Philip Hammond Hammond warns leadership candidates not to ignore parliament on BrexitThe GuardianPhilip Hammond has warned Conservative leadership candidates they will not be prime minister for long if they pursue a no-deal Brexit, hinting that he and other Tories could be prepared to vote down the
Baku Arsenal's Sokratis: 'We respect Chelsea but we are not afraid'The Guardian - Barry GlendenningDuring his first interview as an Arsenal player last summer, it was put to Sokratis Papastathopoulos that his former Borussia Dortmund manager Thomas Tuchel had once described the 30-year-old Greek centre-back
Philip Hammond With Philip Hammond's departure likely, an uphill battle awaits his successorThe Guardian - Larry ElliottThe Conservative hopefuls lining up to replace Theresa May can be divided into two categories: those with a chance of becoming prime minister and those who see a tilt at the premiership as a way of securing
Michael Sheen Michael Sheen: ‘Anything I do, I commit to’The GuardianOne of the things the actor Michael Sheen likes about being famous is that he can get in touch with other famous people who he likes and tell them that he likes them, especially on social media. “It’s
Patricia Arquette Patricia Arquette: ‘I don’t want to play the ingenue for ever’The GuardianPatricia Arquette’s new US television true crime series, The Act, is as unsettling as it is fascinating. She portrays Dee Dee Blanchard, a mother now understood to have been suffering from Munchausen by
Motherwell Harry Hood, former Celtic striker with ‘the X factor’, dies aged 74The GuardianThe former Celtic striker Harry Hood has died at the age of 74, the club have confirmed. Hood scored 123 goals in 310 games for Celtic from 1969 to 1976 after moving from Clyde, where he played either
Angelique Kerber Angelique Kerber shocked by Anastasia Potapova in French Open first roundThe GuardianAngelique Kerber’s bid to complete a career slam at this year’s French Open fell at the first hurdle, as she lost 6-4, 6-2 to Anastasia Potapova in the first round. Kerber, winner of last year’s Wimbledon
John McDonnell Labour will get 'a good kicking' in European elections, McDonnell saysThe Guardian - Rowena Mason Deputy political editorJohn McDonnell has defended Labour’s decision not to fully endorse a second EU referendum so far, but acknowledged the party is going to get “a good kicking” in the European elections. The shadow chancellor
Northern Ireland Cotton Fingers review – abortion ban travelogue ends painfullyThe Guardian - Helen MeanyA young woman lies across a row of hard plastic seats, trying to sleep. Around her, fluorescent light flickers from airport transits, ferry terminals and hospital waiting rooms. A small, vulnerable figure,
Lifestyle (UK) Pot luck: unusual patio plants that love waterThe Guardian - James WongNow’s the time when garden centre shelves are groaning with bedding plants destined to fill patio pots everywhere. With great reason – no other group of plants is as good at offering never-ending flowers
Travel Highland spring: escaping to an art hotel in the CairngormsThe Guardian - Genevieve FoxOne of the books artfully piled up on the coffee table in the German Emperor, our Victoriana-themed bedroom in the Fife Arms hotel in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, was a copy of Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain.
Books The Corner Shop by Babita Sharma review – fags, mags and family lifeThe Guardian - Nikesh ShuklaThere is no division between workplace and home space. The temptation to eat all the confectionery is a daily struggle Part memoir, part social history, The Corner Shop, is a gentle, charming and at times
Romford Jodie Chesney: 17-year-old boy charged with girl's murderThe GuardianA 17-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of Jodie Chesney in east London. The Metropolitan police said the teenager was charged on Sunday with murder and possession of a stun gun. A murder investigation
David Luiz David Luiz: ‘We have to beat Unai Emery as well as Arsenal in the final’The Guardian - Paul MacInnesDavid Luiz has enjoyed a characteristically eventful season. He is the object of voluble criticism every time he plays badly and November brought the unusual sight of the Brazilian defender arguing with
Jamie Oliver Jamie Oliver gave us our big break in the kitchen – and he’s still our heroThe Guardian - Nosheen IqbalWhen, in 2002, Jamie Oliver launched Fifteen, a not-for-profit restaurant designed to train up 15 disadvantaged, young, unemployed candidates into chefs, few expected it would be a success. The initiative
Ghosting Businesses, don't shut the door on prospective employees who ghost youThe Guardian - Gene MarksA disturbing and growing behavior in this country is affecting countless small and large businesses: prospective employees are turning into ghosts. “Ghosting” happens when a prospective employee goes all
Brushes with the law: how teaching art to women in prison changed their outlookThe Guardian - Joanna MoorheadMim Skinner spent two years teaching prisoners. Now she’s written a book, Jailbirds, to change our view of incarcerated women – and how we can support them on the outside If Britain was hit by an apocalypse,
Play buttonNigel Farage Are milkshakes the new politics of resistance?The Guardian - Stewart LeeI flinch whenever a stranger calls my name. To be fair, it’s usually a teenager who wants a selfie for their dad Wouldn’t it be wonderful to hear what would be said at our own funeral? When Michael Gove
Keir Starmer 'I can’t pretend I didn’t feel something': Keir Starmer on May's exitThe Guardian - Mark Brown Arts correspondentEven the Labour shadow Brexit secretary, Keir Starmer, felt a twinge as Theresa May announced her resignation. Sort of. Starmer was a speaker at the Hay literary festival over the weekend and was asked
News Ireland votes to liberalise divorce laws after referendumThe Guardian - Rory Carroll Ireland correspondentIreland has voted to ease restrictions on divorce by an overwhelming majority, continuing the country’s social liberalisation. Voters approved a constitutional referendum by 1,384,192 yes votes (82.1%)
Books Afropean: Notes from Black Europe extract – ‘it really was another world’The Guardian - Johny Pitts‘This idea African Americans have about racism not existing in France is ridiculous because it does, in abundance’ As the Eurostar pulled into the cavernous entrance of the Gare du Nord at dusk, I sat
Opinion (UK) Has the Rose theatre missed its cue to survive in these tough times?The Guardian - Richard BrooksSir Peter Hall must be turning in his grave at news that the Rose theatre in Kingston, Surrey is threatened with closure - a decade after opening. It had long been his wish for an auditorium, whose shape
Babysitting A new babysitter means it’s tidy up time at home… in appearance at leastThe Guardian - Séamas O’Reilly‘That’s not, like, mess mess,’ I say to myself, looking at the plastic bin filled with bubble-wrap atop our fridge. It’s about 2ft tall, bulges with packing tape and – I think – Christmas wrapping paper.
Jacob Rees-Mogg The Victorians by Jacob Rees-Mogg review – ponderings in plodding proseThe Guardian - Andrew RawnsleyWhere has he been for the last three years? It can’t have been in Britain Jacob Rees-Mogg is the stupid kind of Tory’s idea of what a clever kind of Tory ought to sound like. He knows a few long and obscure
Play buttonCyril Ramaphosa Cyril Ramaphosa is cautious, but he must waste no time reforming South AfricaThe Guardian - Jason BurkeIn his long career as an activist, businessman and politician, Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s president, has overcome many challenges. But few have been as daunting as those he will face when he sits
Eoin Morgan The making of Eoin Morgan: ‘You got a sense he was something special’The Guardian - Andy Bull“Here’s a story,” says Paul Farbrace. It is from a one-day game at Trent Bridge in 2015, when he was England’s stand-in head coach. “New Zealand had made 349. In the old days we’d have had no chance but
Books Johny Pitts: ‘I’m working towards a multiculturalism 2.0’The Guardian - Killian FoxJohny Pitts was born in Sheffield to an African American father and a white English mother. He has worked as a music journalist, a musician with Bare Knuckle Soul, a TV presenter and a photographer. In
Derby Day Telecaster must get Derby nod from Hughie Morrison in Epsom classicThe Guardian - Greg WoodIn the early decades of the 19th century, many tens of thousands of ordinary Londoners left before dawn on Derby day to walk the 20 or so miles to Epsom and then, after an afternoon of revelry on the walked
Julian Assange US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave threat to a free mediaThe Guardian - Alan RusbridgerImagine the precedent if the Trump administration gets away with this Do you remember the Collateral Murder video – the one that showed US air crew in Apache helicopters killing people as though playing
Jack Grealish Stiliyan Petrov: ‘When my kids google my name, the first thing that comes up is: beat cancer'The Guardian - Stuart JamesIt hurts that I never had an opportunity. Wearing the Villa shirt shows people you’re back where you belong It was 11 years ago but Stiliyan Petrov makes it sound like yesterday. He knows exactly how positioned
