 25 years – and become the world's richest living artist on the way. Here he talks about money, mortality and his first retrospective in Britain."

About Artists: DAMIEN HIRST

Fṛm Đ Obzrvr: The awful truth is dawning: Putin may win in Ukraine. The result would be catastrophe

Fṛm Đ Obzrvr: The awful truth is dawning: Putin may win in Ukraine. The result would be catastrophe

Boris Johnson with Narendra Modi: the UK prime minister ‘thought he was leaving his troubles behind in Westminster’. Photograph: Ben Stansall/Reuters

In Ñspel │ The Guardian view on Boris Johnson in India: flying into trouble

Guardian, 17 August 2014: Andy Goldsworthy: 'Lying down in Times Square in the rain is bound to attract attention'

About Artists: ANDY GOLDSWORTHY

‘There is no quick fix for the Conservatives. British voters now believe the government is handling almost every issue badly.’ Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

In Ñspel │ The Guardian view on Boris Johnson: hanging on by a thread

Independent, 2012: "In The Studio: Quentin Blake, illustrator." Photo: David Sandison.

About Artists: QUENTIN BLAKE

Keir Starmer was in no mood to let Johnson off the hook. Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Starmer makes no attempt to conceal his hatred and contempt for The Convict

The Observer, March 2016: "Jackie Kay: Scotland’s poet of the people." Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA.

About Poets: JACKIE KAY

Illustration: Matt Kenyon/The Guardian

Fṛm ɖ Gardịn │ Tories – for the good of the nation, save your party from this moral void