The Guardianadded this to MusicGlastonbury Inside Glastonbury's hottest attraction: a 140-tonne, fire-breathing craneThe Guardian‘The idea,” says Pip Rush, “is to take over the sky.” We’re standing on a 140-tonne crane, 30 metres above the Glastonbury festival site. Rush and his collaborator Bert Cole are sanguine as they take the
The Guardianadded this to UK NewsEssex, UK Rare bacterial infection leaves 12 dead in EssexThe Guardian - Press AssociationTwelve people have died of a rare bacterial infection that has spread in Essex, the NHS has said. There have been 32 reported cases of the disease, called invasive group A streptococcus (iGAS), the NHS
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesLGBTQI Labour MP to lead equality debate despite stance on LGBT classesThe GuardianThe Labour MP Roger Godsiff has been criticised by party colleagues after announcing he would lead a Commons debate about equality teaching despite being reprimanded for his support of anti-LGBT education
The Guardianadded this to Donald TrumpDonald Trump Jr E Jean Carroll on Trump: 'He denies, he threatens, he attacks' – liveGuardian US - Oliver Laughland in New York• President mocked writer who accused him of sexual assault • Democrats out on the road before first round of debates • Sign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective Here’s a bit of reaction to
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesPolicing Two arrested in A-level exam leak investigationThe Guardian - Matthew Weaver and Richard AdamsTwo people have been arrested as part of an investigation into an exam paper security breach that led the Edexcel board to withdraw and replace an A-level further maths paper over fears it had been leaked.
The Guardianadded this to UK News Man stabbed 18 times after blocking train aisle, court hearsThe GuardianA train passenger was stabbed 18 times in front of his 14-year-old son after a heated row over blocking the aisle, a court has heard. Lee Pomeroy, 51, was attacked by 36-year-old Darren Pencille five after
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesOpinion (UK) An avocado cafe is my worst nightmare. But this is Instagram’s world now – we just live in itThe Guardian - Arwa MahdawiEntire regions are terrorised by people taking the same picture as a million other people, to assert their individuality and build their personal brands online. Is anywhere safe? We need to talk about
The Guardianadded this to US NewsAl Gore Climate crisis: global economy needs major upgrade … fastGuardian US - Jillian AmbroseThe former US vice-president Al Gore has said the global economy will require a fundamental upgrade to survive an environmental crisis and widening social divides. The environmentalist and sustainability
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesPhotographers Cindy Sherman review – pain-laced portraits of a shapeshifting enigmaThe Guardian - Adrian SearleCindy Sherman has followed me around for more than half my life. I’ve seen her on the street, distracted, and in the distance, unaware I’m there. I’ve seen her pensive and seen her distraught, seen her
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesWorld News Extinction Rebellion protester convicted of public order offenceThe GuardianThe first person to face trial over the Extinction Rebellion protests in April has been found guilty of a minor public order offence for blocking a road in central London. Angie Zelter, 68, was given conditional
The Guardianadded this to FootballNottingham Forest Nottingham Forest demand former owner return replica of 1959 FA CupThe Guardian - Exclusive by Daniel TaylorIt was the greatest achievement in the history of Nottingham Forest during what has become known as the years BC – Before Clough. Yet the Guardian has learned about an extraordinary legal wrangle involving
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesNorthern Ireland The politics of neither: how Northern Ireland is shunning unionism and nationalismThe Guardian - Ben LowryNorthern Ireland is arguably as polarised as at any time since the IRA hunger strikes of 1981. It has been without a Stormont government since the beginning of 2017 due to divisions over matters such the
The Guardianadded this to Sport Top StoriesTennis Roscoe Tanner: ‘At 15-40 I hit it three inches wide … Borg didn’t beat me by much’The Guardian - Simon CambersReally I thought I had a great chance against Bjorn, because I’d beaten him earlier that year in Philadelphia In Orlando, we’re developing a tennis programme for kids who don’t have anything Moments before
The Guardianadded this to TechnologyTechnology Next online battle will play on fear of bots, says Facebook officialThe Guardian - Alex HernThe next wave of “influence operations” like those that Russia used to target the 2016 US election will aim to destabilise debate by making voters think bots are everywhere, Facebook’s head of cybersecurity
The Guardianadded this to FootballKieran Tierney Arsenal hope to secure Kieran Tierney from Celtic for £18mThe Guardian - David HytnerArsenal are preparing to make a second offer to Celtic for Kieran Tierney, and they are hopeful that a figure of around £18m will get the deal done – even though the Scottish champions value the left-back
The Guardianadded this to FashionGucci Does Gucci’s £1,800 shell suit signal the return of the 1980s' worst look?The GuardianI think you might be missing a decimal point. Oh, not this argument again. Which argument? The old: “Look, an expensive design house is selling clothes at an exclusionary price, it’s an outrage!” argument.
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesWorld News Pakistan plays down accusations of Christian persecutionThe Guardian - Daniel Boffey in BrusselsPakistan’s foreign minister has sought to dismiss accusations of Christian persecution, claiming there were “individual incidents” comparable to knife crime in the UK. Shah Mahmood Qureshi, speaking during
The Guardianadded this to BooksStan Lee Stan Lee's 'first novel for adults' to be published this autumnThe Guardian - Alison FloodOne of the late Stan Lee’s final projects, a superhero origins story about two teenagers with extraordinary powers who must come together to save the world from destruction, will be published as a novel
The Guardianadded this to BusinessAbbVie Botox maker Allergan bought by US drug giant for $63bnThe Guardian - Julia KolleweThe US drug company AbbVie is to buy Allergan, the Irish-based maker of Botox, for $63bn (£49bn), in one of the biggest deals in the global pharmaceutical industry. Chicago-based AbbVie, which makes the
The Guardianadded this to PoliticsBrexit Germany ‘will talk to the last hour’ to avoid no-deal BrexitThe Guardian - Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondentGermany will fight to the last hour to prevent the UK crashing out of the EU without a deal and is willing to hear any fresh ideas for the Irish border backstop, the country’s ambassador to the UK has
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesBooks Oliver Twiss and Martin Guzzlewit – the fan fiction that ripped off DickensThe Guardian - Alison FloodIn the 1840s, readers were as likely to be consuming shockers such as Ada the Betrayed as Jane Eyre Rohan McWilliam They are both orphans who leave the poorhouse to fall in with a criminal gang, but while
The Guardianadded this to FashionPlay buttonFashion (UK) David Lee Roth: 'My advice for aspiring artists? Breathable fabrics'The Guardian - As told to Leah HarperI wore this outfit on stage at the Pinkpop festival in Holland in 1980. On the way there, I broke my nose on a disco mirrorball. I had it stabilised in a surgical unit in California, then flew back to
The Guardianadded this to CricketCricket The SpinThe Guardian - Simon BurntonEverybody remembers the ending. With one ball remaining Nottinghamshire had to score three to win, and steal the Benson & Hedges Cup away from Essex. “To bowl the last ball was John Lever, 40 years old,
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesBoris Johnson Brexit: Johnson says Britain will leave EU on 31 October 'do or die'The Guardian - Peter Walker Political correspondentBoris Johnson has pledged that the UK will leave the European Union on 31 October “do or die”, as he promised to push for a no-deal Brexit if this was needed to meet the departure deadline. Johnson told
The Guardianadded this to PoliticsPlay buttonBoris Johnson Boris Johnson reveals he makes models of buses to relaxThe Guardian - Peter Walker Political correspondentIn one of the stranger revelations of the Conservative leadership campaign, Boris Johnson has said he relaxes by making models of buses and painting happy passengers onboard. Speaking on Talk Radio as
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesManchester, UK Manchester tower block residents to sue in fire safety rowThe Guardian - Robert Booth Social affairs correspondentExclusive: residents say it is unfair there is money to fix cladding but not other issues Residents of more than a dozen Manchester tower blocks are to sue the government for failing to protect them from
The Guardianadded this to World NewsWorld News Kaiser's descendant loses court battle to regain 13th-century castleThe Guardian - Josie Le Blond in BerlinA German court has ruled against a claim by the great-great-grandson of the country’s last kaiser to the picturesque ruins of a 13th-century castle overlooking the Rhine valley. Georg Friedrich Prince
The Guardianadded this to US SportSports USA relish 'a total circus' as they set up France World Cup showdownThe Guardian - Caitlin MurrayThe US are through to the quarter-final of the World Cup after a less-than-convincing 2-1 win over Spain. It wasn’t pretty for the Americans, and the reigning champions finally look vulnerable. Here are
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesMidwifery Soul Midwives’ Felicity Warner: ‘Dying is so medicalised. It makes people fearful’The Guardian - Hélène MulhollandThe founder of Soul Midwives on how greater compassion and care can lead to people having a more gentle, tranquil death Felicity Warner wants everyone to die well. She is the woman behind Soul Midwives:
The Guardianadded this to LifestyleLifestyle (UK) Is bird-tagging of any benefit to the birds?The Guardian - Guardian StaffThe long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts I’ve read that cuckoos arriving in Thetford forest
