The Spectator*, 13 June 2018: "The portrait that Churchill couldn’t face."

About Artists: GRAHAM SUTHERLAND

J M Barrie

Clasics in Ñspel: PETER PAN by J M Barrie – Chapter 12

Sir Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech at the Labour party conference in Liverpool. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Keir Starmer’s speech: starting to stand for something

Clasics in Ñspel: Sweet love, renew thy force; be it not said – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 56

Clasics in Ñspel: Sweet love, renew thy force; be it not said – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 56

Frank Poems: SAXON SENRYŪ

Frank Poems: SAXON SENRYŪ

Kwasi Kwarteng on the BBC’s Sunday Morning. By the end of the day on Monday he had to come clean about his programme. Photograph: Jeff Overs/AFP/Getty Images

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Kwasi Kwarteng: pride before a fall

Thanks to my ex-colleague Sean Dunne for the photo, and to his wife Anne for dragging him to Exeter Cathedral.

Frank Poems: NUTCOMBE NUTCOMBE

J M Barrie

Clasics in Ñspel: PETER PAN by J M Barrie – Chapter 11

Clasics in Ñspel: Not marble, nor the gilded monuments - William Shakespeare's Sonnet 55

Clasics in Ñspel: Not marble, nor the gilded monuments – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 55

‘Philip Larkin’s power arises from the clarity with which his poetry speaks to human constants.’ Photograph: Jane Bown/The Observer

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Philip Larkin at 100: a lasting gift

Guardian, 4 November 2018 / 'Letters Home 1936-1977 by Philip Larkin, edited by James Booth – review' / Photo: Jane Brown

Clasics in Ñspel: MCMXIV by Philip Larkin

‘The Daily Mail gravely warns that “scrapping first-past-the-post could put the Tories out of power for a generation”.’ Keir Starmer and Liz Truss. Composite: Getty Images

Fṛm ɖ Gardịn: Truss is on an economic rampage with no mandate – so why is Starmer resisting electoral reform?

People in Tehran gather in protest against the death of Mahsa Amini who died after being arrested by Iran’s morality police. Photograph: Getty Images

Fṛm Đ Obzrvr: The backlash in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini

Liz Truss and her chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, have delivered a financial package straight out of the Singapore-on-Thames fantasy of right-wing Tory Brexiters. Photograph: WPA/Getty Images

Fṛm Đ Obzrvr: Liz Truss’s disastrous ‘fiscal event’

J M Barrie

Clasics in Ñspel: PETER PAN by J M Barrie – Chapter 10

Clasics in Ñspel: O! how much more doth beauty beauteous seem - William Shakespeare's Sonnet 54

Clasics in Ñspel: O! how much more doth beauty beauteous seem – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 54

J M Barrie

Clasics in Ñspel: PETER PAN by J M Barrie – Chapter 9

‘Taking from those who have least, lavishing gifts on those who have most.’ Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng on a visit to Berkeley Modular in Kent. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/AP

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng have made a declaration of class war

Clasics in Ñspel: What is your substance, whereof are you made - William Shakespeare's Sonnet 53

Clasics in Ñspel: What is your substance, whereof are you made – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 53

J M Barrie

Clasics in Ñspel: PETER PAN by J M Barrie – Chapter 8

‘To a greater extent than any previous leader, Liz Truss’s politics have been shaped by organisations that call themselves thinktanks, but would be better described as lobbyists who refuse to reveal who funds them.’ Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Has Liz Truss handed power over to the extreme neoliberal thinktanks?

Clasics in Ñspel: So am I as the rich, whose blessed key – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 52

Clasics in Ñspel: So am I as the rich, whose blessed key – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 52

J M Barrie

Clasics in Ñspel: PETER PAN by J M Barrie – Chapter 7

Illustration: Sébastien Thibault/The Guardian

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Our country yearns for unity – but Truss’s government is mercilessly dividing it into rich and poor

Clasics in Ñspel: Thus can my love excuse the slow offence – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 51

Clasics in Ñspel: Thus can my love excuse the slow offence – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 51

The Guardian, 25 August 2016: ‘Meet the artists making women of colour truly seen.' Photograph: Amaal Said.

About Poets: RACHEL LONG

‘While the Queen’s death has entrenched my republicanism, it seems to have done the opposite to much of the country.’ Photograph: Reuters

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: I have never felt more lonely in my republicanism, or more wedded to it

Clasics in Ñspel: How heavy do I journey on the way – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 50

Clasics in Ñspel: How heavy do I journey on the way – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 50

J M Barrie

Clasics in Ñspel: PETER PAN by J M Barrie – Chapter 6

J M Barrie

Clasics in Ñspel: PETER PAN by J M Barrie – Chapter 5

The Observer, 1 June 2013: "Jeremy Deller's visions of England."' Photograph: David Levene.

About Artists: JEREMY DELLER

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Forget ‘levelling up’ – Liz Truss isn’t even pretending to care about inequality

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Forget ‘levelling up’ – Liz Truss isn’t even pretending to care about inequality

Clasics in Ñspel: Against that time, if ever that time come - William Shakespeare's Sonnet 49

Clasics in Ñspel: Against that time, if ever that time come – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 49

‘What is Truss’s message to voters who live in the kind of areas still routinely termed ‘left behind’?’ Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Forget ‘levelling up’ – Liz Truss isn’t even pretending to care about inequality

Illustration: Nate Kitch/The Guardian

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Trussonomics is a fanatical, fantastical creed, and the last thing Britain needs

Clasics in Ñspel: How careful was I when I took my way – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 48

Clasics in Ñspel: How careful was I when I took my way – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 48

Clasics in Ñspel: Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is took – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 47

Clasics in Ñspel: Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is took – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 47

‘Discussion of the monarchy, our politics, our constitution, is something to be vigorously aired.’ Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Amid the mourning, we republicans should look and learn – but we must not be silenced

Clasics in Ñspel: Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war - William Shakespeare's Sonnet 46

Clasics in Ñspel: Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 46

From Portuguese: "Anacleto’s Wife" by Lima Barreto

From Portuguese: “Anacleto’s Wife” by Lima Barreto

Clasics in Ñspel: The other two, slight air and purging fire – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 45

Clasics in Ñspel: The other two, slight air and purging fire – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 45

J M Barrie

Clasics in Ñspel: PETER PAN by J M Barrie – Chapter 4

Clasics in Ñspel: If the dull substance of my flesh were thought - William Shakespeare's Sonnet 44

Clasics in Ñspel: If the dull substance of my flesh were thought – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 44

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: ‘Putin will fail and Europe will prevail,’ EU chief tells MEPs

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: ‘Putin will fail and Europe will prevail,’ EU chief tells MEPs

BBC, 8 July 2011: "Dean Atta on his poem Young, Black & Gay"

About Poets: DEAN ATTA

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Britain likes to consider itself the cradle of free speech – until someone heckles Prince Andrew

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Britain likes to consider itself the cradle of free speech – until someone heckles Prince Andrew

‘The danger is that Jair Bolsonaro regards the actual vote as something of an irrelevance.’ Photograph: Wagner Meier/Getty Images

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: The Guardian view on Brazil’s election: never mind the voters – Bolsonaro plans to win

J M Barrie

Clasics in Ñspel: PETER PAN by J M Barrie – Chapter 3

J M Barrie

Clasics in Ñspel: PETER PAN by J M Barrie – Chapter 2

An illustration by Francis Donkin Bedford

Clasics in Ñspel: PETER PAN by J M Barrie – Chapter I

Clasics in Ñspel: When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 43

Clasics in Ñspel: When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 43

Clasics in Ñspel: That thou hast her it is not all my grief - William Shakespeare's Sonnet 42

Clasics in Ñspel: That thou hast her it is not all my grief – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 42