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Monster review Kelvin Harrison Jr anchors wrenching Netflix drama
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Blood on the Snow: The Russian Revolution 1914-1924 by Robert Service review
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White gold: the unstoppable rise of alternative milks | Milk
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Boscoe Holder | | The Guardian
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Damien Echols: how I survived death row | Prisons and probation
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Tom Stoppard's greatest stage hits in pictures | Stage
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How phantom German fighter tricked Britain | UK news
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My son, the Columbine high school shooter: a mother is supposed to know | Columbine
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So much fat! the cruel autopsy of a 17-stone woman on the BBC
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Solanke hat-trick seals Bournemouth win after Forest red card controversy | Premier League
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The Other Side of Prospect review: murder and injustice in New Haven
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Andrew Mango obituary | History books
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Films beginning with D | Film
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Leonard Cohen's poetic thanks as former manager and lover is jailed for harassment | Leonard Cohen
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Metallica: The early days in pictures | Music
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The most exciting US art exhibitions of 2024
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How Canadians got their beloved breakfast cereal back
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Kate Bush clarifies political stance: 'I am not a Tory supporter' | Kate Bush
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Melting snows shed new light on K2's great mystery | World news
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Quiz: can you spot the April Fools' Day gags? | Quiz
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Recorded deliverance | Culture | The Guardian
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The Long Form by Kate Briggs review motherhood and meaning
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To Kill a Mockingbird review Harper Lee would approve of snappy Sorkin update
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45 Hamlets for Shakespeare's 450th birthday - in pictures | Stage
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5 of the best fly-fishing spots in the UK
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Al Jarreau obituary | Pop and rock
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Callum Smith knocks out George Groves to land super-middleweight crown | Boxing
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Experience: I saved a woman who jumped in front of a train
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Man killed in shark attack in Hawaii | Hawaii
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Readers recommend playlist: songs featuring echoes
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Steve Forrest obituary | Television
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The Guardian view on Spider-Mans multiverse: it is wokeness in action | Editorial
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From Gangstas Paradise to reality TV, Coolio was a stone-faced rapper who softened hearts
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Harry Styles stalker told to keep away from ex-One Direction singer | Harry Styles
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One guy pulled a crowbar on me: why fly-tipping wars are raging across Britain
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Separated at birth | Women
June 2024The ObserverWomenSeparated at birthGiven up as babies and adopted by different families, it took these women 35 years to meet and discover they were identical twins.
Should we be surprised by John Wayne's racist and homophobic views? | John Wayne
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Top 10 novels about novelists
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Where does the phrase 'left footer' come from? | Notes and Queries
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Alexander McQueen left 50,000 of 16m fortune to his pet dogs | Alexander McQueen
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Awake for only 12 days this century - 'miracle' of coma woman | World news
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Cascading failures in police response to Uvalde school shooting, DoJ report finds | Texas scho
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Constance: The Tragic andScandalous Life of MrsOscarWilde by Franny Moyle review
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Dave Rowberry | Culture | The Guardian
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Meet 'Mark', the crazy genius who designed an aeroplane while drunk
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Obituary: Sir Steven Runciman | Books
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Princess Michael defends breeding, Botox - and Harry | UK news
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Prize-nominated poet's debut cancelled as plagiarism accusations build | Poetry
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Backstairs Billy review anodyne comedy about the Queen Mother and her servant
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Comedian Kenny DeForest dies after New York City ebike crash | New York
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Im a human being, not a monster: the al-Shabaab defector turned government minister | Globa
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Make it a Christian town: the ultra-conservative church on the rise in Idaho | Religion
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Mushroom walls and waste-fuelled stoves: inside the self-sufficient home of tomorrow
June 2024‘We can have houses covered with biology, plants, ecosystems and waterfalls’: Greenhouse by Joost documents the green-thinking initiatives of Future Food System.
Silence your inner critic: a guide to self-compassion in the toughest times
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The Coming Bad Days by Sarah Bernstein review a study in unknowability
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The Saviour review gripping two-hander tackles lifelong effects of abuse
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Blog del Narco: author who chronicled Mexico's drugs war forced to flee | Mexico
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Don't waste pity on me
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Guy Green | Film | The Guardian
June 2024FilmObituaryGuy GreenVeteran cinematographer who made a second career in directingGuy Green, who has died aged 91, was a remarkable cinematographer who became a less remarkable director.
John Edwards used funds to hide affair, court hears | John Edwards
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On the trail of Steve Jobs in California
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Rotherham and our race relations | Race
June 2024RaceLettersRotherham and our race relationsThere is absolutely no comparison between the hugely offensive term "Paki" and the Hindi word "goreh" (How racist is Britain, G2, January 23).
Ware: the porn capital of Britain?
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White House condemns Marjorie Taylor Greene threat to shut down government | US politics
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Beyonc's haircut: the meaning behind her new short style
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Can the world quench Chinas bottomless thirst for milk? | Milk
June 2024Photograph: Sean Gallagher/The GuardianChina’s leaders have championed milk as the emblem of a modern, affluent society – but their radical plan to triple the nation’s consumption will have a huge environmental cost.
How to read: a guide to getting more out of the experience
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Love Island has filled the pandemic-sized hole in my social life | Imogen West-Knights
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Survivors recount rampant abuse at Los Angeles juvenile jails: Helpless, hopeless, lost and lo
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The 20 best 9/11 books | Books
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Tom Hardy: sexuality question was 'inelegant and humiliating' | Toronto film festival 2015
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Union Berlin 3 - 1 Ajax | Football
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Bud Mahurin obituary | Second world war
June 2024Second world warObituaryBud Mahurin obituaryUS fighter pilot who shot down two dozen planes in two warsColonel Walker "Bud" Mahurin, who has died aged 91, was one of the greatest US fighter pilots of the second world war, and the only man to shoot down enemy planes in both the European and Pacific theatres, and during the Korean war.
Channy Leaneagh: my first band died but Polia is an amazing job
June 2024PoliçaDebut came together in two weeks, with the Gayngs man who recruited her staying at home to pull the strings. 'Compromise can make the worst decisions,' they tell us142 Rue de Montmartre is a fairly innocuous-looking building on a fairly innocuous-looking Parisian street.
Chantelle Winnie: Im proud of my skin | Fashion
June 2024The skin I’m in: model Chantelle Winnie in LA. Mary Rozzi for the Observer Photograph: Mary Rozzi for the ObserverThe skin I’m in: model Chantelle Winnie in LA.
Christian Slater: When you're drinking and doing drugs, youre going to be lying | Christian
June 2024Styling: Helen Seamons Photograph: Bohdan Cap/The GuardianStyling: Helen Seamons Photograph: Bohdan Cap/The GuardianChristian SlaterInterviewChristian Slater: ‘When you're drinking and doing drugs, you’re going to be lying’Sophie HeawoodOnce the cool kid in Heathers and True Romance, Christian Slater has done time in the wilderness.
Far and Away: How Travel Can Change the World by Andrew Solomon review
June 2024Moscow, 1988: Solomon found artists toasting Brezhnev with black humour, fearing freedom would make their work irrelevant. Photograph: Peter Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty ImagesMoscow, 1988: Solomon found artists toasting Brezhnev with black humour, fearing freedom would make their work irrelevant.
For better, for worse: my husband, the rapist
June 2024Rape and sexual assaultA beautiful wedding and honeymoon, then, a month later, a knock on the door and the news no woman wants to hear…I was writing a thank-you card for a wedding gift when I heard the knock at my hotel room door.
Genius | Crosswords | The Guardian
June 2024Deadline for entries is 23:59 GMT on Saturday 4 December. You need to register once and then sign in to theguardian.
Minx season two review this feminist porn comedy is an absolute treat of a show
June 2024Ophelia Lovibond and Elizabeth Perkins in Minx. Photograph: John Johnson/Starz Entertainment, LLCOphelia Lovibond and Elizabeth Perkins in Minx. Photograph: John Johnson/Starz Entertainment, LLCTV reviewTelevisionReviewIt’s rich, witty and looks exquisite.
Wolf of Wall Street's Jordan Belfort: 'The lessons of the crash have been forgotten' | Business
June 2024BusinessInterviewWolf of Wall Street's Jordan Belfort: 'The lessons of the crash have been forgotten'Dominic Rushe in New YorkThe convicted fraudster who inspired Martin Scorsese’s film of Wall Street excess is back with a new book and a warning that a big market correction is on the way
Heist of the century: Wall Street's role in the financial crisis
June 2024Financial crisisWall Street bankers could have averted the global financial crisis, so why didn't they? In this exclusive extract from his book Inside Job, Charles Ferguson argues that they should be prosecutedBernard L Madoff ran the biggest Ponzi scheme in history, operating it for 30 years and causing cash losses of $19.
Instagram users accuse platform of censoring posts supporting Palestine | Instagram
June 2024Instagram This article is more than 3 months oldInstagram users accuse platform of censoring posts supporting PalestineThis article is more than 3 months oldUsers say their posts no longer appear at top of feeds and some suspect platform is shadow-banning, or demoting content
Oregon authorities to demolish Japanese tsunami dock | Invasive species
June 2024Invasive species This article is more than 11 years oldOregon authorities to demolish Japanese tsunami dockThis article is more than 11 years oldDebris that has floated across the Pacific is home to several invasive species that pose a threat to local marine wildlifeDemolition experts on the west coast of the United States will this week tackle a continuing environmental threat created by last year's Japanese devastating earthquake and tsunami.
Pentagon leaks: how Discord video game chat platform landed in the spotlight
June 2024Pentagon leaks 2023ExplainerUsers explain the way top-secret documents were able slowly to spread across the internet unnoticed Live: suspect in Pentagon leaks charged The largest leak of classified Pentagon documents since Edward Snowden has placed a popular free chat platform for the video gaming community in the spotlight.
Salford City 1 - 1 Leeds | Football
June 2024Salford City 1 - 1 Leeds Salford City Home team scorers Matt Smith 34 Leeds Away team scorers Pascal Struijk 76 Salford City win 9-8 on penalties.
Slovenian street name row highlights tensions over former dictator | Slovenia
June 2024Slovenia This article is more than 2 years oldSlovenian street name row highlights tensions over former dictatorThis article is more than 2 years oldMayor aims to remove all reference to former Yugoslav leader Marshall Tito from street in Radenci
Son Heung-min: My father says I shouldnt marry until I retire and I agree | Tottenham Hotsp
June 2024Son Heung-min says he wants to pay back his fans with his performances. ‘I just want to make sure that I make everyone happy by playing at the top level.
The paradox of Israel's pursuit of might | Max Hastings
June 2024OpinionIsrael This article is more than 14 years oldThe paradox of Israel's pursuit of mightThis article is more than 14 years oldMax HastingsForty years ago, I was enraptured by Israel's courageous sense of mission.
These Paper Bullets review Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong tackles Shakespeare
June 2024StageReviewAtlantic Theater, New York Rolin Jones updates Much Ado About Nothing to swinging London, as Benedick and Claudio lead a band and play Beatles-esque songs by the Green Day frontman
A family holds onto hope for twin brothers kidnapped by Hamas: Its the only thing we have left
June 2024Israel-Gaza warFamily of Ziv and Gali Berman are in Washington as part of delegation of hostages’ relatives aiming to keep captives’ plight in the spotlight
Betty Bobbitt obituary | Television
June 2024TelevisionObituaryBetty Bobbitt obituaryActor known worldwide for her role in the cult TV soap Prisoner: Cell Block HBetty Bobbitt, who has died aged 81 following a stroke, was an American actor and singer who moved to Australia and found worldwide fame in the cult TV soap Prisoner: Cell Block H.
Dale Cregan: the thrown bottle that led to the murders of policewomen | Police
June 2024Police This article is more than 10 years oldDale Cregan: the thrown bottle that led to the murders of policewomenThis article is more than 10 years oldPolice officers murdered by Dale Cregan paid the price for a petty row between feuding families in east ManchesterThe trigger for the senseless killings of two police officers and a father and son could scarcely be more pathetic: a bottle of WKD, thrown by a drunken woman at a member of a family she didn't like.
Iolanthe review from Nadine Dorries to flying lords, the spiralling absurdity makes this a delig
June 2024Classical musicReviewColiseum, London Cal McCrystal’s joyous Gilbert and Sullivan staging returns to English National Opera packed with pantomime animals, visual and verbal gags and, above all, terrific singing
It glows: restorer removes queasy look from first world war painting Gassed | Art
June 2024Art This article is more than 3 months old‘It glows’: restorer removes queasy look from first world war painting GassedThis article is more than 3 months oldJohn Singer Sargent picture of soldiers blinded by mustard gas, the most popular at the Imperial War Museum, is seen in new light Since it was unveiled just months after the end of the first world war, John Singer Sargent’s monumental painting Gassed has been hailed as an era-defining artwork, going on to be the most popular in the collection of the Imperial War Museum in London.
The crowd were saying, Kill him, kick him to death: what happened to the people who prot
June 2024Photo illustration of King Charles in red military uniform with two broken eggs on his head. Illustration: Justin Metz/The GuardianWhen the queen died last year, republicans balked at the fawning response to the succession.
The Guglmnner, Bavaria's black-hooded secret independence movement
June 2024ShortcutsGermanyThe secret society claims that Bavaria's King Ludwig II didn't drown but was murdered 128 years ago this week, forcing the independent state to become a part of the German empireLike most secret societies that wear pointy hoods, the Guglmänner are a bunch of middle-aged men who are bitter about something.
The public has a right to art: the radical joy of Keith Haring
June 2024The ObserverKeith HaringColourful and cartoonish, accessible and political, Keith Haring’s work has never gone out of fashion. But what drove him?
Tommy Robinson charged over refusal to leave march against antisemitism | UK news
June 2024UK news This article is more than 1 month oldTommy Robinson charged over refusal to leave march against antisemitismThis article is more than 1 month oldFar-right leader to appear in court after arrest by more than 20 Met police officers near London’s Royal Courts of Justice
'His death still hurts': the Pfizer anti-smoking drug ruled to have contributed to suicide
June 2024A box of Champix. A coroner has found that the drug, which is manufactured by Pfizer, contributed to Timothy John’s suicide.
FIA president defends sexist remarks and denies inhuman misogyny claims | Motor sport
June 2024Motor sport This article is more than 1 month oldFIA president defends sexist remarks and denies ‘inhuman’ misogyny claimsThis article is more than 1 month oldBen Sulayem says he has been victim of smear campaign‘Challenge me and confront me.
Jeb! Why Jeb Bush's campaign slogan sounds like a Broadway musical
June 2024Pass notesJeb BushThe latest Bush to run for the US presidency is shouting it out loud with his new logo
NBA approves $3.5bn Dallas Mavericks sale to casino mogul | NBA
June 2024NBANBA approves $3.5bn Dallas Mavericks sale to casino mogulMiriam Adelson’s family acquires majority stake in franchiseMark Cuban will maintain control of basketball operationsThe NBA Board of Governors approved Mark Cuban’s sale of the controlling interest in the Dallas Mavericks to casino mogul Miriam Adelson and her family.
Poland to halt logging in 10 of its most ancient forests | Poland
June 2024PolandPoland to halt logging in 10 of its most ancient forests New environment minister says measures – affecting just 1.5% of state-managed woods – are first step to stemming destruction
Sir Paul Nurse: 'I looked at my birth certificate. That was not my mother's name'
June 2024The Moth: storytelling specialFamilyThe Nobel prize-winning geneticist revealed his biggest genetic secret when he took the stage for storytelling group The MothI'm a geneticist.
The crying game: why fashion likes tears | Fashion
June 2024Kim Kardashian and Kanye West crying in the video for Wolves. Photograph: BalmainKim Kardashian and Kanye West crying in the video for Wolves.
The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again by M John Harrison review brilliantly unsettling
June 2024Book of the dayFictionReviewHarrison is fabulously alert to the spaces between things in this novel of collapsing certainties in a haunted England
Boy, 11, killed in Cincinnati drive-by shooting into crowd of children | Ohio
June 2024Ohio This article is more than 2 months oldBoy, 11, killed in Cincinnati drive-by shooting into crowd of childrenThis article is more than 2 months oldOutrage and horror after 22 rounds fired in incident in which four other children and one adult injured
Chatroom users face charges over suicide | Technology
June 2024The ObserverTechnology This article is more than 16 years oldChatroom users face charges over suicideThis article is more than 16 years oldDozens of internet users who allegedly goaded a depressed father to hang himself could face criminal charges.
Dorothy M Richardson deserves the recognition she is finally receiving | Fiction
June 2024Books blogFictionDorothy M Richardson deserves the recognition she is finally receivingRichardson’s modernist masterpiece Pointed Roofs earned her a place alongside Woolf, Joyce and Proust.
Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly album cover: an incendiary classic | Kendrick Lamar
June 2024Kendrick LamarKendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly album cover: an incendiary classicThe sleeve of the rapper’s forthcoming album, which shows the aftermath of a black revolution on the White House lawn, is in good company
Man who scammed California Jewish community out of $7m gets seven years | California
June 2024California This article is more than 1 month oldMan who scammed California Jewish community out of $7m gets seven yearsThis article is more than 1 month oldSassi Mizrahi sentenced to federal prison after he and his brother targeted over 40 people in San Fernando Valley in Ponzi scheme
Maurice Sendak: a life in pictures | Children's books
June 2024Maurice Sendak: a life in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Maurice Sendak, author of Where The Wild Things Are, has died, aged 83.
Splatoon review: ink, charm and lots of ideas
June 2024GamesReviewNintendo has not quite created the perfect shooter for people who don’t like shooters, but it is lovely, exciting and very cool
We dont want her to be remembered as the victim: Kim Walls parents on telling her story
June 2024SwedenIn 2017, journalist Kim Wall became the story when she was murdered after boarding a submarine. Now, Kim’s parents are sharing her life and tragedy in a new book
Everton sign Jack Harrison from Leeds on loan despite wingers hip injury | Everton
June 2024Everton This article is more than 5 months oldEverton sign Jack Harrison from Leeds on loan despite winger’s hip injuryThis article is more than 5 months oldHarrison the seventh player to leave Leeds on loanEverton interested in Southampton goalkeeper McCarthyEverton have signed Jack Harrison on a season’s loan from Leeds despite the winger facing another month on the sidelines with a hip injury.
Pictures of 'swooning' Ivanka Trump and Justin Trudeau go viral | Social media
June 2024ShortcutsSocial mediaPictures of 'swooning' Ivanka Trump and Justin Trudeau go viralThe president’s daughter probably doesn’t fancy Canada’s PM like the rest of the internet – but that didn’t stop the jokes
Police make 630 arrests of climate protesters in London in one month | Protest
June 2024Protest This article is more than 1 month oldPolice make 630 arrests of climate protesters in London in one monthThis article is more than 1 month oldLiberty condemns ‘staggering and shocking’ statistic as anti-protest legislation is enacted
Serving time: Andy Murray looks to break shackles at Australian Open
June 2024Andy MurrayScot is no longer a prisoner to injuries but faces a crossroads in 2024 as his serve and form falters
The dubious science of Dr. Luke's Core brand: inside the premium bottled water industry
June 2024Core, owned by Dr. Luke, relies on so-called “brand investors” – mostly musicians, actresses and fitness buffs – to push the product on social media.
The Gigantic Beard That WasEvil by Stephen Collins review
June 2024Observer/Faber graphic short story prizeComics and graphic novelsReviewA man's beard troubles the authorities in the excellent first book by Stephen Collins, a former winner of the Cape/Observer graphic prizeSee an exclusive extract from The Gigantic Beard here
The women who want to be obese
June 2024WomenThis week, Donna Simpson announced her plan to be the fattest woman in the world. But are 'gainers' who purposefully overeat risking their health or liberating themselves?
Unforgotten series four, episode five recap what now for Cassie?
June 2024Unforgotten: episode recapsTelevisionThe case is nearly solved, but there’s a late shock in the penultimate episode of ITV’s cold case drama
Vulva masks and labia serums: the marketing of womens genital shame
June 2024WomenMore and more ‘wellness’ companies are selling products that capitalise on women’s insecurities over their bodies. Now they are targeting the vulva
All Our Yesterdays; The Glass Pearls review masterly wartime storytelling from Ginzburg and Pres
June 2024Book of the dayFictionReviewReissues of novels by Natalia Ginzburg and Emeric Pressburger show off their skills at characterisation and narrative drive
Jarvis Astaire obituary | Boxing
June 2024BoxingObituaryJarvis Astaire obituaryBusinessman who made his name as a boxing promoter and then went on to be a film producer and financier
Jason Reynolds: 'Snoop Dogg once told white folks: 'I know you hate me. But your kids don't.' That's
June 2024BooksInterviewJason Reynolds: 'Snoop Dogg once told white folks: 'I know you hate me. But your kids don't.' That's how I feel'Sian CainAmerica’s ambassador for young people’s literature talks about touring Trump country, facing down racism and why there’s no such thing as a bad kid
Love Island final: fan favourites Amber and Greg win as it happened | Love Island
June 202429 Jul 201918.07 EDTTHAT'S ALL FOLKSThat’s it for Love Island 2019 (until the reunion show a week on Sunday, obvs) and adios from the liveblog.
Man charged after four stabbing attacks in Melbourne overnight that seriously injured victims | Melb
June 2024MelbourneMan charged after four stabbing attacks in Melbourne overnight that seriously injured victimsVictoria police say random attacks were not terror-related with 31-year-old man facing 15 charges
Mark Birley | | The Guardian
June 2024ObituaryMark BirleyUpmarket nightclub proprietor trading on the image of luxuryMark Birley, doyen of upper-crust nightclub owners in London's West End, has died of a stroke at the age of 77.
Mining in the Pacific: a blessing and a curse | Papua New Guinea
June 2024Mining represents a dilemma for Papua New Guinea: balancing economic benefit against the wellbeing of communities and environmental degradation. Illustration: Ben Sanders/The GuardianMillions of tonnes of fuel, oil and minerals are extracted from the region – but some communities have little to show for it but devastation
Netflix edits Squid Game phone number after woman deluged with calls | Squid Game
June 2024Squid Game This article is more than 2 years oldNetflix edits Squid Game phone number after woman deluged with callsThis article is more than 2 years oldPopular drama’s use of real South Korean number leads to thousands of prank calls and texts
Reign of the scumbro: the meaning of Justin Biebers ugly style
June 2024Ask HadleyMen's fashionThe hottest trend in men’s fashion involves looking badly dressed in oversized trousers, obscure graphic T-shirts and ridiculous shoes and hats
How social medias biggest user protest rocked Reddit
June 2024Reddit experienced a revolt by its volunteer moderators after the social media site decided to charge for access to its API.
Its about more than just a crime: what if a teen killer was actually a victim?
June 2024DocumentaryThe story of Caril Ann Fugate and Charles Starkweather was painted as a teen couple on a murder spree but docuseries The 12th Victim shows that wasn’t all
Nobber by Oisn Fagan review a bloody and brilliant first novel
June 2024Book of the dayFictionReviewIreland in the 14th century, where greed, madness and the Black Death come together for a darkly comic debutOisín Fagan’s first novel is a dark and bloody tale, well leavened with bone-dry humour, and with a dramatic climax that has about it the flavour of a Jacobean tragedy (or Kurosawa, for the more cinematically inclined).
Red Hot Chili Peppers: The band that couldn't be stopped | Red Hot Chili Peppers
June 2024Red Hot Chili PeppersInterviewRed Hot Chili Peppers: The band that couldn't be stoppedRob FitzpatrickWhat keeps the Red Hot Chili Peppers from retiring to the beach to sit and eat burritos?
Robert Blake obituary | Movies
June 2024MoviesObituaryRobert Blake obituaryAmerican actor best known for the TV series Baretta who was found liable in a civil court for the death of his wife
Sara Pascoe: Success Story review family beats fame for warm hilarity
June 2024ComedyReviewDorking Halls Playful material about Pascoe’s life on the celebrity B-list is eclipsed by a heartfelt second act focused on private truths about new motherhood
Streaming: the best films about doppelgngers and shifting identities
June 2024Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDsScience fiction and fantasy filmsReviewArgentinian director Juan Cabral’s debut, Two/One, is a subtle, alluring addition to a genre of films exploring second selves
Sybil Jason obituary | Film
June 2024FilmObituarySybil Jason obituarySouth African-born child movie star viewed as a rival to Shirley TempleFrom 1935 to 1938, Shirley Temple was the world's biggest and smallest movie star.
The Pink Panthers: hunting the world's best diamond thieves
June 2024The ObserverGraff jewellery robberyIn 341 robberies, the Pink Panther gang have stolen jewels worth £276m. But who are they? Havana Marking meets themHidden cameras on the walls of the exclusive Wafi shopping mall in Dubai captured, in 2007, two Audi S8s smashing through its glass doors.
Country diary: the magic of moss
June 2024Country diaryPlantsRokeby Park, Teesdale: It’s tempting to let the imagination wander into the deepest recesses of the wildwood of mosses
Djokovic equals Federer record in easy win over Mannarino at Australian Open | Australian Open 2024
June 2024Australian Open 2024Djokovic equals Federer record in easy win over Mannarino at Australian OpenChampion demolishes Adrian Mannarino in straight setsSerb to play Taylor Fritz in his 58th grand slam quarter-finalOne of the many eccentricities of Adrian Mannarino is the Frenchman’s refusal to learn the identity of his next opponent for as long as he can hold out.
Football transfer rumours: Karim Benzema to join Arsenal or Chelsea?
June 2024Rumour millSoccerThis page is to the birds With Joelinton’s prognosis on his muscle injury not looking at all good, Newcastle really need a midfielder.
Its time to admit Bake Off is feeling stale. As a former contestant, I know how to make it rise a
June 2024OpinionThe Great British Bake Off This article is more than 1 month oldIt’s time to admit Bake Off is feeling stale.
Jerry Falwell Jr 'enjoyed watching' his wife have sex, alleged lover says | US news
June 2024US news This article is more than 3 years oldJerry Falwell Jr 'enjoyed watching' his wife have sex, alleged lover saysThis article is more than 3 years oldGiancarlo Granda says Liberty University head, who quit over sex scandal, knew of his relationship with Becki Falwell ‘from day one’
Marika Hackman: Big Sigh review a sombre, introspective return
June 2024Unease… Marika Hackman. Photograph: Steve GullickUnease… Marika Hackman. Photograph: Steve GullickThe ObserverPop and rockReview(Chrysalis) The singer-songwriter finds horror-movie material in the everyday with a record of quiet, visceral power
Mexican president posts photo of what he claims is a Maya elf | Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador
June 2024Andrés Manuel López Obrador This article is more than 10 months oldMexican president posts photo of what he claims is a Maya elfThis article is more than 10 months oldAndrés Manuel López Obrador said the photo appeared to show an alux, a creature from Yucatán folklore
Sexism, vandalism and bullying: inside the Boris Johnson-era Bullingdon Club | Boris Johnson
June 2024A scene from the 2014 film The Riot Club, which drew its inspiration from the antics of the all-male members of the Bullingdon Club.
The many meanings of moss | Plants
June 2024Moss-covered trees in Devon, England. Photograph: Adam Burton/AlamyMoss is ancient, and grows at a glacial pace, but it lives alongside us everywhere, country and city, a witness to the human world and its catastrophic speed.
CJ Ross steps down after Mayweather-Alvarez draw ruling backlash | Boxing
June 2024Boxing This article is more than 10 years oldCJ Ross steps down after Mayweather-Alvarez draw ruling backlashThis article is more than 10 years oldCJ Ross, the judge who scored Floyd Mayweather's fight with Canelo Alvarez a draw, has taken 'indefinite leave'CJ Ross, the fight judge who scored the Mayweather-Alvarez title fight as a draw, has gone on "
Kala by Colin Walsh review vanishings, betrayals and friends reunited in rural Ireland
June 2024The ObserverFictionReviewThis confidently plotted debut novel from the award-winning short story writer has a strong cast and vivid dialogue A dark coming-of-age novel, this is an impressive debut from Irish author Colin Walsh, winner of several awards for his short stories and named in 2019 the Hennessy new Irish writer of the year.
Karma by Boy George review loud, vainglorious and very funny
June 2024Book of the dayAutobiography and memoirReviewRelentless rants, endless score-settling and a stint in prison – the singer’s (latest) memoir recounts a life lived at a higher frequency
Last night's TV: Sleeping With My Sister
June 2024TV reviewTelevision industryReviewChannel 4's documentary about siblings who fall in love was admirably sympathetic'The most disturbing thing about them is that he calls her "
Martin Heidegger | Books | The Guardian
June 2024The story, told with free-wheeling gusto, of four German thinkers – Martin Heidegger, Walter Benjamin, Ernst Cassirer and Ludwig Wittgenstein – before the dark decade of the 1930s Published: 13 Aug 2020 ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaJqfpLi0e8yaqa2hnmK1prXDnp6gnaI%3D
Relatively Speaking review
June 2024TheatreReviewWyndham's, LondonThis is the play that in 1967 gave Alan Ayckbourn his first West End hit. Seeing it again after all these years, in Lindsay Posner's witty production, I was reminded of the play's brilliance as a theatrical construct.
Sir Gerald Kaufman obituary | Labour
June 2024LabourObituarySir Gerald Kaufman obituaryVeteran Labour MP and father of the House of Commons who famously labelled his party’s 1983 manifesto ‘the longest suicide note in history’In Sir Gerald Kaufman, who has died aged 86, the Labour party had not only one of its longest-serving MPs, but also one of its loyalest, if most waspish, members.
There are many mysteries surrounding Kim Philbys job at the Observer
June 2024The Observer at 225Kim PhilbyThe Soviet spy and Middle East correspondent for the Observer exposed the British establishment – and not only to the Russians
Walter Laqueur obituary | History books
June 2024History booksObituaryWalter Laqueur obituaryDistinguished historian, journalist and scholar who focused on terrorism, the Holocaust and the decline of EuropeThe contemporary historian and journalist Walter Laqueur, who has died aged 97, made the great issues of the past century accessible to a wide readership in the almost 100 book titles that bear his name as author or editor.
'I did the first nude in Vogue': Marisa Berenson on being a blazing star of the 70s and beyond | Mov
June 2024‘My paradise’ ... Marisa Berenson at her home in Marrakech. Photograph courtesy of Marisa Berenson‘My paradise’ ... Marisa Berenson at her home in Marrakech.
'I feel terribly guilty'
June 2024FilmAfter the shocking murder of Dutch film-maker Theo van Gogh, his collaborator Ayaan Hirsi Ali is convinced there is a link to their controversial attack on Islamic misogyny.
9/11 re-enacted: Wikileaks publishes September 11 pager messages | September 11 2001
June 2024News blogSeptember 11 20019/11 re-enacted: Wikileaks publishes September 11 pager messagesWhistleblowing website publishes 'intercepted' texts in order officials and witnesses sent themThe unfolding secret story of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon is being told today when more than 500,000 intercepted pager messages, many from US officials, are published online in the order in which they were sent.
Activist on trial for damaging UK sites of Israeli arms maker says he was justified | Protest
June 2024Protest This article is more than 1 month oldActivist on trial for damaging UK sites of Israeli arms maker says he was justifiedThis article is more than 1 month oldPalestine Action’s Richard Barnard and co-defendants say alleged actions against Elbit Systems were aimed at stopping bombings
Ellen Terry's beetlewing gown back in limelight after 110,000 restoration | Heritage
June 2024Heritage This article is more than 12 years oldEllen Terry's beetlewing gown back in limelight after £110,000 restorationThis article is more than 12 years oldDress actor wore as Lady Macbeth in 1880s has been repaired with help from donations to National TrustAfter five years and more than 700 hours of delicate restoration work, a green gown shimmering with the iridescent wings of 1,000 beetles, which caused a sensation when Ellen Terry wore it as Lady Macbeth in 1888, is going on display again.
Making history: the ceramic work of Simon Pettet in pictures | UK news
June 2024Making history: the ceramic work of Simon Pettet – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email An exhibition of work by the ceramicist Simon Pettet is on display at Dennis Sever’s House in Spitalfields until 4 June
Notes on a Wordle: Kamala Harris describes love for online word game | Kamala Harris
June 2024Kamala Harris This article is more than 1 year oldNotes on a Wordle: Kamala Harris describes love for online word gameThis article is more than 1 year oldVice-president says she plays as a ‘brain cleanser’ and has never failed to guess the five-letter word of the day
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor urgent and evocative
June 2024Book of the dayFictionReviewA young man with gender-shifting powers seeks love (and lots of sex) in this witty debut set in 90s America
Victorino Chua: 'angel turned evil' hospital nurse fails in appeal bid | UK news
June 2024Victorino Chua: described by police as a narcissistic psychopath. Photograph: Greater Manchester police/PAVictorino Chua: described by police as a narcissistic psychopath.
Aries: Believe in Me, Who Believes in You review more rhyme than reason
June 2024The ObserverRapReview(Wunderworld/Columbia) Obtuse lyrics and repetitive arrangements expose a yawning gap between the LA artist’s potential and his delivery The Los Angeles-based singer, producer and illustrator Aries currently has 461,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel, where he makes musical how-to videos and recreates the beats behind popular songs in two minutes, such as Drake’s God’s Plan and Kendrick Lamar’s DNA.
Giving homage to the past: Nyugen E Smiths fascinating found object art
June 2024ArtThe artist’s latest exhibition continues his interest in reclaimed materials and what they can tell us about the past and the future
How philanthropy benefits the super-rich | Philanthropy
June 2024Illustration: Bratislav MilenkovicThere are more philanthropists than ever before. Each year they give tens of billions to charitable causes. So how come inequality keeps rising?
If you use any of that, Ill murder you: inside a shocking Roger Stone documentary
June 2024Christoffer Guldbrandsen on Roger Stone: ‘What astonished me was that the loudest liar wins.’ Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesChristoffer Guldbrandsen on Roger Stone: ‘What astonished me was that the loudest liar wins.
More than 700 migrants feared dead in three Mediterranean sinkings | Migration
June 2024Migrants fall into the sea from a boat that capsized last week as Italian navy ships attempted a rescue. Photograph: ReutersMigrants fall into the sea from a boat that capsized last week as Italian navy ships attempted a rescue.
Teenage kicks | Health | The Guardian
June 2024The ObserverHealth This article is more than 18 years oldTeenage kicksThis article is more than 18 years oldAt school, novelist Emily Maguire wanted to be told her desires were normal.
The story of my rape | Gender
June 2024GenderThe story of my rapeAs a student backpacking in Italy, Mary Beard was raped by a stranger on a night train.
Wisconsin workers fight factory move to Mexico: Anxiety is through the roof
June 2024‘They treated people like they were family, not a number,’ said Kathy Pawluk. Photograph: Handout‘They treated people like they were family, not a number,’ said Kathy Pawluk.
Bin Laden: the war in his words | Osama bin Laden
May 2024Osama bin Laden This article is more than 12 years oldBin Laden: the war in his wordsThis article is more than 12 years oldOsama bin Laden issued a series of opinions and threats after emerging in the mid-1990sSince he first emerged as a high profile threat in the mid-1990s, Osama bin Laden has issued statements, opinions and chilling threats that have captured global attention.
Birmingham fire assault suspect arrested over man set alight in London | UK news
May 2024UK news This article is more than 9 months oldBirmingham fire assault suspect arrested over man set alight in LondonThis article is more than 9 months oldIncident in Ealing last month also involved a man being set alight after leaving mosque
Gay donkey rapists and other oddities: how Ukip keeps going off-message | UK Independence party (Uki
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OK, Kenneth Branagh isnt great as King Lear but have you seen his abs? | Zing Tsjeng
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Acid, Americans and the Agency | Life and style
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Kanye West apologises to Jewish community for 2022 antisemitic remarks | Kanye West
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Openly authoritarian campaign: Trumps threats of revenge fuel alarm
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Vermont police hunt for killer after retired college professor shot dead | Vermont
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Boks whistleblower is found shot dead | Rugby union
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David Beckhams tattoos are just fine in Hindi | David Beckham
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Moving testimony to the British army's loss of life in Afghanistan | Military
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Ramzan Kadyrov: the Chechen dictator who's showing off his adorable side
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Uproar after Irish priest says Varadkar and other gay politicians will go to hell | Ireland
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Iconic gay image: history of sailors and sex explored in Barcelona exhibition | Exhibitions
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The five truths Trump hopes you will forget about 6 January 2021 | Robert Reich
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Alaska landslide: girl, 11, confirmed as fourth victim with two still missing | Alaska
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Consent by Vanessa Springora review a memoir of lost adolescence
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First Thing: US Congress passes last-minute stopgap bill to avert government shutdown | US news
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Howard Davies obituary | Theatre
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Junior doctors strike led to more than 110,000 patients in England having care cancelled | NHS
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The Republican obsession with Hunter Biden has reached a new low | Arwa Mahdawi
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Boy George gets 15 months for falsely imprisoning male escort | Boy George
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China sends dozens of warplanes near Taiwan after vice-presidents US stopover | Taiwan
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Is Kythira the perfect Greek island?
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Royal Mint unveils new coin design inspired by King Charles | King Charles III
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The Believer by Sarah Krasnostein review the faces of faith, from religion to UFOs
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The Crucible by Arthur Miller - review | Children's books
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Unit 731: Japan discloses details of notorious chemical warfare division | Japan
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Edie Falco: 'I started to live my life as Carmela!'
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Failed cash grab leaves Sunwolves on Super Rugby cutting room floor
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John Burningham obituary | Books
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Thanks to Barbie, the high ponytail is back in but is it for everyone? | Barbie
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The wonder of Chekhov
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What are dabloons?: Tiktoks new imaginary economy explained
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Aston Villa 2-1 Leeds United: Premier League as it happened | Premier League
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Flea on life before the Chili Peppers: 'I grew up running around naked' | Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Hockney makes greatest painting shortlist, with the wrong cat | UK news
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JP Donleavy obituary | Books
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My finely balanced solution to Britain's 'statue problem' | Stewart Lee
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Nashville police chiefs son is suspect in shooting of two officers outside store | US crime
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Three dead after semi-truck hits bus carrying students on Ohio highway | Ohio
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10 of the best restaurants near Amsterdams main attractions
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Cucurella denies using racist language towards Real Madrids der Milito | La Liga
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How many people have four kidneys?
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K Pattabhi Jois | India
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Major global hotel brands accused of profiting from sex trafficking | Global development
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Man charged with NI murder faked live stream to provide alibi | UK news
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Murder suspect found hanged in derelict building | Crime
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Nottingham attacks: man admits killing three but denies murder | UK news
May 2024UK news This article is more than 1 month oldNottingham attacks: man admits killing three but denies murderThis article is more than 1 month oldValdo Calocane, also known as Adam Mendes, admits killing Grace O’Malley-Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates in June
Riding the giant: big-wave surfing in Nazar | Surfing
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Are you bored yet? Five great TV shows to binge, from Bad Sisters to the Good Wife
May 2024Are you bored yet?TelevisionMurderous siblings, courtroom drama, haunted houses … how can real life ever compete? You could be forgiven for feeling snowed under by the sheer amount of television in 2022.
Honda to return to F1 in 2026 as engine manufacturer for Aston Martin | Formula One
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I didnt think it was possible to be a novelist: Julian Barnes on literature, loss and h
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I will survive | Life and style
May 2024The ObserverLife and styleI will surviveSexually abused from the age of four, sold to paedophiles for £15, Shy Keenan has managed to turn the tables, testifying against her abusers and building a new life as mother and children's campaigner.
Reproduction by Louisa Hall review pregnancy, pain and Frankenstein
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Secret Service agent's stolen laptop has 'highly sensitive' information reports | Secret Service
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Slipper of the Yard dies without quite getting his man | UK news
May 2024UK newsSlipper of the Yard dies without quite getting his manAs an encounter, it was the criminal world's equivalent of Stanley finding Livingstone on the shores of Lake Tanganyika.
10 of the best films set in Istanbul | Istanbul holidays
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Ai Weiwei: The artwork that made me the most dangerous person in China
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I feel like a badass: Native American rodeo thrives as a younger generation takes the reins
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Labour accuses new antislavery watchdog of being Conservative patsy | Home Office
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Republican Senate candidates family egg company caught in price-fixing plot | Indiana
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The top 10 allegories in fiction, from Plato to Kafka
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The Wisdom of Psychopaths by Kevin Dutton review
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Zlatan Ibrahimovics incendiary feud with Lukaku set for a second act
May 2024Zlatan IbrahimovicThe veteran Milan striker’s new book, Adrenaline, gives full vent to the boiling rivalry that will be renewed in Italy this season
'Gentle' comic Derek Nimmo dies at 68 after fall at home | UK news
May 2024UK news'Gentle' comic Derek Nimmo dies at 68 after fall at homeComedy actor Derek Nimmo died yesterday, aged 68. He had been in hospital since suffering a fall at his west London home before Christmas.
Archaeologists hail dream discovery as sarcophagus is unearthed near Cairo | Archaeology
May 2024The ObserverArchaeology This article is more than 1 year oldArchaeologists hail ‘dream discovery’ as sarcophagus is unearthed near CairoThis article is more than 1 year oldThe coffin of Ptah-em-wia has been found in its underground burial chamber at Saqqara, and features in a TV documentary
Betty White obituary | US television
May 2024US televisionObituaryBetty White obituaryVeteran American actor who played Rose in the hit TV comedy show The Golden Girls Although she will be best remembered for playing the naive Rose Nylund in the hit comedy The Golden Girls (1985-92), Betty White, who has died aged 99, was for seven decades one of the best-loved performers on US television, a consummate professional who won eight Emmy awards, the first and last separated by more than 60 years.
Buff-tailed bumblebees drop from air like bricks to repel hornet attacks | Bees
May 2024Bees This article is more than 3 months oldBuff-tailed bumblebees drop from air ‘like bricks’ to repel hornet attacksThis article is more than 3 months oldBee and hornet hit ground with such force the attacker is sent scarpering, University of Exeter scientists find
Holly Johnson: I was never very good at sucking up its just not my style | Music
May 2024MusicInterviewHolly Johnson: ‘I was never very good at sucking up – it’s just not my style’Craig McLeanThirty years after topping the charts in Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Holly Johnson is back with a solo album.
How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti - review
May 2024BooksReviewAn engaging mashup of memoir, fiction and philosophy is ultimately a meditation on ugliness rather than beautyThere are two ways of writing a diary.
Irene Sutcliffe obituary | Coronation Street
May 2024Coronation StreetObituaryIrene Sutcliffe obituaryStage and screen actor best remembered for playing Maggie Clegg in Coronation Street Irene Sutcliffe, who has died aged 94, was a theatre actor who found screen fame in Coronation Street.
Palmer & Harvey collapsed with debts of more than 700m | Retail industry
May 2024Retail industry This article is more than 6 years oldPalmer & Harvey collapsed with debts of more than £700mThis article is more than 6 years oldThe wholesaler, which supplied retailers included Tesco and Sainsbury’s, called in administrators in November
Peter Temple: tributes paid to acclaimed crime writer after his death, aged 71 | Crime fiction
May 2024Crime fiction This article is more than 5 years oldPeter Temple: tributes paid to acclaimed crime writer after his death, aged 71This article is more than 5 years oldThe Miles Franklin award-winner transformed the face of Australian crime fiction, critic Peter Pierce says
After two daughters, I had my first son. The reaction was different and revealing | Sophie Brick
May 2024OpinionLife and style This article is more than 2 years oldAfter two daughters, I had my first son. The reaction was different – and revealingThis article is more than 2 years oldSophie BrickmanWhen I asked other parents, each had noticed a very real preference for their sons.
Bolivian presidents new residence is as imposing as it is divisive
May 2024Evo Morales This article is more than 5 years oldThis article is more than 5 years oldSome see Evo Morales’ $34m high-rise looming over La Paz as overpriced vanity project
Data peninsula holiday guide: what to see plus the best beaches, restaurants and hotels
May 2024Turkey holidaysA sliver of mountain and beach jutting in to the Aegean offers an oasis of unspoilt tranquillity amid the lively resorts of south-west Turkey
Firms pull ads from Rumble platform over Russell Brand videos | Russell Brand
May 2024Russell Brand This article is more than 3 months oldFirms pull ads from Rumble platform over Russell Brand videosThis article is more than 3 months oldBurger King, Asos and HelloFresh remove ads from site in wake of allegations about comedian
Hollywoods historic Egyptian Theatre to reopen after Netflix restoration | Los Angeles
May 2024Los Angeles This article is more than 2 months oldHollywood’s historic Egyptian Theatre to reopen after Netflix restorationThis article is more than 2 months oldStreaming giant planning to use the lavish location as a venue for premieres and events after $70m renovation
Malcolm Morley obituary | Painting
May 2024PaintingObituaryMalcolm Morley obituaryPainter hailed as the best of his generation, who won the inaugural Turner prizeSalvador Dalí claimed that Malcolm Morley, the inaugural winner of the Turner prize, was the best painter of his generation, no small accolade given that the artist counted Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol as contemporaries.
Pornographic chic: can Helmut Newtons sexist nudes really be fixed by gender-switching?
May 2024Unsettling … Hape’s parody of a Helmut Newton shot. Photograph: Hani Hape/Image production: Simon VeronegUnsettling … Hape’s parody of a Helmut Newton shot.
Railroad romance: taking the train from Vancouver to San Francisco
May 2024The ObserverRail travelA train journey from Vancouver to San Francisco gives you the chance to witness the epic scenery and vibrant cities of the Pacific Northwest at a more relaxed pace and rhythm“You came on the train?
Zimbabwe's Mister Ugly winner 'too handsome' video | World news
May 2024Zimbabwe Zimbabwe's Mister Ugly winner 'too handsome' – video Mison Sere, 42, expresses his delight after winning a ‘Mister Ugly 2015’ competition in Harare on Saturday.
Armie Hammer on gay romance Call Me By Your Name: There were fetishes I didnt understand
May 2024‘No one has said it’s not gonna be good for me to play a gay character’ … Hammer. Photograph: Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP‘No one has said it’s not gonna be good for me to play a gay character’ … Hammer.
Debbie Harry on heroin, rape, robbery and why she still feels lucky | Debbie Harry
May 2024The G2 interviewDebbie HarryInterviewDebbie Harry on heroin, rape, robbery – and why she still feels luckyEmine SanerShe’s been through stalking, sexism and drugs – and had her house taken by the tax collector.
How a big US bank laundered billions from Mexico's murderous drug gangs | Drugs trade
May 2024The ObserverDrugs trade This article is more than 12 years oldHow a big US bank laundered billions from Mexico's murderous drug gangsThis article is more than 12 years oldAs the violence spread, billions of dollars of cartel cash began to seep into the global financial system.
I felt absolutely sick: John Gladstones heir on his familys role in slavery | Slavery
May 2024The ObserverSlavery This article is more than 5 months old‘I felt absolutely sick’: John Gladstone’s heir on his family’s role in slaveryThis article is more than 5 months oldCharlie Gladstone on why the only way he can live with his family’s dark past is to turn it into something positive
I gave up booze and am having more fun than ever. These seven tips could help you do the same
May 2024AlcoholWhat’s life like without alcohol? You’ll save a fortune, really enjoy nights out – and even have better sex When I decided to give up drinking in the summer of 2015, I was convinced it would improve almost every important part of my life: my career, my health, my marriage.
Keith Giffen, comic book artist and writer, dies aged 70 | Books
May 2024Books This article is more than 3 months oldKeith Giffen, comic book artist and writer, dies aged 70This article is more than 3 months oldCreator of Rocket Raccoon, star of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy movie series, and the DC superhero Blue Beetle died after suffering a stroke on Monday
Parties make me feel like an alien in a person suit and drinking to survive them didnt help
May 2024The one change that workedLife and styleAfter one too many humiliations, I turned down the invitations, gave up the booze and learned to accept myself
Texas pair released after serving 21 years for 'satanic abuse'
May 2024US crimeDan and Fran Keller, sentenced in 1991 for child sexual assault during US 'Satanic panic' era, released after district attorney conceded trial jury was probably swayed by faulty testimonyDan Keller has left an Austin jail, a week after his wife was released – and 21 years after the pair were given a 48-year sentence for sexual assault during America's "
The Selecters Pauline Black: When we get on stage, something alchemical happens | Ska
May 2024The ObserverSkaInterviewThe Selecter’s Pauline Black: ‘When we get on stage, something alchemical happens’Miranda SawyerAs the ska band release a new album, their formidable frontwoman talks candidly about the heyday of 2 Tone, doing battle with men and microaggressions, and finding her birth mother at 42
Brazils first transgender pastor: All humans have flaws, being trans isnt one of them
May 2024Rights and freedomLGBTQ+ rightsIn a country with shocking brutality against LGBTQ+ people, Alexya Salvador is using her faith to help others like her
Divide and rule: Castro family torn by dysfunction and disagreements | Fidel Castro
May 2024Fidel Castro’s brother announces death on Cuban state television GuardianFidel Castro This article is more than 7 years oldDivide and rule: Castro family torn by dysfunction and disagreementsThis article is more than 7 years oldWhile brother Raúl was his closest confidant, sister Juana, exiled in south Florida, called Fidel Castro a ‘monster’
Goblincore: the fashion trend that embraces chaos, dirt and mud
May 2024Fashion This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldSales of clothes and accessories featuring mushrooms, snails, frogs and worms are booming, but why now?
I want a casual hookup, not a relationship how do I say that on Tinder?
May 2024Swipe right: online dating for the real worldDatingSwipe Right is our advice column that tackles the tricky world of online dating.
Matthew Perry death: devastated stars remember Friends actor after apparent drowning | Televis
May 2024Television This article is more than 2 months oldMatthew Perry death: ‘devastated’ stars remember Friends actor after apparent drowningThis article is more than 2 months oldFriends co-stars and actors including Mira Sorvino and Selma Blair pay tribute to a ‘sweet, troubled soul’
Rayon unravelled: fashions most confusing fibre has a dark past but hopeful future
May 2024FashionTurning trees into textiles is linked to historical atrocities and environmental harm. But any plant-based material can potentially become viscose-rayon
Sarah Dunant's top 10 books on the Renaissance | Books
May 2024Top 10sBooksSarah Dunant's top 10 books on the RenaissanceNovelist, broadcaster and critic Sarah Dunant is the author of eight novels. Her latest, The Birth of Venus, is a tale of art, passion and politics set in Renaissance Florence.
Specieswatch: Tree bumblebee
May 2024SpecieswatchBeesThe British habit of putting up nest boxes for birds has led to a population explosion of the tree bumblebee Bombus hypnorum.
The splashback scandal: should all men sit down to urinate?
May 2024HygieneThe Germans call them Sitzpinklers, and more and more men are now taking the weight off their feet in the bathroom.
13 recipe ideas for leftover blue cheese
May 2024Live Better: Dinner Doctor leftover recipesLive BetterSink your teeth into the second part of our Dinner Doctor's cheese fest – including a roasted apple and shallot pithivier
And the winners of the 2023 awards for worst customer service are
May 2024The ObserverMoneyWe celebrate the companies that went the extra mile … to inflate their balance sheets and let down loyal customers
Australias silo murals make a road trip an art odyssey in pictures | Culture
May 2024Australia’s silo murals make a road trip an art odyssey – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Silo art has turned the Australian outback into a vast outdoor gallery.
High Hitler: how Nazi drug abuse steered the course of history | History books
May 2024The ObserverHistory booksInterviewHigh Hitler: how Nazi drug abuse steered the course of historyRachel CookeGerman writer Norman Ohler’s astonishing account of methamphetamine addiction in the Third Reich changes what we know about the second world war
Ive fallen for a man who has lost his wife but he no longer wants to see me
May 2024Ask Annalisa BarbieriFamilyAfter three months together, he suddenly called it off saying that he wasn’t ready to move on. I’m devastated – what should I do?
Pope attacked at Christmas Eve mass | World news
May 2024World news This article is more than 14 years oldPope attacked at Christmas Eve massThis article is more than 14 years oldWoman jumps barriers at St Peter's Basilica and knocks down pontiff after similar but unsuccessful attempt last yearPope Benedict XVI delivered his Christmas Day blessing today hours after being attacked by a woman who jumped the barrier at the start of mass in St Peter's Basilica.
Walden review Gemma Artertons sister act reaches for the stars
May 2024TheatreReviewHarold Pinter theatre, London Arterton plays a former Nasa employee whose astronaut twin descends on her wilderness retreat in Amy Berryman’s intelligent, soulful drama
Why non-believers need rituals too | Suzanne Moore for New Humanist, part of the Guardian Comment Ne
May 2024OpinionAtheism This article is more than 10 years oldWhy non-believers need rituals tooThis article is more than 10 years oldSuzanne Moore for New Humanist, part of the Guardian Comment NetworkTo move many away from religion, atheism has to weave itself into the social fabric and shed its image of dour grumpinessThe last time I put my own atheism through the spin cycle rather than simply wiping it clean was when I wanted to make a ceremony after the birth of my third child.
Computer-generated inclusivity: fashion turns to diverse AI models
April 2024FashionFashion brands including Levi’s are having custom AI models created to ‘supplement’ representation in size, skin tone and age The star of Levi’s new campaign looks like any other model.
Acocha, courgettes cute little cousin
April 2024James Wong on gardensGardening adviceRidiculously easy to grow, these pretty green plants come into their own when fried, sautéed or baked
Andy Coulson turned News of the World into a criminal enterprise | UK news
April 2024UK news This article is more than 9 years oldAndy Coulson ‘turned News of the World into a criminal enterprise’This article is more than 9 years oldProsecutor says victims of phone hacking under ex-editor and three newsdesk colleagues ‘read like a Who’s Who of Britain’Andy Coulson and three former newsdesk executives “utterly corrupted” the News of the World and turned it into a “thoroughly criminal enterprise”, the judge in the phone-hacking trial has been told.
Architecture in Global Socialism by ukasz Stanek review a book that rewrites the cold war
April 2024Politics booksReviewFrom eastern Europe to west Africa to the Middle East … how cities in the developing world were built by the Soviet blocIf you rummage through boxes of postcards in Polish secondhand shops, they reveal an unexpected geography – places few Poles would now go.
Ive learned that being fed by friends is an act of love
April 2024The joy of small thingsLife and styleAs someone who can’t cook, I used to find being cooked for stressful. Now I’m starting to relax
Pride 2020: 10 fashion brands supporting the LGBTQ+ community | Fashion
April 2024Pride 2020: 10 fashion brands supporting the LGBTQ+ community Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Although there’s no parade this year, Pride in London is being celebrated in plenty of virtual events, so dress appropriately in pieces that look good, and help do good
Where Hands Touch review misjudged interracial Nazi-era romance
April 2024Romance filmsReviewAmandla Stenberg plays a biracial teenager who falls for a young German officer in Amma Asante’s uncomfortable second world war drama
White Houses by Amy Bloom review inside FDRs inner circle
April 2024FictionReviewReal-life aide Lorena Hickok’s companionship with Eleanor Roosevelt, and the president’s womanising, are vividly captured in this timely reimagining of a political householdAmy Bloom’s new novel uses the power of gossip to get inside the Roosevelt White House through the character of Lorena Hickok, real-life aide and close companion to Eleanor Roosevelt.
Young Guns: go for fun, not historical accuracy
April 2024Reel historyPeriod and historical filmsSet during an important frontier war, Christopher Cain's 1988 western is a rollicking ride with impressively authentic facial hair and rapping outlaws.
'The only other guy I've kissed was Colin Farrell, and Robert was ... better'
April 2024MoviesHis latest role is a gay detective, he's worried Bob Dylan won't like his socks and he seems to be falling for his co-star Robert Downey Jr.
Bite it, squeeze it, suck it The right way to eat mango | Life and style
April 2024The Nikesh Shukla columnLife and style This article is more than 5 years oldBite it, squeeze it, suck it… The right way to eat mangoThis article is more than 5 years oldNikesh ShuklaIn the midst of a particularly good mango season, Nikesh tackles his favourite fruit on a busy Paddington concourse
Coriolanus review
April 2024TheatreReviewDonmar Warehouse, London A fast, witty, intelligent production that, in Tom Hiddleston, boasts a fine CoriolanusA chamber production of Coriolanus? It sounds a contradiction in terms.
Hannah Giorgis | The Guardian
April 2024After ABC debuted its three-hour block of Shonda Rhimes programming on Thursday, including Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How To Get Away with Murder, we asked four black women to explain the significance of this TV event Published: 26 Sep 2014 ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaKiipLOquMRon5qmnpa1brPIqKmgoaM%3D
King's sacking of consort highlights power of Thai monarchy | Thailand
April 2024ThailandAnalysisKing's sacking of consort highlights power of Thai monarchyGuardian reporterVajiralongkorn wields dominant control over his country’s politics and media When Thailand’s 67-year-old King Maha Vajiralongkorn stripped his royal consort of her titles on Monday, it sent shockwaves through Thai society.
Mary J Bliges 20 greatest songs ranked! | Mary J Blige
April 2024Mary J Blige in 1997. Photograph: Mick Hutson/RedfernsAs her debut album turns 30 this month, we rate the best of a singer who pours pain into her music with so much drama
NERD: No_One Ever Really Dies review Pharrell's band finally find their groove
April 2024Alexis Petridis's album of the weekNERDReviewUrgent, harsh, but also consistent – come album five, NERD have made the starry collaborations stick, galvanised by US politics.
Texans hit by Foster injury and attempted murder arrest of Clowney's father | Houston Texans
April 2024Houston Texans This article is more than 8 years oldTexans hit by Foster injury and attempted murder arrest of Clowney's fatherThis article is more than 8 years oldNo1 overall pick’s father charged with attempted murderArian Foster likely to miss start of season with injury
The Crucible review a witch hunt for truth-denying times
April 2024TheatreReviewGielgud theatre, London Harnessing horror film conventions, Lyndsey Turner’s intelligent revival conjures places where truth is a political inconvenience Seventy years after its premiere, Arthur Miller’s great witch-hunt drama comes doubly coiled in history: the first is the moral panic that convulsed a 17th-century New England town into believing that its own people were possessed by the devil.
Rereading: Khirbet Khizeh by S Yizhar
April 2024RereadingBooksIn his novella of the 1948 war, the Israeli writer S Yizhar sought to preserve the memory of the Palestinian nakba. Jacqueline Rose on a haunting tale that still stirs intense controversyNear the beginning of Khirbet Khizeh, the extraordinary 1949 novella by S Yizhar, the narrator describes the dangers, to a soldier, of thinking: "
Stereotype that women are kinder and less selfish is true, claim neuroscientists | Neuroscience
April 2024Neuroscience This article is more than 6 years oldStereotype that women are kinder and less selfish is true, claim neuroscientistsThis article is more than 6 years oldReward system in female brains geared toward ‘prosocial’ behaviour, say researchers, but experts quick to dispute controversial findings
Taylor Swift accused of racism in 'African colonial fantasy' video | Taylor Swift
April 2024Taylor Swift This article is more than 8 years oldTaylor Swift accused of racism in 'African colonial fantasy' videoThis article is more than 8 years oldSinger sparks another controversy after online critics lash out at film for Wildest Dreams, which was shot in Africa with a largely white cast
The sneezing monkey with an upturned face, and other other weird species
April 2024Pass notesEndangered speciesHundreds of new(ish) species have been discovered in the eastern Himalayas in recent years, including the ‘walking’ fish and a tissue-wielding, snub-nosed primate
TUC agrees non-compliance strategy against anti-strike laws | TUC
April 2024TUC This article is more than 4 months oldTUC agrees ‘non-compliance’ strategy against anti-strike lawsThis article is more than 4 months oldUK government gave itself powers to enforce minimum service levels during industrial action by public service workers
Vampire Weekend settle lawsuit with Contra cover star | Vampire Weekend
April 2024Vampire Weekend This article is more than 12 years oldVampire Weekend settle lawsuit with Contra cover starThis article is more than 12 years oldAnn Kirsten Kennis, who denied giving the band permission to use her image on album sleeve, wins undisclosed settlementVampire Weekend have settled their legal dispute with Ann Kirsten Kennis, the model who discovered her photo on the cover of the band's album Contra.
Wonky-teeth icons: the stars you should emulate, from Kate Moss to Madonna
April 2024ShortcutsHealth & wellbeingPeople seeking cosmetic dentistry are rejecting a dazzling smile in favour of a perfectly imperfect set of gnashers. Here are some looks for your trip to the dental surgery
Wu-Tang Clan: 10 of the best | Music
April 202410 of the bestMusicWu-Tang Clan: 10 of the bestWith a new Wu album due next week, here are 10 kung-fu kicking highlights from the Staten Islanders’ group efforts and solo projects
'I am transgender': Guardian football writer Nicky Bandini comes out in Twitter video | Football
April 2024Serie A 'I am transgender': Guardian football writer Nicky Bandini comes out in Twitter video Guardian football writer Nicky Bandini, who previously worked under the name of Paolo, has come out as transgender.
A climate change poem for today: The Rhinoceros by Robert Minhinnick | Wildlife
April 2024Photograph: Robert Pratta/Reuters Photograph: Robert Pratta/ReutersKeep it in the ground: a poem a dayWildlifeA climate change poem for today: The Rhinoceros by Robert MinhinnickUK poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy curates a series of 20 original poems by various authors on the theme of climate change
Athens 1944: Britains dirty secret
April 2024Second world warWhen 28 civilians were killed in Athens, it wasn’t the Nazis who were to blame, it was the British.
Can't and Won't review Lydia Davis drops her guard
April 2024The ObserverShort storiesReviewThe American writer's latest short stories have lost some of their humour but hint at new depthsA new collection by Lydia Davis is a chance to revel in the possibilities of brevity.
Medal of dishonour: why do so many people cheat in online video games?
April 2024GamesOnline cheating has become an infestation – but the idea of bending the rules has been part of gaming culture from the start
Nina Hoss: 'The left is in a state of absolute chaos we have lost our way' | Theatre
April 2024‘Reading it opened floodgates’ … Nina Hoss. Photograph: Ian Langsdon/EPA‘Reading it opened floodgates’ … Nina Hoss. Photograph: Ian Langsdon/EPATheatreInterviewNina Hoss: 'The left is in a state of absolute chaos – we have lost our way'Philip Oltermann in BerlinWhen she was a little girl, the German actor used to sit in on her father’s union meetings.
Texas executes John Balentine, sixth inmate to be put to death in US this year | Texas
April 2024Texas This article is more than 11 months oldTexas executes John Balentine, sixth inmate to be put to death in US this yearThis article is more than 11 months oldBalentine, 54, was convicted of triple murder in what attorneys argued was a trial marred by racial bias
Top 10 things you didnt know about Peter Pan | Children's books
April 2024Children's booksChildren's booksTop 10 things you didn’t know about Peter PanPeter Glanville digs out some amazing facts about Fairy Dust and why the most famous lines of the play were cut during productions of the show playing during the first world war
A design for life
April 2024DesignFeelgood corporate logo, acid house icon and txt msg emoticon: one chirpy yellow emblem has kept grinning since the first summer of love.
Deathbed conversion? Never. Christopher Hitchens was defiant to the last | Nick Cohen
April 2024Journalist and author Christopher Hitchens in June 2010. He died of cancer the following year. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/ReutersJournalist and author Christopher Hitchens in June 2010.
Detox routines wont undo Covid vaccine, experts tell anti-vaxxers | US news
April 2024US news This article is more than 2 years old‘Detox’ routines won’t undo Covid vaccine, experts tell anti-vaxxersThis article is more than 2 years oldTikTok video calls for bath in borax – but once a person is vaccinated, there’s no way back, doctors say
Ex-partner was the architect of gruesome woodchipper murder plot, Queensland court told | Aust
April 2024Prosecutors claim Sharon Graham was the ‘architect’ of an alleged plot to murder her ex-partner Bruce Saunders and feed his body through a woodchipper.
Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain review
April 2024Book of the dayJournalism booksReviewJournalist James Bloodworth’s story of being ‘embedded’ for six months as a zero-hours worker is vital reading for all
Owen Farrell puts England on back burner to sign two-year Racing 92 deal | Owen Farrell
April 2024Owen FarrellOwen Farrell puts England on back burner to sign two-year Racing 92 dealSaracens fly-half heading to France’s Top 14 in the summerMove could spell the end of record-breaking England careerOwen Farrell will be unavailable to England for the foreseeable future after confirming a two-year deal to play French club rugby with Racing 92.
Robert Gillmor obituary | Birds
April 2024BirdsObituaryRobert Gillmor obituaryArtist behind the RSPB’s logo whose vivid illustrations of birds graced the covers of the Collins New Naturalist book seriesIn 1970, when the RSPB asked the bird artist Robert Gillmor, who has died aged 85, to design their new logo, the species they chose was the avocet.
US Amazon driver delivers package during police standoff, viral video shows | North Carolina
April 2024North Carolina This article is more than 9 months oldUS Amazon driver delivers package during police standoff, viral video showsThis article is more than 9 months oldClip shows officer intercepting package in Cary, North Carolina, amid a standoff between a Swat team and an armed suspect
Woman found dead at National zoo in Canberra after alleged stabbing | Australian Capital Territory (
April 2024Australian Capital Territory (ACT) This article is more than 1 month oldWoman found dead at National zoo in Canberra after alleged stabbingThis article is more than 1 month oldA 29-year-old man has been arrested and taken to hospital under police guard after the body of a woman was found in a storeroom at the zoo
19 recipe ideas for leftover onions
April 2024Live Better: Dinner Doctor leftover recipesLive BetterUnused onions sprouting or going off? Don’t cry - our Dinner Doctor’s many solutions include bakes and a delicious gravy
Coachella day two: Guns N Roses show appetite for destruction of own legacy | Coachella
April 2024Axl Rose and Slash of Guns N’ Roses perform during day two at Coachella. Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for CoachellaAxl Rose and Slash of Guns N’ Roses perform during day two at Coachella.
Indiana Jones named greatest movie character of all time in new poll | Movies
April 2024Movies This article is more than 8 years oldIndiana Jones named greatest movie character of all time in new pollThis article is more than 8 years oldSwashbuckling adventurer played by Harrison Ford takes top spot in Empire survey despite studio Disney preferring to focus on new Star Wars movies
Larrimah reflects on a feud, a death and an inquest that exposed the tiny outback town to the world
April 2024Northern TerritoryCoronial findings into Paddy Moriarty’s 2017 disappearance have left the few residents of the Northern Territory town shaken and still looking for answers
My boyfriend finds sex difficult after being raped by his ex-girlfriend
April 2024Sexual healingSexHow can I help him get over what happened to him?My boyfriend was raped and beaten up by his former girlfriend and, as a result, finds sex difficult.
Oklahoma judge who sent 500 texts to bailiff during murder trial faces removal | Oklahoma
April 2024Oklahoma This article is more than 3 months oldOklahoma judge who sent 500 texts to bailiff during murder trial faces removalThis article is more than 3 months oldChief justice says Traci Soderstrom showed ‘gross neglect of duty’ after she mocked prosecutor and praised defense attorney
Piper Laurie: a life in pictures | Film
April 2024Piper Laurie: a life in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Best known for her roles in The Hustler, Carrie and Twin Peaks, Laurie has died at the age of 91.
The Rape of Lucretia review powerful, uncompromising and deeply disquieting
April 2024OperaReviewLinbury theatre, London Oliver Mears’s production emphasises the underlying outrage at the centre of Benjamin Britten’s 1946 opera A co-production between the Royal Opera and Britten Pears Arts, Oliver Mears’s new production of Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia was first seen at Snape Maltings last month, before transferring to the Linbury for its London run.
Appeals court rejects Mark Meadowss bid to move Georgia elections case | Trump administration
April 2024Trump administration This article is more than 1 month oldAppeals court rejects Mark Meadows’s bid to move Georgia elections case This article is more than 1 month oldTrump’s ex-White House chief of staff had tried to transfer his 2020 election interference case to federal court A federal appeals court on Monday rejected former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’s request to transfer his 2020 election interference case in Georgia to federal court, ruling he was not entitled to the privilege because he was not currently a federal official.
I want to buy a house in Philadelphia. Does that make me an evil gentrifier? | Arwa Mahdawi
April 2024OpinionGentrification This article is more than 2 years oldI want to buy a house in Philadelphia. Does that make me an evil gentrifier?
Lou Albano obituary | US news
April 2024US newsObituaryLou Albano obituaryBombastic American wrestler and actorThe appeal to teenagers of "Captain" Lou Albano, who has died aged 76, was a key factor in the ascent to the mainstream of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in the 1980s.
My girlfriend has lost weight and I no longer find her attractive
April 2024Sexual healingSexWhen we do have sex, it’s a struggle for me to get aroused and I miss the parts of her body I once enjoyed
One of the worlds most dangerous places to fly: Nepal grapples with deadly air crashes
April 2024Global developmentThe expansion of air travel has brought huge benefits to the mountainous country – but a poor safety record puts jobs and tourism at risk
Shell chiefs pay package rose by more than 50% to nearly 10m in 2022 | Shell
April 2024Shell This article is more than 10 months oldShell chief’s pay package rose by more than 50% to nearly £10m in 2022This article is more than 10 months oldCampaigners and politicians criticise bonus for Ben van Beurden, who has since stood down The recently departed chief executive of Shell’s pay jumped more than 50% to nearly £10m in 2022, including a bonus labelled “jaw-dropping” by campaigners.
Teenage mullets are freaking me out but Im all for them | Van Badham
April 2024OpinionMen's hair This article is more than 3 months oldTeenage mullets are freaking me out – but I’m all for themThis article is more than 3 months oldVan BadhamI, for one, spent a significant chunk of my late teens with long, lank unbrushed tresses dyed an unforgivable shade of burgundy
The End of Enlightenment by Richard Whatmore review a warning from 18th-century Britain
April 2024Book of the dayHistory booksReviewIn a study with chilling modern resonance, the history don contends that the age of reason was betrayed by the greed, corruption and barbarism of Britain’s ruling elite
Top 10 books about connecting with nature
April 2024Top 10sScience and nature booksScience, memoir, fiction and poetry all point us towards the urgent truth that humans and nature are part of each other – and under threat
'My truth isn't an ugly one' | The Guardian
April 2024Steven Greenberg, the first openly gay Orthodox rabbi, tells Libby Brooks how he squares his sexuality with his faith When, at the age of 20, Steven Greenberg discussed his attraction to men as well as women for the first time, his religious counsellor offered a surprising and optimistic interpretation of his predicament.
Bodies review Stephen Grahams thrilling cop drama leaves you wanting more and more (and more)
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Jamie Bell: 'I hadn't said hello to Charlotte Gainsbourg before I started hitting her in the face' |
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Jazz Emu review a joyful hour with a delusional musical star
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Mary Doyle Keefe, model for Norman Rockwell's Rosie the Riveter, dies at 92 | Norman Rockwell
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Not quite a chip off the old block | UK news
April 2024UK newsNot quite a chip off the old blockIdi Amin died in 2003 aged 78 in a Saudi hospital, almost a quarter of a century after being ousted from Uganda and forced into exile.
Ratko Mladic visits daughter's grave while waiting for extradition | Ratko Mladi
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Wendy Woods obituary | South Africa
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Where to start with: AS Byatt
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Childrens and teens roundup the best new picture books and novels
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Erotic Stories review explicit SBS series incites more reflection than arousal
April 2024Australian televisionReviewEight episodes deliver on diversity, showing sex in all its messy glory, but the mix of styles is too broad – and some drag on too long
Hillary Clinton likens Trump to Hitler and warns he would end democracy | Hillary Clinton
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Pitcher perfect: 10 thirst-quenching jug-based cocktails from top bartenders
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Simon's Cat: Off to the Vet and Other Cat-astrophes - video | Books
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Son Heung-min in text message contact with Andr Gomes after serious injury | Football
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The high price of cheap living: how the property guardianship dream soured
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Billionaire ordered to pay 270m to charity after divorce settlement | Rich lists
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Clamping koala: how a new sex guide prompted complaints and delight
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Girl Scouts v Boy Scouts what's the difference? | Scouts and scouting
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Gossip about Dwight Howards sexuality detracts from the gravity of assault claims
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Grant Shapps accused of editing Wikipedia pages of Tory rivals | Grant Shapps
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How to build a city from scratch: the handy step-by-step DIY guide | Cities
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Like a naughty Siri: friendly sex robot Vanessa 5000 asks audiences to test her powers | Edinb
April 2024Edinburgh festival 2023Interview‘Like a naughty Siri’: friendly sex robot Vanessa 5000 asks audiences to test her powersKate WyverIn her Edinburgh festival show, LA comic and clown Courtney Pauroso plays a latex-clad humanoid pleasure device.
Off the page: microplays from the Royal Court and the Guardian | Stage
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The weird magic of eiderdown | Iceland
April 2024The common eider. Photograph: Alec Owen Evans/Getty/iStockphotoIn Iceland, the harvesting of these precious feathers has created a peculiar bond between human and duck.
Arthur Danto obituary | Art
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Burt Bacharach obituary | Burt Bacharach
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Cristiano Ronaldo: I left Real Madrid because of president Florentino Prez | Cristiano Ronaldo
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Femicide in Kenya is a national crisis, say rights groups | Global development
April 2024Global developmentFemicide in Kenya is a national crisis, say rights groupsAt least four women have been murdered since the start of the year, leading to accusations of government inaction
Kentucky man dies after swarm of bees attacks him on his porch | Kentucky
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Martin Amis novels ranked!
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My body & soul | Health & wellbeing
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The Cramps' Lux Interior dies, aged 62 | Lux Interior
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100 women pose nude outside Republican convention site video | US news
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Alcarrs director Carla Simn: I have feelings for Spanish culture and Catalan culture | Mov
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Amy Winehouse dies aged 27 in pictures | Music
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How private schools ensure a life of privilege for their pupils
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My sister acts as though she hates me and I cant bear it
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Top 10 war movies | War films
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'It gets to you': trans comedians on transphobia and cancel culture
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Assia Djebar, Algerian novelist, dies aged 78 | Books
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Diamond, Louisiana | Environment | The Guardian
April 2024EnvironmentDiamond, LouisianaBy the banks of the Mississippi, Margie Eugene-Richard showed me where she grew up. That was where she caught crayfish as a kid.
How to get sultry, Sophia Loren-style siren eyes
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Linder Sterling: I have a library of every perversion on the planet | Art
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Maureen Swanson obituary | Movies
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Spanish forward Jenni Hermoso gives evidence in court on Rubiales kiss | Spain
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This column will change your life: the truth about happiness
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Tim Allen demands to use the n-word | Comedy
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'Phuc Dat Bich': man says he created name hoax to fool media and Facebook | Media
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'We're not doing guns': Elmer Fudd loses his wight to bear arms
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China dodges western 5G chip embargo with new Huawei Mate 60 phone | Huawei
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Initially I thought it was a scam: can collagen really turn back the clock?
April 2024The ObserverMedical researchWrinkled skin, painful muscles, aching joints – collagen is being marketed by the supplement industry as the answer to many of the problems of ageing
Kanye West wanted album cover to be banned, says artist | Kanye West
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Philosophy | World | The Guardian
April 2024Twenty-five years ago in a German bar, neuroscientist Christof Koch bet philosopher David Chalmers that we’d understand the neural basis for consciousness by 2023.
The gender-neutral fashion movement is failing little boys who want to wear skirts | Freya Bennett
April 2024‘Humiliating little boys for exploring traditionally feminine aesthetics and interests not only sows the seed of misogyny but also cultivates shame in those boys who may want to explore them.
US man who mailed cyanide to suicidal Briton sentenced to 25 years in prison | US crime
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What is the origin of the phrase, 'Mind your Ps and Qs'? | Notes and Queries
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10 of the best novels set in Russia that will take you there
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A bad word made good | Australia news
April 2024Australia newsA bad word made goodTo an innocent pair of English ears in Sydney, it came as something of a shock.
Cocktail of the week: Akubs sage negroni recipe
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Former Louisiana police deputy given 100-year sentence for sex crimes | US news
April 2024US news This article is more than 1 year oldFormer Louisiana police deputy given 100-year sentence for sex crimesThis article is more than 1 year oldDennis Perkins, 47, to spend rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to a slew of crimes including child sexual abuse
Fraudulent faith healer jailed for 10 years | UK news
April 2024UK news This article is more than 9 years oldFraudulent faith healer jailed for 10 yearsThis article is more than 9 years oldJuliette D'Souza masqueraded as a shaman for more than 12 years, persuading people to hand over thousands of poundsA woman who posed as a faith healer to con vulnerable victims out of almost £1m has been jailed for 10 years.
Nicholas David obituary | Anthropology
April 2024Other livesAnthropologyObituaryNicholas David obituaryMy brother Nicholas David, who has died aged 85, was a leading figure in the field of ethnoarchaeology who undertook important research in west Africa and became professor of anthropology and archaeology at the University of Calgary.
On the Move: A Life by Oliver Sacks review road stories of an uneasy rider
April 2024Book of the dayOliver SacksReviewThe neurologist’s memoir reveals a rebel with the human touchLike the great 19th-century novelists, the neurologist Oliver Sacks has crystallised different ways of being human for our medicalised times.
What TV series should you watch next? Take our quiz to find out | AMC+: Only the good stuff
April 2024Not sure about which TV series to watch next? We’ve got you covered.A treasure trove of new drama, thriller and crime shows is streaming on AMC+.
Bull review a riveting and uncomfortable 55 minutes
April 2024The ObserverTheatreReviewYoung Vic, London Mike Bartlett’s follow-up to Cock is a masterclass in the workings of collusion Susannah Clapp reviews the Changeling Susannah Clapp reviews Fever The surprising twist in Bull is that there is no twist.
If Im only known for football, Ive failed: Adam Goodes opens up in rare interview | Adam
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Man found dead inside airplane engine at Salt Lake City international airport | Utah
April 2024UtahMan found dead inside airplane engine at Salt Lake City international airportUtah police found the 30-year-old unconscious inside an engine of a commercial aircraft loaded with passengers
Meet Minion Yellow by Pantone: the world's first character-branded colour
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Paralysed cyclist completes world's hardest downhill course | UK news
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Protest | World | The Guardian
April 2024Born in Johannesburg in 1932, Peter Magubane documented the brutality of apartheid and suffered from banning orders, solitary confinement and beatings as a result.
Spot the difference | Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
April 2024Michelangelo Merisi da CaravaggioSpot the differenceSupposed Caravaggio imitation found to be the real thingA supposedly inferior copy of a Caravaggio masterpiece, St Francis in Meditation, is in fact the original painting, according to art experts involved in restoring the painting.
The Romance of American Communism by Vivian Gornick review a flawed masterpiece
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You are the one spark in my life: Laurie Lees loving letters to secret daughter | Laurie Le
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Ask Molly Ringwald: Im sick of my partner smoking weed what should I do?
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Fiery Bentley crash that killed two at US-Canada border probably not terrorism, says FBI | US news
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Golden Globes 2024: the big winners in pictures | Film
April 2024Golden Globes 2024: the big winners – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Everyone from Taylor Swift to Christopher Nolan, Oprah Winfrey to Lily Gladstone, as Hollywood turned out for the first award ceremony of the year
Nebraska community rallies around bride widowed an hour after wedding | Nebraska
April 2024Nebraska This article is more than 6 months oldNebraska community rallies around bride widowed an hour after weddingThis article is more than 6 months oldToraze Davis collapsed outside the church in which he married Johnnie Mae Dennis and died of a blood clot
Pamela Moses sues officials after voter fraud conviction overturned | Tennessee
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The best television series in the world: Bluey is back!
April 2024Television & radioAfter an agonising wait, the 10 episodes that came out in Australia a year ago are now on Disney+.
The truth about Gypsies | Immigration and asylum
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You can always start again: the LA restaurant helping refugees resettle one dish at a time
April 2024RestaurantsAt Flavor from Afar, a monthly rotation of chefs from around the world cook traditional plates from their home countries
'I quit my job. Drink gushed into the space I left for it': confessions of an alcoholic
April 2024‘I started hiding cans. Next to my desk at home was a filing cabinet, and if I left the bottom drawer open it made a neat slot.
Antares: astronomers capture best ever image of a stars surface and atmosphere | Astronomy
April 2024Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer astronomers have constructed this remarkable image of the red supergiant star Antares. This is the most detailed image ever of this object, or any other star apart from the sun.
Attack Attack! Stick Stickly | Music
April 2024Pickard of the popsMusicAttack Attack! – Stick SticklyIn which Anna invites you to pick out the juiciest crabstick from this smorgasbord of crabcoreAs mentioned in the post earlier this week on the music blog, Attack Attack!
I had to submit to being exoticised by white women. If I didnt, I was punished
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Is it true that identical twins are always ''mirror-images'' of each other, including position of in
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Moyra Fraser obituary | Theatre
April 2024TheatreObituaryMoyra Fraser obituaryDancer and actor of exceptional versatility, grace and vivacityNot many performers can claim to have danced the Queen of the Wilis in Giselle at Sadler's Wells, raised her eyebrows at Benny Hill in television comedy and stalked about as Lady Ottoline Morrell on the West End stage.
Sun Ra Arkestra: Living Sky review Marshall Allen keeps the cosmic flame alive
April 2024Jazz album of the monthMusicReview(Omni Sound) The 98-year-old Arkestra vet Allen keeps the Ra flame burning with tranquil, semi-free jazz passages featuring kora, piano and his own abrasive sax.
Why its good to be bored
April 2024The ObserverLife and styleNothing to do? Frustrated? Can’t summon the energy for even the smallest task? Fret not, says Elle Hunt.
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Larry David comedy to end after 12 seasons | Curb Your Enthusiasm
April 2024Curb Your Enthusiasm This article is more than 1 month oldCurb Your Enthusiasm: Larry David comedy to end after 12 seasonsThis article is more than 1 month old‘I will now have the opportunity to finally shed this “Larry David” persona and become the person God intended me to be,’ star says
Green wave of Ireland fans turning Paris into home away from home
April 2024Rugby World Cup 2023Tens of thousands of supporters are expected to create a stirring atmosphere in seismic quarter-final with All Blacks
Hawaii's last sugar harvest paves the way for a fight over the land's future
April 2024Tiare Lawrence, an activist for farmers in Maui and Hawaiian independence, standing next to sugar cane that will be the final crop farmed in Maui.
Joe Sample obituary | Jazz
April 2024JazzObituaryJoe Sample obituaryInventive keyboard player with the Crusaders, he co-wrote the chart hit Street Life for Randy CrawfordEven the most implacable of bebop purists, fastidiously queasy about any departures from Charlie Parker, had a sneaking admiration for the Crusaders – the American jazz-funk pioneers who, in their 1960s heyday, could build a monstrous groove out of what often seemed little more than the swish of a hi-hat and the bluesy dance of a handful of keyboard chords.
Romney: A Reckoning review: must-read on Mitt and the rise of Trump
April 2024BooksReviewMcKay Coppins and his subject do not hold back in a biography with much to say about the collapse of Republican values
SAS member helped secure Nairobi hotel complex | Kenya
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The curious case of Broadchurch's US remake Gracepoint: why bother? | US television
April 2024TV and radio blogUS televisionThe curious case of Broadchurch's US remake Gracepoint: why bother?The American version of the British hit has the same writer, the same director and the same star – so what can set it apart?
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, by Aimee Bender review
April 2024FictionReviewBy Anna ScottAs Rose Edelstein turns nine, the simple task of eating becomes fraught with dread. Biting into her mother's lemon cake, she tastes "
Three men die in south London house fire | London
April 2024LondonThree men die in south London house fireTwo other men, thought to be Polish nationals, sustain life-threatening injuries as blaze destroys two-storey house in Croydon
Dwayne The Rock Johnson: I was asked to run for US president by multiple political parties | D
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Marshall Stoneham obituary | Physics
April 2024PhysicsObituaryMarshall Stoneham obituaryTheoretical physicist with a long-term view of scientific progressProfessor Marshall Stoneham, who has died aged 70 following complications after surgery, represented all that is best in British physics.
Richard Rampton obituary | Law
April 2024LawObituaryRichard Rampton obituaryLeading defamation barrister who led the courtroom case against the Holocaust denier David Irving in 2000As a consummate expert in defamation law, Richard Rampton KC was the ideal barrister to conduct one of the most important trials ever held in the London courts in defence of the truth.
Stuart Seldowitzs hateful behavior is US foreign policy unmasked | Moustafa Bayoumi
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Top 10 books about the Troubles
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Andrew Hussey | The Guardian
April 2024In 1995, La Haine held up a mirror to modern France’s social ills. Now, with a sequel mooted and France again experiencing uncertainty, we reflect on the film’s legacy Published: 3 May 2015 ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaKiipLOquMRomKecoprEqcHSrJyy
Boris Johnson's hero is the mayor who kept the beaches open in Jaws. That's fine by me
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Lily by Rose Tremain review Foundling Hospital melodrama
April 2024FictionReviewThere are wolves, kindly constables and suffering aplenty in this ‘tale of revenge’ set in Victorian London There’s nothing wrong with a bit of melodrama.
Manuel Contreras, head of Chile's spy agency under Pinochet, dies aged 86 | Augusto Pinochet
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North Berwick: Welcome to Scotlands new foodie hotspot
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On Wednesdays, we wear pink: fans celebrate Mean Girls in style
April 2024MoviesThe 10th anniversary of Tina Fey's much-loved high school comedy landed on a Wednesday. Did you dress up? Tweet @GuardianUS your photos
Philologist Irene Vallejo: Alexander the Greats library was the first step towards the interne
April 2024Books interviewClassicsInterviewPhilologist Irene Vallejo: ‘Alexander the Great’s library was the first step towards the internet’John SelfThe Spanish writer on how Papyrus, her bestselling history of literature in the ancient world, changed her life at a difficult moment, and why it’s a mistake to undervalue books
The truth outta Compton: why did Suge Knight run over his friend with a truck?
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Why are food activists targeting Honey Nut Cheerios? | Guardian sustainable business
April 2024Supply chainGuardian sustainable businessWhy are food activists targeting Honey Nut Cheerios?The oat-based cereal doesn't have many ingredients that could be genetically modifiedThe GMO Inside campaign wants to get genetically modified organisms out of the US food system.
Deddie Davies obituary | Television & radio
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Ghosts review Ibsens intense tragedy by candlelight
April 2024TheatreReviewSam Wanamaker Playhouse, London Joe Hill-Gibbins directs his own version of the psychodrama, creating a potent atmosphere with designer Rosanna Vize
Helena Bonham Carter: 'We're the bonkers couple' | Helena Bonham Carter
April 2024Helena Bonham CarterInterviewHelena Bonham Carter: 'We're the bonkers couple'Simon HattenstoneThe actor talks about life with Tim Burton, their latest spectacular, Alice in Wonderland – and being branded a 'disastrous dresser'Helena Bonham Carter fancies a drink.
Israels plans for Gazas future will only keep the flame of Hamas resistance burning | Ahmad Sa
April 2024The ObserverIsrael-Gaza warIsrael’s plans for Gaza’s future will only keep the flame of Hamas resistance burningAhmad Samih KhalidiAttempts to excise the group and its leaders are unlikely to succeed and risk not only perpetuating the cycle of violence but spreading it widerIn late 1935, a small band of irregulars led by a Syrian-born Islamist cleric launched a guerrilla campaign against the British mandatory government that had the establishment of a Jewish “national home” in what was then predominantly Arab Palestine, as part of its purview.
Naked Attraction laid bare: seven stars of the show on why they stripped off | Television
April 2024‘There is something very special about it,’ says Anna Richardson, the host. Photograph: Ken McKay/Channel 4 TelevisionMore than 700 people have gone nude for the world’s most explicit dating show.
Panty by Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay review two worlds collide
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Paul Wolfowitz | Business | The Guardian
April 2024Ruth Sunderland: Paul Wolfowitz's resignation as president of the World Bank was never really about his partner's pay rise - Shaha's salary just gave an opening to his enemies, who disliked his management style, his Pentagon cronies and the domination of the bank by the US.
Taking revenge against Emma Watson? Against what exactly? | Barbara Ellen
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What's the deal with Bee Movie? Why someone watched Jerry Seinfeld's cartoon 357 times in 12 months
April 2024Pass notesAnimation in filmIt was mainly forgotten on release, but the Dreamworks animation has gained an unlikely afterlife among online pranksters.
A promise to my brother pulled me back from my drug addiction | Matt Rowland Hill
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Charley Crockett: I dont look like what a country audience expects
April 2024CountryLike his ancestor Davy, the singer-songwriter has packed a lot into his short life, turning tragedy into risk-taking Americana Just like Davy Crockett, his wild frontier-roaming ancestor, Charley Crockett has done an awful lot of living.
Lost boys
April 2024Buy Garrincha: The Triumph and Tragedy of Brazil's Forgotten Footballing Hero at the BookshopBuy Garrincha: The Triumph and Tragedy of Brazil's Forgotten Footballing Hero at the BookshopBooksReviewJosh Lacey suggests Gazza could learn a thing or two from Ruy Castro's Garrincha, the retelling of a true football tragedy Garrincha: The Triumph and Tragedy of Brazil's Forgotten Footballing Hero by Ruy Castro, translated by Andrew Downie
On the beach where US troops landed 50 years ago, a new Vietnam flourishes
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Rian Treanor and Ocen James: Saccades review Rotherham producer meets Ugandan folk fiddler
April 2024Global album of the monthMusicReview(Nyege Nyege Tapes) The presence of James’ bow complements Treanor’s dense compositions, creating the latter’s most melodic and dancefloor-adjacent work to date
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April 2024This is EuropeWorld newsSo you think you know Europe? Try our fiendishly tricky quizHow much do you know about the language, geography, politics and culture of our continent?
Sunset Boulevard review Nicole Scherzinger dazzles in Jamie Lloyds radical rework
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The Masters 2017: final round - as it happened! | Masters 2017
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Where angels tread: a walk through LAs oldest park in pictures | Art and design
April 2024Where angels tread: a walk through LA’s oldest park – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email By photographing Angels Point, a cliff’s edge in Elysian Park, Adam Ianniello reveals the sublime hidden wilderness of one of America’s largest cities
'Goodbye mama': the final messages sent in the midst of tragedy
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'I've never gotten off on chaos' | Pop and rock
April 2024Pop and rock'I've never gotten off on chaos'Foo Fighter Dave Grohl talks to Keith Cameron about what kept him alive and kicking after the death of Kurt Cobain and NirvanaThe Dalmacia hotel in Hammersmith, west London, is clean but frills-free.
10 of the best alternative and old-school hotels in Las Vegas
April 2024Las Vegas city guideTop 10sReviewLas Vegas's alternative hotels blend vintage charm and kitsch with affordability and modern facilities, says Anna Stothard As featured in our Las Vegas city guide
Daniel Johns addresses disagreement with Silverchair bandmates after ABC documentary pulled from iVi
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Egg recipe books worth a crack
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Eleonora Rossi Drago | Italy
April 2024ItalyObituaryEleonora Rossi DragoItalian actor who overcame her 'sex goddess' label to enjoy a classy careerOf all those who won fame as sex goddesses of the Italian cinema in the 1950s, Eleonora Rossi Drago, who has died aged 82, was the classiest.
Is urban graffiti a force for good or evil?
April 2024CitiesBan it, legalise it, put it behind glass ... no matter what city councils do, graffiti remains the scapegoat for all manner of urban ills, from burglary on one extreme to gentrification on the other.
Renegades: San Franciscos lesbian scene in the 1990s in pictures | Culture
April 2024Renegades: San Francisco’s lesbian scene in the 1990s – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Chloe Sherman’s new book captures the rebellious nature of the lesbian scene in a city famed for its vibrancy and acceptance of queer culture.
We dont hold anything back: meet the Old Gays, TikToks most influential pensioners
April 2024The ObserverTikTokWhen four gay men with an average age of 74 started appearing on TikTok, they became an instant hit. They talk about how, as their audience has grown, their outfits have shrunk
100 years ago: The cruelty of the otter hunt
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Forget 'developing' poor countries, it's time to 'de-develop' rich countries | Jason Hickel
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Hamas official says no chance hostages will return to Israel after Netanyahu rejects deal | Is
April 2024Israel-Gaza warHamas official says ‘no chance’ hostages will return to Israel after Netanyahu rejects dealThe prime minister said he rejected the terms of a deal which included Israel’s complete withdrawal from Gaza
Its lonely being a Jewish critic of Israel Nathan Thrall on his book about a Palestinia
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Play born of rage over Asian female stereotypes lambasts Miss Saigon | Theatre
April 2024Theatre This article is more than 1 year oldPlay ‘born of rage’ over Asian female stereotypes lambasts Miss SaigonThis article is more than 1 year oldKimber Lee’s award-winning drama, untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play, will be staged at Manchester’s Royal Exchange while Miss Saigon opens at the Sheffield Crucible
Should I let my dog kill squirrels?
April 2024ShortcutsPetsTim, my whippet, has killed 10 grey squirrels. Some people approve; others don't …A few weeks ago a new dog-owner in our park, hearing me call my whippet, recognised the name.
Sitting in Bars with Cake review uneven tale of cancer, cakes and friendship
April 2024FilmReviewYara Shahidi and Odessa A’Zion play best friends dealing with cakes and crisis in a well-acted yet often underbaked weepie
Sucks to be him! How Henry the vacuum cleaner became an accidental design icon
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The 17 greatest Ozploitation movies sorted
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American Graffiti at 50: a classic hangout comedy with a surprising melancholy
April 2024American GraffitiGeorge Lucas’s 60s-set tale of California teens offers some freewheeling fun but also a lingering sadness Ninety-nine times out of 100, the postscripts that get tucked in before the closing credits, telling us where the characters’ lives have gone from there, are totally unnecessary, especially in a fictional story where their fates are better left to the viewer’s imagination.
Could you be a spy? | Quiz
April 2024You are summoned to lunch with the cabinet secretary. Instead of offering you a six-figure pay rise for your contribution to national security, he suggests you should pursue your ambition of becoming a television chef.
It feels really natural: hundreds pose nude for Spencer Tunick shoot near Dead Sea | Spencer T
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Lenka: a portrait of methamphetamine addiction in the Czech Republic video | Society
April 2024Drugs Lenka: a portrait of methamphetamine addiction in the Czech Republic – video An intimate portrayal of methamphetamine addiction in the Czech Republic, Europe’s largest producer, through the life of Lenka, an addict of over 20 years.
Netanyahu's son Yair draws fire after posting 'antisemitic cartoon' | Israel
April 2024Israel This article is more than 6 years oldNetanyahu's son Yair draws fire after posting 'antisemitic cartoon'This article is more than 6 years oldPicture put on Facebook shows George Soros, reptilian creature and figure similar to antisemitic ‘happy merchant’ image
Singapore Airlines jet plunges 4,000m after losing power in both engines | Singapore
April 2024SingaporeSingapore Airlines jet plunges 4,000m after losing power in both enginesAirlines announces investigation after Airbus A330-300 carrying 194 people suffered engine failures travelling from Singapore to Shanghai
The Performance by Claire Thomas review Samuel Beckett and the inner lives of women
April 2024Australian book reviewsBooksReviewSet during a performance of Happy Days and told from three perspectives, this novel is lively, intimate and packed with clever connections
Tommy Doyle strikes to earn 10-man Wolves FA Cup replay with Brentford | FA Cup
April 2024FA CupTommy Doyle strikes to earn 10-man Wolves FA Cup replay with BrentfordBrentford were unable to bring an end to their recent awful form, nor exorcise the ghosts of a recent haunting, nor even impose themselves on opponents a man down after just nine minutes, after Wolves left west London with a deserved draw to take this intriguing tie to a replay.
You are not lost: the infinite attraction of paths and meandering trails
April 2024WalkingPaths are not for people who need to be first, who need to be trail-blazers, but they offer the symbolic idea that there is a way in life
Deck collapse at Montana country club injures dozens | Montana
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Jonathan Majors found guilty of assault and harassment over domestic dispute | Jonathan Majors
April 2024Jonathan Majors This article is more than 1 month oldJonathan Majors found guilty of assault and harassment over domestic disputeThis article is more than 1 month oldCreed III actor faced charges of misdemeanor assault, aggravated assault and harassment against then girlfriend Grace Jabbari
Killer kitties: cats are eating 2,000 species, including hundreds that are at risk | Cats
April 2024The age of extinctionCats This article is more than 1 month oldKiller kitties: cats are eating 2,000 species, including hundreds that are at riskThis article is more than 1 month oldThe first study to quantify what our felines eat on a global scale finds they have a significant impact on wildlife
Living memories
April 2024BooksReviewKazuo Ishiguro grew up in Guildford but vividly recalls his early childhood in Nagasaki. He wrote songs and became a social worker before studying creative writing.
Living with a Wild God by Barbara Ehrenreich review
April 2024Autobiography and memoirReviewEhrenreich has gone back to her teenage diaries to try to make sense of a metaphysical experience. Was it advisable?
Oscar Pistorius vomits as Reeva Steenkamp wounds described in court | Reeva Steenkamp shooting
April 2024Reeva Steenkamp shooting This article is more than 9 years oldOscar Pistorius vomits as Reeva Steenkamp wounds described in courtThis article is more than 9 years oldPathologist says bullet to girlfriend's head was probably fatal, with ammunition designed to mushroom on contactIt was cold, clinical, scientific testimony that finally robbed Oscar Pistorius of his composure.
The Doors: 10 of the best | The Doors
April 202410 of the bestThe DoorsThe Doors: 10 of the bestThe Doors remain one of the most influential band of the 60s, with charismatic frontman Jim Morrison and songs that swirl with poetry, sex and death
The Rembrandt of Aberdeenshire: the extraordinary life of artist James McBey
April 2024ArtThis artist’s work took him from Scotland to the Arab world, and he saw the price of his work rise enormously – yet today he is largely forgotten.
What lies beneath: people with full-body tattoos bare all in pictures | Fashion
April 2024What lies beneath: people with full-body tattoos bare all – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email What makes someone want to get tattooed all over?
40 best Android games of 2014 (so far)
April 2024Best Android appsAndroidMonument Valley, The Room Two, The Walking Dead, Clumsy Ninja, Boom Beach and other games ruling the Android roost
A Tiger in Paradise review Jos Gonzlez offers anxiety dreams as lifestyle brand
April 2024MoviesReviewLoosely organised documentary shows Swedish singer-songwriter González musing about mental health and drifting around his luxurious-looking house A portrait of Swedish singer-songwriter José González, who is also part of the beat combo Junip, this low-key documentary plays like a cross between a home movie aimed at González superfans, a showreel demonstrating visual effects techniques and a video lookbook for a Scandinavian lifestyle brand specialising in leisurewear and throw rugs.
Jana Horn: the enigmatic Texan songwriter guided by her faith | Music
April 2024New music for 2022MusicInterviewJana Horn: the enigmatic Texan songwriter guided by her faithLaura SnapesRecorded after she made peace with ‘ugliness and imperfection’ in music, Horn’s debut album is a skeletal marvel that evokes Yo La Tengo and soft country shuffles
Melania & Me review: a friend spurned, a first lady burned and Donald Trump unharmed
April 2024Melania TrumpReviewStephanie Winston Wolkoff has reason to seek revenge but her book does not contain much to concern the first family
The Grand Budapest Hotel: the kid stays in the picture | The Grand Budapest Hotel
April 2024The Grand Budapest HotelInterviewThe Grand Budapest Hotel: the kid stays in the pictureTom SeymourWes Anderson's new film features a blizzard of star cameos, but one character is present throughout - the lobby boy played by Tony Revolori.
The Way Things Were by Aatish Taseer review tracing Indias ancient past
April 2024FictionReviewA Sanskrit-obsessed scholar seeks to reconcile the mysteries of Vedic culture with the politico-religious minefield of modern India in this thoughtful novelA child of the 1980s, Aatish Taseer was born in London to a Sikh mother and Muslim father, brought up in Delhi and educated in the US.
Through your eyes: 150 years of Stonehenge in pictures | Art and design
April 2024Through your eyes: 150 years of Stonehenge – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Last year, to celebrate 100 years since Stonehenge was given to the nation, English Heritage asked the public to share their photographs of the monument.
Time capsule found on the dead planet by Margaret Atwood | Margaret Atwood
April 202410:10 Review climate change specialMargaret AtwoodTime capsule found on the dead planet by Margaret AtwoodIn December world leaders will gather in Copenhagen to try to reach a global deal to tackle climate change.
'There are two legal ways to kill prisoners' - life in North Korea's Yodok prison camp
April 2024North Korea networkNorth KoreaIn the late 1990s Jeong Kwang-il was accused of spying and sent to the brutal jail for political prisoners.
Andy Murray wins first title since 2019 with victory over Tommy Paul | Andy Murray
April 2024Andy Murray This article is more than 8 months oldAndy Murray wins first title since 2019 with victory over Tommy PaulThis article is more than 8 months oldFormer world No 1 beats American in Aix-en-ProvenceMurray claims his first Challenger title for 18 yearsAndy Murray claimed his first title since October 2019 with victory at the ATP Challenger event in Aix‑en‑Provence.
Ask Alys: your gardening problems solved
April 2024Ask AlysGardening adviceWhat's the best way to keep on top of a suckering lilac?Our lilac tree puts out invasive suckers that have now broken through into a neighbouring bed.
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays by Zadie Smith
April 2024The ObserverBooksReviewZadie Smith's passion for writing and film shines through in this sparkling collection of criticism, says an admiring Peter ConradFor Zadie Smith, criticism is a bodily pleasure, not an abstracted mental operation.
Dont plan it, just go!: how to be spontaneous and grab some unexpected fun
April 2024Health & wellbeingThe pandemic has left our best-laid plans in disarray, but we can still have spur-of-the-moment adventures Back in the wild old days, my best buddy and I used to call going out “looking for trouble”.
He taught me about love, affection and great sex: the untold story of Terrence Higgins
April 2024Aids and HIVBritain’s best-known HIV charity was launched 40 years ago, but little is known about the man who inspired it.
Maoris win Lego battle | World news
April 2024World newsMaoris win Lego battleThe Danish toy maker Lego said yesterday that it would not loot ethnic cultures for exotic new product names after Maori tribes in New Zealand challenged its right to use Polynesian names in a new game called Bionicle.
The Coronation of Poppea review ETOs gender-fluid staging has fizz but also flaws
April 2024OperaReviewHackney Empire, London Monteverdi’s opera about unfettered desire is pulled into the present day in Robin Norton-Hale’s stylised production with fine singing and solid musical support from Yshani Perinpanayagam
Tulsas futuristic Jetsons house flies off the market
April 2024ArchitectureThe house was designed by a welder who built it in his spare time and offers 360 views of the city
A childhood desire to wear womens pants has returned. Is it perverted?
April 2024Ask Annalisa BarbieriFamilyDon’t be ashamed. Shame is for the other people in your life who failed you, says Annalisa Barbieri
Grubby and extreme: Mulletfest 2023 in pictures | Australia news
April 2024Grubby and extreme: Mulletfest 2023 – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Mullet haircuts are judged in various categories – including grubby, everyday, rang (red hair), vintage, extreme, international and junior – at this Australian festival that raises money for brain cancer research in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales
Lights, cameras, olfaction: scratch and sniff movies
April 2024FilmLeonie Cooper sits in on an event that finds the perfect aroma for a film. So how would Brokeback Mountain smell?
Police identify man suspected of theft of Pope John Paul II's blood | Pope John Paul II
April 2024Pope John Paul II This article is more than 3 years oldPolice identify man suspected of theft of Pope John Paul II's bloodThis article is more than 3 years oldReliquary stolen from cathedral altar in Spoleto, Italy, in September
Rami Malek: Being offered the part of Freddie Mercury was a gun-to-the-head moment | Biopics
April 2024The ObserverBiopicsInterviewRami Malek: ‘Being offered the part of Freddie Mercury was a gun-to-the-head moment’Tom LamontThe controversial new Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody is dividing opinion.
Rare white platypus spotted in northern NSW: I didnt think anyone would believe me | Austra
April 2024Australia news This article is more than 2 months oldRare white platypus spotted in northern NSW: ‘I didn’t think anyone would believe me’This article is more than 2 months oldResearcher shares images of an ultra-rare platypus – possibly the first ever documented - observed in the Northern Tablelands
Restaurant review: The Criterion, Piccadilly Circus, London
April 2024Jay Rayner on restaurantsRestaurantsReviewA man in rubber gloves, sickly food, a freezing loo: the crimes of the CriterionTHE CRITERION, 224 PICCADILLY, LONDON W1 (020 7930 0488).
Shameful secret of the Nazi camp guard who married a Jew | World news
April 2024Elfriede Rinkel, 83, of San Francisco, is shown in a photograph presented by a relative. Photo: Benjamin Sklar/APElfriede Rinkel, 83, of San Francisco, is shown in a photograph presented by a relative.
Sharon Gless: My family values | Family
April 2024My family valuesFamilyInterviewSharon Gless: My family valuesNikki SpencerThe actor, best known for her role as Cagney in Cagney & Lacey, talks about her familyThe Gless family have been in Los Angeles for generations and no one ever left.
Biden in spat with ex-Obama adviser who urged him to get out or get going | Joe Biden
March 2024Joe Biden This article is more than 2 months oldBiden in spat with ex-Obama adviser who urged him to ‘get out or get going’This article is more than 2 months oldPresident reportedly called David Axelrod a ‘prick’ for criticising his re-election efforts
Exposing Stalins famine in Ukraine archive, 1933
March 2024From the Guardian archiveUkraineIn March 1933, the Guardian published a series of articles about the Holodomor, or ‘death by hunger’, that was unleashed on Ukraine as part of Stalin’s drive to collectivise farming across the Soviet Union
Finch-smuggling kingpin sentenced to prison for bird trafficking into US | Animals
March 2024Animals This article is more than 11 months old‘Finch-smuggling kingpin’ sentenced to prison for bird trafficking into USThis article is more than 11 months oldInsaf Ali smuggled songbirds in hair curlers from Guyana to New York when JFK airport authorities discovered the ruse
How to Be Famous by Caitlin Moran review sex, drugs and Britpop
March 2024Book of the dayCaitlin MoranReviewWho cares if the hero’s too good to be true? The bestselling poptimist has rewritten her past in heroic terms, creating a rollicking fantasy which leaves a rosy afterglow
Huw Lemmey | The Guardian
March 2024Honest, transgressive and intimate, the only novel by Mark Hyatt shines a light on a repressive era in laying bare the desire, depression and love life of a working-class gay man Published: 23 Feb 2023 ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaKiipLOquMRon66vXaGyrrnEsg%3D%3D
Im enjoying my partner being away should I leave him?
March 2024Ask Annalisa BarbieriRelationshipsMy partner – the father of my children – is away on a work trip and we’re all more relaxed and happyI have two young children.
Reborn Rich: a K-drama like Succession with time travel
March 2024Stream teamTelevisionWith its class politics, family warfare and a healthy dose of goofy melodrama, this 16-hour saga became South Korea’s most-watched show in 2022
Trump seeks to dismiss Georgia election case by claiming political speech | Donald Trump
March 2024Donald Trump This article is more than 1 month oldTrump seeks to dismiss Georgia election case by claiming political speechThis article is more than 1 month oldFormer president files motion to dismiss election interference case, contending indictment violates his first amendment rights
What is the difference between while and whilst? | Notes and Queries
March 2024SEMANTIC ENIGMASWhat is the difference between while and whilst? Dr Michael Ford, London Hoad's etymology gives 'whilst' as a derivation of 'whiles', an adverbial form of 'while'.
Black Met officers urged by colleagues to donate to fund for sacked PCs | Metropolitan police
March 2024Metropolitan police This article is more than 2 months oldBlack Met officers urged by colleagues to donate to fund for sacked PCsThis article is more than 2 months oldExclusive: Black officers complain of collection for men who lied about the stop and search of black athletes
CS Lewiss lost letters reveal how wifes death tested his faith | UK news
March 2024‘I too have lost what I most loved’: the author CS Lewis writes about the death of his wife, Joy Davidman.
David Cameron led us to this calamity. Yet he stays quiet and hides in his hut | Nick Cohen
March 2024The ObserverDavid Cameron This article is more than 5 years oldDavid Cameron led us to this calamity. Yet he stays quiet and hides in his hutThis article is more than 5 years oldNick CohenAs ex-prime minister, he has a duty to offer a solution on Brexit, but lacks the gutsJohn Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have warned of the dangers of Brexit.
Gaelic Scrabble launched to help keep declining language alive in Scotland | Scotland
March 2024The ObserverScotland This article is more than 2 months oldGaelic Scrabble launched to help keep declining language alive in ScotlandThis article is more than 2 months oldNew edition of board game will be released in time for Christmas, following versions in Welsh, Irish, Latin, Icelandic and Faroese
Goalkeeper scores spectacular 96th-minute overhead kick in South Africa video | Football
March 2024The amazing world of sport Football Goalkeeper scores spectacular 96th-minute overhead kick in South Africa – video Oscarine Masuluke, goalkeeper for Baroka FC in South Africa’s top-flight, scores a stunning overhead kick in the 96th minute against Orlando Pirates on Wednesday to level the game at 1-1.
Ira Glass: 'I feel like Im actually sort of scared all the time'
March 2024Ira Glass: ‘It started as a joke and then become a reality.’ Photograph: Larry Busacca/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenIra Glass: ‘It started as a joke and then become a reality.
Johnnie Wilder Jnr | US news
March 2024US newsObituaryJohnnie Wilder JnrLead singer with US soul band Heatwave, whose big hit was Boogie NightsThe death of Johnnie Wilder Jnr, aged 56, is the latest episode in the ill-starred but professionally triumphant career of US soul band Heatwave, best-remembered for their chart debut Boogie Nights in 1977.
Oscar-nominated composer Danny Elfman accused of sexual harassment | Film
March 2024Film This article is more than 6 months oldOscar-nominated composer Danny Elfman accused of sexual harassmentThis article is more than 6 months oldThe longtime Tim Burton collaborator reportedly settled a suit for $830,000 but after failing to pay, his accuser is suing
The Y2K aesthetic: who knew the look of the year 2000 would endure?
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A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
March 2024The ObserverLorrie MooreReviewLorrie Moore's literary talent has always seemed exquisitely adapted to brevity. Now she has finally proved herself over the long haul, says Geoff DyerDid it matter – did it gnaw away at her – that in spite of the high critical standing enjoyed by her stories, Lorrie Moore had not come up with the big novel by which writers, American ones especially, tend to be judged?
Author Michael Rosen wins 2023 PEN Pinter prize for fearless body of work | Books
March 2024Books This article is more than 6 months oldAuthor Michael Rosen wins 2023 PEN Pinter prize for ‘fearless’ body of workThis article is more than 6 months oldWriter of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt is a ‘passionate linguist, gifted humanist, national treasure and ambassador of gibberish’
Experience: I raised an ocelot in the jungle
March 2024ExperienceLife and styleWe would go out for hours at night hunting. I was so proud when he killed his first rodent by himself
For Gods sake, get a better sports bra the curse of runners boob and what you
March 2024RunningThe fastening of breasts to our torsos is less solid than we assume; they can move 15cm during a run. Here’s how to look after your precious cargo when you’re bouncing around
General Alexander Lebed | Russia
March 2024RussiaObituaryGeneral Alexander LebedRussian general who applied military toughness to politicsGeneral Alexander Lebed, who has died aged 52 in a helicopter crash, was a gruff soldier whose popularity and political ambitions raised fears of Bonapartism taking hold in the chaos of post- communist Russia in the mid-1990s.
Im single and 36. Do I continue to focus on myself? Prioritise dating? Or resort to egg freezing?
March 2024Leading questionsAustralian lifestylePerhaps you should let go of making the ‘right’ decision, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith – all your options are worth celebrating
King Diamond: 'I welcome the powers of the unknown' | Metal
March 2024MetalInterviewKing Diamond: 'I welcome the powers of the unknown'Kim KellyDenmark’s premier heavy metal export explains how he’s balanced haunted houses, songs about satan and litres of face paint for 30 years
The best albums of 2014 | Music
March 2024Best albums of 2014MusicThe best albums of 2014Here’s the Guardian music critics’ favourite albums of 2014, topped by St Vincent and her dazzling fourth album
Airlines United and Alaska find loose bolts on Boeing 737 Max 9 planes | Air transport
March 2024Air transportAirlines United and Alaska find loose bolts on Boeing 737 Max 9 planesAlaska says ‘some loose hardware was visible on some aircraft’ as inspections continue following plane blowout over weekend
Cheer coach offers advice at Texas polls: 'We can love each other no matter our backgrounds' | US el
March 2024US elections 2020 This article is more than 3 years oldCheer coach offers advice at Texas polls: 'We can love each other no matter our backgrounds'This article is more than 3 years oldNavarro College, which became famous after an acclaimed Netflix show, is a polling spot on a critical day in the 2020 election
Ciss out for France after breaking leg in friendly | World Cup 2006
March 2024World Cup 2006Cissé out for France after breaking leg in friendlyDjibril Cissé's chances both of featuring in the World Cup finals and leaving Liverpool appeared to have been dashed last night when he was stretchered from the field with a suspected broken leg during France's final pre-tournament friendly against China in Saint-Etienne.
Daily Show's Trevor Noah under fire for Twitter jokes about Jews and women | Trevor Noah
March 2024Trevor Noah This article is more than 8 years oldDaily Show's Trevor Noah under fire for Twitter jokes about Jews and womenThis article is more than 8 years oldThe newly tapped host has been criticised for controversial tweets from past that some feel are out of step with the tone of the satirical news program
Female doctors vulnerable to sexual assault due to hospital work environments, expert says | Health
March 2024Health This article is more than 3 months oldFemale doctors vulnerable to sexual assault due to hospital work environments, expert saysThis article is more than 3 months oldDr Louise Stone says victims have spoken of ‘enforced closeness’ of long sessions in operating rooms and the ‘boys’ club culture’ of industry
I'm lusting after iJustine's T-shirt | Technology
March 2024Technology blogTechnologyI'm lusting after iJustine's T-shirtSadly it's one that money can't buy, but Mozy is giving them away to people who are willing and able to earn oneWeb-based personality iJustine, aka Justine Ezarik, has been making some TV commercials for Mozy, an online storage company, and they're much better than you might expect.
Italian mob suspect Edgardo Greco found working as pizza chef after 16 years on run | Italy
March 2024Italy This article is more than 11 months oldItalian mob suspect Edgardo Greco found working as pizza chef after 16 years on runThis article is more than 11 months oldGreco wanted for murder of two brothers beaten to death in Calabria as part of ‘mafia war’, Interpol says
Revealed: Congress backers of Gaza war received most from pro-Israel donors | US Congress
March 2024US CongressRevealed: Congress backers of Gaza war received most from pro-Israel donorsGuardian analysis finds top recipients of pro-Israel contributions in last elections were centrist Democrats who defeated progressives in primaries
Yves Coueslant obituary | Interiors
March 2024InteriorsObituaryYves Coueslant obituaryOne of the three founders of the international perfume business DiptyqueWhen François Mitterrand, the former French president, visited Diptyque, the small Paris shop round the corner from his home in St-Germain-des-Prés, he would insist on queueing up with other customers to pay.
Bletchley Park celebrates codebreakers who changed course of first world war | First world war
March 2024First world war This article is more than 8 years oldBletchley Park celebrates codebreakers who changed course of first world warThis article is more than 8 years oldExhibition brings to light work of MI1(b) and Room 40, latter of which helped bring US into Great War after deciphering Zimmermann telegram
Cocks Not Glocks: Texas students carry dildos on campus to protest gun law | US gun control
March 2024Demonstrators gathered to brandish sex toys in the air or strap them to their backpacks. Photograph: Courtesy of Marshall TidrickDemonstrators gathered to brandish sex toys in the air or strap them to their backpacks.
Family of murdered drug smuggler sue Universal over Tom Cruise film Mena | Tom Cruise
March 2024Tom Cruise This article is more than 8 years oldFamily of murdered drug smuggler sue Universal over Tom Cruise film MenaThis article is more than 8 years oldDaughter of Medellín cartel pilot turned informant Barry Seal says studio made deal with the wrong family members
How the Towie look took over Britain
March 2024BeautyFake tan, false lashes, sculpted brows and big hair – the high-maintenance style of The Only Way is Essex has taken hold across the country.
Hurricane Idalia clean-up begins after heartbreaking destruction in south-eastern US | Hurrica
March 2024Hurricane Idalia This article is more than 4 months oldHurricane Idalia clean-up begins after ‘heartbreaking’ destruction in south-eastern USThis article is more than 4 months oldTropical storm moves into Atlantic but torrential rain and inland flooding still likely in North Carolina, officials warn
Netanyahu rejected ceasefire-for-hostages deal in Gaza, sources say | Israel-Gaza war
March 2024Israel-Gaza war This article is more than 2 months oldNetanyahu rejected ceasefire-for-hostages deal in Gaza, sources sayThis article is more than 2 months oldIsraeli PM said to have turned down proposal in early talks and continues to take tough line
Serbian pop singer Ceca, widow of warlord Arkan, avoids jail term | Serbia
March 2024Serbia This article is more than 12 years oldSerbian pop singer Ceca, widow of warlord Arkan, avoids jail termThis article is more than 12 years oldLawyers mystified as Svetlana Ražnatovic – who pleaded guilty to embezzling €2.
Six men sentenced to death in India for Dalit 'honour' killing | Global development
March 2024Dalit Shankar and his Thevar wife Kausalya at the time of their marriage. Photograph: HandoutDalit Shankar and his Thevar wife Kausalya at the time of their marriage.
Top 10 books about growing old
March 2024Top 10sBooksWhile ageing can easily leave some frightened, the likes of Alec Guinness, Nora Ephron and Julian Barnes have produced wry, positive takes on old age, says septuagenarian author Christopher Matthews
A Christmas Carol review glorious musical version of Dickenss festive treat
March 2024TheatreReviewRose theatre, Kingston upon Thames Charles Dickens takes to the stage and Ebenezer Scrooge is a woman with a moving backstory in Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s adaptation
A holiday guide to the Canary Islands
March 2024Holiday guidesCanary Islands holidaysThe Canaries are Spain’s most accessible destination under current UK travel rules – and home to historical towns, dramatic coastlines, wild walks and excellent seafood
Chelseas Kai Havertz: From day one I felt a special relationship with donkeys | Chelsea
March 2024ChelseaInterviewChelsea’s Kai Havertz: ‘From day one I felt a special relationship with donkeys’Sid LoweThe forward talks about his love for animals, his new charity and how he deals with the highs and lows of being a footballer
In the House in the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt review a shapeshifting quest
March 2024FictionReviewA woman strays from the path into a menacing fairytale world in a riddling novel set in colonial‑era New England
My life in sex: the man who left his wife for his dominatrix
March 2024My life in sexSexI like to participate in scenarios with my girlfriend’s clients I first had sadomasochistic fantasies when I was seven.
Nymphomaniac: 'Contains sex in abundance, but is often rigorously unsexy' - video review | Film
March 2024Reel review Nymphomaniac Nymphomaniac: 'Contains sex in abundance, but is often rigorously unsexy' - video review Xan Brooks stumbles out of Lars von Trier's four-hour explicit sex drama feeling bruised, haunted and ready to see it all again.
Supper Club by Lara Williams review a feminist Fight Club?
March 2024FictionReviewIn this powerful first novel, young women assuage their hunger with liberating feasts that take on a subversive tone What is signified by a woman cooking?
The Bee Gees embodied the decade of hardcore glamour for men | Fashion
March 2024Fashion blogFashionThe Bee Gees embodied the decade of hardcore glamour for menThe passing of Robin Gibb brought the 70s rushing back to me in all its snake-hipped, elaborately coiffed glory, writes the Invisible WomanThis is most peculiar.
A great jewel to send a message: how men are leading the brooch revival
March 2024The ObserverFashionOnce something for gran, brooches are now a feature at fashion shows, and it’s men who are pinning their colours to their lapels
Apocalypse now: Sarah Palin's bizarre Trump endorsement analyzed
March 2024Sarah Palin’s weird and wonderful endorsement of Donald Trump GuardianDonald TrumpI watched all 20 minutes of the mush-mouthed, grotesque oration in support of the Republican frontrunner.
Apocalypto and the end of the wrong civilisation | Period and historical films
March 2024Reel historyPeriod and historical films This article is more than 15 years oldApocalypto and the end of the wrong civilisationThis article is more than 15 years oldAlex von TunzelmannMel Gibson's Mayan film gets the human sacrifice rituals luridly accurate - pity they're Aztec ceremonies, not MayanDirector: Mel Gibson
Kelly Brook strips off for Crazy Horse cabaret | Kelly Brook
March 2024Kelly Brook This article is more than 11 years oldKelly Brook strips off for Crazy Horse cabaretThis article is more than 11 years oldParisian burlesque troupe to welcome former Big Breakfast presenter for week-long segment of London run in NovemberIt's a far cry from the Big Breakfast, but Kelly Brook is to try her hand at burlesque and strip onstage as a guest performer with the Crazy Horse cabaret.
Paul by Daisy Lafarge review a beautifully observed debut
March 2024FictionReviewA young female graduate is blind to the grim truth about the older man she falls for when she takes a job on his farm in the Pyrenees
Pel radiated the quality of joy: an instant appeal to the eye and heart
March 2024SportblogPeléThe first global football superstar made everyone smile and his tricks were never designed to diminish his opponents For the generation born just after the end of the second world war, the emergence of the teenaged Pelé during the 1958 World Cup opened a door to a new dimension of football.
Russia-Ukraine war: Protesters clash with Russian police after activist jailed; Ukraine plans to
March 202413.29 GMTProtesters clash with Russian police after activist jailedProtesters in a small town in Russia’s central Bashkortostan region clashed with riot police on Wednesday after a court sentenced eco-activist and campaigner for the protection of the Bashkir language, Fail Alsynov, to four years in prison for “inciting hatred”.
Trump lawyer: Ex-president not responsible for E Jean Carroll backlash because supporters were likel
March 202414.27 ESTTrump lawyer says client not responsible for Carroll backlashVictoria BekiempisOn cross-examination, Donald Trump’s attorney Michael T Madaio suggested that the ex-president was not responsible for backlash against Carroll – because supporters were likely to believe him, and his denials, anyway.
US Navy downs missiles in Red Sea after ship attacked by Houthi rebels | Middle East and north Afric
March 2024Middle East and north AfricaUS Navy downs missiles in Red Sea after ship attacked by Houthi rebelsWarships responded after container vessel came under fire from Houthi rebel-held part of Yemen, says US
Anjelica Huston defends Woody Allen and Roman Polanski | Film
March 2024Film This article is more than 4 years oldAnjelica Huston defends Woody Allen and Roman PolanskiThis article is more than 4 years oldActor says she would work with Allen again ‘in a second’ and that Polanski had ‘paid his price’ for his behaviour
Bethany Cosentino: Natural Disaster review a bright, engaging solo debut
March 2024The ObserverPop and rockReview(Concord) The Best Coast singer-songwriter explores subjects close to home on this well-wrought, country-tinged pop-rock record After spending most of her adult life as half of US indie duo Best Coast, Bethany Cosentino has gone solo.
Gillette's 'We believe: the best men can be' razors commercial takes on toxic masculinity video
March 2024US news Gillette's 'We believe: the best men can be' razors commercial takes on toxic masculinity – video The shaving brand Gillette has launched a new ad campaign in response to the Me Too movement.
Jimmy Walker wins 2016 US PGA Championship as it happened! | US PGA
March 20241 Aug 201600.59 BSTEwan Murray's reportJimmy Walker fends off Jason Day to claim stunning US PGA winRead more1 Aug 201600.43 BSTSo much for the Monday, possibly Tuesday, finish, huh?
Kafka's sexual terrors were 'absolutely normal', says biographer | Franz Kafka
March 2024Franz Kafka This article is more than 7 years oldKafka's sexual terrors were 'absolutely normal', says biographerThis article is more than 7 years oldReiner Stach, author of a three-volume life of The Trial’s author, says his ‘anti-sensual’ fears were shared with millions of middle-class peers who dreaded STDs
Ruth Ziolkowski obituary | Sculpture
March 2024SculptureObituaryRuth Ziolkowski obituaryDriving force behind a decades-long project to sculpt a vast memorial to Crazy Horse out of the Black Hills of DakotaRuth Ziolkowski, who has died aged 87, spent much of her life helping her husband, the Polish-American sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski, to achieve his dream of transforming a mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota into a colossal sculpture depicting the 19th-century Oglala Lakota war chief Crazy Horse.
The Earthspinner by Anuradha Roy love, loss and longing
March 2024FictionReviewThe story of a Hindu potter’s love for a Muslim girl explores myth, memory and the act of transformation Now at university in England, Sara looks back on her hometown in southern India.
US increasingly alone in Israel support as 153 countries vote for ceasefire at UN | Israel-Gaza war
March 2024Israel-Gaza war This article is more than 1 month oldUS increasingly alone in Israel support as 153 countries vote for ceasefire at UNThis article is more than 1 month oldVote highlights a stiffening consensus for a ceasefire in the war, which has killed more than 18,000 Palestinians
Van Basten just the daddy for Alex | World Cup 2006
March 2024The ObserverWorld Cup 2006 This article is more than 17 years oldVan Basten just the daddy for AlexThis article is more than 17 years oldHugo BorstThe Holland coach was the world's top striker - but don't tell his sonOne by one the Pancratius boys emerge.
'I spent 12 years in a cave'
March 2024First personBuddhismAt the age of 21, Tenzin Palmo swapped her job as a London librarian for life as a nun in a monastery in India - but even that wasn't remote enough for herEven as a small child growing up in east London, I felt I was in the wrong place and the wrong body.
Execution of the Rosenbergs archive, 1953 | US news
March 2024From the Guardian archiveUS newsExecution of the Rosenbergs – archive, 1953On 19 June 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed in the United States for conspiring to pass atomic secrets to Russia.
From tribes to powwows: summer camps finally reckon with abuse of Indigenous traditions
March 2024Indigenous peoplesSome camps are making amends for a long history of cultural appropriation – including made-up, ‘Native-sounding’ names – and some are not
Jason Goodwin's top 10 books about Turkey
March 2024Top 10sBest booksEncompassing poetry, history, fiction and even cookery, the author picks his favourite reading about this 'elusive and contradictory' countryJason Goodwin fell in love with Istanbul while studying Byzantine history at Cambridge.
My husband was unfaithful and lied about it for years
March 2024Ask Annalisa BarbieriFamilyNow that I’ve discovered his deception, it makes me doubt the whole basis of our relationship. Annalisa Barbieri advises a readerWe have been married for nearly 20 years.
Riveting, terrifying, completely singular: how Chrissy Amphlett changed the game | Australian music
March 2024Chrissy Amphlett: ‘Nothing could penetrate her stage persona – she was invincible and free.’ Photograph: Tony MottGrowing up the daughter of a rock’n’roller, Lo Carmen was meeting stars at gigs from the age of 13.
Shame review
March 2024Drama filmsReviewSteve McQueen's follow-up to Hunger is an icily compulsive portrait of damaged siblings and sex addiction, fuelled by brilliant performances by Michael Fassbender and Carey MulliganSteve McQueen's film about a damaged sibling relationship, co-written with Abi Morgan, is a nightmarish, laugh-free black comedy about neurosis and dysfunction.
Ten of the best bath oils | Beauty
March 2024The beauty spotBeautyTen of the best bath oilsWe all know that a long, hot steep in the bath is little to do with getting clean and a lot to do with relaxing.
Tides by Sara Freeman review an experimental study of grief
March 2024FictionReviewWith its highly fragmented form, this is a poignant evocation of a woman adrift in the wake of tragedy Each page of Sara Freeman’s debut novel holds a slim paragraph, two at most.
3 Winters review Croatian family drama pierces the fog of history
March 2024TheatreReviewLyttelton, London Tena Štivičić’s play about three crucial dates in her country’s past is a demanding but fascinating experienceSome plays are instantly accessible; others require patience.
Babysitter by Joyce Carol Oates review risk-taking and unforgettable
March 2024Observer book of the weekJoyce Carol OatesReviewThe tale of a 1970s housewife seeking self-obliteration in an abusive affair in Detroit, set against the backdrop of child serial killings, is an astonishing achievement
Bobb completes classic comeback as Manchester City deny Newcastle | Premier League
March 2024The ObserverPremier LeagueBobb completes classic comeback as Manchester City deny NewcastleThere is often a danger of long heralded comebacks turning into anticlimaxes but Kevin De Bruyne is simply not the sort of footballer to fall into that particular trap.
Bodies of US climbers found in Tibet left untouched 'out of respect', says witness | Mountaineering
March 2024Alex Lowe climbs at Great Sail Peak, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Canada. Photograph: Gordon Wiltsie/National Geographic/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenAlex Lowe climbs at Great Sail Peak, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Canada.
Decline and fall
March 2024BooksReviewThere is romance in the gulag, but it is the 'slum family' of Russia that lies at the heart of Martin Amis's House of Meetings, says M John HarrisonHouse of Meetings
George Monbiot: how do we get out of this mess?
March 2024BooksDonald Trump. North Korea. Hurricanes. Neoliberalism. Is there any hope of a better world? Yes, but we have to come together to tell a new, kinder story explaining who we are, and how we should live
Quentin Tarantino 'heartbroken' over Harvey Weinstein allegations | Harvey Weinstein
March 2024Harvey Weinstein This article is more than 6 years oldQuentin Tarantino 'heartbroken' over Harvey Weinstein allegationsThis article is more than 6 years oldDirector breaks silence on scandal surrounding the producer, who has collaborated on many of his films including Django Unchained
Sliding in tennis: the games defining evolution is gliding on to hard courts
March 2024The ObserverTennisWorld No 1s Alcaraz and Swiatek are following in Djokovic’s slick footsteps and taking sliding to the US Open and beyond
Do fish drink? | Notes and Queries
March 2024Categories Nooks and crannies Yesteryear Semantic enigmas The body beautiful Red tape, white lies Speculative science This sceptred isle Root of all evil Ethical conundrums This sporting life Stage and screen Birds and the bees BIRDS AND THE BEESDo fish drink?
Hamsters and the chocolate torture treatment | Pets
March 2024Brief lettersPetsLettersHamsters and the chocolate torture treatmentPension scams | Denis Healey | Lolly sticks | Brilliant Steve Bell | Dog namesFollowing the coalition government pension reforms in 2015, is it any wonder that many people have been tricked out of their life savings (Scammed pension pot holders losing average £91,000, campaign warns, 14 August)?
Hat worn by Napoleon fetches record 1.9m at Paris auction | France
March 2024France This article is more than 2 months oldHat worn by Napoleon fetches record €1.9m at Paris auctionThis article is more than 2 months oldBlack bicorne hat is one of 20 remaining that once belonged to French emperor, who famously wore them sideways
How the Victorians turned mere beasts into mans best friends
March 2024The ObserverPetsPlucky, steadfast, loyal – the rise of pampered pets began in the 19th century when artists and writers saw their many benefits
Married at First Sight review: as awkward as one could imagine, but surprisingly sweet
March 2024TV reviewMarriageReviewThose in attendance seemed prepared to treat both marriages as entirely genuine, and so did both couples. Strangely, I found myself rooting for them
Naty Revuelta obituary | Cuba
March 2024CubaObituaryNaty Revuelta obituaryAdventurous socialite in pre-revolutionary Cuba who had a daughter with Fidel Castro She was a beauty from Havana’s smartest tennis club.
Shirley Anne Field: a life in pictures | Film
March 2024Shirley Anne Field: a life in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email The actor best known for her role in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, has died aged 87.
The Combinations by Louis Armand review convoluted convolutions
March 2024Not the Booker prizeFictionReviewThis sprawling, self-consciously avant garde novel is the product of serious thought, but it’s also terribly overwritten – and much more traditional than it thinks
Boy, 10, dies after shark attack | World news
March 2024World newsBoy, 10, dies after shark attackGuardian Unlimited TravelA 10-year-old boy has died after being attacked by a shark while swimming off the Virginia coast.
Geoffrey Fuller obituary | Ceramics
March 2024CeramicsObituaryGeoffrey Fuller obituaryDerbyshire potter and publican who reinvented traditional ceramics and founded the Wardlow Mires Pottery and Food festivalThe potter Geoffrey Fuller’s workshop was surely unique in Britain, attached as it was to the 18th-century pub in Derbyshire that he ran for about 35 years.
Julia Ebner | The Guardian
March 2024Cannibals, aliens and clandestine lizard overlords. Due to social media algorithms, such ideas threaten the future of Europe, writes Julia Ebner of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue Published: 18 Feb 2019 ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaKiipLOquMRooa6kmZZ6pq7Nnqk%3D
No sleep, meltdowns and Billie Eilish: my first music festival as an autistic person
March 2024An electrifying atmosphere … Billie Eilish headlining at this year’s Reading festival. Photograph: Simone Joyner/Getty ImagesAn electrifying atmosphere … Billie Eilish headlining at this year’s Reading festival.
Obama meets new Nigerian president with praise for anti-extremist agenda | Nigeria
March 2024Nigeria This article is more than 8 years oldObama meets new Nigerian president with praise for anti-extremist agendaThis article is more than 8 years oldMuhammadu Buhari seeks more assistance in fighting Boko HaramWhite House looks to strengthen ties with Africa’s largest economyBarack Obama welcomed Nigeria’s new president to the Oval Office on Monday and praised him for working to bring “safety, security and peace” to a nation challenged by economic strains, a history of corruption and violence unleashed by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram.
Penis size: An evolutionary perspective | Carole Jahme
March 2024Ask CaroleReproduction This article is more than 13 years oldPenis size: An evolutionary perspectiveThis article is more than 13 years oldCarole JahmeCarole Jahme shines the cold light of evolutionary psychology on readers' problems.
Three-legged Florida bear raids poolside fridge for cans of White Claw | Florida
March 2024Florida This article is more than 4 months oldThree-legged Florida bear raids poolside fridge for cans of White ClawThis article is more than 4 months oldVideo footage of ‘Tripod’ shows bear taking food and hard seltzer from area next to a swimming pool at a private residence
What is Raac and why is it forcing schools to shut buildings?
March 2024SchoolsExplainerReinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, found in many school buildings in England, is prone to sudden failure as it ages Thousands of pupils may have to start term online as over 100 schools affected by crumble-risk concrete Ministers have ordered schools to immediately shut buildings made with aerated concrete until safety work is undertaken.
All My Sons review Sally Field and Bill Pullman deliver a Miller for our times
March 2024TheatreReviewOld Vic, London In an era of fake news and moral uncertainty, this fine production of Arthur Miller’s play rings as true as ever
Greece lets boat packed with Afghan refugees dock after four days at sea | Greece
March 2024Greece This article is more than 2 years oldGreece lets boat packed with Afghan refugees dock after four days at seaThis article is more than 2 years oldVessel allowed to disembark almost 400 people in Aegean port of Kos in ‘unusual and special case’
Mothers on the naughty step: the growth of the parenting advice industry
March 2024FamilySeventy years ago, paediatrician Donald Winnicott started to give humane, non-judgmental advice to mothers. But today's gurus seem to do little more than admonish parentsSeventy years ago, a middle-aged man walked into a BBC radio studio in London to record the first of a series of talks that would radically change the way mothers thought about parenting.
Paris, city of romance, rues new image as the dirty man of Europe
March 2024The ObserverParis This article is more than 4 years oldThis article is more than 4 years oldThe French capital, despite efforts to deal with litter, graffiti and dog mess, is grubbier than ever
Premier League team news: predicted lineups for the weekend action
March 2024Match previewsSoccerManchester City play host to Sheffield United on Saturday while Liverpool take on Newcastle at Anfield on Monday night
Rotten Row by Petina Gappah review buzzing with Zimbabwe life
March 2024Book of the dayShort storiesReviewFrom the hairdresser’s salon to the kombi bus, these compelling short stories vividly capture ordinary lives and the tensions that call for the lawIt is the unfortunate burden of African writers that their work is often reduced to representation: as though they existed to describe and diagnose the state of their home countries, or worse, the entire continent.
St Petersburg's oldest nudist beach faces closure | Russia
March 2024New East networkRussia This article is more than 9 years oldSt Petersburg's oldest nudist beach faces closureThis article is more than 9 years oldThe city’s naturists face the unwelcome news that authorities plan to turn their haunt in to a ‘family friendly’ resort.
Tesla recalls 1.6m cars in China over Autopilot and steering defects | Tesla
March 2024TeslaTesla recalls 1.6m cars in China over Autopilot and steering defectsRecall reportedly affects majority of cars firm has sold in China and follows recall of more than 2m Teslas in the US last month
What does 'shelter in place' mean? California's coronavirus order, explained
March 2024CaliforniaExplainerBay Area order is similar to lockdown measures taken in places like Italy, Spain and China, but is the first of its kind in the US
A rough patch: the Astros new sponsorship deal with Oxy is doubly ugly
March 2024Houston AstrosHouston are the latest MLB team to secure a uniform advertising deal as their players become walking billboards for Occidental Petroleum
Banished: Surviving My Years inthe Westboro Baptist Church by Lauren Drain review
March 2024Autobiography and memoirReviewThis memoir allows us to get beyond the sense of incredulity that Westboro's hate-filled preaching inspires, exposing the internal logic and psychology of the churchCould you stand to be hated by every stranger who caught sight of you?
Can putting petroleum jelly on your teeth help you smile longer?
March 2024Beauty hacksBeautyBeauty pageant queens swear by this tip for avoiding a dry mouth. Can it work for the rest of us?
Glennon Doyle: So many women feel caged by gender, sexuality, religion
March 2024Self and wellbeingLife and styleGlennon Doyle’s memoir inspired Adele – but do we all need to be ‘untamed’?The marriage wasn’t unbearable, but it didn’t feel right any more.
TechScape: Threads and Bluesky need to figure out what they want to be
March 2024TechScape newsletterBlueskyIn this week’s newsletter: The Twitter alternatives are gaining ground, and it wouldn’t take much to steal X’s crown as a news-sharing service
The National: 10 of the best | The National
March 202410 of the bestThe NationalThe National: 10 of the bestEnter a world of murk, claustrophobia and regret, that of rock’s most unlikely arena-fillers, the National
The Wizard of the Kremlin by Giuliano da Empoli review a tsar is born
March 2024Book of the dayFiction in translationReviewThe imagined life story of a shadowy Kremlin insider offers a chilling perspective on Putin’s Russia
This is a lifeline: the pub serving free Christmas lunches every year | Communities
March 2024Communities This article is more than 1 month old‘This is a lifeline’: the pub serving free Christmas lunches every yearThis article is more than 1 month oldSarah and Mick Dore, at the Alexandra in Wimbledon, maintain a tradition of welcoming those who find themselves alone
Why pruning friends has been so common during the pandemic
March 2024Rethinking lifeCoronavirusPeople have become ‘more insular and bonding-oriented’ amid Covid, and now many aren’t sure how to start rebuilding their social lives
#SayHerName: why Kimberl Crenshaw is fighting for forgotten women
March 2024Kimberlé Crenshaw, American civil rights activist. Photograph by Felix Clay Photograph: Felix Clay for the GuardianKimberlé Crenshaw, American civil rights activist.
Dark crystals: the brutal reality behind a booming wellness craze | Health & wellbeing
March 2024Photograph: John Lawson/GettyDemand for ‘healing’ crystals is soaring – but many are mined in deadly conditions in one of the world’s poorest countries.
Greg Abbott signs law banning diversity offices in Texas higher education | Texas
March 2024Texas This article is more than 7 months oldGreg Abbott signs law banning diversity offices in Texas higher educationThis article is more than 7 months oldThe governor signed the bill prohibiting diversity, equity and inclusion offices in addition to another codifying tenure restrictions
I watched lambs being slaughtered so I could appreciate meat more
March 2024Australia food blogMeatFood writer Hilary McNevin was invited to her friend’s farm to watch three lambs being killed. How did observing the process change her view on meat?
One to watch: Libianca
March 2024One to watchPop and rockThe Cameroonian-American Afrobeats sensation behind slow-jam hit People blends spiritual gratitude and romantic disappointment on her new single
Replica of Syrian arch destroyed by Isis unveiled in New York City | New York
March 2024New York This article is more than 7 years oldReplica of Syrian arch destroyed by Isis unveiled in New York CityThis article is more than 7 years oldModel of Palmyra’s Arch of Triumph, an 1,800-year-old Roman arch blown up by the extremist group last year, was made using 3D printing technology
South Africa under-19 cricket captain stood down over anti-war protest fears | Cricket
March 2024CricketSouth Africa under-19 cricket captain stood down over anti-war protest fearsDavid Teeger had backed Israeli soldiers at awards ceremonyCSA says decision ‘is in the best interests of all the players’Hosts South Africa have stripped David Teeger of the captaincy for their Under-19 Cricket World Cup campaign amid fears he could be a target for anti-war protesters, but he will remain part of the squad, officials confirmed on Friday.
The Walking Dead: season six, episode two JSS | The Walking Dead
March 2024The Walking Dead: episode by episodeThe Walking DeadThe Walking Dead: season six, episode two – JSSAn attack on Alexandria provides some beautiful carnage and a philosophical split on the future of the community
Total misfire: brands like CoverGirl and Subway miss point of Hunger Games | Heather Long
March 2024OpinionFilm This article is more than 10 years oldTotal misfire: brands like CoverGirl and Subway miss point of Hunger GamesThis article is more than 10 years oldHeather LongI can't wait to see the Hunger Games Catching Fire film, but spare me from the totally misinformed brand adsI've already received several texts and notes in my inbox asking when I'm seeing Hunger Games Catching Fire (or if I've seen it already).
'Knife angel' made from 100,000 seized blades divides opinion | Sculpture
March 2024Sculpture This article is more than 8 years old'Knife angel' made from 100,000 seized blades divides opinionThis article is more than 8 years oldSculpture highlighting the brutality of knife crime will tour UK when completed, but some victims’ families are against it
A city cursed by sprawl: can the BeltLine save Atlanta? | Cities
March 2024Interstates cross near Downtown Atlanta. The city was ranked 4th most congested in the US last year. Photograph: Getty/WIN-InitiativeWith 2.5 million people moving to metro Atlanta over the next 20 years, an ambitious project to repurpose a 22-mile loop of old freight lines into walking, cycling and light rail offers the city an alternative future – if they can get it right
China opens world's longest sea bridge | China
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Google lays off 1,000 workers, union says | Technology
March 2024The company also announced it would deprecate 17 ‘underutilized’ features of Google Assistant. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesThe company also announced it would deprecate 17 ‘underutilized’ features of Google Assistant.
My partner will only have sex with me if I wear stockings and high heels
March 2024Sexual healingLife and styleI used to enjoy dressing up for him as part of our sexual repertoire. Suddenly, after eight years, there’s no chance of intimacy without it
Serbian police fire teargas as thousand protest over unfair elections | Serbia
March 2024SerbiaSerbian police fire teargas as thousand protest over ‘unfair’ electionsSerbian opposition hold rally after populist ruling party wins most votes in snap poll deemed unfair by observers
Shane Sutton | Sport | The Guardian
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What was the wand of office broken at the Queens funeral?
March 2024Queen Elizabeth IIExplainerOne of the final ceremonial acts of the day was the lord chamberlain breaking the wand, which was buried with the late monarch
Women's Super League table | Football
March 2024Football tables Women's Super League Women's Super League P Team GP W D L F A GD Pts Form 1 Chelsea Women 10 8 1 1 32 11 21 25 Won 3-0 against Everton Women Won 5-1 against Liverpool FC Women Won 5-2 against Leicester Women Lost 1-4 to Arsenal Women Won 3-0 against Bristol City Women 2 Man City Women 10 7 1 2 26 7 19 22 Lost 0-1 to Brighton & Hove Albion Women Won 3-1 against Man Utd Women Won 7-0 against Tottenham Hotspur Women Won 2-1 against Aston Villa Women Won 4-1 against Everton Women 3 Arsenal Women 10 7 1 2 24 10 14 22 Won 6-2 against Leicester Women Won 3-0 against Brighton & Hove Albion Women Won 3-0 against West Ham Women Won 4-1 against Chelsea Women Lost 0-1 to Tottenham Hotspur Women 4 Man Utd Women 10 5 3 2 25 11 14 18 Won 5-0 against West Ham Women Lost 1-3 to Man City Women Won 2-0 against Bristol City Women Won 4-0 against Tottenham Hotspur Women Lost 1-2 to Liverpool FC Women 5 Liverpool FC Women 10 5 3 2 15 11 4 18 Drew 1-1 with Tottenham Hotspur Women Lost 1-5 to Chelsea Women Won 4-0 against Brighton & Hove Albion Women Drew 1-1 with Bristol City Women Won 2-1 against Man Utd Women 6 Tottenham Hotspur Women 10 4 3 3 15 20 -5 15 Drew 1-1 with Liverpool FC Women Drew 1-1 with Leicester Women Lost 0-7 to Man City Women Lost 0-4 to Man Utd Women Won 1-0 against Arsenal Women 7 Everton Women 10 3 2 5 9 19 -10 11 Lost 0-3 to Chelsea Women Drew 2-2 with Bristol City Women Won 2-1 against Aston Villa Women Won 1-0 against West Ham Women Lost 1-4 to Man City Women 8 Leicester Women 10 2 4 4 15 21 -6 10 Lost 2-6 to Arsenal Women Drew 1-1 with Tottenham Hotspur Women Lost 2-5 to Chelsea Women Drew 2-2 with Brighton & Hove Albion Women Drew 1-1 with West Ham Women 9 Aston Villa Women 10 3 0 7 12 22 -10 9 Won 2-0 against Bristol City Women Won 3-2 against West Ham Women Lost 1-2 to Everton Women Lost 1-2 to Man City Women Won 1-0 against Brighton & Hove Albion Women 10 Brighton & Hove Albion Women 10 2 2 6 10 22 -12 8 Won 1-0 against Man City Women Lost 0-3 to Arsenal Women Lost 0-4 to Liverpool FC Women Drew 2-2 with Leicester Women Lost 0-1 to Aston Villa Women 11 West Ham Women 10 1 2 7 8 21 -13 5 Lost 0-5 to Man Utd Women Lost 2-3 to Aston Villa Women Lost 0-3 to Arsenal Women Lost 0-1 to Everton Women Drew 1-1 with Leicester Women 12 Bristol City Women 10 1 2 7 10 26 -16 5 Lost 0-2 to Aston Villa Women Drew 2-2 with Everton Women Lost 0-2 to Man Utd Women Drew 1-1 with Liverpool FC Women Lost 0-3 to Chelsea Women ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaJ6fpMGjrculZrCnnZq7tHnSrqeeql2hsqKz1J5mrZmSobI%3D
20 dead in Paris hotel blaze | France
March 2024France20 dead in Paris hotel blazeAt least 20 people were killed, half of them children, and almost 60 were injured when fire swept through a central Paris hotel before dawn today.
Are you finished in there yet? How the bathroom selfie became so huge
March 2024ShortcutsSocial mediaA powder room snap can reveal more than its subjects might realise – which is why one hotel isn’t so keen on the abuse of its facilities
Edith Pritchetts week in Venn diagrams cartoon | Life and style
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Fancy a festive dip? The best outdoor Christmas swims in the UK
March 2024Christmas and New Year holidaysJoin in a seasonal tradition by plunging into icy British waters – or cheering on those who do.
Giant glowing X sign atop Twitter office in San Francisco removed | San Francisco
March 2024San Francisco This article is more than 5 months oldGiant glowing ‘X’ sign atop Twitter office in San Francisco removedThis article is more than 5 months oldThe city building department had logged 24 complaints after the new logo went up, with neighbors upset over its intrusive lights
I had a huge swelling: why my life as a female cyclist led to vulva surgery | Women
March 2024Women This article is more than 4 years old‘I had a huge swelling’: why my life as a female cyclist led to vulva surgeryThis article is more than 4 years oldHannah DinesThere needs to be serious, urgent research into better saddles for female cyclists, says Hannah Dines, who has endured years of pain and swelling caused by friction as she rides
My 13-year-old son is being exposed to porn how can I protect him?
March 2024Ask Annalisa BarbieriParents and parentingNot being pro-or anti-porn is the best stance to have for young people, so you don’t encourage them, nor shame them
Top dogs: 10 literary canines
March 2024BooksFrom Lord Byron and his much-loved Newfoundland to the Hardys and their attention-seeking terrier, Mikita Brottman on her favourite bookish hounds1.
Worried about being bugged? Dont keep your phone in the microwave
March 2024ShortcutsMobile phonesWhile the unusual technique reportedly employed by the MP Steve Baker does work, there are easier ways to ensure your privacy
America's most wanted: armed, dangerous and living in London | UK news
March 2024The ObserverUK newsAmerica's most wanted: armed, dangerous and living in LondonWhere did New York's hardest Yardie gangsters run to when police wrecked their empires?
Caledonian Sleeper rail service to be nationalised by Scottish ministers | Scotland
March 2024Scotland This article is more than 10 months oldCaledonian Sleeper rail service to be nationalised by Scottish ministersThis article is more than 10 months oldHighlands-London service will be run by state-owned company after operator Serco loses contract seven years early
Knock at the Cabin puts a gay couple in apocalyptic jeopardy, for better or worse | M Night Shyamala
March 2024M Night Shyamalan This article is more than 11 months oldKnock at the Cabin puts a gay couple in apocalyptic jeopardy, for better or worseThis article is more than 11 months oldBenjamin LeeM Night Shyamalan’s new film is the rare studio genre movie to centre queer characters – but its politics are murky
Little Birds review Anas Nin adaptation is risque and resonant
March 2024TV reviewTelevisionReviewJuno Temple and Hugh Skinner star in this lush, intelligent reimagining of the author’s short stories, set in a land of unsuspected delights and fabulous degenerates
McIlroys stunning 63 reignites hopes of record fourth Dubai Desert Classic | Golf
March 2024The ObserverGolfMcIlroy’s stunning 63 reignites hopes of record fourth Dubai Desert ClassicWorld No 2 shoots 63 to surge up leaderboardCameron Young leads McIlroy by two strokesIt seemed astonishing to recall Rory McIlroy began day three of this Dubai Desert Classic 10 shots off the lead.
Supermodels recreate iconic Vogue cover 30 years on | Models
March 2024Models This article is more than 5 months oldSupermodels recreate iconic Vogue cover 30 years onThis article is more than 5 months oldImage will run across UK and US Vogue covers and coincides with upcoming documentary The Super Models
The painful loss of my dog gave me confidence to experience grief rather than shrug it off | Pets
March 2024Pets This article is more than 1 year oldThe painful loss of my dog gave me confidence to experience grief rather than shrug it offThis article is more than 1 year oldMyke BartlettI’ve been touched by how many have understood that nobody’s dog is ‘just a dog’ – they’re part of the family