The Broad: "The Unbearable Lightness of Being," by Damien Hirst. Butterfly wings on household gloss on canvas. 96 x 60 in. (243.84 x 152.4 cm)

Frank Poems: THE RELATIVE UNBEARABILITY OF BEING

Protesters opposed to the expansion of London's ultra-low emission zone demonstrate outside BBC Broadcasting House on 22 July in London. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images

In Ñspel: The Observer view on how the climate crisis should not be used as a political football

"Sussex Landscape," Gilbert Spencer, 1956

Frank Poems: DOWN THE DOWNS

There is a broad political consensus in the UK in favour of achieving net zero carbon emissions, which could now be under threat. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Dropping green pledges would be ‘political suicide’, Sunak and Starmer warned

Website of Barry Rowe, automotive artist

Frank Poems: CON BRIO

Former post office workers celebrating outside the royal courts of justice, London, after their convictions were overturned by the court of appeal in 2021. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Post Office scandal demands a reset of our justice system

Frank Poems: TH…FOURTEEN

Frank Poems: TH…FOURTEEN

Guardian, 25 February 2017: The Saturday poem: "One Night Comes Like a Blessing."

About Poets: GRACE NICHOLS

GPT POET'S SONNET 69

GPT POET’S SONNET 69

Life Sentence

Frank Poems: LIFE SENTENCE

A fireman runs away from blazes as he tries to control a wildfire in New Peramos, near Athens. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Our leaders failed us on the climate emergency

Keir Starmer setting out Labour policies on clean energy at Nova Innovation in Edinburgh, 19 June 2023. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: With the climate in peril, winning slowly is the same as losing. How can Starmer settle for that?

A man puts his head in the water to cool off at the fountain in Piazza del Popolo in Rome. Photograph: Tiziana Fabi/AFP/Getty Images

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Europe’s heatwaves: warnings from Hades

Low water level in the Santa Lucía River as it flows past Florida in Uruguay. Photograph: Matilde Campodonico/AP

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on a water crisis: Uruguay points to a wider issue – and to solutions

From Czech: BECAUSE by Karel Čapek

From Czech: BECAUSE by Karel Čapek

From Czech: WORLD RECORD by Karel Čapek

From Czech: WORLD RECORD by Karel Čapek

Illustration: Kingsley Nebechi/The Guardian

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: With our food systems on the verge of collapse, it’s the plutocrats v life on Earth

From Czech: THE FORTUNE TELLER by Karel Čapek

From Czech: THE FORTUNE TELLER by Karel Čapek

‘Rishi Sunak argues that the state’s wage bill must be paid for by cuts to the services that workers deliver.’ Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty Images

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on public sector pay: higher taxes on the rich are needed to fix broke Britannia

‘The quality of our lives will be diminished.’ Illustration: Sarah Tanat-Jones/The Observer

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Here comes the next phase of Brexit – and it will be bad for our diet, health and wealth

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

About Artists: GRAHAM SUTHERLAND

The report is scathing about the failure of the UK to wake up to the scale of the systemic challenge posed by China. Photograph: Arthur Edwards/The Sun/PA

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: China engaged in ‘whole of state’ assault on UK, report says

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

About Artists: JEREMY DELLER

‘Children have become unaffordable to a generation that is worse off than their parents.’ Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Robert Jenrick going to war with Mickey Mouse is no surprise – this government is anti-child to its core

Guardian, 2 July 2016: "The Hungarian-born British poet on the racism that has emerged during the campaign and since the vote to leave" Photo: Graham Turner.

About Poets: GEORGE SZIRTES

CCA Galleries: Overview / Works / Biography

About Artists: BARBARA RAE

President Biden delivers remarks on healthcare coverage and the economy, in Washington on 7 July. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

In Ñspel: The Observer view on why the British right should be giving Joe Biden a warm welcome

Pink News: Interview, 2022. Photograph, Roman Manfredi.

About Poets: JOELLE TAYLOR

George the Poet is an artist capable of reeling in a Glastonbury crowd. Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on spoken word poets: powerful voices that are needed today

'FIVE ON KIRRIN ISLAND AGAIN' AS A BALLAD by GPT Poet

‘FIVE ON KIRRIN ISLAND AGAIN’ AS A BALLAD by GPT Poet

Financial Times*, 2018: "The award-winning Guyanese-born poet John Agard talks to William Wallis about race, globalisation and falling under the spell of the ‘fairy of language.' Photo: Jack Latham.

About Poets: JOHN AGARD

Clasics in Ñspel: SUMMER by Christina Rossetti

Clasics in Ñspel: SUMMER by Christina Rossetti

‘Conservative MPs are still paying the price for Mr Johnson’s failures and low standards’. Photograph: John Sibley/Reuters

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on the Chris Pincher case: the Johnson era is not dead

London Evening Standard, 2 October 2012: "Turner Prize 2012: It's back to the drawing board for Paul Noble." Photograph: Matt Writtle.

About Artists: PAUL NOBLE

‘Sir Keir talks about who he is and what he identifies with, but says very little about the causes of the present crises that need to be tackled.’ Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Labour’s crackdown on free thinkers: it’s bad for the party and politics

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