Cuts to tax credits are similar to the poll tax 28 years ago. Plus the reason God invented suburbs

Marlon James’s third novel is such a stand-out winner, in both its bold form and equally bold subject matter

Plus a straight-talking, honest-politics U-turn, and the spread of don't, I'm and you're

Blessed are the mapmakers, the cartoonists, the clairvoyants and the makers of animal noises

Nobody has yet claimed responsibility for the two suicide bombings, but the attack has all the hallmarks of Isis

The EU supports British education and ploughs close to a billion pounds a year into higher education funding and research

The point is to remind to you bring your own: it's not a stealth tax on the poor

Through his political sons, Cameron and Osborne, Heseltine has achieved his dream of becoming leader, if only by proxy

Plus casual sexism and a couple of unconventional usages from this week's Independent

Every route we tried, the satnav eventually led us back to the same roundabout

Plus David Cameron's big New Labour speech, and some late nominations for Misleading Definitions of English Words

The Prime Minister finally appears to have the time and space to return to 'compassionate Conservatism'

The Prime Minister is convinced that this area, much wider than the 'central ground' is where the majority are in Britain

Have you heard about TTIP ? If your answer is no, don’t get too worried; you’re not meant to have

It was one of the worst sights I’ve ever seen. We drove round a clump of mopani bushes, and there it lay: huge, shapeless, inert, with a disgusting mess of dried blood and raw, blackening flesh where the tusks had been hacked carelessly away. The hulk had begun to stink.   

A senior mandarin has admitted that promoting human rights abroad is no longer one of the Government’s priorities 

Out of America: Another week, another mass shooting, but it seems the only solution gaining any traction is to fight fire with fire

Adding someone you've started dating  as a friend on Facebook is likely to lead to relationship paranoia, says Alison Taylor

Or, at least it was until recently when Mr Clutch drove off into the sunset and was replaced by a Sainsbury's Local