Image caption, “England slam Irish hopes” is the caption above a photo of a jubilant Smith in the Sunday Times, which leads on former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is reported to have “secretly” flown to Venezuela last month “for unofficial talks with its autocratic leader, Nicolás Maduro”. The talks, which are described as “highly unusual”, centred on the war in Ukraine as well as normalising the relationship with the UK, the story says. It adds that Mr Johnson did not respond to queries about who instigated the talks, or why. Because the paper, like many others, is previewing tonight’s Oscars, cartoonist Newman cheekily depicts a special Johnson-shaped trophy with the engraving “Best acting foreign secretary”.