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Frank Poems: I HOPE YOU FIND THIS HAPFUL

Phaidon, interview, 2017: "Why I Create." Photograph: Teri Pengilley.

About Artists: CAROLINE ACHAINTRE

Photograph: Murdo Macleod, from The Guardian, 5 October 2012 │ Interview: 'Am I glad that I was poet laureate? Absolutely. Am I glad that I gave it up? Absolutely.'

About Poets: ANDREW MOTION

The Guardian, interview, 13 November 2014: "my art doesn't need explanation – it is what it is."Photograph: NGV.

About Artists: DAVID SHRIGLEY

BBC Radio 4, Front Row, 2015: "Iraqi Kurdistan poet Choman Hardi tells us what triggered her passion for poetry"

About Poets: CHOMAN HARDI

Cass Art, interview, 14 August 2017. Photography: Stephen White and Jane Pearce.

About Artists: BARBARA WALKER

"The Great Day of His Wrath," by John Martin

Frank Poems: POINTLESS

Rishi Sunak on a visit to Writtle University College near Chelmsford, Essex, after his BBC Radio 4 interview. Photograph: WPA/Getty Images

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Sunak’s bold climate plan? Wait until 2047 – then push the panic button

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Frank Poems: HAPPINESSLESS

Frank Hester’s company, TPP, paid out more than £20m in dividends over four years between 2019 and 2022, with Hester the only shareholder. Photograph: TPP/YouTube

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: One of Tories’ biggest ever donors profited from £135m of NHS contracts

The Guardian, 29 August 2017: "Mancunia by Michael Symmons Roberts review – intricately varied"

About Poets: MICHAEL SYMMONS ROBERTS

David Harewood with his photographic portrait by Ashley Karrell in Harewood House, Leeds. Photograph: Ashley Karrell/PA

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on political portraiture: putting faces to history

Homogenous … from left: Central Somers Town Community Facilities and Housing by Adam Khan Architects centre; Faculty of Arts building, Warwick University by Fielden Clegg Bradley; and Lavender Hill Courtyard, London by Sergison Bates architects. Composite: Johan Dehlin, Hufton + Crow, David Grandorge

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: ‘A polite beige consensus’: are these really Britain’s best new buildings?

10 facts about the British visual artist

About Artists: JULIAN OPIE

Cars and lorries queue at Dover. ‘The bilateral structures that might bring the UK and EU into closer political and economic alignment barely even exist.’ Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Brexit borders: a slow dawning of economic reality

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Frank Poems: SONNET FOR CV2

Wikipedia: "Five Ways (Aquinas)"

Frank Poems: SUMMA RHYME

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

Wikipedia: UK Cities of Culture

Frank Poems: KEEP GOING POEM

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Frank Poems: DISCO DREAMS

Frank Poems: DISCO DREAMS

The Guardian, 17 August 2017: "Vijay Iyer Sextet: Far from Over review – spine-tingling jazz for heart, head and feet"

Frank Poems: SEXTET

Wang Hanzheng said the mural was a ‘silent reminder of the oppression of thought’ in China. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

Fṛm Đ Obzrvr: The London art student whose Chinese political slogan mural caused a storm

China is accused of the ‘forced assimilation’ of 1 million Tibetan children. Photograph: Héctor Retamal/AFP/Getty Images

Fṛm Đ Obzrvr: China wants to erase Tibet. Will Britain stay quiet about this crime?

Clasics in Ñspel: ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND by Lewis Carroll

Clasics in Ñspel: ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND by Lewis Carroll

Carly Rae Jepsen created a crossword to promote her latest album. Photograph: Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on crosswords: not just a hobby for men like Inspector Morse

ALICE IN WONDERLAND as a poem

ALICE IN WONDERLAND as a poem

A visitor views the Parthenon marbles at the British Museum in London. Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP/Getty Images

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on the British Museum losses: a diplomatic own goal

The Rochdale Canal near Todmorden. ‘The modern Conservative party just doesn’t understand the value of public goods.’ Photograph: ID5720598/GuardianWitness

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on canals: a national success story under threat

Illustration: Matt Kenyon/The Guardian

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Powerless in the face of Britain’s crises, Rishi Sunak has now entered his self-pitying era