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My Arts Council farewell tour

Now, more than ever, we need to back our nation’s outstanding creativity and culture

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It was the concept of homosexuality that her faith would not allow her to embrace

By Iain Dale

Also: Havana’s fight against sanctions, and the classroom I can’t forget

By Yalda Hakim

Doorstep training, and a certain celebrity’s star-studded wedding

By Alan Rusbridger

Also: the UN’s bid for climate control, and honouring my revolutionary ancestors

By Mishal Husain

Amid the chaos of war, Ukraine celebrates its biggest ever LGBT-rights event

By Benjamin Butterworth

Safeguarding art at the Tate, and lamenting my daughter’s triumph

By Rosie Millard

I cannot emphasise enough how this black-and-white bear appears to have taken over the entire state

By Will Lloyd