Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain and President Biden in Cornwall, England, on Thursday. Despite all the havoc Mr. Johnson’s Conservatives have caused, the party is in a stronger position than ever.Credit...Pool photo by Toby Melville

Fṛm Đ Ny Yorc Tîmz │ Boris Johnson is a terrible leader. It doesn’t matter.

‘The greatest set of government buildings in the world’ … Parliament House, New Delhi, in 2019. Photograph: STR/EPA

Fṛm Đ Gardịn │ Modi’s bulldozing of parliament shows him as the architect of a Hindu Taliban

‘Mr Cummings reports that the prime minister likes “chaos” as a mode of government’. Photograph: Reuters Tv/Reuters

In Ñspel │ The Guardian view on Cummings’ testimony: a vivid portrait of failure

Clasics in Ñspel: THE FARMER'S BRIDE, by Charlotte Mew

Clasics in Ñspel: THE FARMER’S BRIDE, by Charlotte Mew

Simon Tisdall

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Lock him up! Why is repeat offender Donald Trump still a free man?

Clasics in Ñspel: ROOMS, by Charlotte Mew

Clasics in Ñspel: ROOMS, by Charlotte Mew

Clasics in Ñspel: THE TREES ARE DOWN, by Charlotte Mew

Clasics in Ñspel: THE TREES ARE DOWN, by Charlotte Mew

Clasics in Ñspel: NOT FOR THAT CITY, by Charlotte Mew

Clasics in Ñspel: NOT FOR THAT CITY, by Charlotte Mew

Widewalls: Biography / Auction results / Articles

About Artists: EILEEN AGAR

Time Literary Supplement*, 2021: Review of "This Rare Spirit: A Life of Charlotte Mew,' by Julia Copus."

About Poets: CHARLOTTE MEW

The Skinny, interview, "Narrating the Times, 21 August 2014. Photograph: Justin Westover.

About Poets: SALENA GODDEN

Clasics in Ñspel: ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT, as sung by Paul Robeson

Clasics in Ñspel: ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT, as sung by Paul Robeson

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

About Artists: DAVID SHRIGLEY

‘The worse the misconduct he is trying to conceal, the rantier he tends to get. He was very ranty indeed at prime minister’s questions.’ Photograph: Jessica Taylor/Reuters

Fṛm Đ Gardịn │ Why sleaze investigations are becoming more menacing for Boris Johnson

The Observer, 2 May 2021: ‘Silenced’ voice of Great War poet to be heard for first time

About Poets: IVOR GURNEY

Fṛm Đ Gardịn │ Brexit’s Mr Pooter may not survive his dispute with Cummings

Fṛm Đ Gardịn │ Brexit’s Mr Pooter may not survive his dispute with Cummings

Hannah Silva, interview, 2018

About Poets: MALIKA BOOKER

Cornflower seeds. ‘Seeds like stories. Seeds like dust. It takes me forever to sow them because I can’t help but pore over them.’ Photograph: Josie George

Fṛm Đ Gardịn │ Country diary: all of life lies in the planted seed

The Whitechapel Gallery. "Emma Hart is the sixth winner of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women." Photograph: Thierry Bal.

About Artists: EMMA HART

An anti-Brexit protester holds a placard after Boris Johnson drove past to attend prime minister’s questions on Wednesday. Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP

Fṛm Đ Gardịn │ Forget curtains and cash – Johnson’s legacy will be the bitter taste of Brexit

The Guardian, interview, 28 November 2009: "Now I want to get back my writing – that's the important thing." Photograph: Eamonn McCabe.

About Poets: RUTH PADEL

‘Jair Bolsonaro’s government has transformed Brazil into an environmental pariah, the world’s greatest destroyer of tropical forests.’ Photograph: Brasil2/Getty Images

Fṛm Đ Gardịn │ Joe Biden’s billions won’t stop Bolsonaro destroying the Amazon rainforest

The Guardian, 27 March 2014. "Once I stop painting, they should start measuring my coffin." Photograph: David Levene.

About Artists: HOWARD HODGKIN

The Guardian, 19 August 2010: obituary. Photograph: Alex Hewitt.

About Poets: EDWIN MORGAN

David Cameron and Lex Greensill in Saudi Arabia, January 2020.

Fṛm Đ Gardịn │ The ‘Tory sleaze’ of old is nothing compared to what the right gets away with today

The Guardian, 16 May 2015. "Stroke of genius: Peter Doig's eerie art whisks the mind to enchanted places." Peter Doig in his London studio. Photograph: Martin Godwin.

About Artists: PETER DOIG

Dominic Cummings had said on entering Downing Street that he wanted a new breed of civil servant to shake up the way Britain is run. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Getty Images

Fṛm Đ Obzrvr │ Dominic Cummings, the last thing the troubled civil service needs is your advice

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

About Poets: RACHEL LONG

The Guardian, interview, 8 October 2013: "What's the greatest threat to art? Popularity. I'm an unashamed elitist." Photograph: Linda Nylind.

About Artists: ALISON WILDING

The Observer, 15 November 2015: "Richard Deacon, 66: ‘I wouldn’t like to feel it’d be a failure to stop." Photograph: Antonio Olmos.

About Artists: RICHARD DEACON

The Guardian, 2016: ‘If we did nothing we would be killed on the streets’ – Benjamin Zephaniah on fighting the far right. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock.

About Poets: BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH

The Guardian, 16 March 2012: "Anthony Caro: a life in sculpture." Photograph: Eamonn McCabe.

About Artists: ANTHONY CARO

The Poetry Kit Interviews: Roddy Lumsden, 2000

About Poets: RODDY LUMSDEN

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

About Artists: SONIA BOYCE

Rachel Whiteread with Doppelgänger. Photograph: Jill Mead/The Guardian

Fṛm Đ Gardịn │ Rachel Whiteread: ‘I have a clarity I never had before’

The Guardian, 30 November 2017: Kim Moore's 'thrilling' debut poetry collection wins Geoffrey Faber prize. Photograph: Adrian Pope.

About Poets: KIM MOORE

Dilma Roussefff told the Guardian: ‘We are adrift on an ocean of hunger and disease … It truly is an utterly extreme situation that we’re witnessing in Brazil.’ Photograph: Ricardo Maldonado Rozo/EPA

Fṛm Đ Gardịn │ Bolsonaro’s ‘genocidal’ Covid response has led to Brazilian catastrophe, Dilma Rousseff says

The Independent, 10 May 2012: "In The Studio: Fiona Rae, artist."

About Artists: FIONA RAE

Royal Academy of Arts: Profile / Artworks / CV

About Artists: LISA MILROY

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

About Artists: GRAHAM SUTHERLAND

CCA Galleries: Overview / Works / Biography

About Artists: BARBARA RAE

Walkers look up into the night sky above Twistleton Scar in the Yorkshire Dales national park - the largest dark sky reserve in the UK. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

In Ñspel │ The Guardian view on dark skies: we need them

Gazeta Wyborcza’s front page reads ‘Media without choice’ in February, protesting against the new media tax. Photograph: Wojtek Radwański/AFP/Getty Images

Fṛm Đ Gardịn │ Under cover of Covid, Poland is stifling free media – and all Europe should be worried

Clasics in Ñspel: REFUGEE BLUES, by W.H. Auden

Clasics in Ñspel: REFUGEE BLUES, by W.H. Auden

The Guardian, 12 June 2014: "Artist transforms David Zwirner gallery in central London, adding walls, blocking up windows and commandeering owner's office." Photograph: Felix Clay.

About Artists: BRIDGET RILEY

Paris Review, 2018: "A Homework Assignment from W. H. Auden." Photograph: Diane Dorr Dorynek.

About Poets: W.H. AUDEN

The Guardian, 27 June 2016: “David Hockney RA: 82 Portraits and 1 Still-life review – 'We can feel Hockney's deafness'." Photograph: Andrew Matthews.

About Artists: DAVID HOCKNEY

The Guardian, 16 January 2020: "Roger Robinson wins T S Eliot Prize." Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi.

About Poets: ROGER ROBINSON

Exeter Poetry Festival, 2015: Interview

About Poets: JULIA COPUS

Boris Johnson: vaulting ambition, but varying convictions. Photograph: Getty Images

Fṛm Đ Gardịn │ The Brexit elite cannot hope to fool us for much longer

The Observer, 8 February 2015: "The artist on Egon Schiele, the magic of New York, the poetry of Emily Dickinson and the brilliance of Lena Dunham’s Girls." Photograph: Felix Clay.

About Artists: CHANTAL JOFFE

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

About Artists: JEREMY DELLER