Clasics in Ñspel: Against my love shall be as I am now – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 63

Clasics in Ñspel: Against my love shall be as I am now – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 63

J M Barrie

Clasics in Ñspel: PETER PAN by J M Barrie – Chapter 17

Clasics in Ñspel: Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye - William Shakespeare's Sonnet 62

Clasics in Ñspel: Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 62

Liz Truss at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham on Sunday. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on the Tory conference: a carnival of shame

Clasics in Ñspel: Is it thy will, thy image should keep open – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 61

Clasics in Ñspel: Is it thy will, thy image should keep open – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 61

J M Barrie

Clasics in Ñspel: PETER PAN by J M Barrie – Chapter 16

‘Nearly 400 jobs will be lost, along with a considerable amount of journalistic expertise’. Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA

In Ñspel: The Observer view on the shortsighted cuts to the BBC World Service

Prime minister Liz Truss and the chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng at the government's growth plan statement at the House of Commons. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/HOUSE OF COMMONS/Reuters

In Ñspel: The Observer view on why Tory MPs must stop Liz Truss’s ‘reverse Robin Hood’ policies

From Czech: MIDNIGHT MASS by Jan Neruda

From Czech: MIDNIGHT MASS by Jan Neruda

Clasics in Ñspel: Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore - William Shakespeare's Sonnet 60

Clasics in Ñspel: Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 60

J M Barrie

Clasics in Ñspel: PETER PAN by J M Barrie – Chapter 15

Clasics in Ñspel: If there be nothing new, but that which is – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 59

Clasics in Ñspel: If there be nothing new, but that which is – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 59

Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng held talks with the Office for Budget Responsibility on Friday. Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Tory shock therapy: the wrong medicine for the country

The Rosetta Stone in the British Museum. Photograph: Amir Makar/AFP/Getty Images

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on the Rosetta Stone: a monument to code-breaking

Clasics in Ñspel: That god forbid, that made me first your slave – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 58

Clasics in Ñspel: That god forbid, that made me first your slave – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 58

J M Barrie

Clasics in Ñspel: PETER PAN by J M Barrie – Chapter 14

‘The prime minister and her chancellor are determined to impose a new economic orthodoxy on Britain.’ Photograph: Rory Arnold/No 10 Downing Street

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on the UK economy: sack Kwarteng, oust Truss

The Guardian, interview, 2012: "Kathleen Jamie: a life in writing." Photograph: Eamonn McCabe.

About Poets: KATHLEEN JAMIE

J M Barrie

Clasics in Ñspel: PETER PAN by J M Barrie – Chapter 13

‘The Bank of England’s emergency intervention in financial markets on Wednesday qualifies as a crisis.’ Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on the financial crisis: a meltdown made in Downing Street

Clasics in Ñspel: Being your slave what should I do but tend – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 57

Clasics in Ñspel: Being your slave what should I do but tend – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 57

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

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: They love the super-rich and want to slash the welfare state: meet the new team at No 10

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: They love the super-rich and want to slash the welfare state: meet the new team at No 10

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

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

Clasics in Ñspel: Those pretty wrongs that liberty commits – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 41

Clasics in Ñspel: Those pretty wrongs that liberty commits – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 41

King Charles III and Camilla, the Queen Consort, attend the presentation of addresses by both houses of parliament in Westminster Hall. Photograph: Ian Vogler/AFP/Getty Images

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Pageantry and absurdity abound as the King comes to Westminster

Clasics in Ñspel: Take all my loves, my love, yea take them all – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 40

Clasics in Ñspel: Take all my loves, my love, yea take them all – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 40

‘The Queen became a refuge. A representation of a fictional time when things were simpler.’ Illustration: Joe Magee/The Guardian

Fṛm Đ Obzrvr: Along with the Queen, Britain is laying to rest a sacred national image that never was

Clasics in Ñspel: O! how thy worth with manners may I sing – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 39

Clasics in Ñspel: O! how thy worth with manners may I sing – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 39

Illustration: Dominic McKenzie/The Observer

Fṛm Đ Obzrvr: Putin is waging an economic war with Europe. Britain’s absurd energy plan plays into his hands

Photograph: Adrian Sherratt for the Guardian, 18 January 2017 / "Born in Zanzibar and raised in Britain, Lubaina Himid makes work about everything from slavery to Thatcher to the cotton trade. Now in her 60s, she’s finally getting the recognition she deserves."

About Artists: LUBAINA HIMID

Clasics in Ñspel: How can my muse want subject to invent - William Shakespeare's Sonnet 38

Clasics in Ñspel: How can my muse want subject to invent – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 38

Clasics in Ñspel: As a decrepit father takes delight – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 37

Clasics in Ñspel: As a decrepit father takes delight – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 37

Clasics in Ñspel: Let me confess that we two must be twain – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 36

Clasics in Ñspel: Let me confess that we two must be twain – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 36

The Observer, interview, 25 April 2016: "I used to be anti-beauty." Photograph: Pal Hansen.

About Artists: JENNY SAVILLE

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Truss energy bill freeze brings little cheer to struggling households

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Truss energy bill freeze brings little cheer to struggling households

George Herbert

Clasics in Ñspel: THE COLLAR by George Herbert

Clasics in Ñspel: No more be grieved at that which thou hast done – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 35

Clasics in Ñspel: No more be grieved at that which thou hast done – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 35

Clasics in Ñspel: CROSSING THE BAR by Alfred Tennyson

Clasics in Ñspel: CROSSING THE BAR by Alfred Tennyson

Clasics in Ñspel: Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 34

Clasics in Ñspel: Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 34

Clasics in Ñspel: BLACK BEAUTY, by Anna Sewell

Clasics in Ñspel: BLACK BEAUTY, by Anna Sewell

Clasics in Ñspel: Full many a glorious morning have I seen – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 33

Clasics in Ñspel: Full many a glorious morning have I seen – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 33

Illustration: Eva Bee

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Britain’s charities have done all they can to help desperate people. What will Truss do?

Clasics in Ñspel: If thou survive my well-contented day - William Shakespeare's Sonnet 32

Clasics in Ñspel: If thou survive my well-contented day – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 32

Clasics in Ñspel: Thy bosom is endeared with all hearts – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 31

Clasics in Ñspel: Thy bosom is endeared with all hearts – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 31

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

‘If this is a measure of her political acumen, we must all expect the disgraceful events that have become the norm in our politics to continue unabated.’ Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Liz Truss’s victory speech bodes ill for her tenure in office

Clasics in Ñspel: When to the sessions of sweet silent thought – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 30

Clasics in Ñspel: When to the sessions of sweet silent thought – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 30

Julián Fuks says the message in his article has been distorted and that he used the word ‘terrorist’ in a figurative sense. Photograph: Roberto Ricciuti/Getty Images

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: ‘They twist the message’: Brazilian writer faces ire of Bolsonaro backers

BBC, 6 July 2022: "Eric Ravilious: A very British vision of war?"

About Artists: ERIC RAVILIOUS

Clasics in Ñspel: When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes - William Shakespeare's Sonnet 29

Clasics in Ñspel: When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 29

‘My friends, I know that we will deliver, we will deliver and we will deliver.’ Britain’s incoming prime minister, Liz Truss. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Radon Liz romps home in a pyrrhic victory

Clasics in Ñspel: How can I then return in happy plight - William Shakespeare's Sonnet 28

Clasics in Ñspel: How can I then return in happy plight – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 28

The Guardian, 16 March 2014: "As a new play – The Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler – celebrates the eccentric Scottish musician and poet, famous fans explain his enduring appeal"

Clasics in Ñspel: BEAUTIFUL COSMOS by Ivor Cutler

Truss’s interview with Kuenssberg drew a sarcastic response from the comedian Joe Lycett. Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/AFP/Getty Images

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Truss for PM really is a laughing matter, finds Laura Kuenssberg panel

Clasics in Ñspel: Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 27

Clasics in Ñspel: Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 27

Clasics in Ñspel: DUBLINERS, by James Joyce

Clasics in Ñspel: DUBLINERS, by James Joyce

Clasics in Ñspel: Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 26

Clasics in Ñspel: Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 26

Clasics in Ñspel: Let those who are in favour with their stars - William Shakespeare's Sonnet 25

Clasics in Ñspel: Let those who are in favour with their stars – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 25

California Institute of Technology: "The Golden Record"

Frank Poems: VOYAGE OF DISC COVERY

Asheham House

Clasics in Ñspel: A Haunted House, by Virginia Woolf

Mikhail Gorbachev, left, and Vladimir Putin: ‘The contrast with the present Kremlin incumbent could not be more stark.’ Photograph: Christian Charisius/Reuters

In Ñspel │ The Guardian view on Gorbachev’s legacy: the hope endures

Clasics in Ñspel: Mine eye hath played the painter and hath steeled – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 24

Clasics in Ñspel: Mine eye hath played the painter and hath steeled – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 24

Clasics in Ñspel: NORTHANGER ABBEY, by Jane Austen

Clasics in Ñspel: NORTHANGER ABBEY, by Jane Austen

Lawrence House Museum, Launceston: “The best poet laureate we never had.”

About Poets: CHARLES CAUSLEY

Clasics in Ñspel: As an unperfect actor on the stage - William Shakespeare's Sonnet 23

Clasics in Ñspel: As an unperfect actor on the stage – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 23

Clasics in Ñspel: My glass shall not persuade me I am old - William Shakespeare's Sonnet 22

Clasics in Ñspel: My glass shall not persuade me I am old – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 22