Fṛm Đ Obzrvr │ Les 2 Garçons, London: ‘Designed specifically to be your comfort zone’ – restaurant review

Fṛm Đ Obzrvr │ Les 2 Garçons, London: ‘Designed specifically to be your comfort zone’ – restaurant review

From Czech: FOOTPRINTS, by Karel Čapek

From Czech: FOOTPRINTS, by Karel Čapek

Green for go: get outside to practise mindfulness, work out and surround yourself with nature’s favourite mood-enhancing colour. Photograph: Jacky Parker/Getty Images

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Gardening will keep you fit and happy

Art News, 26 January 2017: "The Art of Renewable Youth: The Iconoclastic Roger Hiorns Wants to Make Work That Slips Through the Problem of Time."

About Artists: ROGER HIORNS

Irish Independent, 2018: "I believe that two lines of poetry can save a life." Photo: Caroline Quinn.

About Poets: PAULA MEEHAN

‘The prime minister’s inflated sense of entitlement rankles with the public. More than 120 fines were issued for law-breaking in Downing Street.’ Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

In Ñspel │ The Guardian view on Boris Johnson: not in control of his own premiership

The Guardian, interview, May 2017: 'I was dehumanised': Lemn Sissay on hearing his harrowing abuse report live on stage. Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi

About Poets: LEMN SISSAY

The Guardian, 9 December 2016: "Helen Marten: the Turner prize winner who took the art world to task." Photograph: James Gourley/Rex/Shutterstock.

About Artists: HELEN MARTEN

The Guardian, 20 March 2018, interview: "Anthea Hamilton on how she plans to top her Turner prize buttocks." Photograph: David Levene.

About Artists: ANTHEA HAMILTON

Observer, October 2019, interview: "The artist on sock darning and homemade baked beans."

About Artists: GAVIN TURK

The Irish Times, 7 March 2020: "New poetry: Medbh McGuckian, Moyra Donaldson and Raymond Antrobus"

About Poets: MEDBH McGUCKIAN

Truss was in a full-on state of denial. If she had accidentally mouthed the odd truth she would definitely make sure that she never made that mistake again. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Any correlation between the truth and what Liz Truss said was entirely coincidental

‘George Eustice recently let shoppers in on the little secret of supermarket value ranges.’ Photograph: Breakfast | Sky News

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: At ease, Martin Lewis – a queue of Tory MPs is here to solve the cost of living crisis

Link to Wikipedia article

Clasics in Ñspel │ THE DIARY OF A NOBODY │ George and Weedon Grossmith

Guardian, 17 December 2014: "Imtiaz Dharker awarded Queen’s gold medal for poetry." Photo: Derek Adams.

About Poets: IMTIAZ DHARKER

Cover Ema

Clasics in Ñspel: EMMA, by Jane Austen

‘A shrewd and loving observer of domestic life.’ Maeve Gilmore in her studio in Maida Vale, London, 1939. Photograph: Maeve Gilmore Estate

In Ñspel │ The Guardian view on Maeve Gilmore’s art: out from the shadows

Pride and Prejudice in Nspel, Chapters 1-10

Clasics in Ñspel: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, by Jane Austen

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