Amazon Brazilian warplanes dump water on Amazon fires as outcry mountsThe Guardian - ReutersBrazilian warplanes have begun dumping water on burning forest in the Amazon state of Rondonia, responding to an outcry over the destruction of the world’s largest tropical rain forest. President Jair
The Theatre From Titania McGrath to a Brexit party standup: is rightwing comedy on the rise?The Guardian - Brian LoganHas there been a rise in rightwing comedy? Or just more acts pinning their colours to that mast? A common claim – flogged to death by the conservative commentariat – is that comedy is dominated by a “liberal
Harvey Weinstein Weinstein due in court over indictment involving actor Annabella SciorraThe Guardian - Edward HelmoreHarvey Weinstein will head back to court in New York on Monday morning, to be arraigned on a new indictment involving the actor Annabella Sciorra. Lisa Bloom: lawyer in Epstein case speaks of suffering
Water Nestlé plan to take 1.1m gallons of water a day from natural springs sparks outcryThe Guardian - Richard LuscombeThe crystal blue waters of Ginnie Springs have long been treasured among the string of pearls that line Florida’s picturesque Santa Fe River, a playground for water sports enthusiasts and an ecologically
Environment Country diary 1919: the Bird Protection Act is a dead letterThe Guardian - Thomas CowardIn a quiet but public lane, not a hundred yards from a main highway and less than half a mile from a police station, I came across a respectably dressed man endeavouring to capture birds by means of limed
Rosanna Arquette Rosanna Arquette: ‘They said I was a pain in the ass. It’s not true’The Guardian - Paula CocozzaRosanna Arquette sounds panicked. She thinks someone wants to stop our conversation taking place. For 30 minutes, a BBC publicist has tried to patch us into a conference call; now, Arquette has taken into
Petworth Baroque 'Petworth beauties' to have their severed legs reinstatedThe Guardian - Mark BrownIn a studio deep in Croydon, two supremely well connected ladies of Queen Anne’s court are about to go through an indignity they could never have imagined – to have their legs restored. The National Trust
Poldark TV tonight: the triumphant conclusion of Poldark sugars no pillsThe Guardian - Mike BradleyThe gallant adaptation of the Winston Graham’s Cornish novels reaches a triumphant conclusion that sugars no pills on its way to resolving the many issues at hand. Chief among these is how to foil the
Art From bombs to Benidorm: how fascism disfigured the face of SpainThe Guardian - Jonathan MeadesThe Basilica at Arantzazu in the Basque country was a collaboration between the sculptor Jorge Oteiza, who had just returned to Spain after 15 years in self-imposed exile, and the architect Francisco Sáenz
Mental Health After the wildfire: treating the mental health crisis triggered by climate changeThe Guardian - The Guardian viewThe nightmares kept coming and David Leal knew he was in trouble. A navy veteran with a can-do attitude and a solidly middle-class IT job at a hospital in Santa Rosa, California, he didn’t think of himself
Clickbait New Netflix series Clickbait given $4.9m by the Australian governmentThe Guardian - Stephanie ConveryThe federal government is giving Netflix $4.9m for a new Australian series to be filmed in Victoria later this year. The series, called Clickbait, will be the third local show commissioned by the streaming
Environment Country diary: fresh cowpats are nature's nutrient-rich smoothiesThe Guardian - Jeremy DagleyA large herd of cattle has been let into an uncut field. Among the down-covered thistles and tall grasses, the cows, in bovine contentment, are spattering their dung freely. Just ahead of me, a cowpat
AFL Sam Murray free to play next AFL season after 18-month drug banThe Guardian - Australian Associated PressCollingwood defender Sam Murray is free to play in the AFL next season after receiving his punishment for failing a game-day drugs test last year. The league’s anti-doping tribunal has imposed an 18-month
Wealth Forget the generation gap – the gulf between rich and poor tells the real story of our timesThe Guardian - John QuigginRecently, we’ve been hearing a gloomy story. Younger generations of Australians (millennials and Gen Z) are doing worse than their boomer parents, according to Generation Gap, a study of wealth distribution
China Shares across Asia fall sharply amid US-Chinese trade tensions Australia News - Martin Farrer and agenciesShares in Australia and across Asia Pacific have fallen sharply amid a new flare-up of US-Chinese trade tensions. Despite a senior Chinese leader saying Beijing wanted to resolve the dispute with “calm
World News 'There's no one to help': Russian mercenary industry's toll on familiesThe Guardian - Andrew Roth in KrasnodarWhen Olga Markelova’s ex-husband Dmitri was killed fighting in Syria in 2017, she expected the Russian government to help provide at least for their daughter, his only child. After all, Dmitri had served
Dunfermline Dunfermline school fire: 80 firefighters battle 'very large and complex' blazeThe Guardian - Guardian staff and Press AssociationMore than 80 firefighters are battling a “very large and complex” blaze at a high school in Dunfermline, Scotland. The blaze at Woodmill high school was being fought by 15 fire engines after the Scottish
Australia RuPaul's Drag Race Australia: TV phenomenon coming to say 'shantay, g'day'The Guardian - Alyx GormanRuPaul’s Drag Race has spawned two spin-off series, several sellout world tours and skyrocketed the careers of dozens of drag performers. Now the reality TV phenomenon is gearing up to Death Drop down
Melanesia West Papua: thousands expected at fresh protests after week of violenceThe Guardian - Kate Lamb in JayapuraThousands of protesters were expected to take to the streets in six regions of West Papua on Monday, one week after violent demonstrations flared across Indonesia’s easternmost provinces, leaving one and
Cricket 'Go urn, my son': what the papers say about England's Ashes comebackThe Guardian - Martin FarrerThere might have been a crucial meeting of world leaders, Brexit and a kerfuffle about the BBC licence fee to fret about. But Ben Stokes’s batting heroics have given Britain’s newspapers the perfect bank
Netball Believing in Collingwood is tempting once again after Pies squeeze into Super Netball finalsThe Guardian - Erin DelahuntyLike many others who have drunk the Collingwood Kool-Aid since the AFL powerhouse joined Super Netball in 2017, I have more than once been left looking like a goal keeper gone hunting out of the circle,
Medieval Succession recap: season two, episode three – Logan is on mighty, medieval formThe Guardian - David StubbsSpoiler alert: this recap is for people watching Succession season two, which airs on HBO in the US and Sky Atlantic in the UK. Do not read on unless you have watched episode three ‘He can do whatever
trump news update Trump suggests 'nuking hurricanes' to stop them hitting America – reportGuardian US - Guardian staffDonald Trump has reportedly suggested on more than one occasion that the US military should bomb hurricanes in order to disrupt them before they make landfall. According to US news website Axios, the president
Policing Hong Kong protests: dozens arrested as government warns of 'very dangerous situation'The Guardian - Verna Yu in Hong KongDozens of people, including a 12-year-old, have been arrested after a night of escalating violence in Hong Kong that saw police fire a warning shot near protesters and use water cannon for the first time.
Placido Domingo Placido Domingo gets standing ovation in first performance since sexual harassment claimsThe Guardian - Staff and agenciesOpera singer Placido Domingo on Sunday received a standing ovation at the Salzburg festival, his first performance after being accused of sexually harassing women. “Triumph in Salzburg, standing ovation
Environment Great Australian Bight oil industry would need decades of subsidies, report warns Australia News - Katharine Murphy Political editorThe South Australian government needs to prepare itself for decades of subsidies if it wants to develop an offshore oil and gas industry in the Great Australian Bight, according to a new report. Analysis
Horse Racing Epsom victory the aim for jump jockey Jamie Codd, aka ‘The Coddfather’The Guardian - Chris CorriganJamie Codd and the Yorkshire trainer John Quinn are a formidable force when they team up – either over jumps or on the Flat. One of the highlights of this Bank Holiday Monday’s racing will be watching
Media Industry Boris Johnson says BBC should 'cough up' for TV licences of over-75sThe Guardian - Heather Stewart Political editorBoris Johnson has reignited the row over who should fund free TV licences for the over-75s, urging the BBC to “cough up”. The prime minister has signalled that his government will not reverse policy by
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The Theatre Rob Auton: The Time Show review – twinkling hour of clock-watchingThe Guardian - Brian Logan‘Did the people who set time going really think time would stand the test of time?” Rob Auton’s The Time Show is full of playful paradoxes such as this. With its multiple related meanings, time lends to
