Dear Ed Sheeran, fence-sitting is so last century: musicians can no longer opt out of politics | Zoe Williams
It’s all very 2026: with a stadium owner on one side and angry support acts on the other, the cornered star will have…
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Beabadoobee: Pylon review – voice of a generation’s surprisingly relatable rampage through rock star rage
(Dirty Hit) The Filipino-British songwriter’s fourth album sprinkles 90s alt fuzz with disarmingly sweet melodies and…
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Why stop at Wuthering Heights: House of the Damned? Bring on Mrs Dalloway’s Rampage!
It isn’t just Winnie the Pooh – now the star of Blood & Honey II. Budget shockers are treating any story with expired…
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Feeling overwhelmed by the AI doom loop? Here’s the essential reading list to make sense of it all
It’s a chaotic time in an industry that’s reshaping our lives – Guardian reporters and experts recommend the books that…
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Are you washing your sportswear wrong? An expert guide to making it last longer
From sweaty kit to grubby trainers, here’s how to wash, repair and care for activewear more sustainably • The best…
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Laura Kaminski relishing trophy hunt at Brann after Crystal Palace ‘crash course’
Former Palace head coach has won a cup final in Norway and says chance to challenge for league title was a pull “When…
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De Gaulle: Liberté review – biopic of conquering French war hero reaches his imperial era
A shrewd performance by Simon Abkarian leads this blockbuster account of the wartime leader’s career as he ascends to…
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Spermageddon, ‘greedy jobs’ and abject fear: why birth rates are plummeting – and why it matters
The author of Generation Maybe, Camilla Cavendish, explains the many reasons people are having fewer children, from…
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‘You think you’re done and you get pigeonholed’: Samantha Morton on raving, Richard Russell and having another shot as a singer
The actor and musician spoke at our Guardian Live ‘Honest Playlist’ event at Green Man festival about growing up in…
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Jonathan Majors’s anti-Islam action thriller is laughably terrible far-right propaganda
The disgraced former Marvel villain has found work with Ben Shapiro for hateful campus-set thriller Run Hide Fight:…
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‘Very messy eaters’: scientists solve the mystery of when black holes ‘burp’
The astronomical bodies fire off powerful jets in two distinct phases in their feeding cycle, researchers discover…
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‘It’s beautiful when it’s clean’: the Argentine neighbourhood saving a contaminated river
Sewage, dog carcasses and industrial waste clog Argentina’s second most-polluted river. Meet the activists cleaning it…
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Socialist hotels – in pictures
Socialist Hotels is the first photography book to focus solely on the architecture of hospitality in Eastern Europe and…
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Bad Apples review – Saoirse Ronan’s suffering teacher best thing about school horror-satire
Ronan plays a teacher who finds a way to deal with a disruptive pupil in Jonatan Etzler’s implausible film, but it’s…
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How’s your apocalypse stockpiling coming on? Three weeks in, mine has hit a few snags | Emma Brockes
Cans of tuna, sparkling water and an old torch – if the end of the world came for me now I’d struggle, but it’s hard to…
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The New Dark Ages by James Marriott review – a grandiose but superficial defence of reading
What is it that makes books so magical? The Times columnist somehow forgets to tell us in this lofty polemic While…
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You be the judge: should my brother have told me the money I lent him was for his holiday?
Ayaan thought she was lending money for something essential. Ahmed says the lender doesn’t get to dictate what it’s…
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‘When you tell people the story, it’s almost too good to be true’: the incredible journey behind The Cycle of Love
Documentary director Orlando von Einsiedel on how the real life tale of a man who cycles 6,000 miles from India to…
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Hard parties, cheap rents and horrible flats: how 90s art and fashion redefined British culture
An evocative new Tate Britain show captures an era when the UK’s newly flush creative industries teamed up with a…
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Access-to-nature crisis ‘on par with that of Victorian Britain’s filthy air’
Research finds many in England lack proximity to green and blue spaces as Labour urged to speed up manifesto pledge…
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Beyond Bradford and the Brontës – new walking trail shows West Yorkshire’s natural beauty
The Bradford Pennine Gateway Trail, launching this weekend, aims to ‘change perceptions of Bradford’ by taking in the…
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The Strangers by Naomi Alderman review – where has this odd new species come from?
A bereavement memoir mingles with speculative fiction, in a wise and ragged examination of grief from the author of The…
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The Watergate Caper: Richard Nixon and the Death of the American Dream review – political scandal, 70s style
Shane O’Sullivan’s documentary weaves archive clips and snippets from films old and new to draw out the highlights of…
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Thursday news quiz: AI warnings, midterm fawning and Dolly’s new departure
Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare? At the very…
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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see SUVs and pickup trucks driven without care or conscience. It’s the Magafication…
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Rachel Roddy’s recipe for rice, aubergine and mozzarella bake | A kitchen in Rome
A 1950s cookbook classic – eat it hot and stringy or firm and flavoursome Yesterday’s lunch and this week’s recipe is…
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2025 was among driest years on record for world’s rivers, study finds
Analysis of global resources reveals depletion in world’s water savings bank to 42% below normal levels last year…
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Faster! Louder! Brighter! How the attention economy overwhelmed children’s TV
Does your child’s favourite show give them a chance to reflect, or does it move too quickly for its lessons to sink in?…
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Can fish and chip shops survive? ‘We made more money by closing than staying open’
Soaring fish prices, labour costs and changing tastes all spell bad news for Britain’s chippies. Is this the end for…
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Opening the door for Canada is a harmless gesture. But it won’t fix Europe’s security crisis | Paul Taylor
Beyond the morale boost and Mark Carney’s stardust, ‘associate membership’ means little Ursula von der Leyen brought a…
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Ukraine war briefing: Drone kills Russian commander just decorated after fake victory claim
Maj Gen Anton Grunis was praised by Vladimir Putin for purported capture of Kostiantynivka; UK names intel officer who…
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‘Harrowing reading’: what the inquiry into NZ fugitive father Tom Phillips revealed
Inquiry uncovered missed opportunities and failures by New Zealand police and government agencies that may have avoided…
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Boehly and Walter sell Chelsea shares as Clearlake Capital takes full control of club
American chair Boehly leaves role after deal is secured ‘I am confident that Chelsea is well positioned’ Todd Boehly…
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US government paid federal employees $9.5bn not to work amid Doge cuts – report
GAO report shows how use paid administrative leave rose by 435% from 2023 to 2025 and incurred a sixfold cost The US…
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England ’Til I Die review – a chilling portrait of a town turning on its neighbours
Film-maker Jamie Roberts follows a Sussex man’s journey into the far right. If it wasn’t so horrific, parts could feel…
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Macklemore pledges his $1m Ed Sheeran tour salary to Palestine aid
Rapper challenged billionaire stadium owner Robert Kraft to match donation, with Kraft saying he and Sheeran will give…
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