In Trump’s fantasy politics, he can accomplish anything – but reality will prevail
Andy Beckett
His second term seems to represent an unassailable victory for conservative white men – but soon he’ll be another incumbent in an anti-incumbent world, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
‘Worse than the 1980s’ – that’s the arts sector now. It’s not a good look for a Labour government
Charlotte Higgins
So many pre-election promises: but still a cultural malaise spreads from our schools to museums, galleries and theatres, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins
Country diary
Country diary: An ancient oakwood of hydra-headed beasts
Padley Gorge, Derbyshire: These trees have been coppiced and pollarded, so that the whole sense of an oak as a sky-seeking organism is gone