Refereeing Inside the VAR bunker: a test for my irrational suspicion of refereesThe Guardian - Max Rushden“What we have to do is find a way to help referees out.” This is Tony Pulis – then the manager of West Brom – speaking in 2015. “I would definitely call now for managers to have two calls each and every
Simon Cowell Is Simon Cowell's surprising new face a vision of our deepfake future?The Guardian - The Guardian viewThe human face, that subsection of appendages living just south of our eyebrows, has rarely been under such attack. Take the Bill Hader deepfake video that went viral this month, in which the comedian
Rafa Benítez Tottenham v Newcastle: match previewThe GuardianTwo games in and Steve Bruce feels backed into a corner. It was always going to be tough to take over from Rafael Benítez but the manner Newcastle’s defeat at Norwich appeared to crystalise the supporters’
Wolves Wolves v Burnley: match previewThe GuardianSo far Wolves have combined domestic and European duties very impressively. Their squad has shown enough depth – thanks partly to Adama Traoré’s terrific improvement – to suggest that Nuno Espírito Santo
Bournemouth Bournemouth v Manchester City: match previewThe GuardianCan Bournemouth stop Manchester City? Probably not. Eight defeats from eight meetings in the Premier League speaks for itself. How Pep Guardiola’s side respond to completely dominating Tottenham but failing
Charlotte Tilbury The new foundations by Pat McGrath and Charlotte Tilbury – reviewedThe Guardian - Sali HughesIt’s as close as beauty will ever get to a Blur versus Oasis moment – only with better hair and added air-kissing. This week, the world’s two leading makeup artists, Pat McGrath and Charlotte Tilbury,
Play buttonFilm (UK) Streaming: is this the film of the decade?The Guardian - Guy LodgeI was late getting to this week’s selected film – though not as late as film distributors in the UK: it has never been picked up for a cinema or even a DVD release. For more than two years, respected have
Books Is the political novel dead?The Guardian - Dorian LynskeyI think it’s a peculiarly English thing, this recoiling from a novel whose political message seems too overt Jonathan Coe Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Looking Backward, The Grapes of Wrath: all runaway bestsellers
Sarah Sanders Fox News is a dangerous state propaganda outlet. Sarah Sanders' job confirms thatThe Guardian - Nathan RobinsonThe only surprising thing about Sarah Sanders joining FOX News was that it took this long. The former Trump press secretary is a perfect fit for the network, a faithful and shameless propagandist for right.
Team USA Australia beats USA for the first time ever in basketballThe Guardian - Australian Associated PressBoomers fans can dare to dream about a basketball World Cup medal after Australia scored a massive upset win over the United States in Melbourne. Australia had never beaten Team USA in 55 years, but shocked
Books Becoming Beauvoir by Kate Kirkpatrick review – philosopher and pioneerThe Guardian - Lara FeigelDe Beauvoir and Lanzmann lived together for seven years, he was the only lover she ever addressed with the familiar 'tu' “Don’t be ‘Mlle Beauvoir’. Be me,” Simone de Beauvoir wrote in her diary in 1927.
UK News Driver arrested after two die in Essex car crashThe Guardian - Press AssociationTwo people have died and another two are in a life-threatening condition after a car crashed into a tree in Loughton, Essex. A 21-year-old man from Loughton was arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing
The Theatre Demi Lardner review – an explosion of animated odditiesThe Guardian - Brian LoganAbsurdism-gone-haywire won the 2015 Edinburgh comedy award for her fellow Australian Sam Simmons, and now Demi Lardner is in the running for a show cut from similarly zany plaid. You never know what’s
Personal Finance (UK) If you're heading for university, which account can you bank on?The Guardian - Patrick CollinsonHeading to university in September? HSBC has been named as the best bank for students by MoneySavingExpert, with Nationwide and Santander following closely behind. HSBC gets the thumbs up for the free
Personal Finance (UK) Struggling to get through the month? Get paid a day earlyThe Guardian - Rupert JonesGet paid a day early – for free. That’s the tempting proposition from one of Britain’s fastest-growing banks that will particularly appeal to those who often struggle to get through the month. App-based
Personal Finance (UK) The £45,000 deposit for our first home was stolen and the banks did nothingThe Guardian - Miles BrignallBack in March, everything was looking good for Nikhil Dudeja. He and his wife Richa were about to buy their first dream home with the £45,500 deposit they had saved up with significant help from their
Personal Finance (UK) £50,000 for being hit by a rugby ball: when compensation culture goes madThe Guardian - Patrick CollinsonImagine you bag some tickets to watch England play rugby against Ireland at the magnificent Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Should a loose ball spin out and hit you in the arm, what’s the proper response? Throw
iPhone Is my iPhone about to be become obsolete?The GuardianI bought it just three years ago and I won’t be very pleased if Apple stop supporting it Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection the
Schools School at centre of Guardian's Cancer Town series may move students due to air pollutionGuardian US - Oliver LaughlandLocal officials in Reserve, Louisiana, are examining the prospect of removing pupils from an elementary school situated a few hundred feet from a chemical plant that presents the highest risk of cancer
Art Buy a classic Guardian photograph: bank holiday Monday, Brighton, August 1980The GuardianWith their suit and jacket, socks and knee-length skirt, this older couple – soaking up the bank holiday sunshine on Brighton beach – could be from the 1950s, not 1980. The career of press photographer
Lifestyle (UK) Which sea has no land borders? The Weekend quizThe Guardian - Thomas Eaton1 Which social network was sold for $850m, then $1m five years later? 2 What are recorded on the British List? 3 Which city is known as Nola? 4 Which Shakespeare title character is poisoned by a monk?
Facial Hair I’ve shaved off my beard. I feel like an imposterThe Guardian - Romesh RanganathanI noticed recently that my beard was looking a little less “deliberate aesthetic decision” and decidedly more “just released from a Thai prison”, so I accepted it was time to give it a trim before we off
Play buttonMusic (UK) Mabel: ‘Boris Johnson? It’s not a world that I want to be a part of'The Guardian - Hattie CollinsGastroenteritis doesn’t care if you’re a pop star. It’s not bothered if you have to drag yourself out of bed to appear on the Capital Breakfast show at 8.30am and then head across town to cover Mark Ronson
Personal Finance (UK) 'I craved stability and wasn't getting it from modelling'The Guardian - Suzanne BearneName: Vanessa Agyemang Age: 30 Occupation: Artist and online retailer Income: £32,000 I’m definitely good with money. My grandmother was an excellent saver and ended up building a mansion in Ghana. On
travel news Top of the Bill: a car-free trip to Portland, DorsetThe Guardian - Phoebe Taplin‘The peninsula carved by Time out of a single stone,” Thomas Hardy called it. He set his strange 1890s novel The Well-Beloved on Dorset’s Isle of Portland, which stretches out “like the head of a bird”
Play buttonNotting Hill Notting Hill carnival can unite divided country, organisers sayThe Guardian - Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondentThe Notting Hill carnival is the ideal way to bring together a divided country and remember those who have been caught up in the Windrush scandal, its organisers have said. Matthew Phillip, the carnival’s
Archaeology Dig for victory: how archaeology can help veterans' mental healthThe Guardian - Steven MorrisScrabbling around on hands and knees in a muddy trench surrounded by the misty mountains of mid Wales may not be everyone’s idea of a fun way to while away the last days of summer. But Julian Pitt, a Royal
Lifestyle (UK) A letter to... a holiday romance that changed my lifeThe Guardian - AnonymousI was a 26-year-old American travelling with my little sister to enjoy a week-long Greek island-hopping cruise. You were a 24-year-old Canadian on holiday, before your second year of medical school. We
Play buttonWorld News Russia Today puts Japan on the map, where New Zealand should beThe Guardian - Naaman ZhouRussian news channel RT has apologised for apparently accidentally labelling New Zealand as “Japan”, and Papua New Guinea as “South Korea” in an embarrassing southern hemisphere mix-up. The mistake came
News (Hong Kong) Hong Kong: tens of thousands turn out to protest against new surveillance tacticsThe Guardian - Verna Yu in Hong KongTens of thousands of demonstrators have begun an anti-government protest in Hong Kong as the city’s 12th week of protests shows no sign of abating. Sunday’s rally – in Kowloon’s Kwun Tong district – was
