The Guardianadded this to BooksBooks Tips, links and suggestions: what are you reading this week?The Guardian - Guardian readers and Sam JordisonWelcome to this week’s blogpost. Here’s our roundup of your comments and photos from last week. Thomas Wolfe told us that you can never go home again. But you can do some re-reading, as Diane Cano explains:
The Guardianadded this to TechnologyTechnology New app Trash from ex-head of Vine uses AI to make short clipsThe GuardianA new app from the former head of video-sharing app Vine hopes to repeat the success of the cult social network by making it easier to shoot and edit short clips. Trash hopes that its secret weapon will
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesNorthern Ireland However you look at it, the logic of a Brexit backstop refuses to yieldThe Guardian - Daniel Boffey in BrusselsThe question, set less by Brussels than the logic of Brexit, is how the UK government can in one move leave the European union’s single market and customs while also maintaining the flow of trade and on
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesAlisyn Camerota Trump sexual assault accuser E Jean Carroll considers police complaintGuardian US - Ed Pilkington in New YorkE Jean Carroll, the celebrated advice columnist who has accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in the mid-1990s, has said she is considering bringing a complaint to the New York police department.
The Guardianadded this to World NewsEthiopia Suspected mastermind of Ethiopia coup attempt shot dead, says officialThe GuardianA man accused of trying to seize control of Ethiopia’s northern Amhara state has been shot dead and a number of other plotters arrested, a senior government official has said. Gen Asamnew Tsige was accused
The Guardianadded this to LifestyleLifestyle (UK) 'I wanted sex on my terms, and it was': readers on the joy of losing your virginity in your 30sThe Guardian - Elle HuntOur article about later-in-life virgins generated a huge response – much of it from readers who had finally found love, or started having sex, in their 30s or later. From the woman who lost her virginity
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesPlay buttonRecep Tayyip Erdoğan All eyes on Erdoğan after opposition's historic win in IstanbulThe Guardian - Bethan McKernan in IstanbulThe last partygoers went home as the sun came up. Across Istanbul on Sunday night, hundreds of thousands of opposition supporters danced in the streets waving Turkish flags and brandishing glasses of and
The Guardianadded this to FootballCameroon England fans escorted from stadium amid Cameroon World Cup tensionsThe GuardianEngland fans have told how they were escorted from the ground following the 3-0 defeat of Cameroon after tensions flared in the crowd. One group of supporters, who wish to remain anonymous, told the Guardian
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesAbortion Catholic church hits out at court over abortion rulingThe Guardian - Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondentThe Catholic church has criticised a court order under which a woman with a learning disability will have an abortion against her wishes. The court of protection in London decided an abortion was in the
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesLifestyle (UK) How we met: ‘I rang her doorbell at 2am, but she didn’t wake up because she was drunk’The Guardian - Lizzie CernikAndy first clapped eyes on Yves in 1996, when they were living in the same block of flats in Newcastle. “Someone used to play this loud, terrible music and my boyfriend presumed it was him,” says Andy.
The Guardianadded this to Sport Top StoriesCricket When Ian Botham played king at the panto and the 1992 Cricket World CupThe Guardian - Steven PyeThings were rarely dull where Ian Botham was concerned. After all, anyone who is an inspiration to David Brent is going to be an entertainer. Botham wrote his own script for England one last time at the
The Guardianadded this to World NewsWorld News Dutchman swims 121-mile canal route formerly used for ice-skating raceThe Guardian - Agence France-Presse in the HagueAs Europe braces for a heatwave this week, a Dutchman is swimming the route of the country’s most famed ice skating race, which has not been held for two decades as the climate crisis bites. Instead of
The Guardianadded this to PoliticsJohn McDonnell Labour to launch review of City's progress on emissionsThe Guardian - Phillip InmanLabour is to examine the readiness of City firms to cut carbon emissions and invest responsibly to tackle the climate emergency, shadow chancellor John McDonnell said on Monday. A review into City practices
The Guardianadded this to Comment is FreeOpinion (UK) An island that shuns clocks? It won’t stand the test of timeThe Guardian - Julian BagginiHermits have no need for clocks. But living in a community requires a common timeframe Philosophers and physicists have long debated the reality of time. But it has taken the people of the Norwegian island
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesOpinion (UK) Does Bradford festival's counter-extremism funding warrant a boycott?The Guardian - Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan and Saima MirBradford’s predominantly Pakistani, Muslim population has long been looked at through a lens of criminality This is a city that has to fight to be seen ... organising this kind of event here is an extraordinary
The Guardianadded this to Sport Top StoriesLewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton: F1 governance must change after ‘ugh’ French Grand PrixThe Guardian - Giles RichardsLewis Hamilton has revealed he is unimpressed with how Formula One is being run and says its governance must change. Speaking after his dominant victory at the French Grand Prix, Hamilton said Formula
The Guardianadded this to World NewsWorld News Key figure in Spain's Citizens party quits over far-right allianceThe Guardian - Sam Jones in MadridThe leadership of Spain’s centre-right Citizens party is under growing pressure over its deals with the far right after a senior member quit, accusing it of betraying its core principles. The party’s spokesman,
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesHomicide Fewer criminals being caught amid 28% drop in detective numbersThe Guardian - Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondentPeople have an increasing chance of getting away with murder as figures show the number of detectives investigating the most serious offences in England and Wales has fallen by more than a quarter since
The Guardianadded this to FilmFilm (UK) Act your age: teens put the sheen on films about growing upThe Guardian - Jemima SkakelFilm has a sometimes troubling relationship with authenticity. However, in coming-of-age films, the authenticity of having child actors in the roles gives the films a certain flair that makes them shine.
The Guardianadded this to FootballNewcastle United Rafael Benítez to leave Newcastle when contract expires on SundayThe Guardian - Press AssociationRafael Benítez will leave Newcastle when his contract expires on Sunday, the club have announced. Newcastle said in a statement: “It is with disappointment that we announce manager Rafael Benítez will
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesWorld News Cypriot serial killer given seven life sentencesThe Guardian - ReutersA Greek Cypriot army captain has been given seven life sentences after pleading guilty to killing five women and two children during a three-year murder spree in which he preyed on his victims online.
The Guardianadded this to FootballCameroon England’s refusal to be bullied by Cameroon cannot hide concernsThe Guardian - Louise Taylor in Le HavreThe good news is that, offering a welcome redefinition of grace under pressure, England refused to be bullied by Cameroon’s absurdly depressing antics in Valenciennes on Sunday. Retaining their poise refusing
The Guardianadded this to US NewsJay Inslee Jay Inslee targets fossil fuel interests with new presidential promisesGuardian US - Emily Holden in WashingtonWashington governor Jay Inslee will set his sights on powerful fossil fuel interests on Monday, by introducing a new portion of the presidential campaign he has centered on addressing the climate crisis.
The Guardianadded this to TV & RadioPlay buttonNormcore How Heroes' comic-book universe got too big for TVThe Guardian - Graeme VirtueThere, up in the sky … is it a bird? Is it a plane? Or just a TV hit that flew too close to the sun and notoriously flamed out? When it launched in 2006, Heroes was a fantasy drama with an unusually international
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesUK News Greater Manchester considers taking back control of bus networkThe Guardian - Helen Pidd North of England editorGreater Manchester could become the first city region in the UK to take back control of its buses after a report recommended refranchising its vast and fragmented network. The mayor of Greater Manchester,
The Guardianadded this to StageThe Theatre Robert Icke: 'British theatre often thinks of itself as church'The Guardian - Mark FisherOedipus is a guy with vision. Does it matter what he does in his personal life? Robert Icke The teenagers in the audience are all squirms and giggles. On stage, Oedipus and Jocasta have found themselves
The Guardianadded this to BooksJudith Krantz Judith Krantz, sex-and-shopping novelist, dies at 91The Guardian - Alison FloodJudith Krantz, who chronicled the sex and shopping of the super-rich and super-beautiful in bestselling novels from Scruples to Princess Daisy, has died at the age of 91. The American writer, who sold
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesBrexit Party Brexit party challenges byelection result over 'postal vote corruption'The Guardian - Peter WalkerThe Brexit party is to launch a formal legal challenge against the result of this month’s Peterborough byelection, where it was narrowly beaten by Labour, claiming that allegations of corruption connected
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesThe Guardian Home Office finally allows stranded mother and baby home from PakistanThe Guardian - Harriet GrantVisa decision overturned for British resident Nina Saleh, 48 hours after Guardian and others published her story A woman who was refused a visa to return to London after travelling to Pakistan to adopt
The Guardianadded this to LifestyleLifestyle (UK) Andy McNab: ‘At 16, I read my first book – and it changed my life’The Guardian - Andy McNabI joined the army straight out of juvenile detention at the age of 16. I was no criminal mastermind – I burgled the same block of flats repeatedly and was always going to end up getting caught. The education
