Four crucial Brexit challenges the next prime minister must meet in week oneThe Guardian - Bronwen MaddoxWhen the next prime minister walks into No 10 this week he will have only one real subject on his desk – Brexit – but a host of decisions to take. First, he needs to pick his cabinet. The balance of Leavers
Play buttonBoris Johnson March for Change: anti-Brexit protesters take to London streetsThe Guardian - Jedidajah Otte in LondonDemonstrators from across the country assembled on Park Lane in central London to march against Brexit, Boris Johnson’s likely move into No 10 and for a second Brexit referendum. At first sight, the message
Hawaii Hawaii officials say they want peaceful end to protest over giant telescopeGuardian US - US NewsOfficials in Hawaii said on Friday they will not call up additional national guard troops or use force on peaceful protesters blocking access to the state’s highest peak. Friday was the fifth day of protests
Bankruptcy Bankruptcy for Barneys? Symbol of New York luxe faces uncertain futureThe Guardian - Edward Helmore in New YorkNo one wants to buy brand new luxury handbag at $2,500 and then discard it. Consumers are more conscious Hitha Herzog As manifestations of materialism go, few embody New York over the last two decades
Harry Potter Dazzling views and a boy wizard keep magical rail route on trackThe Guardian - Robin McKieA sign at Corrour rail station informs passengers there are no buses or taxis to help them with onward journeys. Given there are no roads here, the warning seems unnecessary. Corrour is Britain’s highest,
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Erdoğan is on a lonely path to ruin. Will he take Turkey down with him?The Guardian - Simon TisdallFor a reputed “strongman”, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seems unusually nervous these days. A bombastic speech last week marking the third anniversary of a failed military putsch could not conceal his insecurity.
Play buttonMusic (UK) One to watch: K TrapThe Guardian - Tara JoshiUK drill music and balaclavas are closely entwined: artists such as SL, AM and LD are known for wearing masks while performing. The reasons for this accessory are multi-faceted – anonymity, avoiding surveillance,
Lifestyle (UK) Harry Redknapp: ‘Without football I’d still be on the docks’The Guardian - Nick McGrathI loved growing up in the East End after the war. I had a great life. I started off in one room above my great- grandmother’s little house in Poplar, in Barchester Street. Then we moved on to the Burdett
Art Fantastique beasts: cult art from the Lalannes’ private collection to go on saleThe Guardian - Kim WillsherFor years, a giant brass and Sèvres porcelain grasshopper that could, if needed, double as a wine-cooler sat outside the royal apartments at Windsor Castle; a gift from French president Georges Pompidou
Democrats The Squad or the mods? Swing-state Democrats wary of leftward pathGuardian US - Lauren Gambino in Berryville, VirginiaI don’t hear about socialism. I don’t hear about the Squad Jennifer Wexton It’s up to the Squad. Will they accept that Democrats cannot possibly win with just their adherents? Larry Sabato Two years ago,
Katie Hopkins Donald Trump in new attack on Sadiq Khan with Katie Hopkins retweetGuardian US - Mark TownsendDonald Trump has retweeted the British far-right commentator Katie Hopkins and launched another attack on Sadiq Khan. Referring to a message from Hopkins that the Met’s Twitter account had been targeted
Diamonds Australia squeak into Netball World Cup final after heart-stopping win over South AfricaThe Guardian - Erin Delahunty at the M&S Bank Arena in LiverpoolThe Australian Diamonds’ second-string side – sent out by coach Lisa Alexander in the Netball World Cup semi-final in Liverpool – started the match like a back-up line, but after settling, secured a place
World News Yes, women like porn too – we're all just trained to believe they don'tThe Guardian - Arwa MahdawiSign up for the Week in Patriarchy, a newsletter on feminism and sexism sent every Saturday. Shocking neuroscience news this week, as a rousing new study discovers women have sex drives. Researchers the
Portrush Northern Ireland’s rare Open helps Portrush cash in on the green poundThe Guardian - Sean Ingle at Royal Portrush“Put it this way,” says Karl Seaton, as he pours another handle at the Kiwi Brew Bar on Portrush’s main drag. “We usually buy in 20 kegs a week. But this week we’ve had to up that to 90. It’s been very
NYCTA Heat rises as New York tempers flare over subway suspensionGuardian US - Associated Press in New YorkTempers rose with the heat in New York on Friday as a Central Park festival and a Times Square moon landing commemoration were cancelled because of the dangerous weather. Things reached boiling point the
Transport for London Two men suspected of releasing CS gas on London tube trainThe Guardian - Nadeem BadshahPolice are looking for two male suspects after gas was released in a tube train carriage in central London. A number of people were treated at the scene by paramedics at Oxford Circus station for coughing
Books From Clytemnestra to Villanelle: why are we fascinated by women who kill?The Guardian - Sean O'ConnorThe figures of accused murderers would be put on display in Madame Tussauds as soon as the perpetrators were executed About 2,500 years ago, an audience took their places at a theatre in Athens for the
The Ashes Jason Roy can stake Ashes claim as Ireland target another scalpThe Guardian - Tim de LisleAfter climbing cricket’s highest peak, England face what should be their easiest Test in years: a four-day game, at home, against Ireland. One nation will draw on the accumulated knowhow of a thousand
Salford Jackson Hastings primed to repay debt to Salford with a grand farewellThe Guardian - Aaron BowerEver since Jackson Hastings stepped off a plane and signed for Salford a year ago it always felt a case of when, not if, he would move on. Yet it seems there are still one or two twists remaining before
London, UK Minister vows to end segregated play areas in all new housing in EnglandThe Guardian - Harriet GrantJames Brokenshire says developers should no longer be able to build play areas only accessible to people in more expensive properties The government has announced it will follow Sadiq Khan, the mayor London,
World News Peace is war as armed groups roil Colombia's lawless border regionThe Guardian - Joe Parkin Daniels in Ocaña, ColombiaCamilo Pérez lost two brothers to Colombia’s long war. One was murdered by state-aligned militias, who falsely accused him of collaborating with leftwing guerrillas. The other was riddled with bullets
World News Listen, bend and stretch: how Japan fell in love with exercise on the radioThe Guardian - Justin McCurryPeople who exercise this way have improved bone density and a reduced risk of suffering a stroke or heart attack Yasuo Fukushi, Japan Radio Taiso Federation “One, two, three, four … five, six, seven, …”
News (Hong Kong) Hong Kong actor Simon Yam stabbed in stomach in ChinaThe Guardian - Associated Press in BeijingThe veteran Hong Kong actor Simon Yam has been stabbed in the stomach while attending an event in southern China. A suspect was detained after the attack in the Zhongshan Huoju development zone in Guangdong
Books Who Among Us? by Mario Benedetti review – a slippery love triangleThe Guardian - Jonathan GibbsLucas takes pains to show where his narrative differs from what actually happened, and interrogates the very idea of fiction writing Mario Benedetti was a hugely cherished writer in his native Uruguay,
Books Will Eaves on Bath: ‘I could imagine Anne Elliot going for a walk’The Guardian - Will EavesArtistic tolerance and open-mindedness could exist alongside ordinary prejudice Georgian Bath was built within a century, and a lot of it disappeared inside a decade – the 1960s – when I was born. Calton
Philip Glass The week in classical: Tao of Glass review - an extraordinary exploration of creativityThe Guardian - Stephen PritchardWithout fanfare, the composer Philip Glass stepped out on stage last week, just as a deeply personal homage to him from the writer, director and actor Phelim McDermott was drawing to a close. It was an
Steve Bruce Newcastle have gambled on Bruce but shadow of Benítez looms largeThe Guardian - Louise TaylorSome years ago Steve Bruce wrote a trilogy of football-based thrillers. Their hero was Steve Barnes, the all-action macho manager of Leddersford Town who devoted his spare time to solving murders and out
UK News UK summer weather: tornadoes, torrential rain – and a heatwaveThe Guardian - Nadeem BadshahBritain’s mixed weather is expected to continue with a potential heatwave, torrential rain and thunderstorms forecast. The Met Office said there was a danger of heavy showers and localised flooding in
Play buttonKyoto Animation Kyoto Animation studio fire victims mostly in their 20s and 30sThe Guardian - Gavin Blair in KyotoThe majority of those who died in the arson attack on Kyoto Animation on Thursday were in their 20s and 30s, public broadcaster NHK said Saturday. More clues as to why the fire spread so quickly and took
Lifestyle (UK) Keep off the grass: five alternatives to a lawnThe Guardian - Jim CableDo we need a lawn? That was the question on my mind back in January. The weather was exceptionally mild and I was mowing the one remaining patch of grass in a garden that had been all lawn when we bought
Four crucial Brexit challenges the next prime minister must meet in week oneThe Guardian - Bronwen MaddoxWhen the next prime minister walks into No 10 this week he will have only one real subject on his desk – Brexit – but a host of decisions to take. First, he needs to pick his cabinet. The balance of Leavers
Play buttonBoris Johnson March for Change: anti-Brexit protesters take to London streetsThe Guardian - Jedidajah Otte in LondonDemonstrators from across the country assembled on Park Lane in central London to march against Brexit, Boris Johnson’s likely move into No 10 and for a second Brexit referendum. At first sight, the message
Hawaii Hawaii officials say they want peaceful end to protest over giant telescopeGuardian US - US NewsOfficials in Hawaii said on Friday they will not call up additional national guard troops or use force on peaceful protesters blocking access to the state’s highest peak. Friday was the fifth day of protests
Bankruptcy Bankruptcy for Barneys? Symbol of New York luxe faces uncertain futureThe Guardian - Edward Helmore in New YorkNo one wants to buy brand new luxury handbag at $2,500 and then discard it. Consumers are more conscious Hitha Herzog As manifestations of materialism go, few embody New York over the last two decades
Harry Potter Dazzling views and a boy wizard keep magical rail route on trackThe Guardian - Robin McKieA sign at Corrour rail station informs passengers there are no buses or taxis to help them with onward journeys. Given there are no roads here, the warning seems unnecessary. Corrour is Britain’s highest,
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Erdoğan is on a lonely path to ruin. Will he take Turkey down with him?The Guardian - Simon TisdallFor a reputed “strongman”, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seems unusually nervous these days. A bombastic speech last week marking the third anniversary of a failed military putsch could not conceal his insecurity.
Play buttonMusic (UK) One to watch: K TrapThe Guardian - Tara JoshiUK drill music and balaclavas are closely entwined: artists such as SL, AM and LD are known for wearing masks while performing. The reasons for this accessory are multi-faceted – anonymity, avoiding surveillance,
Lifestyle (UK) Harry Redknapp: ‘Without football I’d still be on the docks’The Guardian - Nick McGrathI loved growing up in the East End after the war. I had a great life. I started off in one room above my great- grandmother’s little house in Poplar, in Barchester Street. Then we moved on to the Burdett
Art Fantastique beasts: cult art from the Lalannes’ private collection to go on saleThe Guardian - Kim WillsherFor years, a giant brass and Sèvres porcelain grasshopper that could, if needed, double as a wine-cooler sat outside the royal apartments at Windsor Castle; a gift from French president Georges Pompidou
Democrats The Squad or the mods? Swing-state Democrats wary of leftward pathGuardian US - Lauren Gambino in Berryville, VirginiaI don’t hear about socialism. I don’t hear about the Squad Jennifer Wexton It’s up to the Squad. Will they accept that Democrats cannot possibly win with just their adherents? Larry Sabato Two years ago,
Katie Hopkins Donald Trump in new attack on Sadiq Khan with Katie Hopkins retweetGuardian US - Mark TownsendDonald Trump has retweeted the British far-right commentator Katie Hopkins and launched another attack on Sadiq Khan. Referring to a message from Hopkins that the Met’s Twitter account had been targeted
Diamonds Australia squeak into Netball World Cup final after heart-stopping win over South AfricaThe Guardian - Erin Delahunty at the M&S Bank Arena in LiverpoolThe Australian Diamonds’ second-string side – sent out by coach Lisa Alexander in the Netball World Cup semi-final in Liverpool – started the match like a back-up line, but after settling, secured a place
World News Yes, women like porn too – we're all just trained to believe they don'tThe Guardian - Arwa MahdawiSign up for the Week in Patriarchy, a newsletter on feminism and sexism sent every Saturday. Shocking neuroscience news this week, as a rousing new study discovers women have sex drives. Researchers the
Portrush Northern Ireland’s rare Open helps Portrush cash in on the green poundThe Guardian - Sean Ingle at Royal Portrush“Put it this way,” says Karl Seaton, as he pours another handle at the Kiwi Brew Bar on Portrush’s main drag. “We usually buy in 20 kegs a week. But this week we’ve had to up that to 90. It’s been very
NYCTA Heat rises as New York tempers flare over subway suspensionGuardian US - Associated Press in New YorkTempers rose with the heat in New York on Friday as a Central Park festival and a Times Square moon landing commemoration were cancelled because of the dangerous weather. Things reached boiling point the
Transport for London Two men suspected of releasing CS gas on London tube trainThe Guardian - Nadeem BadshahPolice are looking for two male suspects after gas was released in a tube train carriage in central London. A number of people were treated at the scene by paramedics at Oxford Circus station for coughing
Books From Clytemnestra to Villanelle: why are we fascinated by women who kill?The Guardian - Sean O'ConnorThe figures of accused murderers would be put on display in Madame Tussauds as soon as the perpetrators were executed About 2,500 years ago, an audience took their places at a theatre in Athens for the
The Ashes Jason Roy can stake Ashes claim as Ireland target another scalpThe Guardian - Tim de LisleAfter climbing cricket’s highest peak, England face what should be their easiest Test in years: a four-day game, at home, against Ireland. One nation will draw on the accumulated knowhow of a thousand
Salford Jackson Hastings primed to repay debt to Salford with a grand farewellThe Guardian - Aaron BowerEver since Jackson Hastings stepped off a plane and signed for Salford a year ago it always felt a case of when, not if, he would move on. Yet it seems there are still one or two twists remaining before
London, UK Minister vows to end segregated play areas in all new housing in EnglandThe Guardian - Harriet GrantJames Brokenshire says developers should no longer be able to build play areas only accessible to people in more expensive properties The government has announced it will follow Sadiq Khan, the mayor London,
World News Peace is war as armed groups roil Colombia's lawless border regionThe Guardian - Joe Parkin Daniels in Ocaña, ColombiaCamilo Pérez lost two brothers to Colombia’s long war. One was murdered by state-aligned militias, who falsely accused him of collaborating with leftwing guerrillas. The other was riddled with bullets
World News Listen, bend and stretch: how Japan fell in love with exercise on the radioThe Guardian - Justin McCurryPeople who exercise this way have improved bone density and a reduced risk of suffering a stroke or heart attack Yasuo Fukushi, Japan Radio Taiso Federation “One, two, three, four … five, six, seven, …”
News (Hong Kong) Hong Kong actor Simon Yam stabbed in stomach in ChinaThe Guardian - Associated Press in BeijingThe veteran Hong Kong actor Simon Yam has been stabbed in the stomach while attending an event in southern China. A suspect was detained after the attack in the Zhongshan Huoju development zone in Guangdong
Books Who Among Us? by Mario Benedetti review – a slippery love triangleThe Guardian - Jonathan GibbsLucas takes pains to show where his narrative differs from what actually happened, and interrogates the very idea of fiction writing Mario Benedetti was a hugely cherished writer in his native Uruguay,
Books Will Eaves on Bath: ‘I could imagine Anne Elliot going for a walk’The Guardian - Will EavesArtistic tolerance and open-mindedness could exist alongside ordinary prejudice Georgian Bath was built within a century, and a lot of it disappeared inside a decade – the 1960s – when I was born. Calton
Philip Glass The week in classical: Tao of Glass review - an extraordinary exploration of creativityThe Guardian - Stephen PritchardWithout fanfare, the composer Philip Glass stepped out on stage last week, just as a deeply personal homage to him from the writer, director and actor Phelim McDermott was drawing to a close. It was an
Steve Bruce Newcastle have gambled on Bruce but shadow of Benítez looms largeThe Guardian - Louise TaylorSome years ago Steve Bruce wrote a trilogy of football-based thrillers. Their hero was Steve Barnes, the all-action macho manager of Leddersford Town who devoted his spare time to solving murders and out
UK News UK summer weather: tornadoes, torrential rain – and a heatwaveThe Guardian - Nadeem BadshahBritain’s mixed weather is expected to continue with a potential heatwave, torrential rain and thunderstorms forecast. The Met Office said there was a danger of heavy showers and localised flooding in
Play buttonKyoto Animation Kyoto Animation studio fire victims mostly in their 20s and 30sThe Guardian - Gavin Blair in KyotoThe majority of those who died in the arson attack on Kyoto Animation on Thursday were in their 20s and 30s, public broadcaster NHK said Saturday. More clues as to why the fire spread so quickly and took
Lifestyle (UK) Keep off the grass: five alternatives to a lawnThe Guardian - Jim CableDo we need a lawn? That was the question on my mind back in January. The weather was exceptionally mild and I was mowing the one remaining patch of grass in a garden that had been all lawn when we bought
