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The best TV of 2025 in the UK so far (lun., 09 juin 2025)
A dying woman’s quest for the perfect orgasm, incest in Thailand and the death of the internet’s daddy – it’s this year’s finest telly so far NetflixThe first streaming show ever to top UK charts. The second biggest English language Netflix series of all time. The most tense scene of an actor retching at the thought of a child eating a cheese sandwich. Such are the lists of firsts for this breathtaking drama about toxic masculinity in teens that it’s nigh on impossible to overpraise it. For a few weeks, the entire world seemed to be talking about the astonishing single-shot cinematography, the terrifying realism of a premise that saw social media fuel a 13-year-old boy to murder a female classmate and stunning performances not just from storied veterans like Stephen Graham, but hyper-young first-time talent such as Owen Cooper. From now on, this is the bar by which all UK drama has to be judged. What we said: “A deeply moving, deeply harrowing experience.” Read the full review Continue reading...
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Toxic truth? The cookware craze redefining ‘ceramic’ and ‘nontoxic’ (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Designer brands such as Always Pan and Caraway are booming – but safety experts are raising questions The cookware industry has entered a golden age, largely driven by the wild success of a new generation of “nontoxic” and “nonstick” designer ceramic pans backed by stars including Selena Gomez, Stanley Tucci and Oprah Winfrey. But the pans are likely not “nontoxic” some independent testing and research suggests. Nor are they even “ceramic” – at least not in the way the public broadly thinks of ceramics. Now, regulators are investigating some of the pan sellers’ claims. Continue reading...
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Whatever happened to Billy Bibbit? The extraordinary life of actor Brad Dourif - from Cuckoo’s Nest to Chucky (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
He was Oscar-nominated for his unforgettable work alongside Jack Nicholson, in one of the greatest films of all time. It was the start of his career as the ultimate character actor. He discusses David Lynch, Ian McKellen and the joy of playing a murderous doll Brad Dourif knew it was time to retire from acting when he stopped feeling … well, anything about the parts he was being offered. “I got to a place where if somebody offered me something, all I felt was an empty: oh.” It had started in 2013, after a production of Tennessee Williams’s The Two-Character Play. That had been an extraordinary experience, with his co-star Amanda Plummer “by far the best actor I’ve ever worked with”, but left him wondering if there was anything he still wanted to do professionally. Acting no longer got him excited; it just left him tired. “It became clear to me after a while that I just really didn’t want to work any more.” We speak over video call from his home in upstate New York, where he lives with Claudia, his girlfriend of 30-plus years, a poet and songwriter, and his tabby cats Honey Mustard and Snapdragon. Instead of working, he is building and decorating a swimming pool-sized enclosure for them, so that they can be outdoors safely at night. “You might call it a catio but we call it kitty city!” he says. “My friend who helped me build this thing gave it a once-over and he went: ‘Expensive cats!’” Dourif, 75, is enjoying retirement so much that it takes a nudge from his agent to pull him away from the fantasy novel he is immersed in to alert him to the fact that he is 20 minutes late for our call. Continue reading...
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How every Premier League club’s summer business is shaping up (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Aston Villa and Manchester United must shift surplus players while Sunderland and Leeds seek extra squad depth Recruitment was cast as the main reason for the club’s disappointment last season. Mikel Merino playing as an auxiliary centre-forward after Kai Havertz had broken down made that apparent. This will be a summer with a marked difference with Andrea Berta ready to go as the club’s new sporting director. Berta spent 12 years at Atlético Madrid, supplying the players and foundation behind Diego Simeone’s dynasty. Arsenal seek to avoid friction between Arteta dictating as he did previously and Berta wielding the same kind of power that was so effective in Madrid. Benjamin Sesko of RB Leipzig is heavily linked to the striking vacancy with Sporting’s Viktor Gyökeres seen as too costly. Martin Zubimendi is expected to reunite with Merino in Arsenal’s midfield, though Real Madrid may yet turn the midfielder’s head. Kepa Arrizabalaga will come in as a back-up goalkeeper within a squad well set for success but missing the final pieces. John Brewin Continue reading...
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There’s an invader turning huge swathes of Britain into deserts – and these dead zones are spreading | George Monbiot (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Vast areas of land are now dominated by one species – purple moor-grass – and good luck with seeing a bird or insect there. How do we revive these habitats? Deserts are spreading across great tracts of Britain, yet few people seem to have noticed, and fewer still appear to care. It is one of those astonishing situations I keep encountering: in which vast, systemic problems – in this case, I believe, covering thousands of square kilometres – hide in plain sight. I realise that many people, on reading that first sentence, will suspect I’ve finally flipped. Where, pray, are those rolling sand dunes or sere stony wastes? But there are many kinds of desert, and not all of them are dry. In fact, those spreading across Britain are clustered in the wettest places. Yet they harbour fewer species than some dry deserts do, and are just as hostile to humans. Another useful term is terrestrial dead zones. Continue reading...
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A free flat for a fortnight: the German city offering perks to fight depopulation (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Eisenhüttenstadt, once a socialist vision but now at risk of becoming a ghost town, seeks to ditch its far-right image If you’re considering moving to a German ex-communist model city that is trying to lure new residents with a range of perks, including free accommodation and rounds of drinks with locals, take it from Tom Hanks: Eisenhüttenstadt has many charms. While filming outside Berlin in 2011, the Hollywood actor and history buff took a mini field trip 60 miles east to what he called Iron Hut City and was instantly smitten. “An amazing architectural place,” he said, pronouncing it “fascinating”. He returned sprinkling stardust again three years later, even acquiring a vintage Trabant car he shipped back to Los Angeles. “People still live there – it’s actually a gorgeous place,” Hanks said. Continue reading...
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Winter fuel payments threshold to rise to £35,000, Rachel Reeves announces (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Change means about 7.5 million pensioners in England and Wales who lost out on payment will have it restored UK politics live – latest updates All pensioners with an income of £35,000 or less a year will have the winter fuel payment restored in full, Rachel Reeves has announced, after weeks of uncertainty over the decision to make a U-turn on scrapping the benefit. Ministers are restoring the automatic payments as a universal benefit this winter and then recouping the money when higher-income pensioners fill in their tax returns. Continue reading...
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Los Angeles protests live: Newsom says California suing Trump administration for ‘illegal’ federalization of national guard (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Gavin Newsom says lawsuit to challenge Trump’s federalizing of the California national guard without the state’s consent, a move with little precedent in US history More LA rallies planned to demand release of arrested union leader About 300 Guard troops have been deployed to LA so far. President Donald Trump earlier said he would deploy 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles to respond to immigration protests, despite the objections of California governor Gavin Newsom. Continue reading...
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Israeli forces take control of Gaza aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
British-flagged yacht operated by pro-Palestinian Freedom Flotilla Coalition was making symbolic attempt to deliver aid Activists accuse Israel of ‘forcibly intercepting’ ship – live Israel’s military took control of a boat trying to deliver food to Palestinians in Gaza in the early hours of Monday morning, and brought its crew of activists including Greta Thunberg to an Israeli port. The Madleen was making a symbolic attempt to break to the blockade of Gaza and raise awareness of a looming “starvation crisis”. Continue reading...
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Sadiq Khan said to be furious over lack of spending review cash for London (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
City hall source says it would be unacceptable if there were no major infrastructure projects for capital UK politics live – latest updates Sadiq Khan is understood to be furious at the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, over a lack of funding for London in the forthcoming spending review, with sources close to the mayor suggesting the capital will get none of its key transport requests. The mayor is also understood to share the concerns of senior Met police officers that London will not get a substantial uplift in funding. Continue reading...
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Nigel Farage’s pitch for Welsh elections: bring back coalmining (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Reform leader says steel and coal industries can be revived but does not say how beyond ‘scrapping net zero’ Nigel Farage has demanded the reopening of domestic coalmines to provide fuel for new blast furnaces, arguing that Welsh people would happily return to mining if the pay was sufficiently high. Speaking at an event in Port Talbot, the south Wales town traditionally associated with the steel industry, the Reform UK leader said it was in the “national interest” to have a guaranteed supply of steel, as well as UK-produced fuel for the furnaces, a close echo of Donald Trump’s repeated pledges to return heavy industry to the US. Continue reading...
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All civil servants in England and Wales to get AI training (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Officials are piloting package of AI tools called Humphrey – named after character in TV sitcom Yes, Minister UK politics live – latest updates All civil servants in England and Wales will get practical training in how to use artificial intelligence to speed up their work from this autumn, the Guardian has learned. More than 400,000 civil servants will be informed of the training on Monday afternoon, which is part of a drive by the chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, Pat McFadden, to overhaul the civil service and improve its productivity. Continue reading...
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Ukraine claims to have damaged Russian fighter jets in night-time raid (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Special forces reportedly launched assault on Russian airfield about 400 miles from Ukrainian border Ukrainian special forces claim to have damaged two fighter jets in a night-time raid on an airfield deep inside Russia as Kyiv seeks to disrupt Vladimir Putin’s steady advances on the frontline. A week after the spectacle of Operation Spiderweb, when drones struck the Kremlin’s nuclear-capable bombers, the general staff of the Ukrainian army claimed a fresh success. Continue reading...
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Lex Greensill says SoftBank managers ‘felt threatened’ by his links to founder (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Financier tells court he travelled to Tokyo ‘often weekly’ for mentoring sessions with Masayoshi Son Business live – latest updates The financier Lex Greensill has told a court that senior managers at SoftBank “felt threatened” by his relationship with Masayoshi Son, the founder of the Japanese tech investor that pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into his specialist lender before its collapse. Greensill said he travelled to Tokyo “often weekly” for in-person mentoring sessions with the billionaire founder, whom he dined with and referred to by the Japanese honorific “Son-san”. Greensill made the comments in his first public courtroom appearance since the devastating demise in 2021 of his company, which counted the former prime minister David Cameron as an adviser. Continue reading...
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Emma Raducanu admits being ‘wary when going out’ after stalker ordeal in Dubai (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Player hid behind umpire’s chair during incident Queen’s Club next on agenda for 2021 US Open winner British No 2 Emma Raducanu admitted she was “wary” when going out following her ordeal with a stalker at the Dubai Tennis Championships earlier this year. The 22-year-old hid behind the umpire’s chair in tears after receiving repeated unwanted attention from a “fixated” man before and during a second-round match against Karolina Muchova in February. Continue reading...
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The ‘death of creativity’? AI job fears stalk advertising industry (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
WPP and others roll out AI-generated campaigns as Facebook owner Meta plans to let firms create their own ads WPP chief Mark Read to step down as agency battles AI From using motion capture tech to allow the Indian cricketing star Rahul Dravid to give personalised coaching tips for children to an algorithm trained on Shakespeare’s handwriting powering a robotic arm to rewrite Romeo and Juliet, artificial intelligence is rapidly revolutionising the global advertising industry. Those AI-created adverts, for the Cadbury’s drink brand Bournvita and the pen maker Bic, were produced by agency group WPP, which is spending £300m annually on data, tech and machine learning to remain competitive. Continue reading...
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‘We are just sitting here’: South African coal belt town split over green transition (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
The country wants to cut greenhouse gas emissions without destroying livelihoods, but progress is slow – and the residents of a small town are in the crosshairs Cooling towers and smokestacks still loom over the single-storey houses of Komati, but the winter sky is clear: smoke hasn’t billowed from the vast concrete chimneys of the South African town’s power station since it stopped burning coal in 2022, 61 years after its inauguration. While the state power company Eskom didn’t fire any permanent employees, the end of coal generation and earlier job losses in nearby mines have fuelled doubts in the small town and wider coal belt that there are any benefits to South Africa’s “just energy transition” to renewable power. Continue reading...
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How ordinary men became unpaid Taliban enforcers in their own homes (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Afghan fathers, brothers and husbands are under pressure to ensure the women in their families observe the country’s repressive laws. Here, men and women across the country explain how it is affecting family bonds To be a father of daughters in the Taliban’s Afghanistan has become a daily nightmare for Amir. Now, he says, he is more prison guard than loving parent, an unwilling and unpaid enforcer of a system of gender apartheid that he despises yet feels compelled to inflict on his two teenage girls in order to protect them from the Taliban’s rage and reprisals. Just a few years ago, Amir’s daughters had a life and a future. They went to school, to see friends and moved around their community. Now, he says he would prefer it if his daughters never left the house. He, like many other fathers in Afghanistan, has heard stories about what can happen to young women who find themselves in the crosshairs of the Taliban’s “morality police”. Continue reading...
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‘Inconceivable even three years ago’: hands-on with Xbox’s flashy new handheld console (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
The new ROG Xbox Ally handheld games machines will be available at the end of the year – here’s what it’s like to play on one Just a few days after Nintendo finally released its follow-up to the Switch, Microsoft has announced its own long-rumoured handheld console: the Xbox Ally. This is a very big deal, not just because it marks the first time Xbox has co-branded a console (with high-end PC specialists Republic of Gamers), but because it’s packing top-of-the-line hardware under its hood. I played the Xbox Ally X, one of two models coming before Christmas, a few hours after they were revealed during 8 June’s Xbox Showcase, and can easily see it becoming a serious competitor for both the Switch 2 and Valve’s Steam Deck. The Xbox Ally springs from the coupling of four different tech firms: Windows, Xbox, AMD and Asus, and it’s definitely their golden child. Both the Xbox Ally and Ally X models have 7-inch 1080p touchscreens, with 16GB of RAM in the Ally and 24GB of RAM in the Ally X, and 512GB SSD storage and 1TB, respectively. Each has Ryzen Z2 chips, though Xbox Ally X has the AI Z2 chip, which integrates an AI processor directly into the silicon. As for what that actually means for players, Microsoft’s head of gaming devices, Roanne Sones, said during a presentation that players will be able to “take advantage of AI experiences without having to compromise anything on the GPU”. The devices both run Windows, but the team has modified it for optimal gaming. Continue reading...
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The one change that worked: meditation cured my insomnia – and transformed my relationships (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
The practice that helped me to sleep also gave me the clarity to end my marriage, and to begin dating again In the run-up to Christmas 2018, wobbly with delirium on a station platform packed with partygoers, I nearly fell under a train. Insomnia – not the “I woke at 3am for a bit” type, but the brutalising “I might have dropped off for a fretful 45 minutes at around 6am” kind – will do that to a person. I have rarely slept well. But this particular stretch of insomnia was, almost literally, a killer. I’d tried every snake oil on the market. A Harley Street hypnotist gave up on me after two sessions. Prescription sleeping pills stopped working. As a last resort, I tried the eight-week NHS cognitive behavioural therapy course for insomnia. It involved a tedious sleep diary, increasing “sleep pressure” by forcing myself to stay up until 2am and strengthening the “bed-sleep connection” by sacrificing my bedtime read. Far from helping, these strategies ramped up my frustration. Then I found one thing that did work – something I had dismissed as the preserve of man buns and pseudo-spiritualists: meditation. Continue reading...
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The 10.30pm dinner: is British food culture becoming more Spanish? (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Forget propping up the bar or dancing the night away - the new face of UK nightlife is restaurant reservations that stretch into the early hours Name: 10.30pm dinners. Age: Previously unheard of. Continue reading...
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Episode three: the protector and the poacher (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Bruno Pereira has been considered one of the great Indigenous protectors of his generation. And this has made him an enemy of a man called Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, also known as Pelado. The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent Tom Phillips reports on the story of these two men – Bruno and Pelado – and what happened when their paths collide Warning – this episode has descriptions of violence and some swearing. Continue reading...
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Will the Trump-Musk rift really change anything? | Jan-Werner Müller (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Much has been made of the falling out, but Doge’s destruction continues and Musk’s fate is entwined with Trump’s Thinking about the constant stream of news about Elon Musk, one is tempted to adapt two of the most famous sentences from American literature. William Faulkner wrote: “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” What comes to mind about Musk is: “He is not gone forever. He has not even left.” It is profoundly misleading to frame Musk’s departure this past week as “disappointed reformer quits after finding it impossible to make bureaucracy efficient”, just as it is wrong to think of this week’s rift as “Trump regime changes direction”. After all, Musk’s people are still there; and Musk-ism – understood as the wanton destruction of state capacity and cruel attacks on the poorest – will continue on … what’s the drug appropriate to mention here? Steroids? Not least, Trump’s and Musk’s fates remain entwined. Jan-Werner Müller is a Guardian US columnist and a professor of politics at Princeton University Continue reading...
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Could an alliance of eight small countries turn out to be Europe’s anchor? | Paul Taylor (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Amid geopolitical storms and the rise of populism, the ‘Nordic-Baltic eight’ is gaining clout as a bulwark of western resolve With Europe’s political kaleidoscope spinning wildly in the populist winds, a group of northern countries is gaining weight as a geopolitical anchor. Known as the Nordic-Baltic eight (NB8 in diplomatic jargon), it brings together small northern European states that, individually, might have little clout in international security and politics. But since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, they have wielded growing influence as a pressure group for western resolve, offering an attractive blend of democratic security, defence integration and societal resilience. Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden established their regional cooperation format in 1992, after the end of the cold war, with regular meetings of prime ministers, parliamentary speakers, foreign and defence ministers and senior government officials. It began as a forum for wealthy, stable Nordic countries to rebuild bridges with Baltic neighbours with whom they had traded and exchanged for centuries but who had been trapped behind the iron curtain under Soviet rule since the second world war. Paul Taylor is a senior visiting fellow at the European Policy Centre Continue reading...
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Real Housewives is coming to London? I can’t wait for the boozed-up shouting to begin | Emma Beddington (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
As a middle-aged woman, I find it hard to identify with Davina McCall and her rock-hard abs. This lot, however … The cultural juggernaut that is Real Housewives is coming to London. The capital’s crop of glamorous, monied middle-aged women with short fuses will apparently include the wonderfully named Panthea Parker, someone known as “The Longest Legs in Belgravia” (Amanda Cronin), and a Chelsea baker called Nessie Welschinger. It sounds like appointment viewing, but I feel it incumbent on me to ask: is Real Housewives a Good Thing? Gloria Steinem doesn’t think so. “They present women as rich, pampered, dependent and hateful towards each other,” she said in 2021. Other commentators, however, have pointed to the visibility the franchise offers a relatively underexposed demographic; the weighty themes sometimes covered, amid the froth; and the fact that, belying the reductive title, most of the “housewives” are successful, confident, professional people (albeit with a taste for drama). 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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Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill is built on falsehoods about low-income families | Brigid Schulte and Haley Swenson (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Republicans portray those in poverty as lazy people who make poor decisions. They’re using that trope to justify huge cuts to the social safety net As they race to deliver Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax bill, Republicans in Congress are using familiar tropes to justify massive cuts to the safety net that will leave millions of low-income children and families without healthcare or sufficient food. The programs, they argue, are rife with waste, fraud and abuse, and the people who use them just aren’t working hard enough. So work requirements are necessary to force the obviously lazy “able-bodied” people to get to work. Here’s the reality check: a majority of those receiving this aid who can work are already working. More than 70% of working-age people who receive nutrition benefits or Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income children and adults that covers one in five Americans, are already working, according to the Government Accountability Office. Those who aren’t working, research shows, are mostly ill, disabled, caring for a family member, or in school. Brigid Schulte is the director of New America’s work-family justice program, Better Life Lab, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, and the author of Over Work: Transforming the Daily Grind in the Quest for a Better Life and the New York Times bestselling Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play when No One has the Time. Haley Swenson is a research and writing fellow for the Better Life Lab Continue reading...
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The Eternaut speaks to our uneasy times – that’s why this cult comic has become a global Netflix hit – Jordana Timerman (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
There are no happy endings in this Argentinian sci-fi thriller – but it has already inspired real-world protests This article contains spoilers for the Netflix series The Eternaut Aliens almost always invade New York, with a secondary preference for rural America. They’re typically vanquished by a collaboration of cowboy sacrifice and eloquent leaders who restore order under the stars and stripes. The Eternaut, Netflix’s new sci-fi series that became a global hit this month, breaks this mould: giant alien bugs controlled by an unseen extraterrestrial overlord take over Buenos Aires. Victory always seems far away – it’s not clear that humanity will triumph. Like the 1950s comic it’s based on, the series does not merely transpose alien invasion tropes on a new geography: it rewrites them. The Eternaut isn’t about a lone hero who saves the day – it’s a story about how ordinary Argentinians face existential threat. There is no single saviour in the story, according to the author, Héctor Germán Oesterheld: “The true hero of The Eternaut is a collective hero, a human group. It thus reflects, though without previous intent, my intimate belief: the only valid hero is the hero ‘in group’, never the individual hero, the hero alone.” The series’ tagline adopts this ethos: Nadie se salva solo – nobody is saved alone. Continue reading...
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Macron must lead the EU push to end Israel’s war on Gaza | Jo-Ann Mort (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
The Israeli government is assailing the French president – but visible economic and political action is the only hope for peace Emmanuel Macron has become enemy No 1 for the Netanyahu government. That’s because the French president aims to create momentum for a Palestinian state beside Israel encompassing the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and the Gaza Strip, reviving what is fast becoming an out-of-reach possibility – a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians. That’s why Macron has earned the fury of an increasingly unhinged Israeli prime minister. France is expected to co-chair an organizing conference at the United Nations in New York in mid-June, taking advantage of heads of state already in North America for the Canadian-based G7 summit a few days earlier. He hopes this conference will include the all-important Saudi Arabia and other Arab states. Continue reading...
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Masculinity, mental health, cat food – Robbie Williams’s comeback has it all | Lauren O'Neill (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
He’s still perfectly capable of putting his foot in his mouth, but the more he reveals of himself the more we seem to love him. Welcome to the Robnaissance Few facts feel more perfect than this: Robbie Williams’s current stadium and arena tour is sponsored by a cat food. Yes, the Britpop tour, promoting Williams’s upcoming album of the same title, is brought to us by Felix (he joins the brand’s feline mascot in a new campaign). The show has just spent two nights in residence at London’s Emirates Stadium, having previously stopped off in Edinburgh. It will also see dates in Manchester, Bath, Newcastle and Dublin, as well as other cities in Europe, many of which are sold out. I mention the cat food thing because it feels pretty intrinsic to Williams’s popular persona, and how he’s perceived right now. It is, by anyone’s standards, entirely camp in that particularly British, “hun culture” type of way, where glamour goes hand in hand with ordinariness – and that’s exactly where Robbie’s appeal lies in 2025, as he experiences what appears to be a cultural comeback. Lauren O’Neill is a culture writer 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 child poverty: free school meals are a help, but not a panacea | Editorial (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
Giving lunch to more pupils is a good move – but poor nutrition points to deeper problems that ministers must face It was Ellen Wilkinson, education minister in the Attlee government, who announced in 1946 that free school dinners would be introduced, along with free school milk, at the same time as child benefit. No doubt Rachel Reeves, who has a picture of Wilkinson on the wall of her office, is aware of this – and also that the Treasury subsequently decided the policy was unaffordable. The meals were subsidised instead. Despite these initial charges, and later price rises, poorer children did gain, and keep, an entitlement to free school meals. The announcement last week that this is being extended in England to all those whose parents or carers claim universal credit – rather than restricted to families with incomes lower than £7,400 – should be welcomed by all objectors to child poverty. Being assured of a hot lunch in the middle of the school day makes pupils’ lives better. Children cannot be expected to learn when they do not have enough to eat. This might sound obvious, but is easily forgotten. Scotland and Northern Ireland already have more generous rules in place. Continue reading...
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The Guardian view on coming-out tales: from A Boy’s Own Story to What It Feels Like for a Girl | Editorial (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
Groundbreaking memoirs continue to shape the history of LGBTQ+ rights “What if I could write about my life exactly as it was?” the teenage narrator of Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story wonders. “What if I could show it in all its density and tedium and its concealed passion, never divined or expressed?” Published in 1982, A Boy’s Own Story was hailed as one of the first coming-out novels, and its author, who died aged 85 last week, as a great pioneer of gay fiction. This auto-fiction relates White’s privileged adolescence in 1950s Chicago, his struggles with his sexuality and search for a psychoanalytical “cure”. In its extraordinary candour about sex – a hallmark of White’s prodigious career – the novel remains startling today. It arrived at a pivotal moment in gay history: after the hope of the Stonewall uprising and just before the devastation of Aids, both of which White documented in what became an autobiographical trilogy with The Beautiful Room is Empty (1988) and The Farewell Symphony (1998). 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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Alcaraz’s ridiculous victory over Sinner sets tone for next decade of rivalry at top of tennis | Tumaini Carayol (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
The frenzied last few games of the 2025 French Open final will go down as one of the greatest stretches of play in grand slam history Five hours into the madness, when their legs should have been fading and sanity departing, the miraculous French Open final between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner ascended to even greater heights. So much had already happened. For a long time, Alcaraz had been dominated with the same ruthless efficiency Sinner reserved for the rest of the field and he soon stared into the abyss, trailing triple championship point at 3-5, 0-40 in the fourth set. That moment would instead mark the beginning of Alcaraz’s unprecedented, preposterous comeback as he completely turned the match around. He soon closed in on victory, leading by a break in the fifth set against a weary opponent. With his back to the wall, time running out, Sinner produced a transcendent return game as Alcaraz served for the title at 5-4 to draw level again. Continue reading...
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Injury crisis brewing for British & Irish Lions with Zander Fagerson out of tour (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Tighthead Bealham called up with Furlong also injured Opoku-Fordjour and George join Portugal training camp The British & Irish Lions are facing mounting injury problems at tighthead prop with Zander Fagerson ruled out of the tour of Australia amid serious question marks over Tadhg Furlong’s fitness. Glasgow’s Fagerson has withdrawn from the squad due to a calf injury with the Ireland and Connacht tighthead prop Finlay Bealham added to the 38-man group as a result. Furlong, meanwhile, has not featured for Leinster since the Champions Cup semi-final defeat by Northampton on 3 May and is also battling with a calf injury. Continue reading...
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Andy Murray apologises for his ‘diabolical’ tennis on Queen’s Club court named after him (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
‘I have a new life and [I am] enjoying being away from sport’ Three-time grand slam champion opens Andy Murray Arena Andy Murray admitted that his tennis is “diabolical nowadays” as he officially opened the centre court at Queen’s Club that now bears his name. The two-time Wimbledon champion was given a ball-girl guard of honour before hitting a couple of points with tournament director Laura Robson and two local schoolchildren. Continue reading...
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Jordan Henderson showed the attitude his England teammates were lacking | Jonathan Wilson (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
It was after the substitution of the former Liverpool captain that Thomas Tuchel’s side slipped in to individualism The tendency is always to gloom. How could it not be? Nobody could have sat through England’s 1-0 win over Andorra on Saturday and not felt a profound sense of frustration. Six million years of human evolution has culminated in this? When the England manager shrugs and says he can’t blame the fans for booing, you know it was bad. Thomas Tuchel was a short-term appointment. He’s not in the post for pathways or development or creating a culture. He’s here to win the World Cup next summer. In the boozy, drowsy somnolence of the RCDE Stadium, that felt a preposterous ambition. Look at England’s rivals. Continue reading...
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County cricket: Northants and Somerset keep winning in T20 Blast (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Northants top their group with five wins from five, with Somerset the only team with a perfect record down south By 99.94 Cricket Blog On the field and off, things move very quickly in the T20 Blast, as illustrated in Sunday’s top-of-the-table clash between Lancashire and Northamptonshire in the North Group at Old Trafford. Continue reading...
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Michail Antonio nears West Ham exit as agreement on new deal proves elusive (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Antonio suffered broken leg in car crash last December Hammers vow to help him return ‘at highest level’ Michail Antonio is likely to leave West Ham when his contract expires at the end of this month. The forward has been working towards a return to action after suffering a broken leg in a car crash six months ago but is yet to reach an agreement over a new deal with the club. West Ham have supported Antonio’s recovery and have offered him a short-term deal on a reduced salary, with further pay included based on appearances. The 35-year-old, whose current wage is around £90,000 a week, wants more guaranteed money and a longer-term contract. The impasse means Antonio, who scored only once in 15 games before his crash last season, is moving towards the exit. Continue reading...
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Robert Lewandowski left ‘betrayed and hurt’ by coach in Poland captaincy row (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Veteran refuses to play ‘as long as manager remains’ Record cap holder was stripped of captaincy by Probierz Robert Lewandowski has said that he has been left feeling “betrayed” and “very hurt” by the manager of the Polish national team, Michal Probierz, after quitting the setup because of a row over losing the captaincy. The Barcelona striker was stripped of the Poland captaincy on Sunday by Probierz, who has handed the armband to the midfielder Piotr Zielinski instead. Lewandowski announced he was quitting the national team on social media, citing a “loss of trust in the coach”, refusing to return to play for his country “for as long as [the manager] remains in charge”. Probierz has been in charge of Poland since 2023, with Lewandowski captaining the team at Euro 2024 last summer. “I hope I will still have another chance to play again for the best fans in the world,” the 36-year-old said. Continue reading...
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Football transfer rumours: Grealish to Everton? Chelsea to make second Gittens bid? (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
It’s first summer transfer window deadline day eve! Gianni Infantino’s not-at-all-confusing first transfer window of the summer slams shut at the end of Tuesday, so teams involved in his cherished new Club World Cup are scrambling to complete deals ahead of a tournament they’re not sure they care about. Chelsea are reportedly in talks with Borussia Dortmund over the signing of Jamie Gittens. The German club, said to be looking for a fee of upwards of £40m for the winger, have rejected an opening bid from Chelsea of just short of £30m. Bit of a gap to bridge there, then. Gittens, 20, is an England youth international and – as is often the case – spent a period in the Chelsea academy. Chelsea are thought to be delving into their reserves to make a second cash offer. As they aim to close deals for Wolves’ Rayan Aït-Nouri and Milan’s Tijjani Reijnders, Manchester City are trying their best to offload Jack Grealish before jetting off to the States this week. Everton are said to be interested in the winger, with the club’s new owners keen to bring in a stellar name to play alongside other superstars like James Tarkowski, James Garner and Beto when David Moyes’ side move into their new stadium this summer. Grealish scored a whopping three goals in 32 appearances in all competitions for City last season, so you get the feeling that he’d fit right in at the prestigious Hill Dickinson Stadium. Continue reading...
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UK banks to experiment with Nvidia AI in ‘supercharged sandbox’ scheme (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Financial Conduct Authority launches initiative to ‘speed up innovation’ and help spur economic growth The UK’s financial regulator is to allow banks and other City firms to experiment with the US chipmaker Nvidia’s leading AI products to “speed up innovation” and fulfil government orders to boost UK growth. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it was launching a “supercharged sandbox” that would give successful applicants the chance to experiment safely with cutting-edge AI under the watchdog’s supervision, allowing them to use Nvidia’s accelerated computing products. Continue reading...
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Public ownership of England’s water companies could cost close to zero, says thinktank (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Exclusive: Common Wealth report argues debt, pollution and underinvestment justify process known as special administration Ministers could bring water companies into public ownership for minimal cost through a process designed to safeguard vital public services when the companies running them are failing, a thinktank report has argued. According to the report by Common Wealth, ministers could use a process known as special administration to take over a company like Thames Water and, rather than transfer it to another private company, keep it under permanent public ownership. Continue reading...
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Western guests including Elon Musk’s father to speak at pro-Putin oligarch’s Moscow forum (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
British politician George Galloway and US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones also among speakers A pro-Putin Russian oligarch is hosting a two-day conference in Moscow on Monday, featuring a lineup of western speakers, including Elon Musk’s father, Errol, the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and the British politician George Galloway. The conference, titled Future Forum 2050, is organised by Konstantin Malofeev – an influential ultra-nationalist tycoon close to the Kremlin and under western sanctions – and appears to mark Moscow’s latest effort to court western figures. Continue reading...
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Iran says it will release Israeli nuclear secrets as pressure grows to reimpose sanctions (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Tehran threat comes as European powers press for vote that could lead to reimposition of UN sanctions Iran has said it will soon start releasing information from a hoard of Israeli nuclear secrets it claims to have obtained, as European countries push for a vote this week on reimposing UN sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear programme. The unverified claims by Iranian intelligence of a massive leak of Israeli secrets may be designed to turn the focus away from what Iran argues is its own excessively monitored civil nuclear programme. Continue reading...
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Brazil braces for Bolsonaro’s day in court as ex-president testifies over ‘coup plot’ (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Rightwinger accused of conspiring against democracy says appearance before supreme court will be ‘worth watching’ Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, will finally find himself in the dock this week, accused of masterminding an armed far-right conspiracy to seize power after losing the 2022 presidential election. The 70-year-old paratrooper turned populist, who governed from 2019 until 2023, is scheduled to be interrogated by the supreme court as it seeks to untangle what federal police claim was a sprawling three-year plot to vandalize one of the world’s largest democracies. Continue reading...
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‘Ticking timebomb’: sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire ecosystems – study (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Ocean acidification has already crossed a crucial threshold for planetary health, scientists say in unexpected finding More on this story: How the ‘evil twin’ of the climate crisis is threatening our oceans The world’s oceans are in worse health than realised, scientists have said today, as they warn that a key measurement shows we are “running out of time” to protect marine ecosystems. Ocean acidification, often called the “evil twin” of the climate crisis, is caused when carbon dioxide is rapidly absorbed by the ocean, where it reacts with water molecules leading to a fall in the pH level of the seawater. It damages coral reefs and other ocean habitats and, in extreme cases, can dissolve the shells of marine creatures. Continue reading...
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How the ‘evil twin’ of the climate crisis is threatening our oceans (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
In seas around the world pH levels are falling – and scientists are increasingly frustrated that the problem is not being taken seriously enough Read more: ‘Ticking timebomb’: sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire ecosystems – study On a clear day at Plymouth marina you can see across the harbour out past Drake’s Island – named after the city’s most famous son, Francis Drake – to the Channel. It’s quite often possible to see an abundance of marine vessels, from navy ships and passenger ferries to small fishing boats and yachts. What you might not spot from this distance is a large yellow buoy bobbing up and down in the water about six miles off the coast. This data buoy – L4 – is one of a number belonging to Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), a research centre in Devon dedicated to marine science. On a pleasantly calm May morning, Prof James Fishwick, PML’s head of marine technology and autonomy, is on top of the buoy checking it for weather and other damage. “This particular buoy is one of the most sophisticated in the world,” he says as he climbs the ladder to the top. “It’s decked out with instruments and sensors able to measure everything from temperature, to salinity, dissolved oxygen, light and acidity levels.” Continue reading...
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Trump’s EPA set to claim power-plant emissions ‘not significant’ – but study says otherwise (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
US power sector would be world’s sixth largest emitter of planet-heating greenhouse gas if it were a country – study Donald Trump’s administration is set to claim planet-heating pollution spewing from US power plants is so globally insignificant it should be spared any sort of climate regulation. But, in fact, the volume of these emissions is stark – if the US power sector were a country, it would be the sixth largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world. Continue reading...
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What a hoot! Owl sightings increase in London – and not just in the leafy suburbs (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Chances are, wherever you live, if there’s greenery around there will be owls there too It is dusk, a short walk from the big Ikea in Croydon, and a barn owl is emerging from its nest to hunt. In the fading light, the male owl sits on a fence post to survey the rough grass below. He has a busy evening ahead: he is responsible for feeding a roosting female for the next few weeks while she cares for their chicks. The owl hops to another fence post. Suddenly, he dives into the grass below, emerging a minute later with an unlucky rodent, and flies back into the nest. “I still get really excited,” says Tomos Brangwyn, a local enthusiast who monitors the site, lowering his binoculars. “He’ll do that most of the night. It’s a great sign that there’s a female in there that we haven’t seen for a while, as she’s on the eggs,” he says. Continue reading...
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Claims that UK spy agencies aided CIA torture after 9/11 to be heard in rare trial (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Cases filed by two Guantánamo Bay prisoners allege MI5 and MI6 were complicit in their mistreatment The UK government’s decades-long efforts to keep details of its intelligence agencies’ involvement in the CIA’s notorious post-9/11 torture programme hidden will face an “unprecedented” challenge this week as two cases are brought before a secretive court. The cases, filed by two prisoners held at the US military prison at Guantánamo Bay, will be heard across a rare four-day trial at the investigatory powers tribunal (IPT), which has been investigating claims the UK’s intelligence agencies were complicit in their mistreatment. Continue reading...
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London AI firm says Getty copyright case poses ‘overt threat’ to industry (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Photography agency alleges Stability AI trained its image generation model on archive of copyrighted pictures A London-based artificial intelligence company, Stability AI, has claimed that a copyright case brought by the global photography agency Getty Images represents an “overt threat” to the generative AI industry. Getty’s case against Stability AI for copyright and trademark infringement relating to its vast photography archives reached the high court in London on Monday. Continue reading...
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North of England lost out on £140bn for transport in ‘decade of deceit’ – study (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Thinktank calls on ministers to close investment gap after ‘hollow’ promises from previous governments The north of England could have built the equivalent of seven Elizabeth lines with the transport funding it has missed out on during “a decade of deceit”, research shows. If the north had received the same per-person spending as London, it would have had an extra £140bn over the last 10 years, analysis of Treasury figures by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and IPPR North has found. Continue reading...
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Mothin Ali challenges Greens’ ‘middle class’ image as he enters deputy race (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Leeds councillor, who made headlines by intervening in 2024 riots, says climate crisis and cost of living affect all races and classes A Green councillor who intervened to stop rioters and received death threats for vocal support for Gaza is running to replace Zack Polanski as deputy leader of the party. Mothin Ali, of Gipton and Harehills ward in Leeds – a former Labour stronghold – said he wanted to champion working-class communities, challenge the idea of the Greens as a “middle-class party” and ensure it represents “a diverse Britain increasingly threatened by the far right”. Continue reading...
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India to send first astronaut on mission to International Space Station (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Shubhanshu Shukla will be first Indian to reach orbit in more than 40 years as country works to join global space race The first Indian astronaut to visit the International Space Station is due to blast off as part of an effort by the world’s most populous nation to catch up with the US, Russia and China in human space flight missions. Shubhanshu Shukla, a 39-year-old air force fighter pilot, is one of a four-person mission launching on Tuesday from the US with the private company Axiom Space, which is using a SpaceX capsule. Continue reading...
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Trump travel ban barring citizens from 12 countries goes into effect (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Afghanistan, Haiti and Iran included in full 12-country ban and citizens from seven other countries partially restricted Donald Trump’s new ban on travel to the US by citizens of a dozen countries, mainly in Africa and the Middle East, went into effect at 12am ET on Monday, more than eight years after Trump’s first travel ban sparked chaos, confusion, and months of legal battles. The new proclamation, which Trump signed last week, “fully” restricts the nationals of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen from entering the US. The entry of nationals of Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela will be partially restricted. Continue reading...
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DoJ urged to investigate US group accused of working as Modi-backed ‘foreign agent’ (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Prominent Sikh gurdwara says Pennsylvania-based Hindu American Foundation has promoted ‘interests of the BJP’ One of the largest Sikh houses of worship in the US is calling on the Trump administration to investigate a non-profit it has alleged is working as a “foreign agent” on behalf of the the Indian government and prime minister Narendra Modi. The Fremont Gurdwara Sahib, which said it draws 5,000 Sikh worshippers every week and is a “fulcrum” of the Sikh community in the US and around the world, has asked the Department of Justice to launch a national security investigation into the Hindu American Foundation, to determine whether the Pennsylvania-based non-profit should be required to file as an Indian foreign agent. Continue reading...
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Questions grow over unprecedented illegal firearms seizure in Jamaica (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Ministers tight-lipped over discovery of 233 guns and 40,000 rounds of ammunition that could ‘arm a small army’ Jamaicans are seeking answers after officials revealed a massive illegal firearms seizure described by experts as the largest in the country’s history, with enough guns and ammunition to “arm a small army”. More than a week after the police and customs said they had intercepted 233 illegal rifles and handguns and more than 40,000 rounds of ammunition, the government has remained tight-lipped about the details of the find, arguing that revealing more information would hamper a sensitive cross-border investigation into their origin and the identity of those involved. Continue reading...
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‘It’s not happy-clappy’: the extraordinary story of Speedo Mick (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
As a musical about him opens at Liverpool’s Royal Court, Michael Cullen tells of hope, heart – and hitting rock bottom When the lights went down on the final scene of Speedo Mick – the Musical, Michael Cullen had tears streaming down his face. He wasn’t the only one. On the face of it, the show about his life, which opened at Liverpool’s Royal Court theatre this week and runs until July, is a knockabout romp about a local character known for raising money for charity by strutting his stuff in a pair of bright blue budgie-smugglers. Continue reading...
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‘It will lift the spirits’: Kyiv to stage ‘most English of ballets’ after Russian repertoire boycott (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée to be performed for first time, replacing classics by Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky after fundraising in London One of the “most English of ballets” will be performed for the first time at the National Opera of Ukraine in Kyiv after a boycott of the classic Russian repertoire, including Swan Lake and the Nutcracker. Sir Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée, a celebrated romantic comedy, will be performed to a sell-out audience on Thursday after Ukraine turned away from the works of Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and Prokofiev. Continue reading...
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‘Still brings me hope’: why Submarine is my feelgood movie (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
The latest in our series of writers calling attention to their go-to comfort watches is a recommendation of a meaningful 2010 comedy drama I remember the day anxiety took over my life. I was 12 years old and felt continually, grindingly nervous about everything and nothing. I had spent the morning in the student support office, coming down from a panic attack that had left me pinned to a classroom floor, heart pounding and tears streaming down my face. Over a post-recovery cup of tea and Jaffa Cakes, a pastoral adviser told me that if this was to become a regular occurrence, I would hit burnout by the end of term. The idea stuck. Within my first few weeks at high school, I was diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder – a condition characterised by excessive and persistent worry, according to the NHS. A perfectionist streak had spiralled into an acute sense of responsibility. I was an overly conscientious student; I felt I had to be better than everyone else and excel at my studies in order to prove my worth. I tried to do as much work as I could, as perfectly as possible, as a way to shore up low self-esteem. Continue reading...
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Mythica: Stormbound review – new chunk of swords and sorcery tale ripe for avid franchise audience (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
The sixth instalment in this low-budget series has a meagre plot and shonky visual effects but the director and cast clearly care about the franchise’s audience This low-budget but reasonably competent swords and sorcery yarn is the sixth instalment in a series of Mythica films that goes back to 2014. It seems they were first bankrolled partly by crowdfunding, and then presumably kept going by the production’s low overheads and straight-to-retail distribution to an audience that clearly grooves to quasi-Tolkienian, Dungeons and Dragons-style quests featuring a motley band (there is usually an elf or dwarf). If you like your necromancy tales spiked with huge chunks of nattering as the characters endeavour to bulk out the running time with lots of banter and exposition, this may be just the ticket. Don’t worry too much about not having seen the other five films because this is reasonably watchable, especially as so much time is devoted to filling newbies in on the backstory via dialogue and voiceover. In any case, this is a bit of reboot with the meagre plot unfolding about 15 years after events in the last film. The ensemble is made of up all-new characters who allude to such figures as Marek the slave girl-cum-magician who led the franchise earlier. This go-round, our protagonist is The Stranger (Will Kemp), known just as Stranger to his friends; he is an apothecary/bounty hunter (clearly in this medieval economy everyone has two or three jobs) travelling with a mysterious cargo in his wagon. Stranger finds Erid (Nate Morley), an injured young man, on the road and brings him to an inn run by Irish-accented dwarf Giblock (Joe Abraham). The inn just happens to be where Erid had been living as a one of Giblock’s slaves along with comely Arlin (Ryann Bailey), but Erid recently got caught up in a catastrophe when the local witch, who goes by the delightful moniker Mahitable Crow (Barta Heiner), murdered everyone in the nearby village, making Erid the sole survivor. Continue reading...
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The Prosecutor review – Donnie Yen leads mashup of legal drama and action flick (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Suited and booted, Yen turns to role as public prosector cum ass-kicking vigilante as a late-stage career recalibration Developed by China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate and directed by butt-kicking luminary Donnie Yen, The Prosecutor is a bizarre mashup of courtroom procedural and action flick; it is just as keen on lionising due process and the “shining light” of Chinese justice as it is on reducing civic infrastructure to smithereens in several standout bouts. But Yen, who looks undeniably good in a suit, is more convincing on his habitual fisticuff grounds than the jurisprudential ones. Yen plays Fok, a one-time hotshot cop who – leaving the force after some over-zealous policing – decides to man the “final gate” of justice and become a public prosecutor. Like a low-carb Perry Mason with years of Brazilian jiu-jitsu behind him, trouble keeps knocking on his door. Suspecting that a young drug smuggler (Mason Yung) whose case he is assigned has pled guilty to get his higher-ups off the hook, Fok starts looking into his slippery lawyer, Au Pak Man (Julian Cheung). Continue reading...
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TV tonight: Jamie Oliver cooks up a new campaign – to help children with dyslexia (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Fuelled by his own experience, the chef bids high to spark an educational reform. Plus: Jane Austen’s Emma takes shape on the page. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, Channel 4Love or loathe him, there’s no denying that Jamie Oliver has used his profile more than most to campaign for better opportunities for young people. This time, though, it’s personal. Oliver, who has dyslexia, is calling for educational reform to ensure dyslexic children aren’t left behind. He speaks to pupils who feel “stupid, worthless, dumb” as he did, teachers who say training isn’t fit for purpose and dyslexic celebrities such as Holly Willoughby. This leads to a meeting with the secretary of state for education, Bridget Phillipson, who is presented with voice notes from dyslexic people: “I hated being me, I hated school, I hated life.” Is it enough to make change happen? Hollie Richardson Continue reading...
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The gripping, emotive tale of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira’s disappearance: best podcasts of the week (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
An evocative deep dive into the environmental journalist and Brazilian Indigenous defender going missing in the Amazon. Plus, Richard Ayoade teams up with Warwick Davis, while Amber Rudd has some inside info to share … This six-episode Guardian podcast opens with evocative descriptions of dense Amazonian jungle teeming with macaws, jaguars and howler monkeys. But the pastoral beauty soon gives way to fear, as we hear about the disappearance of environmental journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous defender Bruno Pereira in a tale that pits them against the forces that run one of the world’s biggest drug-smuggling routes. This gripping investigation tries to get to the bottom of what happened and, given that it’s hosted by Phillips’s friend, the Guardian’s Latin America correspondent Tom Phillips, does so in a movingly personal manner. Alexi Duggins Episodes weekly, Widely available Continue reading...
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Pulp review – Jarvis Cocker’s captivating comeback turns a rapt crowd rapturous (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
OVO Hydro, Glasgow On a kitschy 1970s chatshow set, the Sheffield band play hits from across their career – and fans welcome their just-released album tracks like old friends A thick velvet curtain cocoons the stage as a cool disembodied voice projects over the audience: “This is an encore. An encore occurs because the audience wants more.” Since their initial breakup in 2002, Pulp have re-formed twice, for sold-out tours and festival sets played to loyal, rapturous audiences. Tonight, the stakes are higher: for the first time in 24 years, Pulp have a new album, More, released just one day before tonight’s opening show. The audience want more – but do they want More? Any anxiety about new material is quashed when set opener and comeback single Spike Island is received like an old friend. Jarvis Cocker rises from the back of the stage flanked by cardboard cutouts of his bandmates – recognisable from the cover of 1995’s Different Class – before joining their real-life counterparts, guitarist Mark Webber, drummer Nick Banks and keyboardist Candida Doyle, downstage. Continuing this mood, old and new songs on the setlist complement each other: the spacious psychedelia of More’s Farmer’s Market leads into the wide-eyed wonder of Sunrise from We Love Life; and the high stakes disco of O.U. (Gone, Gone) is echoed in its new counterpart Got to Have Love. With its illuminated staircase, kitschy backdrops and full string section, the stage is reminiscent of a 1970s chatshow set, with Cocker holding court in a corduroy suit, taking a seat – and occasionally laying down – during the spoken word sections, but always captivating. Continue reading...
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Pitbull review – like a children’s party, but with loads of booze (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Co-Op Live, ManchesterWith a hedonistic seize-the-day message, the pop-rapper resembles a cult leader or motivational speaker – and his followers are willing to overlook the faults in his live show Pitbull is trying to give over 20,000 people a language lesson. “I want to teach you a little bit of Spanish,” he says to the crowd, about 90% of whom are dressed in Mr Worldwide cosplay of bald caps, aviators and squiggly hand-drawn facial hair. The phrase he’s teaching? “Yo no quiero agua, yo quiero bebida”, which in English translates to “I don’t want water, I want a drink”. As people used to say: yolo. This is the vibe of Pitbull’s Party After Dark tour, which returns to the UK for its second run this year. It’s a relentless ride through the era of hedonistic and carefree EDM pop that sprouted up after the 2008 financial crisis, and given renewed economic uncertainty and horrific global events, it’s unsurprising that people are still seeking escapism. Why shouldn’t that be delivered by a bald man in his 40s known for rapping “I saw, I came, I conquered / Or should I say: I saw, I conquered, I came”? Continue reading...
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‘Billy Bragg makes me cry’: Will Best’s honest playlist (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
The Big Brother presenter spent his pocket money on Babylon Zoo and was wowed by the Streets, but which grime banger did he butcher at karaoke? The first song I fell in love with My uncle was a massive Pink Floyd fan. I remember sitting in the boot of his car when I was eight, and him playing The Great Gig in the Sky super loud. I’d never heard anything like it and it completely blew my mind. The first single I bought My sister and I shared our pocket money and bought Spaceman by Babylon Zoo on CD from Woolworths in York. When we got home, we were so excited that we danced on the kitchen table. Continue reading...
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Muckle Flugga by Michael Pedersen review – anything can happen on this remote Scottish island (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Life is turned upside-down by a new arrival, in this weird and charming tale of nature and family – with a guest appearance from the ghost of Robert Louis Stevenson Often thought of as the northernmost point of the British Isles, the Scottish island Muckle Flugga lies on the outer reaches of the Shetland archipelago. Norse legend has it that this craggy and almost uninhabitable place was created by two warring giants, obsessed with the same mermaid. While throwing boulders at each other, one of the rivalrous giants’ missiles accidentally plopped into the sea: and so the island was born. A version of this mythic tussle is central to Michael Pedersen’s debut novel. When the narrative opens, delivered in a lively present tense sprinkled with Scots, The Father and his 19-year-old son Ouse are the only residents on the island. The Father mans Muckle’s lighthouse, and is as volatile as the waves he illuminates. A gossip from a neighbouring island describes him as irascible, with “a viper in his throat and … a broken soldier’s thirst for whisky”. Ouse, meanwhile, is “a queer sort” “who sounds as if he’s been sooking helium out of party balloons … always staring off into the distance”. He’s famed in the area for being an “artiste”, a dab hand at needlework with a reputation for producing beautiful handmade textiles. Continue reading...
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Artists, Siblings, Visionaries by Judith Mackrell review – the remarkable lives of Gwen and Augustus John (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Gwen’s talent vastly outshone her brother’s – but both are treated with subtlety in this outstanding dual biography A young woman sits reading, a pot of tea to hand, her blue dress almost the only colour in a still, sandy room. Gwen John’s painting The Convalescent shows a subdued yet happy moment, for this woman is free to think and feel. That, we see in Judith Mackrell’s outstanding double biography of Gwen and her brother, was her ideal for living: to be at liberty even if that meant existing in deepest solitude. The quietness of a life spent largely alone in single rooms, reading, drawing, painting and occasionally having wild sex with the sculptor Rodin, is counterpointed in this epic narrative by the crowded, relentless, almost insanely overstimulated life of Augustus John. Lion of the arts in early 20th-century Britain, he was a bigamist, adulterer, father of so many children you lose track (so did he), and an utterly forgettable painter. Continue reading...
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My mother was a famous feminist writer known for her candour and wit. But she was also a fantasist who couldn’t be bothered to spend time raising me (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
When Fear of Flying, her autobiographical novel about women’s sexual desires, came out in 1973, Erica Jong was suddenly big news. But growing up as her only child, I had a very different experience In August 1978, I was born in a hospital in Stamford, Connecticut. I came out with red hair. This was proof to my mother that I was special. The fantasy of my specialness continued my entire life. I was special even though I was dyslexic. I was special even though I got kicked out of college. I was special even though I was a drug addict. I was special despite my fatness. I was special despite all the evidence to the contrary. I was special because I was a piece of her. I read an interview with my mother in which the interviewer described me as a “stout” toddler. “Stout” means “kind of fat”. I never thought of a toddler as being able to be fat, but there it was. Continue reading...
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‘I’m here to open doors’: Bernardine Evaristo on success, controversy and why she plans to donate her £100k award (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
The Girl, Woman, Other author has this week been awarded a one-off Women’s prize award for her outstanding contribution. She talks about her long road to recognition, and using her profile to support other writers Back in 2013, Bernardine Evaristo gave a reading in a south London bookshop from her novel Mr Loverman. Only six people showed up, a couple of them were dozing and she realised they were homeless people who had come to find somewhere comfortable to sleep. Last month, the hit TV adaptation Mr Loverman, about a 74-year-old gay Caribbean man set in Hackney, east London, won two Baftas, including leading actor for Lennie James, making him the first Black British actor to win the TV award in its 70-year history. “I checked Wikipedia!” Evaristo exclaims of this shocking fact when we meet in London. Evaristo’s long career is one of firsts and creating them for others. In 2019, at the age of 60, she became the first Black woman to win the Booker prize – shared with Margaret Atwood – for Girl, Woman, Other, 12 interwoven stories of Black, female and one non-binary character. She is also the first Black woman to become president of the Royal Society of Literature (RSL) – only the second woman in its 200-year history, not to mention the first not to have attended Oxford, Cambridge or Eton. And this week she became the recipient of the Women’s prize inaugural Outstanding Contribution award. Continue reading...
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The Nintendo Switch 2 is out – here’s everything you need to know (Thu, 05 Jun 2025)
It’s the first major console launch in five years, so is it worth forking out for? From new tech to add-ons, our guide will help you decide Since its announcement in January, anticipation has been building for the Nintendo Switch 2 – the followup to the gaming titan’s most successful home console, the 150m-selling Nintendo Switch. Major console launches are rarer than they used to be; this is the first since 2020, when Sony’s PlayStation 5 hit shelves. Whether you’re weighing up a purchase or just wondering what all the fuss is about, here’s everything you need to know. Continue reading...
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Nintendo’s Switch 2 is the upgrade of my dreams – but it’s not as ‘new’ as some might hope (Wed, 04 Jun 2025)
The long-trailed console offers sturdier hardware, improved graphics and seamless online functionality. ​But it’s more of an update than a revolution Launch week is finally here, and though I would love to be bringing you a proper review of the Nintendo Switch 2 right now, I still don’t have one at the time of writing. In its wisdom, Nintendo has decided not to send review units out until the day before release, so as you read this I will be standing impatiently by the door like a dog anxiously awaiting its owner. I have played the console, though, for a whole day at Nintendo’s offices, so I can give you some first impressions. Hardware-wise, it is the upgrade of my dreams: sturdier JoyCons, a beautiful screen, the graphical muscle to make games look as good as I want them to in 2025 (though still not comparable to the high-end PlayStation 5 Pro or a modern gaming PC). I like the understated pops of colour on the controllers, the refined menu with its soothing chimes and blips. Game sharing, online functionality and other basic stuff is frictionless now. I love that Nintendo Switch Online is so reasonably priced, at £18 a year, as opposed to about the same per month for comparable gaming services, and it gives me access to a treasure trove of Nintendo games from decades past. Continue reading...
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Survival Kids proves Nintendo Switch 2 isn’t just about Mario Kart World (Tue, 03 Jun 2025)
Everyone might be talking about the new title from gaming’s favourite plumber, but there’s at least one other interesting original launching with the new console this week The interesting thing about console launches is that you never know what unexpected treasures will emerge from the first batch of games. Who could have foretold that the hero of the PlayStation launch would be a fireworks simulation (Fantavision), or that the most joyous title in the initial GameCube lineup would involve simians racing each other in giant transparent globes (Super Monkey Ball)? The latest example could well be Konami’s Survival Kids, the only new third-party game in the Switch 2 opening wave. It’s the latest in the publisher’s cult series of tropical island survival sims, which began on the Game Boy Color and, despite never really attracting vast global success, continued on to the Nintendo DS under a new name, Lost in Blue. Now it’s back as a familyfriendly co-op survival adventure, in which groups of up to four players are shipwrecked on a mysterious archipelago, and must survive by gathering resources, crafting tools, finding food and exploring a series of lush, cartoonish environments. Four people can play online, but the game also supports Switch 2’s game sharing, which lets one person who owns the game connect wirelessly with other consoles to play together. Continue reading...
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Crime scene catharsis: how a darkly comic video game and TV show turned me into a murder clean-up specialist (Mon, 02 Jun 2025)
Slinging bodies into a pickup as Kovalsky in Crime Scene Cleaner reminded me of Greg Davies in The Cleaner – there is something grimly satisfying about death’s aftermath Lately I’ve been playing a new job sim game, Crime Scene Cleaner, while also watching BBC’s comedy series The Cleaner, both of which focus on the aftermath of gruesome murders – sometimes you just need some cosy viewing to take the edge off the day. In the TV show, Greg Davies plays Wicky, the acerbic employee of a government-endorsed clean-up company, while Crime Scene Cleaner’s lead character Kovalsky is a lowly janitor, mopping up blood and disposing of trash to cover up for a mob boss named Big Jim. The crime scenes in both are laughably over the top. Or are they? I’ve never actually seen a real-life murder scene, so perhaps copious blood sprayed over walls and ceilings and the masses of broken furniture is completely normal. Continue reading...
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Yoshitomo Nara review: cutesy terrors swear, smoke, play guitar and burn down houses (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Hayward Gallery, LondonThe Japanese artist’s instantly recognisable delinquent infants fill a huge show that also includes more sombre – and still angry – work made since the Fukushima disaster There’s a video online of 100 kids playing football against three adult pros. The kids get absolutely annihilated. But they’d do a whole lot better if they were more like the menacing, knife-wielding little terrors who populate Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara’s world. Try dribbling past a toddler when he’s just jabbed a shiv in your calf, Lionel Messi. For 40 years now Nara has been dealing in cutesy kitsch with a vicious edge. His paintings and drawings of adorably bug-eyed little nippers are singularly Nara: love it or hate it, he’s carved out his own instantly recognisable aesthetic path. Continue reading...
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Saul review – probing, dark and engrossing staging of Handel’s oratorio (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Glyndebourne, SussexBarrie Kosky’s remarkable 2015 production returns to the summer festival with Christopher Purves and Iestyn Davies superb in the lead roles The Glyndebourne season continues with a revival by Donna Stirrup of Barrie Kosky’s 2015 staging of Handel’s Saul, widely regarded as one of the festival’s finest achievements and the production that cemented Kosky’s reputation in the UK as a director of remarkable originality. This is the first time I’ve seen it, having missed both its opening run and the 2018 revival, and it strikes me as an example of Kosky’s work at its finest: probing, insightful, sometimes witty, sometimes dark, always utterly engrossing. Premiered in 1739, Saul has often been compared to King Lear. There is much of Shakespeare in this portrait by Handel and his librettist, Charles Jennens, of the Old Testament king whose mind slowly disintegrates under the challenges presented to him politically and privately by David after the death of Goliath. Continue reading...
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‘Painting’s dangerous work!’ The artist whose tools are brushes and power sanders (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Megan Rooney painstakingly creates works with layer upon layer of paint – and attacks them with a grinder in between. Ahead of a beguiling new show, our writer braves a studio tour ‘I’m just trying to get one step ahead of my paintings,” says Megan Rooney, who is surrounded by the vibrant, gestural abstract works in her studio. She moves through the space restlessly as we chat, rocking on to her tiptoes and arching her arms through the air in an echo of the curving strokes in the paintings. She calls it “dangerous work”, her slow, fraught process of creation. “After a decade of serious painting,” she says, “I still feel bewildered and beguiled.” Rooney, 40, grew up in Canada and now lives in London, where she is preparing for her forthcoming show at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac. She has a unique approach of adding and subtracting. She begins by adding paint to a blank canvas, then removes it with power sanders, then adds more on top, then removes it again, in a painstaking, almost bloody battle to find her way to the finished work. Each painting ends up with 10 or 15 other works beneath it. Continue reading...
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‘A psychedelic explosion in a dental surgery’ – Rachel Jones: Gated Canyons review (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London The first contemporary artist to take over the gallery’s main space, her signature gaping mouths, lolling tongues and broken teeth are ripe with hyper-colourful symbolism Rachel Jones is frothing at the mouth, baring her teeth and licking her lips. The young English painter has an oral fixation, and the result is a show that looks like a psychedelic bomb has been detonated in a dentist’s surgery. For six years now, Jones has been painting teeth and mouths in thick swirls of Technicolor semi-abstraction. Gums and lips appear over and over. Incisors are twisted, snapped, broken. There are smears of red, shards of jagged white, lumps of fleshy pink, all lost in trippy hazes of endless clashing colours. Continue reading...
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Tony awards 2025: red carpet looks and best of the show – in pictures (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Jonathan Groff, Cynthia Erivo, Sarah Snook and George Clooney were among the crowd for the 78th annual Tony awards, held in New York City on Sunday Full list of winners Continue reading...
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‘So much joy’: show brings Martin Parr’s low-key visits to Bristol Pride to light (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Photographer known for capturing working-class life has been discreetly attending gay rights event in his home city He is best known for his images of Britons at the seaside and candid shots of the working class, but a new exhibition by the photographer Martin Parr focuses on the annual Pride event in his adopted home city of Bristol. Parr has spent years discreetly attending Bristol Pride, capturing photographs of people parading and protesting, but most of all enjoying themselves at the event, one of the biggest of its kind in the UK. The free exhibition runs until 23 November. Continue reading...
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Tom Gauld on the writer’s sounds of creation – cartoon (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
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Tom Felton expresses support for JK Rowling despite controversy over her views on trans issues (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
The actor who played Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter films says he is ‘incredibly grateful’ to Rowling, and that her books have ‘brought the world together’ Tom Felton has expressed support for the Harry Potter author JK Rowling, saying he is “not really attuned” to the controversy over Rowling’s gender-critical views. Felton, who played Draco Malfoy in the successful series of Harry Potter films, was asked directly about his position on the controversy by Variety at the Tony awards ceremony on Sunday. Felton said: “I can’t say it [impacts me], I’m not really that attuned to it.” Continue reading...
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A new start after 60: My voice went and suddenly part of me was missing – then I discovered bellringing (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
As a lifelong singer and a teacher, Jean Walters was used to making a noise. At 67 she found a new way to do it One sunny August evening, Jean Walters was sitting in her garden in Meltham, West Yorkshire, when the church bells began to ring. She sipped her glass of wine; the evening seemed idyllic. “A quintessential English country garden,” she thought, and posted on Facebook: “Bells ringing, how lovely!” The next day when the plumber came to fix her toilet, more prosaically, he mentioned that he had seen her post, and being a bellringer himself, gave her the number of the local church’s tower captain. “He said, ‘Come along and try it.’ I did. I loved it. I said to my husband, ‘Did you hear that single bong? That was me.’” Tell us: has your life taken a new direction after the age of 60? Continue reading...
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‘This Dutch oven keeps my mother’s memory alive’: readers’ kitchen treasures (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
From a copper pot passed down generations to a simple serving dish, the emotional ties to seemingly everyday objects A few weeks ago, Bee Wilson wrote about how people sometimes invest kitchen items with strong meanings as they pass through generations. Here, four readers share stories of such treasured heirlooms, from copper pots from India to a cast-iron spatula from Italy. Continue reading...
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From hallway jets to ‘pregnant’ toothbrushes: my chaotic water flosser showdown (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
This week: everything I learned testing water flossers; summer wedding guest dresses; and the best Father’s Day gifts • Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Cats and teeth. That’s my contribution to the Filter so far, writing recommendations for new cat owners and electric toothbrushes. Rather than combining the two in a piece on cat toothpaste, I’m instead doubling down on the latter, writing about the wonderful world of water flossers. Water flossers, for those that don’t know, are exactly what they sound like. Rather than sticking a bit of dental floss or an interdental brush between your teeth and along your gums, the idea is that you can instead fire a jet of water. It’s more convenient and saves you the embarrassment of seeing what grim detritus you’ve been hoarding between your teeth each day. Continue reading...
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From beeswax to baby wipes: how to make your leather last a lifetime (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
We asked the experts about the best ways to care for, clean and protect your favourite leather clothing, shoes and accessories • From smash-proof cases to updates: how to make your smartphone last longer Strong, beautiful and, if well looked after, endlessly long-lasting: leather has long been a staple of many of our wardrobes. And while there are ethical and environmental reasons to consider not buying new leather, the leather items you already own (or buy secondhand) could well outlast you, so it’s important to look after them properly. So, how do you make sure your favourite items – from a handbag to a beloved jacket – last so that you can pass them down the generations? I spoke to experts to gather their tips and tricks for how best to clean, preserve and repair leather items, so that they keep being useful, and beautiful, for as long as possible. Continue reading...
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‘The closest I tried to homemade’: the best supermarket mayonnaise, tasted and rated (Sat, 07 Jun 2025)
After a lifetime of making his own, our columnist put a selection of shop-bought mayos to the test. Which brands are rich and satisfying, and which smell like a pickled egg? • The best food processors and mixers – chosen by chefs I’ve spent my whole adult life making mayonnaise from scratch, turning my nose up at store-bought versions with chef-like snobbery, but after this tasting, I’m ready to accept that jarred mayonnaise is a valid addition to the store-cupboard. I wanted to consider in more depth what it is we want from a mayonnaise. According to Harold McGee in On Food and Cooking, mayonnaise is an emulsion of two liquids that don’t normally combine – oil and water – stabilised by egg yolk’s lecithin, which allows the oil to form tiny droplets dispersed in the water and creates that wonderful, unctuous, fatty texture we so love. Continue reading...
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The best wedding guest dresses and outfits: 30 favourites for every dress code and budget (Fri, 06 Jun 2025)
From silk to linen, midi-dresses to co-ords, these styles are made for wedding season and beyond • Jess Cartner-Morley’s June style essentials You’ve sent off the RSVP, booked the hairdresser – and panic has set in. Despite a wardrobe bulging with dresses, you obviously don’t have anything to wear. If there’s a rigid dress code, you risk not feeling yourself; but if there is a dress code that reads “Big Lebowski meets Brat meets Blue Planet”, then there’s a very real possibility that you’re going to strike a bum note. Of course, a big part of what you decide to wear will depend on where the nuptials will take place – church or country home, beach or barn – and the weather. Either way, the crucial thing is to choose a dress that guarantees comfort as well as style, one that will see you through from ceremony to best man’s speech and propping up the dancefloor for many hours after. Continue reading...
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Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for harissa and gnocchi-topped fish pie | Quick and easy (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
A spicy, warming take on the classic British supper, and ideal for nippier summer nights I love fish pie, and gnocchi, and harissa, so what could be better than a combination of all three? Particularly if it saves you 15 minutes’ boiling and then mashing some potatoes. Bookmark this for chillier summer evenings – I’m determined to eat as many meals as possible outside right now, and this will keep you warm when the temperature dips to an unseasonal sub-15C. Continue reading...
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Beat the heat with Ravinder Bhogal’s recipes for chilled soups (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Perfect for summer dining, these cooling bowlfuls will quench both appetite and thirst When the thought of eating hot meals seems unbearable, chilled soups will help you beat the heat. Today’s ones are cooling, nourishing, hydrating and a little more fortifying than the usual chop-and-blitz raw soups such as gazpacho. As much as I love those, sometimes I want something I can get my teeth into; something with the satisfying chew of cold noodles, or a crunchy or herbaceous topping. These are perfect for dining al fresco, or to pour into jars and take along to a picnic. Continue reading...
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Osteria Angelina, London E1: ‘There’s a lot to adore’ – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
Wait, they’re taking away the delicious white balsamic dressing that came with the tempura agretti? No, stop! One undeniable fact about Angelina, which has just opened a second site in Spitalfields, east London, is that in the now mini-group’s relatively short existence, they’ve singlehandedly made the phrase “Italian-Japanese restaurant” seem a much more normal thing to say. Patently, Angelina Mark 1 over in Dalston was not the first time in culinary history that Milan met Tokyo over the stoves, that miso met pasta, that truffle met sushi, and so on; hungry people have always travelled, merged cuisines and messed about with flavours. Still, the original Angelina’s kaiseki-style tasting menu, where chawanmushi (savoury egg custard) is served with datterini tomatoes, and pastas are topped with furikake, was clearly interesting enough to attract the attention of Michelin. Its new sister, Osteria Angelina, is darkly chic, spacious (handy for group dining) and tucked away down a side road on the Norton Folgate development close to Shoreditch overground station (fans of the Sri Lankan restaurant Kolomba on Kingly Street near Oxford Circus will find a second outpost, Kolomba East, in the same area, and Noisy Oyster, from the people behind Firebird, will soon be joining them). To give credit where its due, Norton Folgate is a refreshingly beautiful restoration project, where spruced-up Edwardian, Georgian and Victorian buildings mix with new-builds to create a little slice of sedate elegance away from the bottomless brunch, Box Park hellscape that is modern Shoreditch. Escape the main drag, hop into Osteria Angelina, sit up at the marble bar in front of the open kitchen and order snacks of pizza nera topped with moromi, a rich fermented soy paste, or a salad of zucchini and shiso leaves with ricotta. From the number of people eating here just two weeks after it opened, this cultural clash clearly has its fans. What Osteria Angelina’s Japanese customers, with their relatively orderly rules of social conduct and deference, make of the place’s excessively animated Italian servers, however, is one for the anthropology books. All this, I guess, is smoothed over by the likes of the nori-topped focaccia and the small, sweet mini-loaf of Hokkaido milk bread, the very memory of which has me salivating; that’s served with a kumquat reduction – OK, let’s call it jam – and a puddle of burnt honey butter. After the pane and insalate sections, the menu moves on to fritti and crudo. We ordered a plate of hot-as-hell tempura’d courgette flowers stuffed generously with miso ricotta. Crudo is so often a disappointment, but here the bream is cured in kombu and doused in yet more burnt butter, making it rather wickedly appealing. Hamachi sashimi was also very good, and smothered in truffled soy and furikake. Continue reading...
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How to make perfect tandoori chicken (without a tandoor) – recipe | Felicity Cloake's How to make the perfect … (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
Don’t let the lack of a traditional clay oven stop you from making this ‘king of kebabs’ at home When was the last time you had tandoori chicken? Described by the Liverpool Daily Post in 1962 as “roast chicken Indian fashion”, this delicately seasoned, but often luridly coloured, dish was once the mainstay of the British Indian restaurant menu; yet, always greedy for novelty, I can’t remember when I last had the pleasure. The loss is mine, because it’s one of the very best ways to eat chicken – rich and tender, thanks to its yoghurt marinade, tangy with lemon and perfumed with spice. Vivek Singh argues that “no Punjabi celebration can be complete without tandoori chicken”, while J Inder Singh Kalra went as far as to crown it the “king of kebabs”, a sentiment echoed by Rohit Ghai. Continue reading...
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Meet the members of the Dull Men’s Club: ‘Some of them would bore the ears off you’ (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
An international club where dull people meet online to share the tedium of everyday lives is immensely popular. But for one man it’s a place of poignant connection Get Guardian Australia’s weekend culture and lifestyle email The 18th-century English writer Samuel Johnson once wrote, “He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others’. It’s a sentiment eagerly embraced by The Dull Men’s Club. Several million members in a number of connected Facebook groups strive to cause dullness in others on a daily basis. In this club, they wear their dullness with pride. The duller the better. This is where the nerds of the world unite. “Posts that contain bitmoji-avatar-things are far too exciting, and will probably get deleted,” warn the rules of the Dull Men’s Club (Australian branch). Continue reading...
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I was enjoying a midnight swim. Then my girlfriend kissed me – and the nightmare began (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
Seventeen years ago Nathan Dunne was locked out of his body, or at least that’s how it felt. He talks about his battle with depersonalisation disorder – and his sudden fear of water On a cold winter’s night, in a “fit of spontaneity”, Nathan Dunne and his girlfriend went for a midnight swim on Hampstead Heath in London. They had been living together for a few months and, although it was dark and chilly, they “had a summer feeling in that first flush of the relationship”, Dunne says. They shed their clothes and waded into the shallows. After diving into the icy water, Dunne’s girlfriend put her lips to his cheek, and as they pulled apart, his life changed beyond all recognition. “It was like being struck. Like something came down,” he says, slicing the air with his hand. “The flip of a switch.” Dunne’s transformation sounds like a fairytale in reverse: one kiss, and his life turned into a nightmare. Seventeen years have passed since that night, and he still mostly explains the change in himself in metaphors and similes. His eyes filled with soot. His voice was a robot’s. He felt as if he were locked outside his body, which became a sort of “second body”. Any form of water, from a raindrop to a warm bath, made everything worse. His terror and panic were so great that the next day he smashed a vase and used a shard to cut himself. An “attempt to not live any more”, is how he describes it. Continue reading...
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I’m in my 20s with lots of online friends, but can’t seem to connect IRL | Ask Annalisa Barbieri (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
There’s this idea that friendships should just happen, but they need input and confidence • Every week Annalisa Barbieri addresses a problem sent in by a reader A couple of years ago, I moved to a new city. The pandemic put my university plans permanently on hold, and I’ve recently started working full time. I built up a sizeable network of online friends during and after the pandemic, but I’ve found myself craving real-life friends to interact with more often. I don’t drink and I’m struggling to find activities for people my age that I’m interested in. Apart from a few at my job, I haven’t been able to make any new friends, and my contact with old school friends has become less and less frequent. Continue reading...
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This is how we do it: ‘We live in a tiny flat with our kids, so we have sex in the woods at night’ (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
Their love-life logistics may be tricky, but David and Anook have both been transformed by the intimacy they share I’d had orgasms with previous partners, but I’d never tried to give myself one – I felt too ashamed Anook had never used a vibrator before we met and now we have an enormous box of toys that we hide under our bed Continue reading...
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I face losing my electricity but EDF can’t replace my RTS meter (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
I’ve been told repeatedly to book an appointment before the switch-off, but there are never any slots available I face losing my electricity supply at the end of June when the Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS), which controls my meter, is switched off. Every time I log into my EDF account I get a reminder and a link to book a visit for a meter replacement, but there are never any slots available. Continue reading...
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‘Freemen on the land’: YouTube videos tell homeowners they aren’t bound by mortgages (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
FCA has sounded alarm over growing conspiracy theory that uses arguments dating back to Magna Carta “Freemen on the land” sound like outlaws in a fairytale. But rather than stealing from the rich to give to the poor like Robin Hood, this group tries to convince hard-up borrowers they are not legally bound by their mortgage contract. It may sound far-fetched but the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has sounded the alarm over this conspiracy theory as a small but growing number of homeowners are using this argument to try to block repossession proceedings. Continue reading...
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UK mortgages: 100% loans are back – will they work for you? (Sat, 07 Jun 2025)
The controversial loan has returned. We look at the deals and explain why it’s worth saving up a 5% deposit or more UK mortgage guarantee scheme due to end Saving up for a deposit is one of the biggest challenges facing would-be homeowners, who can find that each month pretty much all most of their money is being swallowed up by rent and living costs. No-deposit deals – known as 100% mortgages – can provide a lifeline, and in recent months a new crop have come on to the market. Continue reading...
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Homes for sale in cultural hotspots in England – in pictures (Fri, 06 Jun 2025)
From a brutalist apartment in London’s Barbican to a flat in the heart of Shakespeare country Continue reading...
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Is it true that … cold water plunges boost immunity? (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Feeling energised after a cold dip may just be your body’s shock response –and increased immune cell activity doesn’t always mean fewer infections ‘It’s a long-held belief that taking to the waters is good for your health,” says Mike Tipton, a professor of human and applied physiology at the University of Portsmouth. From Roman frigidariums to Thomas Jefferson’s foot baths, cold immersion has long been seen as curative. But does modern science support the idea that it boosts immunity? The answer: it’s complicated. While cold water immersion does activate the body, that’s not the same as strengthening the immune system. “When you immerse yourself in cold water, your body undergoes the cold shock response,” says Tipton. “You get rapid breathing, a spike in heart rate and a surge of stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol.” This may explain why people feel more alert or energised after a cold dip. But does it mean you’re less likely to get sick? Continue reading...
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Many Black women consider synthetic braids safe. A study found toxins in all the brands it tested (Sat, 07 Jun 2025)
Chemicals found in the braiding hair have been linked to increased cancer risk and organ damage In recent years, personal care products marketed at Black women have received increased scrutiny for their toxicity, specifically chemical hair straighteners. These perms, also known as “relaxers”, have been condemned for causing severe health problems, including fertility issues, scalp irritations and increased risk of cancer. In light of this, many Black women have turned to natural hairstyles, including braids, as a way to avoid toxic chemicals. But recent research has revealed that popular brands of synthetic braiding hair, human-made extensions that are used in these protective styles, contain dangerous carcinogens, heavy metals and other toxins. Tested brands included in a recent study from Consumer Reports (CR) were Magic Fingers, The Sassy Collection, Shake-N-Go, Darling, Debut, Hbegant and Sensationnel, all mass producers of synthetic braiding hair. According to the CR study, all tested samples of braiding hair contained volatile organic compounds (VOCs), human-made chemicals found in paints, industrial solvents and other products. Exposure to VOCs can cause health problems, including respiratory issues, nausea and fatigue. Long-term exposure has been associated with increased cancer risk and organ damage. Continue reading...
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Don’t rinse raw chicken: nine food safety tips from microbiologists (Thu, 05 Jun 2025)
We all have questionable kitchen habits – experts break down how to avoid spreading pathogens at home Buy an exclusive print from our Well Actually series Do you use the same kitchen sponge for days on end? Let your takeout pizza languish on the counter overnight? We all have questionable kitchen habits – but when it comes to food safety, shortcuts we think of as harmless can open the door to dangerous pathogens such as bacteria and toxins, according to microbiologists. Here’s how experts suggest staying safer in the kitchen. Continue reading...
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Women and ethnic minorities less likely to be treated after diagnosis of deadly heart disease in England, study finds (Thu, 05 Jun 2025)
Research shows disparity in care after detection of aortic stenosis, also affecting those living in deprived areas Women, people from minority ethnic backgrounds, and those living in the most deprived areas of England are less likely to receive treatment after a diagnosis of a deadly heart disease, according to one of the largest studies of its kind. Researchers at the University of Leicester analysed data from almost 155,000 people diagnosed with aortic stenosis – a narrowing of the valve between the heart’s main pumping chamber and the main artery – between 2000 and 2022 across England, from a database of anonymised GP records. Continue reading...
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Skintight leggings or baggy joggers? What your gymwear says about you – and the world (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
Social media will tell you that all millennials dress one way to work out, while gen Z dresses another. The truth is more complex and far more interesting Around me, a group of women in skintight gym sets are side planking. Some are wearing full-coverage unitards, others leave slices of midriff bare. No one is wearing a baggy T-shirt from 2008 with a naked Rufus Wainwright on it, and hardened flecks of damp-proof paint. Except me. If TikTok is to be believed, my gym-mates must be millennials, born between the early 1980s and the mid-1990s; gen Z would find such skin-tightness a bit retro, or basic, or even “jurassic fitness”. Another generational schism has opened online – to add to socks, jeans and boundaries – this time over what millennials and gen Z are wearing to work out in. Tight-on-tight outfits supposedly single you out as a millennial – it is “giving middle school”, said one gen Z user witheringly – while gen Z prefers something baggier. Looking around me at pilates and in the park, though, I suspect some of the women wearing a second, seal-like skin are younger than 30. And here I am, days after turning 40 – squarely a millennial – wearing an enormous T-shirt. It is a muddled picture. Continue reading...
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Rodeo drive: Beyoncé UK tour spurs cowboy fashion craze (Sat, 07 Jun 2025)
Singer’s western-inspired Cowboy Carter tour is reminder of pop culture’s sway over shopping behaviour Rhinestones, cowboy hats and a whole lot of denim; not a hen party entourage, a Glastonbury fit or a Nashville rodeo, but the queues outside Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this week, as Beyoncé kicked off her UK tour. And, seemingly, a new national dress code. Since the release of the Cowboy Carter album, Beyoncé fans have been quick to adopt the rancher style, sparking a surge in interest for western-inspired fashion. On Vinted, searches for “western” are up by 16% year on year this month, with “rodeo” up 13%. Meanwhile, denim searches have risen 8%. Continue reading...
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City slickers: what to wear to an urban wedding (Fri, 06 Jun 2025)
Happy wedding season. The good thing about city ceremonies is the weather is less of an issue (no sandals ruined in a soggy field) plus they’ve got their own dress code Continue reading...
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Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: Want a style update? Pull your socks up! (Wed, 04 Jun 2025)
You don’t have to get on board with this easy, fun and cheap fashion development … but a bare ankle is no longer cute If you get food in your teeth at dinner, you want someone to let you know, right? Of course you do. It is so annoying to realise on a bathroom break, after pudding, that for the past two hours you have been unwittingly showing the remains of your starter with every smile. However. It is also undeniably the case that when someone does the right thing, letting you know that you might want to check a mirror, that moment can be awkward. Especially if you don’t know each other well, the spinach-eater might feel embarrassed and flustered and even, irrationally, a bit cross. Continue reading...
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Riding high in Germany on the world’s oldest suspended railway (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Still gliding above the town of Wuppertal on an overhead track 125 years after it was built, the charming Schwebebahn has lost none of its magic It’s easy to be seduced by the romance of train travel. Think of sleeper trains, boat trains, vintage steam railways, elegant dining cars. But it’s rare that an urban transport system can capture the imagination quite as much as the Wuppertal Schwebebahn in Germany caught mine, and that of anyone else who’s clapped eyes on the world’s oldest suspended railway. In October it will be 125 years since Kaiser Wilhelm II took a test ride in the Schwebebahn, just a few months before the hanging railway officially opened for business in March 1901. It was an incredible feat of engineering then, and remains so today. Even with sleek modern carriages having long replaced the original ones, it looks like something imagined by Jules Verne, with carriages smoothly gliding under the overhead track. They have even preserved the first 1901 carriage, nicknamed Kaiserwagen, which can be hired for private occasions. Continue reading...
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The ruff guide to Europe: 15 dog-friendly holidays (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
From Baltic beach holidays to Spanish city breaks and cruising on French canals, here’s our pick of the best getaways for dogs – and their owners Continue reading...
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Should you take your dog on holiday? We went on a European road trip with our border terrier to find out (Sat, 07 Jun 2025)
Dogs have a sense of adventure, don’t they? We thought Missy would enjoy exploring France and Spain. She had other ideas Plus tips on travelling with dogs When, two years ago now, our dog sitters cancelled on us just 24 hours before we were due to go on our summer holiday, we felt more than a little put out. Aware that we couldn’t leave Missy, our border terrier, home alone with a tin opener, we sent out frantic texts and made urgent phone calls before at last finding someone, a friend of a friend of, I think, another friend, and simply hoped for the best. What else were we to do? The flights were non-refundable. It all turned out fine, but it was not an experience we were keen to repeat. And so, the following year, we took Missy with us. Dogs are portable, after all, and have a nose for adventure. Also, this was to be an extended holiday, away for a full month – working part time in order to fund it – and we couldn’t be apart from her for that long. Continue reading...
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A brush with Cezanne in Aix-en-Provence, France: a blockbuster retrospective comes to town (Thu, 05 Jun 2025)
The city once neglected its most famous son. But this summer visitors can immerse themselves in a major new exhibition and see the artist’s restored studio, home and the landscapes that inspired him Paul Cezanne is everywhere in Aix-en-Provence: there are streets named after him as well as a school, a cinema and even a sandwich (a version of traditional pan bagnat but with goat’s cheese instead of tuna). And from late June, the whole city will go Cezanne mad, as the painter’s atelier, north of the centre, and the family home to the west reopen after an eight-year restoration. But during Cezanne’s lifetime, and for years after his death in 1906, Aix seemed at pains to ignore the artist later called the “father of modern art”. When his widow, Hortense, offered several paintings to the city’s main Musée Granet, director Henri Pontier declared that Cezanne paintings would enter the gallery only over his dead body. Continue reading...
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Can you solve it? The deductive decade – ten years of Monday puzzles (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Happy birthday to us Forgive me the indulgence of celebrating ten years of this column. Toot toot! I began posting biweekly brainteasers at the end of May 2015, originally addressing you folk as “guzzlers” – Guardian puzzlers. The cringy coinage didn’t stick, but the column did, and here we are a decade and 260 columns later. Continue reading...
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52 tiny annoying problems, solved! (Because when you can’t control the big stuff, start small) (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
Experts, Guardian readers and writers share ingenious solutions to life’s everyday irritations, from wobbly tables to persistent hiccups Stuffed-up sievesAlways use a dishwasher. If one isn’t available, soak in the sink first, to loosen particles, then take a dish brush or nail brush to it. Rinse under a fast hot tap. Aggie MacKenzie, TV presenter and author Continue reading...
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Broadcaster Angela Rippon looks back: ‘I want to age disgracefully. It’s much more fun’ (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
The former newsreader on her career’s many twists and turns, her mother’s dementia and why she’s still working – and dancing – at 80 Born in 1944 in Plymouth, Angela Rippon is a British journalist, newsreader and presenter. Her career began at 17 as a photojournalist for the Western Morning News. In 1975, she became the first female journalist to permanently present the BBC national news; she has since hosted Top Gear, Antiques Roadshow and Rip-Off Britain as well as becoming the oldest contestant to compete on Strictly Come Dancing, in 2023. She is an ambassador for the Alzheimer’s Society and is supporting the charity’s Forget Me Not appeal. This photo was taken for the cover of the 1980s exercise LP Shape Up and Dance. Normally, I would have had bare feet if I were dancing, but the producers asked me to wear little pink shoes, which seemed incongruous. Nevertheless, I was quite happy in this outfit. What’s fascinating is that I still meet women who ask me, “Have you got a spare copy? Mine’s worn out.” Continue reading...
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Readers reply: should back gardens be sacrosanct, or are loud phones and speakers OK? (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
The series in which readers answer others’ questions on subjects ranging from flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts. Here, responses on back-garden etiquette This week’s question: Are school and college reunions good for us? It’s common these days for people to play music in their gardens on smart speakers or smartphones. But is it fair on the neighbours? Should gardens be quiet spaces without these kinds of sounds? Graham French, Sutton Coldfield Send new questions to nq@theguardian.com. Continue reading...
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No Man Is an Island: a British society and its historic push for gay rights (Thu, 29 May 2025)
This creative documentary immerses us in a little-known chapter of gay history. In 1992, the Isle of Man was one of the last places in western Europe to decriminalise homosexual acts. Through verbatim reconstruction and newly discovered archives, we understand the impact of discriminatory parliamentary debates, controversial media coverage and overreaching police surveillance. In a short period of time, this corner of the British Isles went on to create some of the most progressive legislation in the world. Do people change, or do laws change people?  • If you have been affected by the issues raised in this film, help and support is available. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...
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In a dangerous era for journalism – a powerful new tool to help protect sources (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
Today, the Guardian, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, launches Secure Messaging, a world-first from a media organisation Today, the Guardian launches a unique new tool for protecting journalistic sources. Secure Messaging is an important new technological innovation that will make it easier for people to share confidential information with us. Blowing the whistle on wrongdoing has always taken bravery. As threats to journalists around the world increase, so does the need to protect confidential sources. One of the most dramatic global shifts against whistleblower safety comes as part of the Trump administration’s continued assault on the free press. Continue reading...
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Single Black women on Covid five years later: ‘The pandemic taught me, no regrets’ (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
Three women share how isolation, instability and loneliness led to creativity, family and community It was business as usual for Jordan Madison in early 2020. Her commute included taking a bus from Silver Spring, Maryland, to her job in Bethesda. Madison, 25, was working at the time on her license to become a clinical marriage and family therapist, and worked part-time at Instacart to earn extra money. By mid-March 2020, the world had shut down because of the Covid-19 pandemic. “The first two weeks, I was like: ‘OK, this is nice. I don’t have to leave my house. This is a nice little vacation. We’ll probably go back to work in like a month or so,’” Madison remembered thinking. Continue reading...
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Trump-Musk feud shows what happens when unregulated money floods politics (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
Musk isn’t the first – or last – billionaire to pour big money into US elections Elon Musk said, very loudly and very publicly, what is usually the quiet part of the role of money in US politics. “Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate. Such ingratitude,” he wrote on his X social media platform amid an ongoing feud with Donald Trump. Continue reading...
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Tell us how you might be affected by Trump’s new travel ban (Thu, 05 Jun 2025)
We would like to hear from people from the 19 affected countries on what the travel ban might mean for them Donald Trump has announced an order banning travel from 12 countries and restricting travel seven others, citing a range of reasons including national security and concerns that visitors from those countries are overstaying their visas. The nationals of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen will be “fully” restricted from entering the US, according to the proclamation. Meanwhile, the entry of nationals of Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela will be partially restricted. Continue reading...
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Tell us how popular culture has prompted you to make a dramatic life change (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
We’d like to hear from people who have been inspired by a song, TV show, film or book to make a major change in their life Whether it’s leaving a loveless relationship after watching Sex and the City or a punk band inspiring you to quit drinking, we’d like to hear about your moments of cultural awakening for a column in the Guardian’s Saturday magazine. 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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Nature boys and girls – here’s your chance to get published in the Guardian (Tue, 03 Jun 2025)
Our wildlife series Young Country Diary is looking for articles written by children, about their summer encounters with nature Once again, the Young Country Diary series is open for submissions! Every three months, as the UK enters a new season, we ask you to send us an article written by a child aged 8-14. The article needs to be about a recent encounter they’ve had with nature – whether it’s a thriving rock pool, a day fruit-picking, or a compost heap full of bugs. Continue reading...
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Tell us your favourite TV shows of 2025 so far (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
We would like to hear about your television highlights of the year so far. Share your thoughts now The Guardian’s culture writers have compiled their favourite TV shows of the year so far – and we’d like to hear about yours, too. Are there any new series that you would recommend watching? What have been best TV shows of the year so far, and why? Continue reading...
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Resident doctors should vote against strike action | Letters (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
A strike would harm patients and the NHS, write John Oldham, Clare Gerada, David Colin-Thome, Prof James Kingsland, Dr Fiona Cornish and Prof John Ashton We write about the call for a strike by resident doctors (Report, 22 May). We do so as fellow experienced professionals and potential patients. There was a genuine case that pay for resident doctors had fallen behind, but a 22% increase last year and an above-inflation offer this year seems to us to go a long way to addressing that. It’s certainly far more than many of our colleagues, other professional groups and patients are getting, and it cannot have been easy to persuade the Treasury in such resource-constrained times. There remain significant problems around working conditions and training. They need firm resolution but this will not be achieved through strikes. Continue reading...
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Better alcohol regulation will save lives and money | Letters (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
Dr Katherine Severi calls for a national alcohol strategy that adopts Scotland’s minimum pricing and Dr Giota Mitrou highlights the role of alcohol in causing cancer. Plus a letter from Laura Willoughby You are right to argue that rising alcohol harm must be addressed in the government’s 10-year health plan (The Guardian view on alcohol and public health: the drinks industry must not control the narrative, 1 June). If ministers are “staking their reputation on economic growth”, they need to deal head-on with one of the biggest drivers of premature death and lost productivity, while ignoring spurious claims made by alcohol companies whose profits have for too long trumped public health. Alcohol harm costs England at least £27bn a year – almost double what the Treasury collects in alcohol duty. These harms aren’t incidental to the alcohol market; they are intrinsic to it. While the industry promotes “moderate drinking”, evidence shows that its profits and growth depend on the heaviest drinkers. It’s no coincidence that Diageo’s CEO recently described moderation as the industry’s “biggest disrupter”. Continue reading...
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Nibbling parmesan and pears with film stars | Letter (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
Sarah Gristwood responds to an article by Catherine Shoard on the good and bad of film journalism As a former film journalist, I enjoyed Catherine Shoard’s piece on the discredited Clint Eastwood “interview” and the craft of film journalism (The good, the bad and the ugly, 4 June) – and can only recommend readers to the interview scene in Notting Hill. The truth really is stranger than even that fiction. My own career included, on the one hand, a genuine, solo, hour-long interview with Clint Eastwood for an Oscars supplement of this very paper in 1993, but, on the other, too many of the film festival roundtable interviews that Shoard describes. Continue reading...
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It’s just not cricket to call cycling ‘extreme’ | Letters (Sun, 08 Jun 2025)
Cricketers on bikes | Caribbean rum | Zia Yusuf | Flies and bananas | Train stations Simon Burnton (England cricketers forced into emergency travel plans before third West Indies ODI, 3 June) describes the “extreme measures” that the England cricket players took in cycling, using buses and walking to the Oval to avoid heavy traffic. Excuse me, but what’s extreme about not driving? Peter Kaan Exeter • The correspondence on the Caribbean origins of rum (6 June) reminded me of my experience of this as a sailing ship crew on St Vincent in 1975. From a small village bar we were able to regularly buy Mount Bentinck triple distilled rum at 180 degrees proof. It cost 50p if you took your own bottle. We bought a large carboy for the crew cabin. I have no recollection of the Caribbean after that. Richard Barnard Wivenhoe, Essex Continue reading...
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Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you through the top stories and what they mean Scroll less, understand more: sign up to receive our news email each weekday for clarity on the top stories in the UK and across the world. Explore all our newsletters: whether you love film, football, fashion or food, we’ve got something for you 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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The best new music, film, TV, podcasts and more direct to your inbox, plus hidden gems and reader recommendations From Billie Eilish to Billie Piper, Succession to Spiderman and everything in between, subscribe and get exclusive arts journalism direct to your inbox. Gwilym Mumford provides an irreverent look at the goings on in pop culture every Friday, pointing you in the direction of the hot new releases and the best journalism from around the world. Explore all our newsletters: whether you love film, football, fashion or food, we’ve got something for you Continue reading...
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Protests in LA, an entangled whale and a fairground ride: photos of the day – Monday (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...
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