The Guardianflipped into Books Zadie Smith's first play to reimagine Chaucer in borough of BrentThe Guardian - Mark Brown Arts correspondentZadie Smith is to reimagine Chaucer’s The Wife of Bath’s Tale for a new production billed as a gift to her home borough of Brent. Smith’s first play, titled The Wife of Willesden, was announced on Tuesday
The Guardianflipped into US News Daca case draws crowds to supreme court as justices consider programGuardian US - Amanda Holpuch in WashingtonCrowds cheered and cars honked outside the supreme court on Tuesday morning, hours before the nation’s highest court was to weigh a case that will determine whether 700,000 young undocumented immigrants
The Guardianflipped into Comment is FreeOpinion Why I am campaigning for Labour in this seismic electionThe Guardian - The Guardian viewMy earliest memory of canvassing for Labour was following my mum around a damp Falkirk tower block. It was the late 1980s, not long after the Tories won their last big parliamentary majority, and my twin
The Guardianflipped into Books The French Lieutenant's Woman: a novel that comes from both the head and the heartThe Guardian - Sam JordisonAt first glance, The French Lieutenant’s Woman appears to be a modish, postmodern product of the 1960s, a dry intellectual exercise carefully designed to draw the reader’s attention to its own artificiality.
The Guardianflipped into FootballGerard Piqué From Piqué and Ramos to Bridge and Terry: international bust-upsThe Guardian - Guardian sportMost of the time their tongues were wedged in their cheeks, but there were moments when daggers were drawn — and within the Spanish national team there were genuine concerns about the relationship between
The Guardianflipped into Sport Top StoriesErectile Dysfunction Shane Sutton accused of being 'a serial liar' and 'doper' at medical tribunalThe Guardian - Sean IngleShane Sutton, the former head coach of British Cycling and Team Sky, has been accused of being a doper and a serial liar at the medical tribunal for Dr Richard Freeman. The bombshell claim from Mary O’Rourke,
The Guardianflipped into World NewsWorld News Spain's ruling socialists strike coalition deal with PodemosThe Guardian - Sam Jones in MadridSpain’s ruling socialist party has reached a preliminary coalition deal with the anti-austerity Unidas Podemos to try to form a government after the country’s second inconclusive election in seven months.
The Guardianflipped into PoliticsPolitics UK election: which parties are winning the online war for ads, cash and votes?The Guardian - Sign inWelcome to the digital dashboard, the Guardian’s twice-weekly guide to the twists and turns of the social media campaign trail. In the weeks before the general election, we will be putting the parties’
The Guardianflipped into Top StoriesLiam Gallagher Liam Gallagher review – haunted by his brother's ghostThe Guardian - Sign inThe chants start early. Barely a moment after support act DMA’s have left the stage, they ricochet off the girders crisscrossing the ceiling: “Liam! Liam! Liam!” By the time the final on-stage checks been
The Guardianflipped into World NewsWorld News Spain’s far-right Vox hits back at Rosalía over election jibeThe Guardian - Sam JonesSpain’s far-right Vox party has invoked the words of a fascist philosopher to hit back at Rosalía after the award-winning singer tweeted “fuck Vox” in response to the party’s surge in Sunday’s election.
The Guardianflipped into MusicMusic (UK) ‘I just don’t like them’: Robbie Williams hasn't owned a phone since 2006The Guardian - Ben Beaumont-ThomasDespite being one of the UK’s most successful pop stars, with millions of social media followers to keep updated, Robbie Williams has revealed he hasn’t owned a phone since 2006. Speaking on football show
The Guardianflipped into PoliticsNews Kashmir: Labour shifts policy after backlash by Indian-heritage votersThe Guardian - Patrick WintourLabour has responded to a backlash among voters of Indian heritage in the UK by shifting its stance on the Kashmir dispute and insisting it is a bilateral matter between India and Pakistan in which Labour
The Guardianflipped into US NewsEdward Snowden Edward Snowden says autobiography has been censored in ChinaGuardian US - Lily Kuo in BeijingEdward Snowden, a former US National Security Agency contractor and whistleblower, has said the Chinese version of his recently published autobiography has been censored. Snowden, who exposed massive government
The Guardianflipped into Comment is FreeOpinion If the US military is facing up to the climate crisis, shouldn't we all?The Guardian - Sign inWe have heard from the scientists on climate change, with their meticulous data on ecosystem degradation and species loss. We have heard from the climate deniers, with their desperate attempts to deploy
The Guardianflipped into MediaMedia Industry Northern Echo sorry for publishing obituary of man who was aliveThe Guardian - Helen Pidd North of England editorThe Northern Echo has apologised “unreservedly” after publishing the obituary of a man who had not died. The newspaper, based in the north-east of England, said it had withdrawn the obituary of Charlie
The Guardianflipped into FashionFashion (UK) Jane Seymour: ‘Not every designer will dress someone my age’The Guardian - As told to Leah HarperThis dress was created for [the 1986 TV mini-series] Crossings, which was based on a Danielle Steel novel, but I also wore it to the People’s Choice awards in 1996. In those days, it was part of my contract
The Guardianflipped into Donald TrumpDonald Trump Donald Trump plans to make foreign aid conditional on religious freedomThe Guardian - Peter BeaumontAid,Global development,US news,World news,Trump administration,US politics,Religion,Society,Donald Trump,Evangelical Christianity,Christianity,Middle East and North Africa President wants to apportion
The Guardianflipped into BusinessHS2 Co-author of leaked HS2 report demands his name is removedThe Guardian - Gwyn TophamThe co-author of the Oakervee review into HS2 has demanded his name is removed from the report which calls for the high-speed line to be built in full. A leaked draft of the report shows that chairman
The Guardianflipped into World NewsWorld News 'Heavenly' Italian beach to charge entry fee to cut overcrowdingThe Guardian - Angela Giuffrida in RomeVisitors will soon have to pay to enjoy one of Sardinia’s most beautiful beaches as local authorities try to mitigate the damage done by overcrowding. La Pelosa, a white sandy beach in Stintino, north-west
The Guardianflipped into StageThe Theatre Emanuel Gat: Works review – moving, mysterious dance is a delightThe Guardian - Lyndsey WinshipThere’s a man in a dress, another wearing a kilt and bright yellow socks, and something to do with breakfast is going on. One dancer holds the mic: “Whirling dervish inside the cereal bowl,” he says, they
The Guardianflipped into Top StoriesPolitics Frank Dobson, former Labour health secretary, diesThe Guardian - Rowena Mason Deputy political editorFrank Dobson, the Labour former health secretary, has died at the age of 79 after being ill for several months. The politician, who represented Holborn and St Pancras for 36 years, retired from politics
The Guardianflipped into Comment is FreeDonald Trump Jr Donald Trump Jr’s disastrous book launch may seem funny – but there’s a very dark side to the booingThe Guardian - Arwa MahdawiThe intolerant left is at it again. I regret to inform you that, in yet another case of political correctness gone mad, the woke brigade has shut down free speech and censored a courageous conservative
The Guardianflipped into World NewsWorld News French police clear Catalan independence protesters from roadThe Guardian - Sam Jones in Madrid and agenciesFrench police have used batons and pepper spray to clear Catalan independence activists who have been blocking the motorway between France and Spain in the hope of bringing the Spanish government to the
The Guardianflipped into Top StoriesWorld News Child abuse survivors call for archbishop of Westminster to resignThe Guardian - Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondentLawyers acting for child abuse survivors have called for the resignation of Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the highest-ranking Catholic cleric in England and Wales, saying the church has treated survivors disdain.
The Guardianflipped into World NewsWorld News Products from Israeli settlements must be labelled, EU court rulesThe Guardian - Associated Press in BrusselsThe European Union’s top court has ruled that EU countries must identify products made in Israeli settlements on their labels, in a decision welcomed by rights groups but likely to spark anger in Israel.
The Guardianflipped into Top StoriesWorld News Turkey will free Isis fighters and send them to Europe, says ErdoğanThe Guardian - Bethan McKernan in IstanbulThe Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has issued a thinly veiled threat that Turkey could release jailed Islamic State fighters and send them to Europe, a day after the country began its controversial
The Guardianflipped into US NewsElijah Cummings Maya Rockeymore Cummings, widow of Elijah, to announce run for CongressGuardian US - Associated Press in BaltimoreThe widow of Elijah Cummings has resigned as Maryland’s Democratic party chair to run for her late husband’s congressional seat. Congressman Elijah Cummings died last month at the age of 68. News outlets
The Guardianflipped into Rugby UnionRugby Union Wales lose injured centre Jonathan Davies for more than six monthsThe Guardian - PA MediaJonathan Davies and Rhys Patchell both need surgery after sustaining injuries at the Rugby World Cup and face lengthy spells on the sidelines. The Welsh Rugby Union announced the news in a statement, Davies
The Guardianflipped into US NewsEvo Morales US briefing: Impeachment, Bolivia and saving America's largest forestGuardian US - Tim WalkerWith televised impeachment hearings set to start on Wednesday, the Democrats leading the inquiry have released a transcript of a closed-door session in which a national security official claimed the Pentagon
The Guardianflipped into Sport Top StoriesSports The 49ers-Seahawks rivalry has been reborn, with one big casting changeThe Guardian - Melissa Jacobs at Levi's StadiumMonday night’s instant classic between the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks hearkened back to the days of the storied 2011-14 rivalry between these two NFC juggernauts. Tough battles. An electric
The GuardianCatch up on today's top stories and must-reads. Monday US briefing: second Kavanaugh accuser comes forwardGuardian US - Tim Walker
Catch up on today's top stories and must-reads.