Ramaphosa heralds 'new era' as he begins South African presidencyThe Guardian - Jason BurkeCyril Ramaphosa told South Africans on Saturday that “a new era had dawned” as he was sworn in for a five-year term as president, but said the troubled country was at a defining moment in its history.
Music (UK) One to watch: CollardThe GuardianThough he had a strict Mormon upbringing in south London, singer, songwriter and rapper Josh Collard’s oeuvre is far from restrictive. The 24-year-old makes soft, opulent, sometimes poetically plaintive
Jack White The Raconteurs review – maximum rock’n’rollThe GuardianThe further we get from the 20th century, the harder it becomes to account for the appeal of amplified guitar music. The cultural moment has moved on, but a genre that can sometimes feel like some throwback
Lifestyle (UK) Amma Asante: ‘When my parents came to the UK, signs on doors said: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs’The GuardianAs a woman of colour who makes movies in a world that is the privilege of the white male, I represent 0.4% of my industry. I would love to get to a place where I don’t have to make that statement. It be
Politics EU citizens denied vote in European elections to sue UK governmentThe Guardian - Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondentThe government is facing the prospect of being sued by campaigners for EU citizens in the UK and British nationals abroad who were denied a vote in the European parliament elections. John Halford, a public
The Arts Boston Museum of Fine Arts acts over middle schoolers' racism claimGuardian US - Associated Press in Boston• Staff member alleged to have told students ‘no watermelon’ • Officials say staffer recalls saying ‘no water bottles’ The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has banned two people and vowed to change protocols
Art Jock McFadyen, the artist bringing the spirit of punk to the Royal AcademyThe GuardianWhen the painter Jock McFadyen was 17 years old, a truck pulled out in front of his Matchless motorbike. He swerved, but collided. He still remembers his relief that his head remained attached to his but
World News Les Temps Modernes: Paris mourns passing of the intellectual left’s bibleThe GuardianSimone de Beauvoir called its Sunday afternoon editorial meetings “the highest form of friendship”, but after 74 years Les Temps Modernes, the monthly journal she founded with Jean-Paul Sartre, has closed.
Seville Seville’s bid to save Velázquez’s childhood home inspired by … ShakespeareThe GuardianThe light that pours into the twin patios of an old house near the centre of Seville reveals the familiar signature of time and neglect. Wood has rotted, plaster blown and paint bubbled. Mushrooms bloom
Play buttonMe Too Movement Jo Brand says #MeToo is 'something we need to keep pushing at'The Guardian - Mark Brown Arts correspondentJo Brand has spoken of the need to maintain the momentum of the #MeToo movement despite the fact that some people are “fed up with it already”, recalling a charity event where a man forced his tongue her
Thomas Tuchel PSG extend Thomas Tuchel's contract as coach for another yearThe Guardian - Associated PressParis Saint-Germain coach Thomas Tuchel has extended his contract at the French champions for another year until June 2021, despite a disappointing second half of the season. The German coach replaced
Lyra McKee Friends of Lyra McKee begin peace walk from Belfast to DerryThe Guardian - Damien GayleFriends of Lyra McKee have started a three-day peace walk from Belfast to Derry, five weeks after the journalist was murdered while watching clashes between police and dissident republicans. At Writer’s
Opinion Can someone please send mushrooms to all the men’s rights activists out there?The Guardian - Arwa MahdawiSign up for the Week in Patriarchy, a newsletter on feminism and sexism sent every Saturday. The internet’s most infamous pickup artist and rape-apologist recently announced that he “received a message
Music (UK) The week in classical: Donnerstag aus Licht; La Damnation de Faust; By Voice Alone – reviewThe Guardian - Fiona MaddocksGuru, inventor, tyrant, magus; wearer of orange jumpers and white trousers; father of electronic music: the German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007) was all these things. Read up on him and be
Special Education Rise in special needs pupils forced to attend out-of-area schoolsThe GuardianAlmost 20,000 children with special educational needs such as autism are attending school outside their council area because of shortfalls in local provision – with the number rising by nearly a fifth
German History Hedonism, sex and fear – why the Weimar republic is in vogueThe Guardian - Sarah HughesIt was one of the most febrile and fascinating periods in the 20th century. A time when cultural creativity and technical innovation walked hand in hand with political uncertainty, growing inequality storm
San Francisco, CA San Francisco police chief apologizes for raid on reporter's home and officeGuardian US - US NewsSan Francisco’s police chief apologized on Friday for raiding a freelance journalist’s home and office to find out who leaked a police report into the unexpected death of the city’s former public defender.
World News British climber latest to die on Everest amid overcrowdingThe Guardian - Peter BeaumontA British climber has been named as the latest fatality on Everest, in a season marred by poor weather and overcrowding on the world’s highest mountain. The death of Robin Fisher, who reportedly collapsed
Cricket World Cup Cricket World Cup 2019: team-by-team guideThe Guardian - John AshdownProspects Their success remains one of the feelgood stories in international cricket but they’re now established regulars in the top international tournaments. That said, they nearly missed out on this
Dublin Spice Girls fans complain of 'awful' sound at Dublin gigThe Guardian - Mattha BusbyThe Spice Girl Mel B has said she hopes the sound “will be much, much better” at the reformed band’s next show, following complaints about the first gig of their stadium reunion tour. More than 70,000
Film (UK) 'Peep Show with female losers? Bring it on!' – Sam Bain on why comedy needs diversityThe Guardian - Sam BainSomething that is theoretically offensive to me as a white guy may be viscerally offensive to a black man or Asian woman I’m in a huge, fake cavern in a huge, empty warehouse in the huge, boiling New desert.
Music (UK) On my radar: Robyn’s cultural highlightsThe Guardian - Kathryn BromwichRobin Miriam Carlsson was born in Sweden in 1979. She released her debut album Robyn Is Here at the age of 16, and received the first of five Grammy nominations for her 2005 album, Robyn. In 2010 she the
Leicester Why there is no accounting for a large slice of luck in the Premier LeagueThe Guardian - Greg WoodBack in the late 1990s a bookmaking firm came up with an interesting new game to keep the customers in its betting shops amused while they were waiting for the racing to start. It ran computer simulations
Travel Summer fun on Portugal’s riverbanksThe Guardian - Oliver BalchJosé Manuel dos Santos, our guide, was looking a little sheepish. “You have to understand,” he said, “the beach isn’t normally like this.” We were sitting on a low bridge below the pretty village of Avô,
Change UK Change UK open to forming pro-remain pact with Liberal DemocratsThe Guardian - Mattha BusbyChange UK could agree with the Liberal Democrats not to stand candidates in the same constituencies at the next general election, the party’s spokesman has said. The former Labour MP Chuka Umunna said
Reality TV Galdem Sugar: can a grime reality show ever work?The Guardian - Issy SampsonEver wondered what Made in Chelsea would be like if it starred five female grime artists? No? Well here’s that reality series you definitely didn’t ask for: Galdem Sugar (Thursday 30 May, BBC Three, from
Zucchini How to plant courgettesThe Guardian - Alys FowlerI have always failed to be first at anything and make an art of being behind, so why change that behaviour with courgettes? It is the one summer vegetable that, once you’ve cleared the windowsills of else,
Books The book that changed my mind: Matt Haig, Emily Maitlis and more share their picksThe Guardian - Matt Haig, Caroline Criado-Perez, Sara Pascoe, Emily Maitlis, Steven Pinker and moreAs we experience a serious backlash against egalitarian social advances, Audre Lorde’s voice is as prescient as ever The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells. This is, unfortunately, non-fiction.
Sunderland Lee Cattermole: ‘There were two years when I shouldn’t have been on the pitch’The Guardian - Louise TaylorIt is a cool March night at the Stadio Olimpico in 2006, Middlesbrough have just eliminated Roma from Europe and Italian reporters ask their English counterparts a single question. “Lee Cattermole,” they
University of Colorado 'Why is this happening?' Colorado reckons with another school shootingGuardian US - Dan Hernandez in DenverTwo little girls played in the grass outside Stem School Highlands Ranch, in Douglas County, Colorado, where a school shooting took place on 7 May. The girls’ parents solemnly looked over a shrine. Flowers,
