The City Vanished neighbourhoods: the areas lost to urban renewalThe GuardianThe wave of urban renewal that swept the world in the 20th century gave us inner-city highways, modernist downtown malls and high-rise housing projects. It destroyed countless fine-grained, human-scaled
Kindle Paperwhite Kindle 2019 review: Amazon's cheapest e-reader gets adjustable frontlightThe Guardian - Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editorAmazon’s cheapest, most basic Kindle now has a light and a better screen, which makes it very nearly the new default ebook reader. The new Kindle 9 – which is, confusingly, one of the new 10th generation
World News The Catholic rebels resisting the Philippines’ deadly war on drugsThe Guardian - Adam WillisPresident Rodrigo Duterte’s violent crackdown has left 20,000 dead, and in a devout country, he has repeatedly hurled insults at bishops, the pope – and even God. But only a handful of Catholic activists
Environment Locations of 50 new London water fountains revealedThe Guardian - Rebecca SmithersThe locations of the first 50 of a £5m wave of public water fountains earmarked for the capital have been announced. The first of the new fountains – which people are encouraged to use to refill their
Music (UK) Crisis crescendos: how the Proms is sounding the alarm for a planet in perilThe Guardian - Stephen MossPounding oceans, enchanted woods, threatened birds and the powerful words of Greta Thunberg … we meet the composers spearheading this year’s nature theme at the Proms The Proms have a slightly uneasy with
Billionaires The lesson from the ruins of Notre Dame: don’t rely on billionairesThe Guardian - Aditya ChakraborttyYou remember the story, of course you do. One of the most ancient and holy buildings on Earth, Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, goes up in flames. As pictures of the inferno are beamed around the world,
Opinion (UK) African lives are measured in fighting UK visa rejectionsThe Guardian - Nesrine MalikMy Sudanese passport meant that I had to become an Olympian visa-applier in order to visit, study and settle in the UK An African passport is the most egalitarian of documents, in that if you have one
Environment Environmental damage of tourism comes under MPs’ spotlightThe Guardian - Jonathan WattsHolidaymakers’ responsibility for foul beaches, overcrowding, traffic, aeroplane emissions and other environmental impacts will come under parliamentary scrutiny. The inquiry into the environmental cost
Royal Ballet Ballet legend Beryl Grey: 'It’s amazing what the human body can take'The Guardian - Lyndsey Winship‘It’s such a shame they moved Covent Garden market,” says Dame Beryl Grey. “You used to go into the Opera House and you could smell the cabbages! It was wonderful,” she smiles. This was in the 1940s and
Colorado The haunted hotel: inside the former brothel serving nightmare fetishistsGuardian US - Josiah Hesse in Victor, ColoradoAn enormous growling wolf is the first of many horrors to greet visitors entering the Black Monarch Hotel in Victor, Colorado. Located in this once-abandoned mountain town, the Black Monarch hotel offers
Kyoto Several dead after suspected arson attack on Kyoto Animation in JapanThe Guardian - Staff and agenciesSeveral people have died and dozens injured in a fire after a suspected arson atack at an animation production company in western Japan. Police in Kyoto siad the fire broke out on Thursday morning at three-storey
World News 'Abusive' woman billed for £85,000 after RAF scrambled to escort planeThe GuardianA passenger who allegedly caused two RAF jets to be scrambled to escort a plane back to Stansted airport has been sent a bill for £85,000 by the airline. Chloe Haines has been accused by Jet2 of a “catalogue
Environment Country diary: savouring the swish of waves and skylarks' songThe Guardian - Virginia SpiersThe satellite listening dishes of GCHQ at Morwenstow poke up above the northern horizon, and offshore the ocean is cornflower blue. Beside the bunkers and fairways of the golf course, ringlets flit about
World News Nicaraguans jubilant after Somoza resignation - archive, 1979The Guardian - Andrew Pollak, ManaguaChurch bells rang and rifles were joyfully fired into the air throughout Nicaragua yesterday as the crumbling dictatorship of the Somoza family finally ended in Latin America’s first successful popular
World News Garuda Indonesia bans in-flight photos after being mocked for handwritten menuThe Guardian - Kate Lamb in JakartaIndonesia’s national airline has come under fire for banning the taking of in-flight photos and videos after a popular video blogger posted an image online showing a handwritten menu he was handed in class.
Play buttonMcMahon Angie McMahon: 'I was super-reclusive, now I’m out in the world. Welcome to my anxiety'The Guardian - Jenny ValentishTaking inspiration from losing inspiration is almost its own songwriting genre. A few years back, the Guardian compiled a list of procrastination songs with the help of readers, but it neglected Australia’s
Ricardo Rosselló Lin-Manuel Miranda joins diaspora protests against Puerto Rico governorThe Guardian - Lauren Aratani in New YorkProtests calling for the resignation of the Puerto Rican governor, Ricardo Rosselló, have spread from the streets of San Juan to cities across the United States. As mass protests escalate on the island,
Cricket Why women's Test cricket must become more regular and widespreadThe Guardian - Megan SchuttIt’s a bit insulting that we are on a used pitch again this week but hopefully rain will help spice things up a bit My strongest memories of growing up and falling in love with cricket are watching the
Play buttonIlhan Omar Trump rally crowd chants 'send her back' after president attacks Ilhan OmarGuardian US - Tom McCarthy in New YorkGoaded on by the president, a crowd at a Donald Trump rally on Wednesday night chanted “send her back! send her back!” in reference to Ilhan Omar, a US congresswoman who arrived almost 30 years ago as
Millennials It's been millennials vs boomers for too long: it's time to start blaming Generation XThe Guardian - Nick EvershedIn the generational wars, people are sorted into two separate but equally important groups: millennials (AKA Gen Y) and baby boomers (AKA boomers). This has become something of a meme to the point where,
Ilhan Omar Crowd chants ‘send her back’ as Trump attacks Ilhan Omar – videoThe GuardianDuring a rally in North Carolina, Trump supporters chant ‘send her back’ after the US president repeats false statements about Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar. The crowd booed when Trump mentioned Omar’s
World News 'Wizard' hacker charged after financial records of nearly every Bulgarian exposedThe Guardian - ReutersA 20-year-old cybersecurity worker has been arrested in Bulgaria and charged with hacking the personal and financial records of millions of taxpayers, as police continue to investigate the country’s biggest
TV Series Shaun Micallef is Mad as Hell after ABC airs wrong episode of current affairs TV showThe Guardian - Stephanie ConveryThe ABC mistakenly replayed an old episode of current affairs comedy show Mad As Hell on Wednesday night. The show’s host Shaun Micallef tuned in to watch his skit show in its usual time slot of 8.31pm
Tour de France Caleb Ewan silences the doubters with maiden Tour de France stage winThe Guardian - Kieran PenderAs a young child, Caleb Ewan would stay awake late into the evening at his family home in the Southern Highlands, watching on television as the pinnacle of international cycling played out on the roads
Socceroos Uninspiring World Cup draw at least gives Socceroos scope for revengeThe Guardian - John Duerden in Kuala LumpurTim Cahill was the guest of honour at the draw for the second qualifying round for the 2022 World Cup but for Australia, there was none of the usual explosive excitement associated with the country’s goalscorer.
Play buttonU.S. House of Representatives House kills attempt to impeach Trump for 'disgracing' presidencyGuardian US - Tom McCarthy in WashingtonThe House of Representatives killed an attempt to impeach Donald Trump on Wednesday, with 137 Democrats joining Republicans to table a vote on articles of impeachment brought by the congressman Al Green
Amnesty International Amnesty International calls for closure of migrant child detention centerGuardian US - Edward HelmoreAmnesty International USA has called for a detention center for migrant children in Florida to be closed down and for congressional public hearings to be held into conditions at the facility, which lies
Chris Froome Chris Froome awarded 2011 Vuelta a España title after Cobo doping banThe Guardian - Press AssociationChris Froome has officially been named as the winner of the 2011 Vuelta a España following a doping case involving Juan José Cobo, who originally finished in first place. It is Froome’s seventh Grand title
Road Safety Young drivers may be banned from road at night under safety planThe Guardian - Press AssociationYoung drivers could be banned from the road at night under plans to improve safety, the Department for Transport has announced. Figures show that a fifth are involved in an accident during their first
Census House votes to hold Barr and commerce chief in contempt over censusGuardian US - Guardian staff and agenciesThe US House has voted to hold two top Trump administration officials in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with subpoenas related to a decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
The City Vanished neighbourhoods: the areas lost to urban renewalThe GuardianThe wave of urban renewal that swept the world in the 20th century gave us inner-city highways, modernist downtown malls and high-rise housing projects. It destroyed countless fine-grained, human-scaled
Kindle Paperwhite Kindle 2019 review: Amazon's cheapest e-reader gets adjustable frontlightThe Guardian - Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editorAmazon’s cheapest, most basic Kindle now has a light and a better screen, which makes it very nearly the new default ebook reader. The new Kindle 9 – which is, confusingly, one of the new 10th generation
World News The Catholic rebels resisting the Philippines’ deadly war on drugsThe Guardian - Adam WillisPresident Rodrigo Duterte’s violent crackdown has left 20,000 dead, and in a devout country, he has repeatedly hurled insults at bishops, the pope – and even God. But only a handful of Catholic activists
Environment Locations of 50 new London water fountains revealedThe Guardian - Rebecca SmithersThe locations of the first 50 of a £5m wave of public water fountains earmarked for the capital have been announced. The first of the new fountains – which people are encouraged to use to refill their
Music (UK) Crisis crescendos: how the Proms is sounding the alarm for a planet in perilThe Guardian - Stephen MossPounding oceans, enchanted woods, threatened birds and the powerful words of Greta Thunberg … we meet the composers spearheading this year’s nature theme at the Proms The Proms have a slightly uneasy with
Billionaires The lesson from the ruins of Notre Dame: don’t rely on billionairesThe Guardian - Aditya ChakraborttyYou remember the story, of course you do. One of the most ancient and holy buildings on Earth, Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, goes up in flames. As pictures of the inferno are beamed around the world,
Opinion (UK) African lives are measured in fighting UK visa rejectionsThe Guardian - Nesrine MalikMy Sudanese passport meant that I had to become an Olympian visa-applier in order to visit, study and settle in the UK An African passport is the most egalitarian of documents, in that if you have one
Environment Environmental damage of tourism comes under MPs’ spotlightThe Guardian - Jonathan WattsHolidaymakers’ responsibility for foul beaches, overcrowding, traffic, aeroplane emissions and other environmental impacts will come under parliamentary scrutiny. The inquiry into the environmental cost
Royal Ballet Ballet legend Beryl Grey: 'It’s amazing what the human body can take'The Guardian - Lyndsey Winship‘It’s such a shame they moved Covent Garden market,” says Dame Beryl Grey. “You used to go into the Opera House and you could smell the cabbages! It was wonderful,” she smiles. This was in the 1940s and
Colorado The haunted hotel: inside the former brothel serving nightmare fetishistsGuardian US - Josiah Hesse in Victor, ColoradoAn enormous growling wolf is the first of many horrors to greet visitors entering the Black Monarch Hotel in Victor, Colorado. Located in this once-abandoned mountain town, the Black Monarch hotel offers
Kyoto Several dead after suspected arson attack on Kyoto Animation in JapanThe Guardian - Staff and agenciesSeveral people have died and dozens injured in a fire after a suspected arson atack at an animation production company in western Japan. Police in Kyoto siad the fire broke out on Thursday morning at three-storey
World News 'Abusive' woman billed for £85,000 after RAF scrambled to escort planeThe GuardianA passenger who allegedly caused two RAF jets to be scrambled to escort a plane back to Stansted airport has been sent a bill for £85,000 by the airline. Chloe Haines has been accused by Jet2 of a “catalogue
Environment Country diary: savouring the swish of waves and skylarks' songThe Guardian - Virginia SpiersThe satellite listening dishes of GCHQ at Morwenstow poke up above the northern horizon, and offshore the ocean is cornflower blue. Beside the bunkers and fairways of the golf course, ringlets flit about
World News Nicaraguans jubilant after Somoza resignation - archive, 1979The Guardian - Andrew Pollak, ManaguaChurch bells rang and rifles were joyfully fired into the air throughout Nicaragua yesterday as the crumbling dictatorship of the Somoza family finally ended in Latin America’s first successful popular
World News Garuda Indonesia bans in-flight photos after being mocked for handwritten menuThe Guardian - Kate Lamb in JakartaIndonesia’s national airline has come under fire for banning the taking of in-flight photos and videos after a popular video blogger posted an image online showing a handwritten menu he was handed in class.
Play buttonMcMahon Angie McMahon: 'I was super-reclusive, now I’m out in the world. Welcome to my anxiety'The Guardian - Jenny ValentishTaking inspiration from losing inspiration is almost its own songwriting genre. A few years back, the Guardian compiled a list of procrastination songs with the help of readers, but it neglected Australia’s
Ricardo Rosselló Lin-Manuel Miranda joins diaspora protests against Puerto Rico governorThe Guardian - Lauren Aratani in New YorkProtests calling for the resignation of the Puerto Rican governor, Ricardo Rosselló, have spread from the streets of San Juan to cities across the United States. As mass protests escalate on the island,
Cricket Why women's Test cricket must become more regular and widespreadThe Guardian - Megan SchuttIt’s a bit insulting that we are on a used pitch again this week but hopefully rain will help spice things up a bit My strongest memories of growing up and falling in love with cricket are watching the
Play buttonIlhan Omar Trump rally crowd chants 'send her back' after president attacks Ilhan OmarGuardian US - Tom McCarthy in New YorkGoaded on by the president, a crowd at a Donald Trump rally on Wednesday night chanted “send her back! send her back!” in reference to Ilhan Omar, a US congresswoman who arrived almost 30 years ago as
Millennials It's been millennials vs boomers for too long: it's time to start blaming Generation XThe Guardian - Nick EvershedIn the generational wars, people are sorted into two separate but equally important groups: millennials (AKA Gen Y) and baby boomers (AKA boomers). This has become something of a meme to the point where,
Ilhan Omar Crowd chants ‘send her back’ as Trump attacks Ilhan Omar – videoThe GuardianDuring a rally in North Carolina, Trump supporters chant ‘send her back’ after the US president repeats false statements about Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar. The crowd booed when Trump mentioned Omar’s
World News 'Wizard' hacker charged after financial records of nearly every Bulgarian exposedThe Guardian - ReutersA 20-year-old cybersecurity worker has been arrested in Bulgaria and charged with hacking the personal and financial records of millions of taxpayers, as police continue to investigate the country’s biggest
TV Series Shaun Micallef is Mad as Hell after ABC airs wrong episode of current affairs TV showThe Guardian - Stephanie ConveryThe ABC mistakenly replayed an old episode of current affairs comedy show Mad As Hell on Wednesday night. The show’s host Shaun Micallef tuned in to watch his skit show in its usual time slot of 8.31pm
Tour de France Caleb Ewan silences the doubters with maiden Tour de France stage winThe Guardian - Kieran PenderAs a young child, Caleb Ewan would stay awake late into the evening at his family home in the Southern Highlands, watching on television as the pinnacle of international cycling played out on the roads
Socceroos Uninspiring World Cup draw at least gives Socceroos scope for revengeThe Guardian - John Duerden in Kuala LumpurTim Cahill was the guest of honour at the draw for the second qualifying round for the 2022 World Cup but for Australia, there was none of the usual explosive excitement associated with the country’s goalscorer.
Play buttonU.S. House of Representatives House kills attempt to impeach Trump for 'disgracing' presidencyGuardian US - Tom McCarthy in WashingtonThe House of Representatives killed an attempt to impeach Donald Trump on Wednesday, with 137 Democrats joining Republicans to table a vote on articles of impeachment brought by the congressman Al Green
Amnesty International Amnesty International calls for closure of migrant child detention centerGuardian US - Edward HelmoreAmnesty International USA has called for a detention center for migrant children in Florida to be closed down and for congressional public hearings to be held into conditions at the facility, which lies
Chris Froome Chris Froome awarded 2011 Vuelta a España title after Cobo doping banThe Guardian - Press AssociationChris Froome has officially been named as the winner of the 2011 Vuelta a España following a doping case involving Juan José Cobo, who originally finished in first place. It is Froome’s seventh Grand title
Road Safety Young drivers may be banned from road at night under safety planThe Guardian - Press AssociationYoung drivers could be banned from the road at night under plans to improve safety, the Department for Transport has announced. Figures show that a fifth are involved in an accident during their first
Census House votes to hold Barr and commerce chief in contempt over censusGuardian US - Guardian staff and agenciesThe US House has voted to hold two top Trump administration officials in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with subpoenas related to a decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
