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‘It feels cool to be a cog in change’: how doughnut economics is reshaping a Swedish town (jeu., 17 juil. 2025)
A casual mention of Kate Raworth’s theory has grown into the basis for decision making in Tomelilla In a small town in Sweden, the local authority is carrying out an unusual experiment. In 2021 one of the team had been reading an article about the concept of doughnut economics – a circular way of thinking about the way we use resources – and he brought it up. “I just mentioned it casually at a meeting, as a tool to evaluate our new quality of life programme, and it grew from there,” says Stefan Persson, Tomelilla’s organisational development manager. Continue reading...
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The deplorable and the adorable: Merz gives top bantz after blasting Brexit | John Crace (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
The German chancellor showed his charm as the woman from Sky tested the limits It wasn’t quite le bromance of last week’s press conference with Emmanuel Macron. Then Keir Starmer and the French president had made no effort to conceal their affection for one another. A thousand ways to say je t’aime. They had even concluded their hour in front of the cameras with an awkward hug, unsure if a kiss on the cheek would be out of place. Exactly a week on, it was time for the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, to share a platform with the prime minister at the Airbus factory in Stevenage. This one ended with a formal handshake and little eye contact. That wasn’t the only difference between the two pressers. The one with Macron had started an hour late, a sure sign that Starmer had been trying and failing to secure a better deal on the returns agreement with France. This one began as scheduled. Most of the details had been signed off days, if not weeks ago. The one-day visit of the German chancellor merely a matter of protocol. But it was, in its way, an equally significant occasion. The first friendship and bilateral cooperation treaty between the UK and Germany. A coming of age. A relationship of equals with no place for tabloid stereotypes. Continue reading...
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Bluster, bullying, suspensions – this is no way to run the Labour party | Polly Toynbee (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Keir Starmer has made a mess of dealing with this rebellion. Perhaps Tony Blair could give him some tips This is a sign of weakness, not strength. To suspend four MPs for rebellion suggests a lack of authority and a lack of nerve, not a sense of confidence. Bullying and threats are no way to manage a party, but a signal that Labour has lost control, with its crude methods in cutting winter fuel payments and its attempt to cut disability benefits. As MPs head off for the summer next week, Keir Starmer and the Labour whips hope they will be mulling over their futures, having been warned of the severe penalty for disloyalty. But I doubt that’s the message most will absorb. More than 120 MPs signalled their opposition to the proposed welfare cuts, and many more agreed but didn’t sign the amendment. Was the solution to sack the lot? Or just the token “ringleaders”? In fact there were none, just a strong belief among backbenchers of all varieties that not only were the cuts wrong, they were badly done and would be politically damaging, as indeed they were. Those suspended are of the soft left, by no means Corbynites. Rachael Maskell is a bit of a moral grandstander, annoying other MPs by suggesting her conscience is clearer than theirs, but suspensions tend to play to those tendencies (though the four will find that once they are no longer representing Labour, they will lose their voice with broadcasters). Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
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A real wag: Superman gets the bleak realities of dog ownership spot on (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Hollywood has hitherto been ridiculously soppy over canines. The scrappy, wild and disobedient beast here is as annoying as the real thing Superman might be one of the most confusing blockbuster films to hit the big screen this year. The tone, as you might expect from a goofball superhero movie that is plainly about the invasion of Gaza, is all over the shop. Too many characters contribute too little to the plot. There are moments when it feels like it was written specifically to provide work for the silly-glasses and ironic-haircut industries. It is a bit of a mess. But that said, one thing is demonstrably true: the dog is cool. As shown in the trailer, Krypto the superdog is Superman’s secret weapon. A mile away from his last screen outing, where he was muscular and proud and voiced by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Superman’s Krypto is scrappy and wild. He doesn’t obey commands. He destroys whatever equipment is put in front of him. Whenever he may or may not save the day, it seems like he does it out of accident rather than design. Continue reading...
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The best wedding gifts in the UK: 13 ideas that couples will actually want (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
We asked newlyweds, long-married couples, and the odd divorcee about the wedding gifts they truly cherished. Their answers? A lot more interesting than a toaster • In the US? Find our top picks for American couples here “If you don’t say what you want, your parents’ friends will buy you things like papier-mache crisp bowls,” warned my friend – and celebrant – when my partner and I got engaged. We’re getting married in October. We’re not actually doing presents – we’re having a destination wedding and I need some way of assuaging that guilt – but she made a good point. What do you buy if there isn’t a list, and you don’t know the person very well, or if there is a list, but the only thing left is a bin? Continue reading...
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What happens when 16-year-olds get the vote? Other countries are already seeing the benefits | Christine Huebner (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
They turn out at high rates and are engaged, but don’t expect electoral shocks – they’re as politically diverse as anyone The government has announced it will lower the voting age to 16 for all UK elections in time for the next general election. In 1969, the UK became the first major democracy in the world to lower the voting age from 21 to 18. Few people knew what to expect from this change. Things are different now. In places such as Austria, Argentina and Brazil, as well as parts of Germany and, in the UK, Wales and Scotland, 16- and 17-year-olds are already allowed to vote in some or all elections. Christine Huebner is a lecturer in quantitative social sciences at the University of Sheffield Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...
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Labour suspends Diane Abbott for second time over racism comments (Fri, 18 Jul 2025)
Party investigating after MP said she did not regret remarks about people experiencing racism in different ways Diane Abbott has been suspended from the Labour party for a second time after saying she did not regret her past remarks on racism, as Keir Starmer once again attempted to reassert his grip over his backbenchers. The veteran MP now faces an investigation over her defence of remarks more than two years ago that people of colour experienced racism “all their lives”, which was different from the “prejudice” experienced by Jewish people, Irish people and Travellers. Continue reading...
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England win dramatic shootout to beat Sweden and keep alive Euro 2025 hopes (Fri, 18 Jul 2025)
The winner takes it all. England reached a sixth consecutive major tournament semi-final with a gut-busting performance to come from two goals down against Sweden before sealing victory via a penalty shootout with goalkeeper Hannah Hampton the hero. Kosovare Asllani’s early strike and Stina Blackstenius’s effort had rattled Sarina Wiegman’s side. It had been all Sweden, England were down and out, headed for the Euros exit, their crown relinquished, but you can never bet against Wiegman in a major tournament and, although many were screaming for changes to come sooner, it was her late cavalry that delivered two goals in 102 seconds to level the score and force the game beyond 90 minutes. England became the first team to come from two goals down in the knockout stages of the women’s Euros since the tournament began in 1984 and Hampton was the superstar, emerging from Mary Earps’ shadow, saving two spot-kicks with Sweden missing three others. Continue reading...
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Hopes of averting doctors’ strike after ‘constructive’ meeting with Streeting (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Talks focused on resident doctors’ working lives as health secretary refused to reopen negotiations on pay Hopes are rising that next week’s strike by resident doctors in England will be called off after their leaders had a “constructive” meeting with the health secretary and agreed to hold further talks. The co-chairs of the British Medical Association’s resident doctors committee met Wes Streeting for 90 minutes – longer than the hour they had planned – in Westminster on Thursday afternoon. Continue reading...
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Child dies after school coach overturns in Somerset (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Twenty-one people taken to hospital after collision on A396 and firefighters had to free some passengers A child was killed when a coach carrying pupils returning from an end of term day trip to a zoo flipped on to its roof and plunged down an embankment in Somerset. Twenty-one passengers were taken to hospital by vehicles and a helicopter, some with serious injuries. Others were treated at the scene. Continue reading...
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New ‘buy now, pay later’ affordability checks may cover even smallest loans (Fri, 18 Jul 2025)
City watchdog publishes details of its plans to regulate the BNPL market, which has now grown to £13bn Lenders may have to carry out affordability checks on even the smallest buy now, pay later loans under new rules drawn up by the City watchdog. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)on Friday published details of its plan to regulate the £13bn buy now, pay later (BNPL) market. Continue reading...
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Green mission aims to raise £1bn to bring nature into UK towns and cities (Fri, 18 Jul 2025)
Initial £15.5m will go to schemes such as launch of large regional park to improving green spaces along canals A coalition of environmental and heritage bodies has launched a billion-pound mission to bring nature into the heart of urban areas in the UK. The first phase of the Nature Towns and Cities initiative will involve £15.5m being invested in 40 towns and cities across the four nations. Continue reading...
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Massive Attack announce alliance of musicians speaking out over Gaza (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Brian Eno, Fontaines DC and Kneecap say group will support those subject to ‘aggressive, vexatious campaigns’ by pro-Israel advocates Massive Attack, Brian Eno, Fontaines DC and Kneecap have announced the formation of a syndicate for artists speaking out about Israel’s military assault on Gaza, who they say have been subjected to “aggressive, vexatious campaigns” by pro-Israel advocates. Posting on Instagram, the musicians said their aim was to protect other artists, particularly those at early stages of their careers, from being “threatened into silence or career cancellation” by organisations such as UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI). Continue reading...
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Skydive pioneer Felix Baumgartner, who jumped from edge of space, dies in paragliding accident (Fri, 18 Jul 2025)
The Austrian daredevil, who was 56, lost control of his motorised paraglider over central Italy Austrian extreme sports pioneer Felix Baumgartner, famed for a record-breaking 2012 skydive from the edge of space, has died in a paragliding accident in central Italy, local police said. Baumgartner, who was 56, lost control of his motorised paraglider while flying over Porto Sant’Elpidio in Italy’s central Marche region on Thursday and fell to the ground near the swimming pool of a hotel. The reasons for the accident were unclear. Continue reading...
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Britons urged to help measure butterfly recovery after 2024 slump (Fri, 18 Jul 2025)
Big Butterfly Count asks volunteers to spend 15 minutes recording numbers in local green space before 10 August People are being urged to help measure the scale of Britain’s butterfly bounceback after last summer’s dramatic decline with this year’s launch of the world’s biggest insect survey. The Big Butterfly Count asks volunteers to spend 15 minutes in a local green space counting the butterflies and day-flying moths they see. Results of the survey, which takes place from 18 July to 10 August, can be logged on the Butterfly Conservation charity’s website or via its free app. Continue reading...
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What is chronic venous insufficiency, the condition Trump was diagnosed with? (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
CVI is common among older adults, but requires a thorough checkup to rule out more serious causes of leg swelling Donald Trump was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, the White House said on Thursday, after he noticed swelling in his legs. The White House released a memo from the president’s physician, Sean Barbabella, who said a medical exam revealed no evidence of a more serious condition like deep vein thrombosis. Continue reading...
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‘Worse than Covid’: hospitality bosses blame Reeves’ budget for UK downturn (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
With data suggesting the sector has been hit hardest, some employers can’t afford to recruit summer workers Unemployment rises and wage growth slows Analysis: UK jobs market is cooling but not collapsing “From a financial point of view, last year’s budget was worse for hospitality than Covid,” says Philip Thorley, who owns 18 pubs across Kent and employs about 400 people. Usually he is looking to recruit staff to help out in the summer months but this year will be different, he says, as the £25bn increase in employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs) that came into force in April has been “catastrophic for our company and industry”. Continue reading...
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I am very wary of my five-year-old stepdaughter. Am I a bad person? | Leading questions (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
It’s fine to have mixed feelings about being a step-parent, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. But what you do with those feelings might not be Read more Leading questions Am I a bad person for being very wary of my five-year-old stepdaughter? I had resolved to not have children of my own but when I met my partner, with whom I have a wonderful relationship, he came with two children from a previous marriage. He’s very supportive and understanding in giving me my space from the children when I need it, and he’s come to respect the fact I am making concessions in my life to take on parenting. I love both the children but the youngest is a challenge. She presents a lot of the characteristics of her mother – she has no shame, no accountability, zero fear of authority and is incredibly spoilt. My partner struggles with this too. I know she’s five and you can’t expect someone so young to be accountable, but I’m really worried she won’t grow out of it. Continue reading...
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Connie Francis was a trailblazing pop star haunted by tragedy | Bob Stanley (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
The late star, who broke through with Who’s Sorry Now, paved the way for solo female singers in the highs of the 50s and 60s but her life was hit by devastating lows Connie Francis, 1960s US pop star known for Pretty Little Baby, dies at 87 There may be more widely revered singers, but the statistics don’t lie – worldwide, the Italian-American Connie Francis was the best-selling female vocalist of the 50s and 60s. Her breakthrough hit, 1958’s Who’s Sorry Now, was written as far back as 1923 and had been a hit for Johnnie Ray just a couple of years earlier, with a swinging, uptempo arrangement. But what made the 19-year-old Francis’s version click was the way in which she took pleasure in her ex’s misery, coolly and coyly cooing over the slow-rocking backing while picking his failed love life apart; for a finale, she ended the song with impressive, high-kicking spite. In contrast, her second UK No 1 was the daffy Stupid Cupid, written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield, and loaded with ear-catching gimmicks: the bow-and-arrow guitar effect on the chorus; Francis jumping an octave when she sings “Cu-pid!”; and instruments that drop out – the musical equivalent of a wink – to allow her voice to sound as seductive as possible. Continue reading...
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Is your home a health hazard? 15 surprisingly filthy everyday items, from taps to toothbrushes (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Your water bottle could harbour 40,000 times more bacteria than your toilet seat. And that’s just the tip of the dirtberg Most everyday objects are at least a little bit grimy. They rarely, if ever, make contact with soap or disinfectant – unlike your toilet seat, even though that’s the one that’s often used as a symbol of filth in studies of household cleanliness. Aside from pathogens that can cause disease and illness, “for the most part, we’re dealing with our own bacteria”, says Jason Tetro, microbiologist and author of The Germ Code. This usually isn’t a problem, especially for youngish healthy people – but, Tetro adds, “when they accumulate, even if they are your own, it can lead to things like skin irritability, itchy scalp, cavities [in teeth from bacteria-heavy toothbrushes], that type of thing”. Does it matter that your reusable shopping bag might be carrying faecal bugs? Or that your watch strap is teeming with lifeforms? Are the studies – usually small, and sometimes conducted by cleaning-product companies – scaremongering or a grave matter of public health? Germ experts come clean. Continue reading...
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Trump: Moscow’s Man in the White House? review – a lazy, galling failure of a documentary (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
This Dispatches episode about Putin and Trump is a weird rundown of everything we’ve known for a decade – like reading a Twitter thread in 2018. What’s so frustrating is that this really matters right now It’s never a particularly encouraging sign when the title of a documentary ends with a question mark. It might just be a tiny scrap of punctuation, and yet it can single-handedly undermine an entire thesis. Take the latest episode of Dispatches. A film called Trump: Moscow’s Man in the White House would hit like a juggernaut. That film would be an authoritative, definitive hammer blow, confirming beyond doubt what many have suspected for years: that Donald Trump is either working with or an unwitting puppet of Putin’s Russia. This film would represent a clean punch landed. It would reverberate around the world. Dispatches: Trump: Moscow’s Man in the White House? is on Channel 4 Continue reading...
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‘Time to get excited!’ Why Stranger Things could be back to its best for its final episodes ever (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
The Netflix show’s last season just dropped a trailer full of heavy metal, demons, tornados and flamethrowers. And even better – it might have rediscovered its devastatingly emotional core Objectively, you should not be excited about the return of Stranger Things. Over the years, the Netflix smash has in many ways come to represent everything bad about television’s streaming era. It began as a fun piece of fluff, a one-and-done collection of overt 1980s film references, designed as the first part of an unconnected anthology. But then it exceeded expectations, so the Duffer brothers found themselves having to pull an entire mythology out of thin air. And a bloated one at that, full of (at best) bottle episodes about punky young superheroes and (at worst) self-indulgent episodes that grind on for hours and hours. Continue reading...
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New book sheds light on Lincoln’s misunderstood killer: ‘He’s not that person at all’ (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
In Midnight on the Potomac, author Scott Ellsworth looks back at the tumultuous last year of the US civil war Scott Ellsworth’s new book, Midnight on the Potomac, is about the last year of the American civil war and “the crime of the century”: the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by the actor John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre in Washington on 14 April 1865. Asked how the book came to follow The Ground Breaking, his acclaimed history of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, Ellsworth said his thoughts focused on two areas: historical parallels to the modern-day US, and the true crime genre. Continue reading...
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What do the Afghan leaks tell us about state secrecy in Britain? We’re entering a dangerous era | Theo Burges (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
This superinjunction shows how easy it could be for a government to avoid proper scrutiny when ‘national security’ is invoked Theo Burges is a criminal barrister with a focus on national security laws This week, a British high court judge lifted a superinjunction designed to prevent the reporting of a leak that put the lives of Afghans who cooperated with the UK at risk. The superinjunction was originally expected to be in force from September to December 2023. Instead, it kept details of a national scandal hidden from public scrutiny for years in an extraordinary example of national security providing legal cover for a political crisis. In attempting to remedy the impact of the leak, both Conservative and Labour governments will end up spending £850m. And thousands of Afghans and their families have been brought to the UK via a secret resettlement programme. These significant decisions made by multiple governments have never been publicly scrutinised. So how was this allowed to happen? Theo Burges is a criminal barrister with a focus on national security laws at Red Lion Chambers, London Continue reading...
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High water bills, filthy rivers – and now drought. This is England's great artificial water crisis of 2025 | George Monbiot (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
In its refusal to renationalise water, it’s clear the government operates in the interests of private capital and not of the country For a rich and fairly stable country, we are staggeringly ill-prepared for climate shocks. We respond to predictable crises as if we had had no warning. Lessons from previous disasters go unlearned, mistakes are recycled, failures lodged so deeply that they come to define the system. This is not because of a deficiency in the national character, but because of a deficiency in the ideology of government: an elite belief, shared by scarcely any citizens, that public intervention should be used only when all other measures have failed. Until that point, our problems should be addressed by the private sector. As drought rolls across the country once again, England’s privatised water system guarantees an irrational response. George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist On Tuesday 16 September, join George Monbiot, Mikaela Loach and other special guests discussing the forces driving climate denialism, live at the Barbican in London and livestreamed globally. Book tickets here or at Guardian.Live Continue reading...
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The British-German conversation deserves more than tired old cliches. Over to you, Merz and Starmer | John Kampfner (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
The chancellor’s first London visit is an opportunity for a modernising reset – on business, defence and even school trips Look at the Germany shelf of your local British bookshop and, if one exists at all, it will almost certainly be filled with tomes about the Nazis and the two world wars. To write a book about contemporary Germany, to write anything complimentary – as I have done – is to buck the trend, even now, after all these years. And it still rankles. Many Germans still remember the infamous Mirror headline during the 1996 Euro football championships: Achtung! Surrender! Which is why today’s signing of the first UK-Germany friendship treaty, with defence and military cooperation at its heart, is so important. The accord is designed to smooth out post-Brexit problems, and forms the centrepiece of Friedrich Merz’s first visit to London as chancellor. The Germans will be happy that school trips to the UK will be made less tricky. Britons will be relieved that regular visitors, especially for business, may at some point be able to register for E-gate entry. John Kampfner is the author of In Search of Berlin and Why the Germans Do It Better Continue reading...
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Why has it taken Ireland a decade to exhume the bodies of the 800 dead babies of Tuam? | Caelainn Hogan (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
The mass exhumation is vindication for campaigners – but their battle for justice is far from over A young girl played on a swing near a mass grave as the names of hundreds of children who died in a mother-and-baby institution in Ireland were read out during a memorial service late last year. The bright day turned to dark in the time it took. Now, the playground near the site in Tuam has been dismantled and the long-awaited exhumation has begun. But why has it taken more than a decade since it emerged that those dead children were likely buried in sewage chambers on the grounds of a publicly funded institution run by nuns and the local council? Continue reading...
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Could Trump be persuaded to save Palestinians in Gaza? | Kenneth Roth (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
It seems paradoxical to look to Trump to save Palestinians, yet no recent US president has been better placed to stop Israel It seems paradoxical to look to Donald Trump to save the Palestinians, yet no recent American president has been better placed to insist that the Israeli government stop its extraordinary repression and brutality. Trump so far has largely given Israel carte blanche to continue its genocide in Gaza, but Benjamin Netanyahu would be remiss to count on the fickle and self-serving American president. And there may be a way to turn Trump around. Most US presidents have stuck with the Israeli government regardless of its atrocities because the political fallout of deviating was too high. Any pressure on Israel would be sure to trigger outrage from Christian evangelicals (Israel’s largest group of supporters in the US) and the conservative segment of American Jews represented by the lobbying group Aipac. Continue reading...
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Ben Jennings on Keir Starmer’s decision to suspend four Labour MPs – cartoon (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
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The Guardian view on Labour’s control freakery: the party once tolerated dissent. Now it treats it as treason (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
The problem isn’t disunity – it’s policy. Sir Keir Starmer dodges popular economic solutions and confuses control for leadership Sir Keir Starmer’s crackdown on dissent has been a troubling hallmark of his leadership. Muzzling protest over welfare cuts won’t make the policies fairer or more popular. He seems more focused on obedience than legitimacy. The timing – days before parliament rises – caught many Labour MPs off-guard. Some thought the leadership was softening; even Downing Street had preached “the need to bring people with us”. This week shows that the old instinct still dominates. Three out of the four MPs suspended – Brian Leishman, Chris Hinchliff and Neil Duncan‑Jordan – were elected in 2024. Their suspensions are probably meant to deter newly arrived MPs from stepping out of line. Each built an early political identity by standing up to the government. Mr Leishman opposed the closure of Grangemouth oil refinery. Mr Hinchliff defied planning reform on environmental grounds. Mr Duncan-Jordan criticised cuts to winter fuel payments. Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...
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The Guardian view on strengthening social cohesion: we can learn from the working-class past | Editorial (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
The reopening of one of the most remarkable buildings of the 20th century is a reminder of what a sense of common purpose can achieve The traditional showpiece of any summer in County Durham is the annual miners’ gala, which last Saturday once again connected the region to its proud industrial past. This July, however, locals have another uplifting occasion to celebrate. More than a century after it first opened in Durham in 1915, one of Europe’s most extraordinary monuments to working-class pride, self-confidence and optimism has been relaunched as a cultural centre and community hub. Boasting a white marble staircase, a domed roof and a spectacular debating chamber (the “pitman’s parliament”), the Durham Miners’ Hall was originally built through the subscriptions of colliers working in what was one of the largest coalfields in Europe. Its refurbishment has been principally financed through the National Lottery Heritage Fund, and an official reopening is planned for the autumn. But events have already started to take place, including a public performance of mining songs by a primary school choir. Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...
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Harris English among a fascinating group of leaders after Open’s longest day (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Five-way tie on four under after dramatic opening round Scottie Scheffler only one shot back after hitting a 68 There are eclectic tales at the summit of this Open leaderboard. It just appeared as if nobody was minded to pay heed to them on a day when Rory McIlroy’s competitive return to Northern Ireland turned every head and Scottie Scheffler performed his usual trick of hiding in plain sight. McIlroy seemed to battle his game more than the elements for much of round one but emerged unscathed and under par. McIlroy lacks nothing in tenacity, a matter which is often overlooked. His 70 leaves him just three from the lead in what is a wonderfully congested major. Continue reading...
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Tour de France: Pogacar demolishes rivals with devastating stage 12 win in Pyrenees (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Slovenian shows his dominance a day after going down Pogacar takes more than two minutes out of Vingegaard Tadej Pogacar dominated Jonas Vingegaard on the slopes of Hautacam to take a commanding lead in the Tour de France. After the first summit finish of 2025, the defending champion’s next overall victory now appears an inevitability. Pogacar beat his rival to the ski station finish by well over two minutes and now leads the Tour by more than three and half minutes, with nine stages remaining. Pas de suspense, the French would say, and after the Slovenian’s eighth career stage win in the Pyrenees, Vingegaard is scrambling to sustain a meaningful challenge. If Pogacar had been scared when crashing in Toulouse, 24 hours earlier, he showed no ill effects as he dealt a lethal blow to Vingegaard’s aspirations under a fierce Pyrenean sun. Continue reading...
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Daniel Dubois shrugs off Canelo Álvarez’s $500,000 bet against him (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Mexican is convinced Oleksandr Usyk will beat Dubois ‘It don’t mean nothing. He’s going to lose his money’ Daniel Dubois has warned Canelo Álvarez that he will lose $500,000 on Saturday night after the Mexican superstar placed a sizeable bet against him. Álvarez, the richest and most celebrated fighter in contemporary boxing, is convinced that Oleksandr Usyk will beat Dubois at Wembley Stadium for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world. “It don’t mean nothing me,” Dubois said at Thursday’s press conference when he was asked about Álvarez’s expensive prediction. “It don’t mean shit to me. He’s going to lose his money. From now on I’m just focused.” Continue reading...
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Marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich suspended over banned substance (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Possible two-year ban after diuretic detected in sample Kenyan set world best at Chicago last October The women’s marathon world record-holder, Ruth Chepngetich, is facing a two-year ban after testing positive for a banned diuretic and masking agent, the Athletics Integrity Unit has announced. The Kenyan stunned the world when she ran 2hr 9min 56sec at the Chicago marathon last October, a time that shattered the previous record by almost two minutes. Continue reading...
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Ellis Genge primed to summon spirit of 2022 as he runs into Australia again (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Loosehead prop helped save Eddie Jones’s job in Brisbane three years ago and can make a similar impact for the Lions You can chart Ellis Genge’s Test career by his tours of Australia. In 2016 he and Kyle Sinckler were Eddie Jones’s “rough diamonds”, picked to get a taste of an international tour but nowhere near Test selection. Six years on and in England’s second Test against the Wallabies in Brisbane, Genge kickstarted a victory that saved Jones’s job with a thunderous carry into Michael Hooper. Three years later, back in the same city, Genge makes his British & Irish Lions Test bow against Australia. After naming Genge in Saturday’s side, the head coach, Andy Farrell, encouraged the 30-year-old loosehead prop to take a moment to reflect on how far he has come. It does not come easily to Genge but his growing influence on the international sides he represents is obvious. He confesses that nine years ago he and Sinckler “tried to get out of the way as much as we could” and “were out enjoying ourselves a bit too much”. In 2022, England had lost the series opener to the Wallabies and Genge was wound up by perceived provocation from opponent Taniela Tupou but inspired as Jones’s side levelled the series in Brisbane. Continue reading...
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‘We have a good feeling’: Switzerland confident in plan to shock Spain in Euros quarter-final (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Sundhage uses clips of men’s 2010 win to rouse team Maritz praises ‘impossible to describe’ Swiss support The Switzerland coach, Pia Sundhage, has said that she and her players watched clips from when the Swiss men’s team beat Spain in the 2010 World Cup for inspiration before the countries meet in the Euro 2025 quarter-finals in Berne on Friday. Gelson Fernandes scored the only goal of the game in Durban 15 years ago to produce the first shock of that tournament and Sundhage believes her team can repeat the upset. Continue reading...
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Girelli double sends Italy to Euro 2025 last four as Hegerberg misses spot-kick (Wed, 16 Jul 2025)
Italy’s heroine Cristiana Girelli hailed their “magical and special” achievement of reaching their first major women’s tournament semi-final since 1997 after her 90th-minute header beat Norway and sparked memorable celebrations. The 35-year-old striker’s dramatic strike, her second goal of the game, set up a semi-final with either England or Sweden, who meet in Zurich on Thursday, as Italy moved a step closer to what could be their first major silverware. Continue reading...
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Women’s Euro 2025: top goalscorers, game by game (Thu, 26 Jun 2025)
There is no shortage of contenders but who will finish as the tournament’s top scorer in Switzerland? The race to be top scorer at the Women’s Euros 2025 in Switzerland is a fascinating one. Spain, the world champions, have several players who can top the list: Esther González, Clàudia Pina and Salma Paralluelo. The beaten finalists in Australia and New Zealand – England – count Alessia Russo as their main threat but also have Beth Mead, Chloe Kelly, Lauren James and Lauren Hemp who can chip in with goals. Germany and France also have high hopes of going all the way this summer and have, among their ranks, Lea Schüller, Jule Brand, Klara Bühl, Marie-Antoinette Katoto, Sandy Baltimore and Kadidiatou Diani. Continue reading...
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Women’s Euro 2025: your guide to all 368 players (Thu, 26 Jun 2025)
Get to know every single squad member at the tournament. Click on the player pictures for a full profile and ratings Continue reading...
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Joe Ofahengaue stars in Leigh’s statement victory over St Helens (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
St Helens 4-16 Leigh Leopards Ofahengaue scores two tries as Leigh close on top two Leigh Leopards further underlined their position as bona fide Super League title contenders with another statement victory, this time winning at fourth-placed St Helens to close the gap on the competition’s top two. A month ago, Leigh conceded 50 points at Leeds and, with fixtures against the league leaders Hull KR, second-placed Wigan and the Saints on the horizon, it was not inconceivable to consider whether the Leopards could find themselves in a scramble just to make the playoffs in the final two months of the season. Continue reading...
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Elanga eager to ‘showcase talent’ at Newcastle but stays noncommittal on Isak’s future (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Swede ‘staying super-focused’ amid Liverpool interest Elanga praises collective spirit of Newcastle teammates Newcastle’s new £55m signing Anthony Elanga has insisted that Alexander Isak is “super-focused” in training but the winger sidestepped a series of invitations to predict precisely how much longer his Sweden teammate intends to remain part of Eddie Howe’s squad. Elanga’s arrival on Tyneside last week coincided with intense speculation that Liverpool were readying a £130m bid for Isak. Although Newcastle have repeatedly reiterated that they are determined to keep their prized centre-forward, and the Anfield board are in advanced negotiations to sign the Eintracht Frankfurt forward Hugo Ekitike, Isak’s thoughts on the future remain unknown. Continue reading...
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Manchester United make improved Bryan Mbeumo bid with £70m package (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Offer to Brentford for forward includes guaranteed £65m Manchester City sign 18-year-old midfielder Sverre Nypan Manchester United have made an improved bid for the Brentford forward Bryan Mbeumo. The offer is worth up to £70m, with £65m guaranteed and the rest add-ons. Ruben Amorim is eager to sign Mbeumo, who has indicated to Brentford he would like to join United, but Sir Jim Ratcliffe is eager not to pay over the odds. The London club have turned down at least one bid for Mbeumo from United and have demanded about £70m for a player who scored 20 Premier League goals last season. Continue reading...
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Twelve-year-old Chinese swimmer takes stunning times to world championships (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Yu Zidi’s Chinese nationals times among fastest in world ‘I really want to experience world-class competition’ A 12-year-old swimmer has qualified for the world championships in Singapore after her performance at China’s nationals placed her times among the world’s elite this season. Yu Zidi’s 200m butterfly time was one of the fastest globally and would have narrowly missed out on an Olympic medal last year. She also posted a competitive time in the 400m individual medley, close to an Olympic podium pace. Continue reading...
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Tensions over Epstein files complicate Republican plan to vote on cuts bill (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
House Republicans face Friday deadline to pass rescissions package that would cut aid and public broadcasting funds Tensions over the release of documents related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein have complicated House Republicans’ plans to hold a vote on Thursday on legislation demanded by Donald Trump to cancel $9bn in government spending. The House of Representatives faces a Friday deadline to pass the rescissions package demanded by Trump and approved by the Senate in the wee hours of Thursday morning, otherwise the administration will be obligated to spend about $8bn meant for foreign assistance programs, and $1.1bn budgeted for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS. Continue reading...
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Taika Waititi to take on new Judge Dredd movie (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Oscar-winning writer-director, known for Jojo Rabbit and Thor sequels, attached to new take on comic book character Oscar-winner Taika Waititi is set to take on a new Judge Dredd movie. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the writer-director will take the reins of the latest attempt to bring the comic book character to the screen with Drew Pearce set to take on the script. Continue reading...
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Far-right supporters attack police after protest against Essex hotel for asylum seekers (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Riot police deployed to anti-immigration flashpoint in Epping as far right seeks to exploit local tensions Far-right supporters have attacked police as violence erupted following a protest outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Essex. Hundreds of people had earlier staged a fresh demonstration outside the hotel in Epping that has become a flashpoint of anti-immigration protest, days after two security guards were seriously assaulted during a previous gathering. Continue reading...
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OpenAI launches personal assistant capable of controlling files and web browsers (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
AI agent can find restaurant reservations and go shopping for users, but OpenAI acknowledges there are ‘more risks’ Users of ChatGPT will be able to ask an AI agent to find restaurant reservations, go shopping for them and even draw up lists of candidates for job vacancies, as the chatbot gains the powers of a personal assistant from Thursday. ChatGPT agent, launched by Open AI everywhere apart from the EU, not only “thinks” but also acts, the US company said. The agent combines the powers of AI research tools with the ability to take control of web browsers, computer files and software such as spreadsheets and slide decks. Continue reading...
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Merz calls for UK, Germany and France to align on migration and defence (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
German chancellor’s proposal for strategic axis comes as London and Berlin sign first treaty since second world war The German chancellor has called for a strategic axis between London, Paris and Berlin to tackle illegal migration and deepen defence cooperation, despite declaring that he “deeply deplores” Brexit. Friedrich Merz appeared alongside Keir Starmer at a press conference in Stevenage after the signing of the Kensington treaty, the first formal pact between the UK and Germany since the second world war. The agreement, signed at the V&A Museum and followed by a meeting at Downing Street, sets out plans for closer cooperation on migration, defence, trade and education, including a framework for school exchanges. A mutual assistance clause on national security, including shared recognition that Russia poses “the most significant and direct threat” to both countries. Joint procurement and development of defence technologies including Typhoon jets, Boxer vehicles and long-range missiles. A joint rail taskforce to explore infrastructure links, including a future London–Berlin train line. Commitments to boost school exchange programmes and cultural ties. Continue reading...
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Trump’s $1tn for Pentagon to add huge planet-heating emissions, study shows (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Exclusive: 17% increase in military spending will add emissions equivalent to those of some entire countries Donald Trump’s huge spending boost for the Pentagon will produce an additional 26 megatons (Mt) of planet-heating gases – on a par with the annual carbon equivalent (CO2e) emissions generated by 68 gas power plants or the entire country of Croatia, new research reveals. The Pentagon’s 2026 budget – and climate footprint – is set to surge to $1tn thanks to the president’s One Big Beautiful Act, a 17% rise on last year. Continue reading...
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Reform’s anti-renewables stance ‘putting jobs and energy bills at risk’ (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Industry says party’s threat to strip wind and solar subsidies if it enters power undermines national interest Business live – latest updates Britain’s green energy industry has accused the Reform UK party of undermining the national interest by threatening to strip public subsidies for wind and solar projects if it comes to power. Groups representing Britain’s biggest clean energy investors said the populist party was “putting politics before prosperity” after Reform’s deputy leader gave “formal notice” to large developers that it would axe any deals struck in an upcoming renewables subsidy auction this summer. Continue reading...
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Brazil passes ‘devastation bill’ that drastically weakens environmental law (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
President has 15 days to approve or veto legislation that critics say will lead to vast deforestation and destruction of Indigenous communities Brazilian lawmakers have passed a bill that drastically weakens the country’s environmental safeguards and is seen by many activists as the most significant setback for the country’s environmental legislation in the past 40 years. The new law – widely referred to as the “devastation bill” and already approved by the senate in May – passed in congress in the early hours of Thursday by 267 votes to 116, despite opposition from more than 350 organisations and social movements. Continue reading...
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Tax on AI and crypto could fund climate action, says former Paris accords envoy (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Laurence Tubiana urges governments to consider levies on energy-hungry technology Governments should consider taxing artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies to generate funds to deal with the climate crisis, one of the architects of the Paris agreement has said. Laurence Tubiana, the chief executive of the European Climate Foundation and a former French diplomat, is co-lead of the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force, an international initiative to find new sources of funds for climate action by taxing highly polluting activities including aviation and fossil fuel extraction. Continue reading...
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Royal Society suggested to Elon Musk he consider resigning science fellowship (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Exclusive: Fellows called on academy to act over Tesla owner’s role in Trump administration’s attacks on research The Royal Society suggested to Elon Musk he should consider resigning his fellowship if he felt unable to help mitigate the Trump administration’s attacks on research, the Guardian has learned. The owner of X, who is also CEO of Tesla and Space X, was elected a fellow of the UK’s national academy of sciences in 2018 for his contribution to the space and electric vehicle industries. Continue reading...
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Voting age to be lowered to 16 across UK by next general election (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Extension of franchise is among changes including easier voter registration and crackdown on foreign interference The voting age will be lowered to 16 across the UK by the next general election in a major change of the democratic system, despite some concerns within Labour that it could benefit smaller parties like the Greens and Reform UK. The government said it would be fairer for 16- and 17-year-olds, many of whom already work and are able to serve in the military. Keir Starmer said it was important that teenagers who paid taxes had their say on how the money was spent. Continue reading...
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Spies and SAS personnel among 100-plus Britons included in Afghan data leak (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Sources say leak included details of Britons who endorsed Afghan applications to be brought to UK after Taliban takeover Details of members of the SAS are among more than 100 Britons named in the database of 18,700 Afghans, the accidental leak of which by a defence official led to thousands being secretly relocated to the UK. Defence sources said the highly sensitive document contained names and email addresses belonging to people sponsoring or linked to some individual cases. Personal information about MI6 officers was also included. Continue reading...
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Essex man who bought gun in MI5 sting denies writing kill-list of ‘race traitors’ (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Alfie Coleman, 21, was arrested by counter-terrorism police in east London after picking up pistol and ammunition A former Tesco worker caught buying a gun in an MI5 sting operation has denied compiling a kill-list of colleagues and customers branded “race traitors”. Alfie Coleman was arrested by counter-terrorism police in an east London supermarket car park moments after picking up a Makarov pistol and ammunition on 29 September 2023. Continue reading...
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Israeli airstrike hits Sweida city in Syria as tribal fighters clash with Bedouins (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Conflict restarts in southern province as Druze groups reportedly target Bedouin villages in ‘revenge’ attacks The Israeli military has carried out an airstrike on the outskirts of Sweida city as clashes between tribal fighters and Bedouin fighters intensified on Thursday night. The clashes started a wave of tit-for-tat retaliatory violence earlier on in the day after Syrian government forces withdrew from Sweida. Continue reading...
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Top rights group leaves El Salvador after threats from its government (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Cristosal says decision to relocate employees was because of organisation being targeted by President Nayib Bukele El Salvador’s top human rights organisation, Cristosal, announced on Thursday it is leaving the country because of mounting harassment and legal threats by the government of President Nayib Bukele. The organisation has been one of the most visible critics of Bukele, documenting abuses in the strongman’s war on the country’s gangs and the detention of hundreds of Venezuelan deportees in an agreement with the US president Donald Trump. Continue reading...
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Air India finds ‘no issues’ with fuel switches on other Boeings after crash (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
US report says investigators looking at actions of plane’s captain before plane crash that killed 260 people Air India has said it found “no issues” with the fuel switches on its other Boeing planes after the fatal crash that killed 260 people last month, as a US report suggested investigators have turned their attention to the actions of the plane’s captain. A preliminary report into the incident, released last week, found that the switches that controlled fuel going into the engines had been turned off “one after another” just after the plane took off from Ahmedabad airport. Continue reading...
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Slender Man case: woman who stabbed classmate to be released from psychiatric hospital (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Morgan Geyser, who pleaded guilty to 2014 attack when she was 12 years old, granted conditional release A 22-year-old woman who stabbed a classmate a decade ago believing that the act would earn her the right to be servant of Slender Man, a fictional supernatural character, is set to be released from a Wisconsin psychiatric hospital. Waukesha county circuit Judge Scott Wagner agreed on Thursday to the conditional release of Morgan Geyser from Winnebago mental health institute, a psychiatric hospital where she has spent the last seven years. Continue reading...
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‘In the world of psychiatry, all your certainties are shattered’: has cinema’s champion of kindness run out of patience? (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Nicolas Philibert completes his triptych of films about mental health centres with a documentary about where patients go on their darkest days Laurence is a woman in desperate need of an act of human kindness. The grey-haired patient urges her psychiatrist for a hug, a cuddle – that, she says, is all she needs to keep at bay the nightmarish visions that haunt her. Yet on her ward at the Esquirol hospital centre in Paris, such simple gestures are impossible to come by. “When I asked for a hug,” Laurence laments, “they gave me a jar of yoghurt.” This scene, from Nicolas Philibert’s new documentary At Averroès & Rosa Parks (two sections of the Esquirol hospital centre), is as hard to watch as anything you are likely to see on a cinema screen this year. But it is especially remarkable coming from perhaps the world’s pre-eminent maker of humanist documentaries. The Frenchman Philibert is one of modern cinema’s great champions of kindness. Aged 74, he has built a career making award-winning observational portraits of places that excel at giving care within a hostile modern world: a southern French school for hearing-impaired people in 1992’s In the Land of the Deaf; museums and the people who dedicate their lives to maintaining the objects inside them in Louvre City (1990) and Animals and More Animals (1995); a single-teacher infant school in the rural Auvergne region in Être et Avoir, his 2001 international breakthrough film. Continue reading...
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Rosanna Arquette: ‘You pay the price for being outspoken’ (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
From shooting with Martin Scorsese at 4am to watching Madonna explode on set, the actor answers your questions You’ve acted in some killer heels. Which have been your favourite? SarahWalesI hate high heels! I can’t remember any favourites. In between takes, I’d be in slippers or Uggs. If it’s ladylike to be in heels, then that’s not my type of lady. Do you think the entertainment industry still has issues with strong, outspoken, independent women? CaptainLibYou definitely pay a price for being strong, outspoken and independent. But the women whom I admire, like Jane Fonda and Ava DuVernay, are strong, independent and speak their minds. Continue reading...
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The Institute review – this is how you butcher a Stephen King novel (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Flimsy characters, zero fun and the replacement of dread with upsetting scenes of child torture: this show strips out every bit of the author’s genius Me, I’m always in the mood for hokum. You can serve it to me at any point on the largest platter you have and I will grab my hooey knife and absurdity fork and start shovelling. But, like any chef, you have to know what you’re doing. You have to make some effort, have the basic ingredients assembled in the right proportions and send it out from the kitchen hot, steaming and looking delicious. Tepid hokum, bland hokum – well, that ain’t no hokum at all. And so to the latest Stephen King adaptation, this time by Benjamin Cavell and directed by Jack Bender (Lost, From, Under the Dome – the latter another King tale) of the horror master’s 2019 novel The Institute, travelling to our screens under the same name. Continue reading...
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Rosebud sled from Citizen Kane sells at auction for £11m (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Item donated by a director who was given it during a studio clearout becomes second most valuable piece of movie memorabilia The iconic sled from Orson Welles’s 1941 classic Citizen Kane has sold for $14.75m (£11m) at auction. The item therefore becomes the second most valuable piece of movie memorabilia ever sold, following last December’s sale of a pair of ruby slippers from 1939’s The Wizard of Oz for $32.5m (£24.2m). Continue reading...
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‘He told us to just tell the truth’ – behind a revealing Billy Joel documentary (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
In HBO’s five-hour portrait, the chart-dominating singer-songwriter gives unusual insight into his career with support from his A-list friends and collaborators In 2011, singer-songwriter and pop legend Billy Joel returned a multimillion-dollar advance paid on a memoir to his would-be publisher, HarperCollins. He had apparently co-written an autobiographical book as planned, but ultimately decided that he didn’t want to publish it. “It took working on writing a book to make me realize that I’m not all that interested in talking about the past,” he said at the time, “and that the best expression of my life … has been and remains my music.” Billy Joel: And So It Goes, a two-part feature documentary premiering this week on HBO, feels like an attempt to stay true to that same basic ethos while not shying away from Joel’s public and private life over the years. The five-hour project tells Joel’s story, but does so by prioritizing his music, in content and in form. “He has 121 songs in his catalog and we used over 110,” said Jessica Levin, who directed the film with Susan Lacy, describing just how many Joel tunes wound up somewhere in the movie. It’s tempting to study the credits and figure out the unlucky 10 that didn’t make the cut, but in effect it’s all here. There are also a few non-Joel compositions in the film, but the vast majority of the music is his, including some adaptations of his melodies into subtle underscore. “It was a goal of ours to use it as score, not just throw it in,” said Levin. “It’s a testament to the depth and breadth of his catalog that we were able to do that.” Continue reading...
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Human Traffic review – one-crazy-night 90s clubbing comedy provides euphoric rush of nostalgia (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
This loved-up ensemble piece is cheerfully apolitical, pro-drugs and pro-hedonism – and features a very funny film debut from Danny Dyer A warm nostalgic glow surrounds this likably daft and zeitgeisty one-crazy-night clubbing adventure from 1999. It’s a Cool Britannia time-capsule written and directed by Justin Kerrigan, starring John Simm, Shaun Parkes, Lorraine Pilkington, Nicola Reynolds and a cherubic young Danny Dyer making his movie debut. Dyer’s character ends up down the pub moodily swearing off drugs for ever – and if we wondered how that was going to turn out, we can flashforward to his performance this year in Nick Love’s Marching Powder, in which he does much the same thing. Human Traffic revolves around a group of gurning mates: a classic 90s ensemble of mononymous characters – Jip, Koop, Lulu, Nina and Moff – individually introduced in freeze-frame voiceover in that distinctive 90s Britmovie style, as popularised by Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting and Guy Ritchie’s Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. But those films were from Mars and this one is from Venus. It’s a sweeter story of the loved-up. They struggle through terrible jobs in the week and prepare for a massive night out on a Friday involving landlines, smoking indoors, proto-Ali G characters, no smartphones, no social media and some cameos from Howard Marks, Carl Cox and Andrew Lincoln (in those days an icon for his role in TV’s This Life). Continue reading...
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Jim Legxacy: Black British Music review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
(XL Recordings) The rapper and producer doubles down on his vaulting style, lurching from alt-rock to distortion and chipmunk soul on an astonishingly coherent and melodic third record On Father, the first single to be taken from Jim Legxacy’s third mixtape, the listener is offered a vivid image from the author’s past. The teenage James Olaloye, as he was then, is on the streets of Lewisham, the south-east London borough where he grew up. He is “rolling up a blunt, scheming for the funds … trying to come up off the roads on my own two / I never had a father”. Inevitably, this means he’s up to no good: “Making money off a phone … a key’s what they want.” It’s a familiar scenario in the world of UK rap, a genre in which you seldom want for bleak descriptions of the life its stars have left behind on often deprived council estates. But in the case of Father, it comes with a small, but striking detail. “On the block,” he attests, “I was listening to Mitski.” Continue reading...
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Breakups, booty calls and bare-all balladry: SZA’s 20 best songs – ranked! (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
As her European tour with Kendrick Lamar continues in the UK, we rate the former Glastonbury headliner’s best tracks, from 2012’s debut to this year’s collaboration with Don Toliver A bit of a buried treasure: Hit Different was coolly received on release – SZA ceded the song’s hook to guest Ty Dolla $ign – but it deserved better: the Neptunes’ production is beautifully atmospheric, her vocal is fantastic, the lyrics – in which she perplexingly finds a partner sexier when they’re arguing – are great. Continue reading...
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Chloe Chua: Mozart Violin Concertos album review – teenage prodigy’s interpretations are balanced and mature (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Chua/He/Singapore Symphony Orchestra/Graf (Pentatone) The Singaporean violinist plays Mozart with a clean focused tone, an elegant turn of phrase and a quiet wit. As Chloe Chua points out in her notes, Mozart’s Violin Concertos were written by a teenager – so why shouldn’t a teenage violinist do them justice? Chua – joint winner of the junior Menuhin Competition in 2018, aged 11 – was 15 and 16 when she made these recordings. The framework is conventional – there are no great surprises in the tempos, and she is backed by the modern instruments of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, who give an energised but refined performance conducted by Hans Graf. So far, so traditional. And yet Chua consistently holds the attention with interpretations that are notably mature: balanced, considered and never trying too hard. The faster movements having a gentle momentum, the slow ones plenty of space; everything Chua plays has a clean, focused tone, an unfailingly elegant turn of phrase and a quiet wit. As well as the five concertos we also get three stand-alone movements, two rondos and an adagio – and, most rewardingly, the Sinfonia Concertante, for which Chua is joined by the violist Ziyu He, another Menuhin Competition winner, his mellow-toned lines dovetailing perfectly with hers. Granted, these performances may not stand out dramatically in a very crowded field, but they are certainly worth your time. Continue reading...
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‘I can’t believe not everyone catastrophises!’: Liz Stokes of Kiwi band the Beths on anxiety, ambition and being anti-optimisation (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
The New Zealand indie band have had a charmed rise – but behind the scenes, their frontperson was dealing with Graves’ disease and depression. Digging deep helped her realise not everything can be fixed In January 2023, as flash floods hit Auckland, New Zealand, Oakley Creek was destroyed: trees upturned, bridges ripped out and dragged downstream, the riverbank collapsed. Like many locals, Liz Stokes, songwriter and guitarist in indie four-piece the Beths, had walked there often during the pandemic. “It’s jarring to see this place that’s never going to be the way it was, the way you remembered it,” she says over video in late June. She catches herself. “I say the creek was destroyed, but the creek did the destroying also. It’s just nature. It was interesting seeing change happen very quickly in real time.” Continue reading...
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The Sleep Room by Jon Stock review – the psychiatrist who abused female patients (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
This harrowing account of a British doctor and his shocking experiments on young women includes a testimony from the actor Celia Imrie, who was one of his patients In a hospital in Waterloo, London, in the mid-1960s was a psychiatric ward full of sleeping women. Suffering from disorders ranging from post-partum depression to chronic anxiety to anorexia, the residents of the “sleep room” were sedated and woken only to be washed, fed or subjected to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). All were under the supervision of psychiatrist William Sargant, who at the time was hailed as a pioneer. Sargant claimed that a combination of enforced narcosis and ECT could fix disturbed minds. Failing that, the treatment would be surgical lobotomy. The Sleep Room is author Jon Stock’s gripping account of a scandal in which female patients were denied dignity and agency by a man who wielded absolute power over their bodies. The book is ably narrated by actors Richard Armitage, Antonia Beamish and Celia Imrie. The latter’s contributions are unusually personal since, at 14, Imrie had been hospitalised with anorexia and was put under Sargant’s care. Continue reading...
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The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück by Lynne Olson review – surviving an all-female concentration camp (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
The extraordinary story of the women who fought to bring their Nazi persecutors to justice Shortly after her release from Ravensbrück in 1945, Comtesse Germaine de Renty attended a dinner party in Paris with old friends. One guest complimented her on how well she was looking, concluding that “life in Ravensbrück was not nearly as terrible as we’ve been told”. De Renty stared at the woman for a moment, before explaining icily that a typical day in the camp began by stepping over the corpses of friends who had died in the night. They would probably have no eyes, she added, since the rats had already eaten them. And with that, the comtesse stood up and swept out. Ravensbrück always had a credibility issue, explains Lynne Olson in this consistently thoughtful book. The camp, although only 50 miles north of Berlin, had been liberated late, which gave the SS plenty of time to burn incriminating records. There was limited visual evidence, too, since no cameramen accompanied the Soviet army when it knocked down the gates on 30 April 1945. While images from Auschwitz and Dachau of starving prisoners and rotting corpses were flashed before a horrified world, Ravensbrück left little trace in the moral imagination. Continue reading...
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Brian Fagan obituary (Wed, 16 Jul 2025)
Author of popular archaeology books who helped to shape our understanding of ancient human history Science is continuously revealing astonishing insights into ourselves and our world. Transmitting those advances to a wider public, while reminding specialists whom they really work for, is a rare craft. For the past half century, Brian Fagan, who has died aged 88, did that through his writing and speaking, shaping public understanding of ancient human history. Unlike Carl Sagan or David Attenborough, who brought cosmology and nature into millions of homes, Brian never fronted a television series. But his well-researched output was prodigious: including revised editions, he wrote or edited the equivalent of two books for every year of his life. Continue reading...
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Summer sizzlers: six must-read books by Black authors (Wed, 16 Jul 2025)
From the mysterious ‘return’ of a vanished mother to a London love affair gone awry, check out our guide to the freshest fiction to read by the pool • Don’t already get The Long Wave in your inbox? Sign up here Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. Amid an already bumper year of literary wins for Black authors, with the Sudanese writer Leila Aboulela’s Pen Pinter prize among the most recent, there is no better time to beef up your summer reading list. In this week’s newsletter, I’ll talk you through some of my favourite page-turners – from a romcom about old flames to stories about queer life in Nigeria and a debut coming-of-age novel about class, affluence and grief. Continue reading...
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Donkey Kong Bananza review - delirious destruction derby takes hammer to platforming conventions (Wed, 16 Jul 2025)
Nintendo Switch 2; NintendoGiven that its hero can smash through any barrier – which is delightful fun in itself – Nintendo’s new 3D platformer has a surreal freeform audacity A lot rests on Donkey Kong Bananza. As Nintendo’s first major single-player Switch 2 game, it will set the quality bar for the console in the way Breath of the Wild did when the original Switch was released. But as the latest game from the team responsible for the exceptional 3D Mario series, it is already begrudged by some Nintendo fans as a distraction: what could possibly be so exciting about a tie-wearing gorilla to justify making Bananza ahead of another Super Mario Odyssey? Donkey Kong demolishes those concerns. He demolishes a lot in Bananza. It may resemble a Mario 64-style 3D platformer on the surface, with its themed worlds festooned with giant bananas to sniff out and collect, but DK’s fists show total disregard for the playground as built. All terrain is destructible. Mash the buttons and his powerful arms thump tunnels through hills, pound pristine lawns into muddy craters and tear up wodges of stone to swing as sledgehammers for even speedier landscaping. He is less a platforming mascot than a potassium-powered level editor. Continue reading...
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Gaming in their golden years: why millions of seniors are playing video games (Mon, 14 Jul 2025)
Adults over the age of 50 represent nearly a third of US gamers and are becoming more visible in the mainstream Michelle Statham’s preferred game is Call of Duty. It’s fast and frenetic, involving military and espionage campaigns inspired by real history. She typically spends six hours a day livestreaming to Twitch, chatting to her more than 110,000 followers from her home in Washington state. She boasts about how she’ll beat opponents, and says “bless your heart” while hurtling over rooftops to avoid clusterstrikes of enemy fire. When she’s hit, she “respawns” – or comes back to life at a checkpoint – and jumps right back into the fray. The military shooter game has a predominantly young male user base, but Statham’s Twitch handle is TacticalGramma – a nod to the 60-year-old’s two grandkids. Her lifelong gaming hobby has become an income stream (she prefers to keep her earnings private, but says she has raised “thousands” for charity), as well as a way to have fun, stay sharp and connect socially. Continue reading...
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‘The way a child plays is the way they live’: how therapists are using video games to help vulnerable children (Mon, 14 Jul 2025)
Minecraft and other creative games are becoming recognised as powerful means of self-expression and mental health support, including for traumatised Ukrainian refugees Oleksii Sukhorukov’s son was 12 when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. For months, the family existed in a state of trauma and disarray: Sukhorukov was forced to give up his work in the entertainment industry, which had included virtual reality and video games; they became isolated from friends and relatives. But amid the chaos, his boy had one outlet: Minecraft. Whatever was happening outside, he’d boot up Mojang’s block-building video game and escape. “After 24 February 2022, I began to see the game in a completely different light,” says Sukhorukov. I discovered that Ukrainian children were playing together online; some living under Russian occupation, others in government-controlled areas of the country that were the targets of regular missile attacks; some had already become refugees. And yet they were still able to play together, support one another, and build their own world. Isn’t that amazing? I wanted to learn more about how video games can be used for good.” Continue reading...
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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 review – a gnarly skating time capsule (Fri, 11 Jul 2025)
PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox, Nintendo Switch/Switch 2; Iron Galaxy Studios/ActivisionThis remake is a nostalgia fest of grabs, spins, flips and skids – and a stiff, even occasionally humiliating test of skill It’s almost insulting how easily this skating-game remake pushes my millennial nostalgia buttons. The second that Ace of Spades comes on over a montage of skaters on the title screen, I am forcefully yanked back to the early 00s, when I spent untold hours playing one Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game or another in the gross bedrooms of my teen-boy friends. More than 20 years later, I can almost smell the acrid lingering odour of Lynx body spray. In 2020, the first couple of Tony Hawk’s games were polished up and re-released as the first wave of Y2K nostalgia hit. The two games were packaged up as one, with consistent controls and a new look that preserved the grungy feel of the originals, and the same is true for 3+4: levels, skaters and parks from both 2001’s THPS3 and 2002’s THPS4 rock up here alongside newer stars of the sport (including Riley Hawk, son of the eponymous skating celebrity – I found this oddly touching). Continue reading...
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Poor Clare review – sassy spin on a medieval saint asks pithy questions (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Orange Tree theatre, London Casting two Netflix stars in this funny and astute modernisation of the life of Saint Clare of Assisi shows that the gulf between rich and poor never changes Chiara Atik’s play about Saint Clare of Assisi and her friendship with the often more celebrated Saint Francis takes its lead from the Netflix school of sassy history. The cast have American accents and could be high-schoolers clicking their fingers, despite the period dress. The drama archly positions club-land beats and contemporary phraseology (“cool”, “totally” “my social anxiety …”) alongside choral sounds and medieval monasticism. It is light on historical detail, heavy on humour and attitude. So it makes sense to cast two Netflix stars in this very modern spin on the Italian saints: Clare is played by Arsema Thomas, known for her TV role in Queen Charlotte (the Bridgerton spin-off) while Shadow and Bone actor, Freddy Carter, is the priggishly earnest Francis. Continue reading...
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‘I was censored for a long time’: the woman who photographed Chile’s sex workers and dissidents (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
From brothels to boxing rings, Paz Errázuriz’s tender images always challenged the Pinochet dictatorship. Now 81 years old – and ahead of a UK show – the spiky-haired artist recounts a career spent on the fringes When the Chilean photographer Paz Errázuriz showed her first photobook to a well-known society photographer of the day, he told her “look, a housewife will never be a photographer”. “That’s what he said!” she laughs. “Imagine … that was my beginning.” Today, aged 81, her work documenting life on the fringes of Chilean society sits in the collections of Tate Modern and MoMA in New York and in 2015 she represented Chile at the Venice Biennale. Continue reading...
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Sculpture in the City/Bloomberg Space review – folk horror bubbles up under towering icons of cash (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
New commissions on this enjoyable art trail from the Wilson sisters, Ai Weiwei and Andrew Sabin remind us that this part of London is full of echoes of ancient ritual Build anywhere in the City of London and you will have archaeologists watching every move your bulldozer makes, so best work with them. When Bloomberg planned its European headquarters it incorporated the ancient Roman Temple of Mithras in a basement, displaying finds made during the pre-construction dig in a gallery that also shows contemporary art. Now Newcastle-born twins Jane and Louise Wilson have taken a long hard look at four of those finds, wooden posts or stakes that are about 2,000 years old. It’s thought they supported an ancient crossing over the River Walbrook. Are they Roman, or even pre-Roman? Part of their response appears as a surreal swarming world they depict under two escalators outside another City landmark, the Leadenhall Building – AKA the Cheesegrater (the rest is in a simultaneous free exhibition at Bloomberg Space). The Wilsons have plastered prints on the undersides of its entrance escalators bubbling with brews of sinister life that look like multiple eyes or frogspawn. In fact, these clouds of watery mutants are vastly enlarged images of the microscopic creatures that they saw, with the help of Danish and British archaeologists, inside the four Walbrook crossing posts. Continue reading...
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The Railway Children review – a real steam train is the spectacular star (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, West Yorkshire Stupendous set design brings E Nesbit’s children’s classic to new life as a wealthy Anglo-Indian family is forced to adjust to reduced life in Yorkshire in this irresistible adaptation This site-specific experience begins with a ride on a stream train. Audiences travel to a purpose-built auditorium inside an engine shed at Oxenhope station. It is a delightful mood-setter to Mike Kenny’s adaptation of E Nesbit’s 1905 novel, which premiered in 2008. It is back on the road, this time chugging its way along the same five-mile line comprising the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway on which the Green Dragon travelled in Lionel Jeffries’ iconic 1970 film. Inside the shed, the impressive stagecraft arrests the senses over the story of Roberta (Farah Ashraf), Peter (Raj Digva) and Phyllis (Jessica Kaur), the children forced out of their well-to-do London home and into a shambling house by the tracks in Yorkshire, after their father (Paul Hawkyard) is wrongly imprisoned. Continue reading...
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‘This is going to be a real hatchet job, isn’t it?’ Janet Street-Porter on ‘bitchiness’, backstabbing and her remarkable career (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
One of the giants of British media, Street-Porter is a regular on Loose Women, a former TV executive, newspaper editor and author – and about to launch a one-woman stage show. She talks about love, regrets and her fury with her late mother Janet Street-Porter is the straight-talker’s straight talker. Nobody says it how it is quite like her, whether she’s talking about how she “hated” her mother, tried to kill her sister or cheated on her four ex-husbands. The former TV executive, newspaper editor, author and Loose Women regular is now going on the road with a one-woman show called Off the Leash. To be fair, she’s never been on it. Street-Porter’s website heralds her as “the nation’s favourite pissed-off pensioner” and promises that, with the new show, “in the words of her good friend Elton … ‘the bitch is back!’” We meet at a restaurant she has booked in west London. When I get there, she’s already perusing the menu and eavesdropping on the couple behind us. “That man behind us is very irritating,” she stage-whispers. “He’s giving this woman advice about making friends.” My back is to him. What does he look like, I ask. She sticks two fingers down her throat and makes a gagging noise. Continue reading...
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David Boyle obituary (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Political economist and author who promoted ideas such as time banks and community sharing In his 1989 book Building Futures, David Boyle, who has died aged 67 from complications linked to Parkinson’s, argued that mainstream economics was failing cities and a new localism could save them. This emphasis on communities rather than large-scale centralised development tied in with the broad theme that David saw as running through his work: “The importance of human-scale institutions over centralised ones, human imagination over dull rationalism, and the human spirit over technocratic reduction.” Funny Money: In Search of Alternative Cash (1999) explored local economic systems found mainly on a journey through the US. Exchanging services within community systems run by volunteers can be facilitated through “time banks”. The idea of the “time dollar”, representing one hour of help, whether grocery shopping or preparing a tax return, was popularised by the Washington law professor Edgar Cahn. Continue reading...
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Humble peasants … or an odyssey of sex and death? The Millet masterpiece that electrified modern art (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Van Gogh saw compassion for the rural worker; Dalí saw phalluses and a child’s grave. As The Angelus comes to the UK, our critic celebrates a painting so deep it could even induce hallucinations It was Salvador Dalí who turned a small, intense rural scene called The Angelus, painted by Jean-François Millet in 1857-59 and hugely popular in its day, into a totem of modern art. In the original, a pious peasant couple have heard the Angelus bell from a distant church, the Catholic call to prayer, and paused their work digging potatoes to lower their heads and pray. But from Dalí’s writings, we know he saw far more in the painting, from obscene sex to family tragedy. In one of his many versions of it, Atavism at Twilight, the couple sprout agricultural implements from their bodies. In his surreal drawings these good country people become mouldering, mummified husks, or are transformed into fossils by time and sadness. Now that the original painting is being lent by the Musée d’Orsay to the National Gallery as the star of its forthcoming show Millet: Life on the Land, we will all get a chance to obsess over this innocent-seeming artwork. Continue reading...
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‘I threw it in the bin with everything else he gave me’: the mix tapes that defined our lives (Wed, 16 Jul 2025)
In heart-tugging drama Mix Tape, two ex-lovers are thrown back together with the music they wooed each other with 20 years earlier. Here, writers dig out their most treasured tapes and CDs full of meaning, mishaps and mega-tunes ‘Nails the heart-stopping excitement of new love’: Lucy Mangan’s review of Mix Tape At 18 my go-to albums were Dog Man Star, His ’n’ Hers and a mix tape called Really, Basically, In a Sort of a Way, Volume 1. Named after the mutterings of a particularly long-winded lecturer, it was the first of many TDK D60s – always the same brand! – from my mate Pat. We had met at our university’s registration day a few weeks earlier and would be friends for more than 20 years until his death in 2018. By then he’d not only been on staff at the NME – teenage Pat’s dream job – but also written a book about its history. Continue reading...
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You be the judge: should my flatmate start using the spice rack I made? (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Murad doesn’t want to sniff-test every unlabelled jar, while Alex is tired of their chaotic shared cupboard. You decide who needs to chilli out • Find out how to get a disagreement settled or become a juror I haven’t labelled the jars, but you can just sniff each spice and work out which is which I want ease and functionality. I don’t want to try to solve a puzzle every time I make a curry Continue reading...
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Freewheeling family fun in the Netherlands: a cycling and camping trip along the Maas river (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
The Maasroute is the ideal entry-level, multiday bike trip for young children – flat with plenty of riverside cafes, family-friendly campsites and ice-cream stops en route As early as I can remember, I’ve always got a thrill out of poring over a map, tracing wavy river lines with my fingers, roads that connect and borders that divide – all the routes I could take. The freedom of heading out on my bike and not knowing where I’m going to pitch my tent that night. Now that my children are aged seven and nine, I wanted to introduce them to the liberation of this kind of adventure. They adore a day out on their bikes, but this was to be our first multiday bike trip as a family of four, so it was crucial to find a route easy and fun enough to captivate them. The Maasroute follows the course of the Maas River as it meanders for 300 miles (484km) through the Netherlands, from the inland city of Maastricht to the Hook of Holland, then loops back to Rotterdam. It forms part of the much longer Meuse cycle route (EuroVelo 19) that stretches from the source of the Maas (or Meuse as it’s known in France) on the Langres plateau, travelling through the French and Belgian Ardennes before crossing into the Netherlands. Continue reading...
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The best moisturising lip balms to hydrate and protect your lips (Wed, 16 Jul 2025)
Whether your lips are dry, chapped, sunburnt or just in need of some glow, there’s a top-rated lip balm to suit every skincare need • The best sunscreens for summer: Sali Hughes’s 57 favourite face and body SPFs Your lips may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about skincare, but they’re just as important to look after. That’s partly because the skin on your lips is thinner, making them more susceptible to dryness, peeling and even burning. It can be tempting to pick the bargain option at the checkout, but not all balms are created equal. Choosing the right one can be tricky – your summer lip balm should be different from your winter lip balm, for example. Best lip balm overall:Biossance Pro-Peptide Lip Perfector £9 at Sephora Best budget lip balm:Vaseline Lip Therapy Original £2.49 at Superdrug Best lip balm for dry lips:Aquaphor Lip Repair £5.67 at iHerb Best SPF lip balm:Blistex Ultra lip balm SPF50+ £2.20 at Notino Best natural lip balm:UpCircle lip balm £11.99 at UpCircle Continue reading...
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Tangy kimchi, bad ice-cream and good eggs: my tests for the food filter have changed how I shop (Mon, 14 Jul 2025)
Tasting the good and the bad for the Filter; summer spritzes for aperitivo hour; and the perfect fans for keeping cool • Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up here My favourite scene in the film Ratatouille is when Remy the rat tastes strawberries and cheese. Closing his eyes, he takes a bite … and it’s fireworks. Like Remy, I’m a food lover: I’m a chef and recipe developer, writer and campaigner for a better food system, and have worked on farms and in kitchens, from River Cottage to Noma, for 25 years. Recently, I’ve been testing different supermarket staples for the food filter. Tasting 10 of each, I’ve rated everything from kimchi (as an avid fermenter, my favourite so far) to mayonnaise – 70 products in all. Vanilla ice-cream (coming up next week) was my least favourite: at least 50% of it was ultra-processed rubbish not even worthy of the name. It gave me stomach ache. The best men’s suits under £400: 14 favourites for every occasion (and how to style them) The best period pants, tried and tested for comfort, style and absorbency Panda Hybrid Bamboo mattress review: a stylish, supportive hybrid that keeps cool on balmy nights The best camping stoves for cooking like a pro in the wild, tested Continue reading...
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Gifts for teachers, picked by teachers: 34 ideas they’ll genuinely love (Sun, 13 Jul 2025)
We asked teachers for their all-time favourite end-of-year gifts, from the surprisingly useful to the deeply meaningful • From biscuits to plants: 20 easy gifts so good we buy them on repeat What do you buy the person who has helped to mould the mind, life and future prospects of your beloved child every school day for the past year? No pressure. We spoke to 17 teachers from around the country to find out what they would really like as end-of-year gifts. Many of them receive alcohol and chocolates on repeat, but from plants and tote bags to flying lessons (yes, really), here’s what they might actually like to receive. Continue reading...
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The best camping stoves for cooking like a pro in the wild, tested (Fri, 11 Jul 2025)
Forget soggy sandwiches! From pocket-sized burners to multi-hob wonders, these camping stoves came top in our tests • The best camping mattresses and sleeping mats for every type of adventure A reliable camping stove makes all the difference to food alfresco, allowing you to cook a stew in the evening and then warm up in the morning with a hot cup of coffee. The great thing about these stoves is that they’re essentially portable hobs, meaning anything you can cook on the stove at home can be whipped up in the great outdoors by sticking a pot or frying pan on top. There’s a dizzying variety on offer, ranging from dinky ultralight burners that fit into your pocket to big stove-tops with multiple hobs, grills, wind protectors and a lid – the latter are like bringing along your cooker from home. Most run on gas, such as propane and butane, although I’ve also included charcoal options for traditional types. I’ve tested some of the best portable stoves, for everyone from ultralight wild campers to families who need to cook dinners for the masses. Best camping stove overall: Dometic Cadac 2 Cook 2 Pro£99.99 at Robert Dyas Best grill:Primus Kuchoma portable grill £154.95 at WildBounds Best for family camping:Campingaz Camping Kitchen 2 Multi-Cook Plus £160 at Go Outdoors Best for wild campers:Petromax Atago stove £179.95 at Mountain Warehouse Best for backpacking/best mini stoveMSR Switch system stove£114.75 at WildBounds Continue reading...
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The search for the drink of summer 2025 is over – and it’s Lonkero (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Sorry, BuzzBallz, spicy paloma, Hugo spritz, Suntory –196 and Tiramibru, but nothing hits the spot like gin mixed with grapefruit soda Ideally, to qualify for the title, the drink of the summer – like the song of the summer – should be obvious and undeniable, emerging some time in mid-June before spreading, as though on the breeze, to be inescapable by August. You should have never even heard of this beverage before the temperature hits 20C, then you shouldn’t be able to imagine life without it. You might return to it years later, and even enjoy it – but it should never hit quite the same way as it did that first summer it was everywhere. Continue reading...
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Why summer’s a time to pass the port | Hannah Crosbie on drinks (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
When the sun’s out, try using port as a mixer and surprise yourself with a port tonic or any number of citrus punches Some drinks are so inexorably tied up with specific seasons and circumstances that it’s hard to imagine them anywhere else. Like bumping into a teacher outside school or witnessing someone take off their shoes during a flight. It’s legal, sure, but there’s always a moment of deep discomfort and confusion before acceptance. And that’s pretty much how I imagine many people feel about drinking port in summer. Or, indeed, at any time of the day that isn’t evening, or served alongside anything that isn’t an intriguing, veiny cheese. Consider Porto, the city responsible for bringing the drink to the rest of the world – do you think that, when the temperatures creep up, everyone there stops drinking the stuff? No, they find new ways to enjoy it. Improvise, adapt, overcome. Continue reading...
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Rachel Roddy’s recipe for courgette, goat’s cheese and lemon risotto | A kitchen in Rome (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Risotto all’onda is wonderfully fluid, creamy and cheesy As Venice braced itself recently for another wedding, I had been thinking back to last September, when Adriana and Thom exchanged vows in the cavernous cool of the boathouse belonging to Burano’s rowing club. Following the ceremony, the double doors were opened wide, so friends and family could line the ramp all the way to the edge of the lagoon. There, standing majestically at the end of a green gondola, was Adriana’s childhood friend Giulia, a champion of voga Veneta, or Venetian rowing, ready to take the couple to the other side of the island for lunch. While Giulia rowed Adriana and Thom around the island, the rest of us walked across it to Trattoria Da Romano, where Adriana’s family have celebrated for lifetimes, and it was completely given over to our euphoric wedding party. I am sure I would remember all seven courses (several of which involved more than one dish) even if I didn’t have the menu memento stuck to our fridge with a cat magnet. What I remember most vividly, though, is the fish risotto, because Adriana told me to get near enough the kitchen door to see how energetically the chefs beat it, and how soft and rippling the texture was. Continue reading...
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How to turn fruit and veg scraps into a delicious cake – recipe | Waste not (Wed, 16 Jul 2025)
Many naturally sweet vegetable odds and ends might seem destined for the compost, but they could also be repurposed and pressed into service as a fancy cake To celebrate 10 years of writing for the Guardian and seven years of this column, I thought it would be fitting to bake a cake inspired by where Waste Not began: my food compost bin. I looked through the fridge and raw compost bin, and found some squash, carrots, apples, cucumber ends, a knob of ginger and a woody stick of lemongrass; I even considered a red cabbage leaf, but decided that brassicas are best kept out of the baking tin. The compost bin is more than a place for leftovers, it’s a source of inspiration, as well as a way to reflect on what we waste; it can even guide us towards cooking more resourcefully and creatively. Continue reading...
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My friends made plans without me – is it weird to invite myself? (Wed, 16 Jul 2025)
New research has shed light on the psychology of ‘self-invitation’, and why people hold back from asking to join others’ plans I’m at the pub with my friend, catching up over drinks, when her friend walks in – let’s call her Clara. Clara mentions the party she’s throwing next weekend. Our mutual friend is counting down the days, but it’s news to me. I’m an adult. Why do I regress under my parents’ roof? I like my own company. But do I spend too much time alone? People say you’ll know – but will I regret not having children? Continue reading...
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Dining across the divide: ‘She felt people had become hypersexualised – I don’t think the solution is to go completely the other way’ (Sun, 13 Jul 2025)
A teacher in London and a student in Margate had differing views on feminism and intimacy outside of marriage – could they find some common ground over sex workers? Jo, 38, London Occupation Teacher Continue reading...
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The kindness of strangers: she bought a new sim card for my mum and installed it on her phone (Sun, 13 Jul 2025)
Dad was in hospital in Spain; Mum couldn’t speak Spanish and didn’t know how to contact me, so I reached out to an expat community on Facebook Read more in the kindness of strangers series One week before I was due to fly to Sweden to see my son get married, I got a frantic, jumbled message from Mum. My elderly parents were desperate to attend the big wedding but as they were both in their 80s, they’d decided it would be more comfortable to take a cruise ship from Australia to Europe than to fly. They’d set off two months before the rest of us. Mum’s message asked me to call her. “We’re being thrown off the ship,” she wrote. “Your father’s in an ambulance – I think it’s pneumonia. We’re somewhere in Spain.” Continue reading...
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Blind date: ‘I took a bathroom break and when I returned she had already asked for the bill’ (Sat, 12 Jul 2025)
Rebecca, 70, a company director, meets Michael, 71, a supporting artist (extra) What were you hoping for? An interesting and sparky guy who had similar tastes and interests, and a sense of fun. Continue reading...
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Anger over Santander charging for business accounts it said would be ‘free for ever’ (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Exclusive: Thousands of small business owners face charges of £9.99 a month from October despite previous written guarantee Santander customers have accused the bank of misrepresentation after it announced it would start charging for business accounts it had promised were “free for ever”. Thousands of small business owners have been informed they face charges of £9.99 a month from October despite a written guarantee that they would never incur fees. The free accounts were withdrawn for new customers in 2011. Continue reading...
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What to do if your driving licence is either lost or stolen (Wed, 16 Jul 2025)
From contacting police, to applying for a replacement, to keeping an eye on bank accounts, be sure to act quickly to protect all your personal details Mislaying your driving licence, or having it stolen, can be a real hassle and leave you vulnerable to fraud, so it is important to act quickly to protect your personal information. Contact your local police station or call 101 to report a stolen full or provisional licence. They will then give you a crime reference number. This can be important if your licence is used for fraudulent activity later on. If you’ve misplaced it, this isn’t a necessary step, but can be a good idea if you think there’s a chance it might have been stolen. Apply for a replacement licence through the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) website if you are in England, Scotland and Wales (or the DVA in Northern Ireland), or by phone and post. If you are applying by post, you will need to complete and send the D1 application for a driving licence form, which is available from most post offices. You can also apply by phone, but only if you have a photocard driving licence and none of your details have changed. A new licence costs £20. Keep an eye on your bank accounts for any suspicious activity, just in case your licence is being used for identity theft. It is a good idea to notify your bank, too, so they can flag any suspicious activity. Consider getting identity theft protection if you are worried about fraud. These services monitor your credit for any unusual activity. You can apply for protective registration with Cifas, the UK’s fraud prevention service – this costs £30 for two years. Experian’s Identity Plus offers a similar service – it’s free for 30 days and £10.99 a month after. In the UK you are allowed to drive while you wait for a new licence to arrive. Make a record of your new driving licence number – it’s the unique 16-character code that can be found underneath the licence’s expiry date. Keep it in a secure place, to avoid losing it, or having it stolen again. If the police pull you over while driving, you’re allowed up to a week to take your licence into your local police station, so you don’t need to carry it on you at all times. Set up alerts for your bank accounts to stay ahead of any large or unusual transactions, and be extra cautious with your personal details in the future. If you find your old licence after you’ve applied for, or received, a new one, you need to return it to the DVLA with a note explaining what has happened. You can find the address on the Gov.uk website. Continue reading...
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Get in gear for driving from the UK to mainland Europe (Tue, 15 Jul 2025)
From checking documents and what you may need to carry to factoring in motorway tolls and how to pay them If you are driving your own car to mainland Europe this year, there are plenty of things to think about in addition to how you are going to fit all your stuff in the vehicle. Continue reading...
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O2 decided my phone order was fraud and shut my account (Mon, 14 Jul 2025)
And Three failed to make any of the right connections over a reported fraud I placed an order for a new phone with O2, with which I have had an account since 2003. After the handset was dispatched, a text from O2 told me it was thought to be a fraudulent order, the package was recalled mid-transit and my account was locked. Continue reading...
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Is it true that … it’s harder to build muscle mass and strength as you age? (Mon, 14 Jul 2025)
Getting fit can be more difficult as you grow older, but a few tweaks to aerobic and resistance training can have a positive impact and reduce the risk of disease ‘Your muscles become less responsive to exercise with age,” says Professor Leigh Breen, an expert in skeletal muscle physiology and metabolism at Birmingham University. “It’s not as easy to gain muscle and strength as when you were younger.” But that doesn’t mean it’s not worth the effort. “The idea that exercise becomes pointless past a certain age is simply wrong,” he says. “Everyone responds to structured exercise. You may not build as much visible muscle, but strength, cardiovascular health, brain function and protection against non-transmittable disease all improve.” Continue reading...
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The fascinating science of pain – and why everyone feels it differently (Sun, 13 Jul 2025)
Do you scream when you stub your toe? Could you play a grand final with a shattered jaw, or work all day as your belly fills with blood? When it comes to suffering, perspective is everything Some say it was John Sattler’s own fault. The lead-up to the 1970 rugby league grand final had been tense; the team he led, the South Sydney Rabbitohs, had lost the 1969 final. Here was an opportunity for redemption. The Rabbitohs were not about to let glory slip through their fingers again. Soon after the starting whistle, Sattler went in for a tackle. As he untangled – in a move not uncommon in the sport at the time – he gave the Manly Sea Eagles’ John Bucknall a clip on the ear. Continue reading...
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Microdosing: how ‘off-label’ use of weight loss jabs is spreading from US to UK (Sat, 12 Jul 2025)
Private clinics offer reduced doses of GLP-1 drugs such as Mounjaro to clients outside usual market, but some people are wary A slim woman standing in a kitchen injects herself in the abdomen. Another jogs. A third kneels on a yoga mat drinking water. The shots are intercut with a doctor telling the viewer: “Usually it’s for people who don’t actually have that much to lose – it’s a bit of a gentler way to get to your target weight.” The promotional video is from a private clinic in Leicester offering “microdosing”, the latest trend in the weight loss jab revolution. Continue reading...
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Don’t ‘power pee’ – but do grab a mirror: 13 easy, effective ways to protect your pelvic floor (Tue, 08 Jul 2025)
It can often seem taboo to discuss these muscles, but they are essential to the wellbeing of both men and women. Experts discuss how to prevent and treat any problems In the UK, a third of women will experience urinary incontinence, and there is a risk for men, too. How can you prevent and treat it? Pelvic floor experts share the best techniques to keep the “forgotten muscle” functioning well. Continue reading...
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Sali Hughes on beauty: I’ve got a real problem with neck creams. Here’s why … (Wed, 16 Jul 2025)
Collagen-boosting retinoids and antioxidants do hold their own south of the chin, but ensure you lather on sunscreen first and foremost If you’ve ever kindly searched for a recommendation of a neck cream from me, then you’ll know there are virtually none on record. This is because, despite so many being marketed in my direction and so many requests for a column about the best of them, I am consistently grumpy about neck products on principle. I certainly don’t neglect my own neck in my routine, and encourage anyone engaged in their appearance to take good care of their entire skin, scalp to toe. And I can obviously understand why people seek out a specialist neck treatment when they notice changes in firmness and texture on the throat. But skin doesn’t become different when it passes the jawline, it responds in the same way to TLC as the face, so I can see few good reasons for spending extra money. The things we know can help produce collagen lost on the face and neck as we age, naturally or prematurely, are retinoids and, to a lesser degree, antioxidants like vitamin C. So I use these on my face and neck (usually at both ends of the day). Continue reading...
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Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: How to switch to holiday mode? Easy, get a bag big enough for a book and a beach towel (Mon, 14 Jul 2025)
Time to sign out of your Work Bag, sling a straw basket bag over your shoulder and feel your pulse slow down Is there any point putting an out of office on your emails when you go on holiday any more? “I won’t have access to emails.” Yeah, right. Sorry, you aren’t fooling anyone: no one goes on holiday without their phone in 2025. Your office know perfectly well that if you don’t answer emails, they can still reach you by text or direct message. Even, theoretically, by actually calling you, although obviously that won’t happen because that’s another thing that no one does in 2025. Tweak your out of office message as much as you like – you might as well stick your fingers in your ears. No, the best way to set your brain to holiday mode is by signing out of your Work Bag. Swapping the bag you take on your daily commute for a free-and-easy alternative is more effective as a psychological gear change than logging out of your emails. In day-to-day life, I change handbags as rarely as possible, the potential for leaving keys in an inside pocket and getting locked out being just too real. But when you get home after work and you aren’t going back for a week or two, there is something very pleasing about marking that moment by throwing away leaky pens, marvelling at how you managed to accumulate 14 hairbands, and then shaking the bag over the bin and feeling disproportionately thrilled when a pound coin falls out. Stashing the bag – with your office pass inside – is very out of sight and out of mind. Continue reading...
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‘This summer’s story’: sitcom Too Much gives nighties a starring role (Sat, 12 Jul 2025)
Nightdresses are set to follow pyjamas out of the bedroom as daywear, with sales up on the UK high street In the first episode of Lena Dunham’s new Netflix sitcom Too Much, viewers might be taken with cameos from Dunham, Jessica Alba and the model Emily Ratajkowski, or the burgeoning romance between Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe. But – as far as fashion is concerned – it’s nighties that have a starring role. Early in the episode, Stalter wears a short frilled red nightie, with her dog in a matching design. Later, she wears a white frilled floor-length design, and it’s clear the item is something of a signature. If it’s a cute quirk for a character, it’s also in line with wider trends. Continue reading...
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How TikTok’s ‘#morningshed’ went viral (Fri, 11 Jul 2025)
Are people applying layers of products, masks and tape to their faces at bedtime following a beneficial beauty trend, or is the practice problematic? The women in the videos begin by liberally applying layers of skincare products. Then come the sheet masks: two under the eyes, one across the whole face, and perhaps another for the neck. A silk bonnet is placed over the hair, a chinstrap wraps the jaw and, as a final touch, a cartoonish, lip-shaped sticker is placed over the mouth, sealing it shut. And that’s the simplified version. Welcome to the tyranny of #morningshed, the viral TikTok trend in which creators apply multiple, increasingly absurd layers of skincare products, masks and accessories before bed, hoping to uncover a flawless complexion when they peel them away the following morning. We aren’t talking about the (comparatively simple) serums and essences that made up the once-popular 12-step Korean-inspired routines. Now, it’s chinstraps to “lift” the jawline, hydrogel masks infused with “ultra-low molecular collagen” to smooth, and adhesive tape applied to the skin to restrict wrinkling. I was going to liken it to Patrick Bateman’s morning routine in American Psycho, but having rewatched that scene, his gel cleanser, exfoliating scrub and face mask ritual feels decidedly lower maintenance. Continue reading...
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Foodie Finland: the best restaurants and cafes in Helsinki (Wed, 16 Jul 2025)
Finns’ deep affinity with nature is blossoming in its restaurants, where a new generation of chefs are fusing local wild produce with more exotic flavours – all at reasonable prices Unexpectedly, porridge is a Finnish obsession, available in petrol stations, schools and on national airline flights. But Helsinki’s gastronomic offerings are a lot wilder, featuring reindeer, moose, pike perch, salmon soup, herring, seaweed – and even bear meat. And from summer into autumn, Finns’ deep affinity with nature blossoms, fusing local organic produce with foraged berries and mushrooms. This inspires menus to feature whimsical fusions of textures and flavours, all straight from the land. Garlanded with superlatives, from “friendliest” and “happiest” to “world’s most sustainable city”, this breezy Nordic capital is fast catching up on its foodie neighbours. Enriched by immigrant chefs, the youthful, turbocharged culinary scene now abounds in excellent mid-range restaurants with affordable tasting menus – although wine prices are steep (from €10/£8.60 for a 120ml glass). Vegan and vegetarian alternatives are omnipresent, as are non-alcoholic drinks, many berry based. Tips are unnecessary, aesthetics pared down, locals unostentatious and dining starts early, at 5pm. And, this being Finland, you can digest your meal in a sauna, whether at an island restaurant (Lonna) or high in the sky on the Ferris wheel (SkySauna). Continue reading...
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The valleys of the Dolomites: exploring Italy’s new network of wild trails (Tue, 15 Jul 2025)
The Via delle Valli is a series of 50 trails aiming to tempt mountain-lovers away from the region’s hotspots and towards lesser-charted country Thick white cloud hangs outside the windows of Rifugio Segantini, a mountain hut 2,373 metres up in the Italian Alps. But it is shifting, revealing glimpses of the majestic Brenta Dolomites before us: a patch of snow here, a craggy peak there. The view is tantalising, and a couple of times I have run outside in a kind of peekaboo farce to see the full display, only for it to pass behind clouds again. The refuge – cosy, wooden-clad and packed with hikers – is named after the Italian landscape painter Giovanni Segantini, who was inspired by these mountains. His portrait hangs on the walls and his name is embroidered on the lace curtains. A simple stone building with blue and white shutters in Val d’Amola, the refuge is dwarfed by its rugged surrounds, with Trentino’s highest peak, the snow-capped 3,556-metre Presanella, as a backdrop. The entries in the guestbook are entirely by locals. Continue reading...
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A hidden delight on Turkey’s Turquoise Coast: my cabin stay amid olive trees and mountains (Mon, 14 Jul 2025)
Where his family once farmed on a wild fringe of the Lycian shoreline, one man has built his dream retreat Aged seven or eight, planting onions on his father’s land above Kabak Bay, Fatih Canözü saw his first foreigner. Before the road came in 1980, his village on the jagged coast of south-west Turkey’s Lycia region was extremely remote, isolated by steep valleys and mountains plunging into the sea. It took his family two days to get to the city of Fethiye on winding donkey tracks, to sell their apricots, vegetables and honey at the market. Despite his shock at seeing the outside world intrude for the first time, Canözü remembers thinking even then that tourism was the future. Four decades on and having trained as a chef, Canözü has not only built a restaurant and 14 tourist cabins in Kabak, he has married a foreigner too: a former Middle East correspondent from England, who came here to research a novel and ended up falling in love. Now they are raising their family on this wild fringe of Anatolia’s Turquoise Coast, a region that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founding father of the Republic of Turkey, is said to have called the most beautiful in the country. Continue reading...
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Lucky dips: a rail tour of Slovakia’s best spa towns (Sun, 13 Jul 2025)
Slovakia is gaining an international reputation as a hot spring haven, offering affordable and high-quality spa treatments in breathtaking buildings ‘Centuries ago people used to say, ‘In three days the Piešťany water will either heal you or kill you.’” My guide Igor Paulech is showing me around Spa Island – a hot-spring haven in the middle of the Váh River that runs through Piešťany, Slovakia’s most prestigious spa town. Just an hour north of Bratislava by train, the town and its spa-populated island are packed with grand art nouveau and art deco buildings. There’s a faint aroma of sulphur in the air as Igor paces ahead, past peacocks and ponds full of lilies, imparting his home town’s history. The hot water that springs from beneath the island sandbank has created what we’re all here for: a blueish medicinal mud that’s rich in hydrogen sulphide and sulphur. Continue reading...
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Sage iPhone for children review: ‘Would it make me want to divorce my parents?’ (Wed, 16 Jul 2025)
As a 16-year-old I can tell you that teenagers will feel disconnected using this internet-safe smartphone • Internet-safe iPhone for children goes on sale for £99 a month I was intrigued to find out how this would work but a bit freaked out too. I use my iPhone non-stop: four hours each day during school terms; eight during holidays. Snapchat matters most, but I’m often following friends on TikTok and Instagram. The prospect of not having access to any apps or the internet was just “ugh”. Part of me wanted to scream at the thought of being cut off by this Sage phone. Would it make me want to divorce my parents? Continue reading...
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Drowning in admin? 14 productivity hacks to regain control of your diary, inbox – and life (Wed, 16 Jul 2025)
No one knows more about admin than administrators. They share their top tips, from ‘eating the frog’ to drawing up a ‘ta-da’ list Some of us are utterly hopeless with admin, others so good they do it for a living. What are the best ways to get your working life under control? Administrators share their productivity tips and efficiency hacks. Continue reading...
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I traded booze for THC drinks. But are there hidden risks? (Tue, 15 Jul 2025)
Giving up alcohol changed my life, but I wanted to know whether cannabis cocktails were too good to be true Mark Zuckerberg, a billionaire, has said he avoids substances like caffeine because he likes “rawdogging” reality. I, on the other hand, do not. I mean, have you seen reality lately? For most of my adult life, alcohol has been my preferred way to take the edge off. But, like a lot of other people, I got older and realized regular drinking was not doing me any favours. Last year, I experimented with “intermittent sobriety”, taking months off here and there. It helped, but it was also easy to slip back into bad habits. Continue reading...
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Dad has never been afraid to bargain. The day I bought my car, I saw a master at work (Tue, 15 Jul 2025)
My father wanted me to feel satisfied with my purchase. He also thinks I’m stupid with salespeople, liable to say and pay too much Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email I was nine when Dad first gave me the advice that would be a golden thread, a parable of wisdom conveying all his hard-earned knowledge in a few words. He had just finished a long week at the mixed business we owned in the city, and we were at Menai Marketplace in Sydney’s south for a very special purchase. I was desperate for a PlayStation 1. I pointed at the Big W price tag and asked: “Dad, is this expensive?” Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...
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Guilt Trip: pilots torn between flight and the fight for the planet - documentary (Thu, 10 Jul 2025)
Commercial pilots George Hibberd and Todd Smith grapple with the reality of their dream jobs, torn between childhood ambitions of flying and the impact of their industry on the world beneath them. From the cockpit, they witness first-hand the climate crisis unfolding below and decide to take drastic measures. As part of Safe Landing, a community of aviation workers who want the industry to do better for the climate, they begin to transform their eco-anxiety and guilt into action. With an estimated 1.2 million passengers in the sky at any time, they ask when will society confront the urgent need to reimagine aviation - before it's too late To read more on how former Easyjet pilot George Hibberd thinks the aviation industry can be transformed, click here. Continue reading...
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How Trump’s anti-immigrant policies could collapse the US food industry – visualized (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
The president is threatening to deport essential farm workers, grocery clerks and food delivery drivers. But without them, shelves could go empty and prices could soar The Trump administration’s assault on immigrants is starting to hit the American food supply. In Texas, farmers who have for years depended on undocumented people for cheap labor – to plant, harvest and haul produce – have reported that workers are staying home to avoid raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice). In Los Angeles, restaurants and food trucks have been forced to close as the immigrants who cook and wait tables fear Ice and other law enforcement. Continue reading...
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Trump goes to war with Maga over Epstein files – podcast (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Donald Trump really wants people to stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein, but his Maga base, including some prominent commentators such as Laura Loomer, want his administration to ‘release the files’. Jonathan Freedland speaks to Ali Breland of the Atlantic about the tricky situation the US president finds himself in Archive: ABC News, CBS News, PBS, NBC News, KVUE, Theo Von podcast, Benny Johnson podcast, CBC The National, After Party podcast Continue reading...
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‘When that data falls into the hands of the Taliban it will lead to my arrest, torture and death’ (Wed, 16 Jul 2025)
Afghans exposed in 2022 UK data breach fear for their own and their families’ safety and say it is a betrayal by country they risked their lives for • Afghan nationals: have you arrived in the UK under the ARR? Here are the voices of Afghans whose details were included in a 2022 data leak, which was made public on Tuesday after a superinjunction was lifted. All names have been changed. Azizullah Continue reading...
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Parents and teachers: tell us your views on changes to special education needs support in England (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
We want to hear from parents and teachers in England about the government’s plans to overhaul the Send support system The government is facing another political battle as backbench MPs, campaigners and parents have voiced concern at plans to overhaul support in England for children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities (Send). The education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, aims to remodel special needs provision, as the numbers of children and young people requiring Send support is reaching record levels and exhausting school and council budgets. Government proposals are expected as part of a schools white paper due in October. If you’re having trouble using the form click here. Read terms of service here and privacy policy here. Continue reading...
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Afghan nationals: have you arrived in the UK under the Afghanistan Response Route? (Tue, 15 Jul 2025)
We would like to hear from Afghans who have arrived or are due to arrive in the UK under the Afghanistan Response Route Thousands of Afghans have been relocated to the UK under a secret government scheme following a data leak. Personal information about more than 33,000 Afghans seeking relocation to the UK after the Taliban takeover was released in error by a defence official. Fears that the individuals named would be at risk from reprisals from the Taliban led the last government to set up a secret relocation scheme, the Afghanistan Response Route (ARR), involving 20,000 people. Continue reading...
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Tell us about the mix tape that defined your life (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
We would like to hear about your memories of the mix tapes that helped shape your life In the new TV drama Mix Tape, two ex-lovers are thrown back together with the music they played to each other 20 years earlier. With this in mind, we would like to hear about your mix tape memories. Did you have a treasured tape or CD that defined your life? Guardian writers have shared theirs; now you can tell us about yours – and share pictures – below. Continue reading...
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Share your experience of being married five times or more (Mon, 24 Mar 2025)
We’d like to hear from those who have tied the knot several times and what they learned from each marriage The Guardian’s Saturday magazine is looking to speak to people who have been married five times, or more, for a feature about love and commitment. What motivated you to keep tying the knot? What lessons did each marriage teach you? We’re interested in publishing honest, hopeful stories about people who refuse to give up on love. Continue reading...
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Britain’s forests need help to adapt to the changing climate | Letters (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
With ancient woodlands failing to regenerate, Alastair Collier recommends new forestry methods that could help build resilience. Meawhile, Martin Cooper wonders why his garden wants to become a forest Your article paints a bleak picture of the challenges facing reforestation in the UK (In some UK woodlands, every young tree has died. What’s going wrong? 10 July). The failure of natural regeneration – driven by drought, heat, disease and deer grazing – is not just a crisis for ancient woodlands, it’s a stark warning for the future of all UK forestry. This ecological breakdown reveals a fundamental flaw in our current approach: we are too focused on the number of saplings in the ground and not enough on their long-term resilience. Whether through natural regeneration or new planting schemes, tree survival must be the priority. With mortality rates increasing by 90%, as the article highlights, it’s clear that traditional methods are no longer fit for purpose in a changing climate. Continue reading...
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Resident doctors’ pay demands won’t get the public on side | Letters (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Dr Ieuan Davies urges junior doctors to highlight more reasonable issues such as their debt and compulsory overtime. Plus letters from Prof Anthony Seaton, Martin Empson and Dr Nicholas Rose I agree with Wes Streeting that the forthcoming five-day strike by resident doctors in England is “completely unreasonable” (Resident doctors accused of ‘greedy’ pay demands before Streeting talks, 17 July). It is less than a year since their last pay dispute was settled, following a bitter war that lasted 18 months. Patient care suffered again and again. Tactically propagated via targeted social media, this conflict will rapidly spread across borders to the devolved nations. Therefore we in Wales must also anticipate a cruel and chaotic disruption to NHS care by the autumn. Continue reading...
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Autism is not an excuse for bad behaviour | Letter (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Gregg Wallace and his employers must take responsibility for his actions – his autism is irrelevant, writes Richard Cross Yet again, the autistic community (which includes me, diagnosed at age 49) utters a collective groan as another high-profile miscreant tries to use their autistic neurodiversity as an excuse for their unacceptable behaviour (Yes, the problem is men like Gregg Wallace – but it’s also those who should stop them and don’t, 10 July). Any autistic person will tell you that they’re no stranger to messing up and embarrassing themselves in a social situation. But they will also tell you how mortified they were, how they apologised or retreated in shame, and then worked extra hard at finding ways to avoid making the same mistake in future. Continue reading...
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Is the veracity of memoirs that important? | Letters (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
Readers respond to the controversy surrounding The Salt Path, whose author has been accused of blurring the truth People are upset when a memoir isn’t 100% true (The Guardian view on The Salt Path scandal: memoirists have a duty to tell the truth, 11 July)? Really? Get over it … it’s a book. Written by a person. How many people do you know who always tell the truth? Plus, how many people do you know who tell a good story that has no embellishments in order to make it a slightly better story? Continue reading...
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Sign up for the Feast newsletter: our free Guardian food email (Tue, 09 Jul 2019)
A weekly email from Yotam Ottolenghi, Meera Sodha, Felicity Cloake and Rachel Roddy, featuring the latest recipes and seasonal eating ideas Each week we’ll send you an exclusive newsletter from our star food writers. We’ll also send you the latest recipes from Yotam Ottolenghi, Nigel Slater, Meera Sodha and all our star cooks, stand-out food features and seasonal eating inspiration, plus restaurant reviews from Grace Dent and Jay Rayner. Sign up below to start receiving the best of our culinary journalism in one mouth-watering weekly email. Continue reading...
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Kick off your afternoon with the Guardian’s take on the world of football Every weekday, we’ll deliver a roundup the football news and gossip in our own belligerent, sometimes intelligent and – very occasionally – funny way. Still not convinced? Find out what you’re missing here. Try our other sports emails: there’s weekly catch-ups for cricket in The Spin and rugby union in The Breakdown, and our seven-day round-up of the best of our sports journalism in The Recap. Living in Australia? Try the Guardian Australia’s daily sports newsletter Continue reading...
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Deserted Taipei and flood damage in Mexico: photos of the day – Thursday (Thu, 17 Jul 2025)
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world • Warning: graphic content Continue reading...
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