Opinion (UK) Judith Kerr’s life is something to celebrate in dark timesThe Guardian - Gaby HinsliffFor those whose children are too grownup now to be read to at bedtime, she is a poignant reminder of what is gone Or rather, let us press a button and leave the room. One in four parents have now delegated
Lifestyle (UK) Tim Dowling: my wife’s earwax is sucked out. She screams. Now it’s my turnThe Guardian - Tim DowlingIt is Saturday morning, and we are driving along a leafy street a mile west of home, with my wife at the wheel. “Turn left,” the satnav woman says, “and your destination will be on your right.” “But it’s
Nigel Farage The energy behind Farage and his Brexit party leaves his rivals in the shadowsThe GuardianLast Sunday, I went to a Brexit party rally in Frimley, Surrey. The venue was the Lakeside Hotel and Country Club complex, well known as the setting for international darts contests. Inside, 1,200 or people
Britain's Got Talent TV tonight: are you ready for Britain's Got Talent to take over your life?The GuardianIt’s last-chance-saloon time as tonight’s brave posse of audition-merchants compete for the remaining few places in the live semi-finals. The children of Flakefleet Primary School, led by their inspirational
Toilets Blind date: ‘When I came back from the toilet, he had his coat on’The GuardianWhat were you hoping for? Someone straight-acting and sexy whom I would have a crush on. First impressions? I thought he could have made more of an effort – he wore a leisurely jumper, hadn’t shaved, done
Rugby Union If you build it, will they succumb? Houston opens rugby field of dreamsGuardian US - Tom Dart in HoustonWe’ve taken a huge risk. We’ve spent this money, our money, on a bit of a wing and a prayer Brian Colona, Houston SaberCats Parents who had their kids in college found that rugby was an increasing part
Play buttonNancy Pelosi 'Queen of shade': five times Nancy Pelosi got the better of TrumpGuardian US - Arwa MahdawiNancy Pelosi is adept at getting under Donald Trump’s thin skin. The House speaker has recently traded insults with the president, who this week stooped to calling her “crazy Nancy” and re-tweeting a video
Lifestyle (UK) Dad went searching for an Irish passport – and found his birth motherThe Guardian - Hattie GarlickWe imagined a typewritten document. Instead we got letters in which an everyday tragedy unfolded in handwritten script I have always known that my father, Paul, was adopted and possibly of Irish descent.
Alexis Tsipras Alexis Tsipras may call early election if his Syriza party is defeatedThe Guardian - Helena Smith in AthensThe Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, is the first to say he relishes a fight. And, true to form, he upped the ante on Friday when he declared this weekend’s European parliament poll a vote of confidence
World News North Korean missile tests violated UN resolutions, says John BoltonThe Guardian - ReutersThe US national security adviser, John Bolton, has said North Korea’s recent missile tests violated UN security council resolutions, the first time a senior US official has made such a statement. “The
Environment Country diary: the prodigal orchids, returned at lastThe Guardian - Dawn LawrenceDown here, among the sweet herbs of the meadow, small things are busy. A soldier beetle lands awkwardly on a flower of grass, a red-eyed flesh fly appears on my notebook. We have come to see the green-winged
Music (UK) The Cure: Disintegration review – album set flatters to deceive, and then prolongs the painThe Guardian - Bernard ZuelDisintegration a classic album? For that is what underpins this run of five shows playing the 1989 Cure album from soup to nuts (with extras). On grounds of significance: for the band as it sailed past
World News Dozens of Venezuelan prisoners killed in clashes with policeThe Guardian - ReutersTwenty-nine detainees were killed and 19 police officers were wounded during a confrontation in a police cell block in north-western Venezuela. The incident, which took place in the town of Acarigua in
Joko Widodo Indonesia election: presidential rival challenges Widodo victory in courtThe Guardian - Staff and agenciesThe defeated candidate in Indonesia’s presidential election has filed a challenge against the result in the country’s top court, just days after seven people died in rioting by his supporters in the capital.
Donald Trump Judge bars Trump from building border wall sections with emergency fundsGuardian US - AgenciesA federal judge has blocked Donald Trump from building sections of his long-sought border wall with money secured under his declaration of a national emergency. On Friday, the US district judge Haywood
Iran US to deploy 1,500 troops to Middle East amid tensions with IranGuardian US - Guardian staff and agenciesThe US will send hundreds of additional troops and a dozen fighter jets to the Middle East in the coming weeks to counter what the Pentagon has said is an escalating campaign by Iran to plan attacks against
World News Abortion providers report 'alarming' rise in picketing, vandalism and trespassingThe Guardian - Julia Carrie WongUS abortion providers reported an “alarming escalation” in incidents of disruption and intimidation in 2018, according to new findings report by their professional association, the National Abortion Federation
Novartis $2.1m Novartis gene therapy to become world's most expensive drugThe Guardian - ReutersSwiss drugmaker Novartis has received US approval for its spinal muscular atrophy gene therapy Zolgensma – pricing the one-time treatment at a record $2.125m. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday
Brexit 'Broken by Brexit': what the papers say about May's farewell speechThe Guardian - Graham RussellEvery paper focuses today on the broken figure of Theresa May, capturing the moment the Maybot cracked at the end of her farewell speech in front of 10 Downing Street. The Guardian says “Broken by Brexit”
David Bowie Lazarus review – David Bowie's oblique jukebox musical fails to bring him backThe Guardian - Simon MiraudoIn the early 1980s, at his pop peak, David Bowie bought an apartment in Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, and filmed his still-provocative video to Let’s Dance in Carinda, New South Wales – enough of a reason for
Julian Assange Julian Assange: Australian government urged to interveneThe Guardian - Michael McGowanThe Australian film-maker who spent 15-months in a Cambodian jail on spying charges says he fears Julian Assange is being used as an “example” to other journalists as part of what he described as “a fundamental
Mount Agung Mount Agung: flights cancelled after Bali volcano eruptsThe Guardian - Associated PressBali’s airport has cancelled flights following an eruption of the Mount Agung volcano, which spread ash over the south of the Indonesian island. The national disaster agency said Friday night’s eruption
Donald Trump Donald Trump wants investigation into Australia's role in 'Russian hoax'Guardian US - Melissa Davey and Australian Associated PressDonald Trump has said he wants Australia’s role in setting off the FBI inquiry into links between Russia and his election campaign examined by the US attorney general, William Barr. It is a potentially
Horse Racing Talking Horses: Too Darn Hot can land vintage Irish 2,000 GuineasThe Guardian - Chris CookImmediate redemption awaits Too Darn Hot (3.35), who lost his unbeaten record but ran to a high level in the Dante, when asked to make up a lot of ground. Returning to a mile should help and he can land
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Virgil van Dijk Virgil van Dijk: ‘I’m never nervous. If you’re nervous, you limit your quality’The Guardian - Donald McRaeI couldn't sleep. [Barcelona] was nuts. Hopefully we can finish it off now and make an even bigger memory We’re not thinking about losing or how we’re going to overcome this barrier of losing the Premier
Labour Party Alastair Campbell says he voted for ‘remain party’ in EU electionsThe Guardian - Press AssociationAlastair Campbell has admitted shunning Labour in the European elections to vote for an “unequivocally pro-remain” party. Campbell told BBC Radio 5 Live that the election on Thursday was the “first time
Tampa Bay, FL 'I wanted to look him in the eye': serial killer's survivor witnesses executionGuardian US - Erin Durkin in New York and agenciesA woman who survived an attack by a notorious Florida serial killer, and helped police to capture him, watched on Thursday evening as he was put to death for his crimes. Lisa Noland looked on from the
Books From slave in Jamaica to convict in Australia: uncovering one man's extraordinary journeyThe Guardian - Elizabeth FluxBorn a slave on Jamaican plantation in 1800, William Buchanan’s life was remarkable. After taking part in the 1831 rebellion that catalysed the end of slavery in his country of birth, Buchanan’s tragedy
