The Guardianadded this to BusinessPatisserie Valerie Cash-starved Patisserie Valerie 'stopped using butter in puff pastry'The Guardian - Miles BrignallPatisserie Valerie’s new owner has laid bare the desperate state of the business it bought in January, including a cost-cutting approach so severe that managers stopped using butter in the cake chain’s
The Guardianadded this to Sport Top StoriesAndy Murray Andy Murray says he’s back in love with tennis as he prepares for Queen’sThe Guardian - Kevin Mitchell at Queen’s ClubAndy Murray made it eloquently clear on the eve of his third comeback that his expectations have shifted from an all-out quest for victory – the hunger that broke his body – to enjoying tennis for the
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesBerlin Wall Berlin's Alexander Haus regains its soul after painstaking restorationThe Guardian - Kate Connolly in Groß GlienickeElsie Alexander called it her “soul place”, the lakeside house on the outskirts of Berlin where her family had spent long happy summers before they were forced to flee the Nazis. Eighty-three years on,
The Guardianadded this to US NewsPete Buttigieg Pete Buttigieg wants to start a family with his husband, ChastenGuardian US - Associated Press in WashingtonThe Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg wants to start a family with his husband, Chasten, and says that could happen if he makes it to the White House. “I don’t see why not,” the mayor of
The Guardianadded this to Comment is FreeSudan If you want to help Sudan, amplify the voices of those suffering its horrorsThe Guardian - Nesrine MalikIt has been two weeks since the Janjaweed, Sudan’s infamous militia, embarked on a brutal campaign to disperse and suppress a popular uprising against deposed president Omar al-Bashir’s military government.
The Guardianadded this to FootballSweden Linda Sembrant strikes early to steer Sweden past spirited ThailandThe Guardian - AgenciesSweden produced a breathtaking display of attacking football to thrash Thailand 5-1 in Nice and book their place in the last 16 of the Women’s World Cup. Thailand, who had fallen to a record 13-0 loss
The Guardianadded this to LifestyleLifestyle (UK) Five ways to cope with menstrual crampsThe Guardian - Amy SedghiIf your periods are interfering with your life, seek advice Menstrual cramps happen when the womb’s muscular wall tightens to encourage its lining to shed, says Dr Caroline Overton, a consultant gynaecologist
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesIran Pompeo again blames Iran for tanker attacks but insists 'we don't want war'Guardian US - Victoria Bekiempis in New York and agenciesThe United States does not want to go to war with Iran, the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, said on Sunday, following an attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week. Pompeo reiterated the
The Guardianadded this to Comment is FreePlay buttonBoris Johnson Why the threat of an early election makes Tories double down on Boris JohnsonThe Guardian - Katy BallsWhile a hard Brexit deadline risks an unwelcome trip to the polling booth, a Brexit delay could prove fatal to the party Will Britain’s next prime minister have one of the shortest premierships in recent
The Guardianadded this to MusicMusic (UK) Il Prigioniero/Fidelio review – inspired pairing probes depths of good and evilThe Guardian - Rian EvansFreedom is the theme of David Pountney’s final summer as artistic director of Welsh National Opera, and his inspired pairing of Dallapiccola’s Il Prigioniero (The Prisoner) with act two of Beethoven’s
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesGreyhound Charities call for end to greyhound racing after 1,000 deaths in a yearThe Guardian - Mattha BusbyAlmost 1,000 racing greyhounds died or were killed last year, according to industry figures, prompting animal welfare charities to renew calls for an end to the sport in the UK. The figures, released the
The Guardianadded this to LifestyleMelanoma How to check your molesThe Guardian - Claire CrillyMost people have moles and everyone is susceptible to getting a skin cancer, which could either be melanoma or non-melanoma. While melanomas can be fatal, both forms are completely treatable if you catch
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesAndy Burnham Andy Burnham calls for bus fare subsidies in north to match LondonThe Guardian - Nazia Parveen North of England correspondentThe mayor of Greater Manchester has demanded the same subsidies for northern bus fares as those applied in London. Andy Burnham called on the government for more public transport parity, claiming “there
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesLabour Party Sure Start numbers plummet as cuts hit children’s servicesThe Guardian - Patrick Butler Social policy editorLocal authority spending cuts have driven a 20% fall in the number of youngsters using Sure Start children’s centres in just four years, with the most dramatic decline occurring in some of England’s poorest
The Guardianadded this to BooksBooks In brief: Court Number One; The Fire Starters; Unsheltered – reviewsThe Guardian - Alexander LarmanMany of the nation’s most notorious trials have taken place at the intimidating Court Number One at the Old Bailey. In his excellent second book, barrister and author Thomas Grant offers detailed accounts
The Guardianadded this to Art & DesignArt Europe or bust: why Laure Prouvost wants us to dig our way out of BrexitThe Guardian - Hettie JudahThere’s the Eurostar, but we need a path that is less controlled by the state, where we can go with our torch You must stoop to access Laure Prouvost’s Antwerp studio. The Turner prize-winning artist’s
The Guardianadded this to Sport Top StoriesLe Mans 24 Hours Le Mans 24 Hours: Alonso’s Toyota team win after rivals change wrong tyreThe Guardian - ReutersThe double Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso won the Le Mans 24 Hours race for the second year in a row on Sunday with his Toyota teammates Kazuki Nakajima of Japan and Switzerland’s Sébastien
The Guardianadded this to World NewsViktor Orbán Hungarians remember Imre Nagy, hero of '56, as Orban tightens gripThe Guardian - Shaun Walker in BudapestOnly a few hundred people were present to commemorate the anniversary of the execution of Imre Nagy on Sunday morning in Budapest, a far cry from 30 years ago when his reburial drew more than 100,000 to
The Guardianadded this to World NewsWorld News Millions across South America hit by massive power cutThe Guardian - Tom Phillips Latin America correspondentTens of millions of people across South America were left without electricity early on Sunday after a massive power failure left Argentina and Uruguay almost completely in the dark. Argentina’s El Clarín
The Guardianadded this to FootballPlay buttonMaurizio Sarri Chelsea confirm Maurizio Sarri’s exit and will ask for Frank Lampard talksThe Guardian - Guardian sportChelsea have confirmed that Maurizio Sarri has left the club after one season as head coach and joined Juventus. The club will now approach Derby for talks with Frank Lampard in the hope of appointing
The Guardianadded this to FootballPhil Neville Tough World Cup start for England has set them up nicely for latter stagesThe Guardian - Eni AlukoThanks to a brilliant performance from Vanina Correa in the Argentina goal England’s task on Friday turned out to be more difficult than they might have expected when the draw was made, and I think they
The Guardianadded this to US SportPhil Mickelson Phil Mickelson springs major surprise by praising USGA over Pebble BeachThe Guardian - Ewan Murray at Pebble BeachTo suggest Phil Mickelson and the United States Golf Association have not always seen eye to eye would be akin to pointing out Mozart had a reasonable grasp of what may have constituted classical music.
The Guardianadded this to PoliticsBoris Johnson Boris Johnson: the posh populist who’s tuning in to the ‘Brexit blues’The Guardian - Jane MartinsonBoris Johnson is used to the sort of media coverage in which he is given a platform to promote himself and paid £275,000 for the privilege – how else to explain his reaction to the first tough questioning
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesBenjamin Netanyahu Israeli court convicts Sara Netanyahu for misusing state fundsThe Guardian - Oliver Holmes in JerusalemSara Netanyahu, the wife of Israel’s prime minister, has been convicted of illegally misusing thousands of pounds of public funds on lavish meals. A Jerusalem court on Sunday accepted a plea bargain in
The Guardianadded this to LifestyleLifestyle (UK) Alice Roberts: UK dragging its feet on recognition of humanist weddingsThe Guardian - Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondentThe government is dragging its feet on legal recognition of humanist weddings despite growing demand for such ceremonies, the television scientist Alice Roberts has said. Roberts, who is president of UK,
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesMermaids Trans children's charity apologises after parents' emails published onlineThe Guardian - Nazia Parveen North of England correspondentA charity that supports transgender children has apologised and referred itself to the information commissioner’s office following a data breach that led to the publication of parents’ personal emails
The Guardianadded this to StageThe Theatre Jimmy Carr review – a relentless wallow in grubbinessThe Guardian - Brian Logan‘Welcome to 90 minutes of your life you’re never getting back,” runs the caption at the start of Jimmy Carr’s touring show, Terribly Funny. That’s what you sign up for when you go to see Carr: a grubby
The Guardianadded this to Comment is FreeRory Stewart If you think Rory Stewart is the grownup choice, think againThe Guardian - Ash SarkarThese politically correct times make it difficult to keep up with the right nouns for thin-skinned online activists. Terms that attempt to pithily describe identities and behaviours are now slurs. You
The Guardianadded this to BooksBooks This Storm by James Ellroy review – Nazis, orgies and Orson WellesThe Guardian - Anthony CumminsSet in Los Angeles in 1942, the latest instalment in James Ellroy’s occult saga of US history centres on Irish-born police sergeant Dudley Smith, a closet Nazi using his rank as a front for activities
The Guardianadded this to Horse RacingRoyal Ascot Royal Ascot: Eve Johnson Houghton convinced lightning can strike twiceThe Guardian - Greg WoodEven now, if I watch it back, I get chills,” Eve Johnson Houghton says, 12 months after saddling both her first winner at Royal Ascot and her first in a Group One with Accidental Agent, a horse bred and
