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 GuardianThe 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 attended
Music (UK) On my radar: Robyn’s cultural highlightsThe GuardianRobin 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 City Why there is no accounting for a large slice of luck in the Premier LeagueThe GuardianBack 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 GuardianJosé 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,
Donald Trump Trump arrives in Japan for ceremonial visit and trade talksGuardian US - Reuters in TokyoDonald Trump and his wife, Melania, landed in Japan on Saturday for a largely ceremonial visit meant to showcase strong ties with Tokyo even as trade tensions loom. The Japanese prime minister, Shinzo
John McDonnell Labour will call for no-confidence motion in next Tory PM, McDonnell saysThe Guardian - Damien GayleLabour will try to force a vote of no confidence in the next prime minister as soon as they take office, John McDonnell said, as Conservative candidates throw their hats into the ring to succeed Theresa
Music (UK) Spice Girls review – nostalgia, branding and bad British valuesThe Guardian - Laura SnapesOf all the things that might have derailed the Spice Girls’ reunion, a lack of interest wasn’t one – there are 80,000 people in Croke Park as their sold-out stadium tour commences. Nor was Victoria Beckham’s
Festivals UK's first black police chief asks why he remains the only oneThe Guardian - Mark Brown Arts correspondentBritain’s first black chief constable has questioned why no one has been given the opportunity to follow his path, despite the talent available. Michael Fuller was expressing his concerns to an audience
Posters Led by Donkeys show their faces at last: ‘No one knew it was us’The Guardian - Harriet SherwoodThe posters were a way of channelling frustration and holding some of these politicians to account with a bit of humour. James Sadri The Birdcage pub in Stoke Newington, north London, seems an unlikely
Portsmouth Refugee jailed for smuggling injured niece into UK reunited with familyThe Guardian - Diane TaylorA man who brought his baby niece to the UK from a French refugee camp after she sustained serious burns has been released from detention and reunited with his family. Najat Ibrahim Ismail, 32, an Iraqi
Serena Williams For the unsinkable Serena Williams, the last step is proving the hardestThe Guardian - Tumaini CarayolEight years ago, the documentary Venus and Serena followed the Williams sisters as they tried to survive the nadir of their careers. Venus prepared to do battle with Sjogren’s syndrome, while Serena plotted
Books Children’s and teens roundup: the best new picture books and novelsThe Guardian - Imogen Russell WilliamsReaders of eight and up are spoilt for choice this month. Dancing the Charleston (Puffin), from the perennially popular Jacqueline Wilson, is set in the 1920s and features clever, precocious Mona, who
Lifestyle (UK) 'Having a child doesn’t fit into these women's schedule': is this the future of surrogacy?The Guardian - Jenny KleemanThe message was, this guy can get a 62-year‑old woman pregnant. So I had everybody over 50 calling me Surrogacy isn’t taboo any more. In the UK, you are so far behind. Thank God – it’s good for business
Play buttonMusic (UK) Courtney Love: ‘A Hole reunion? We are definitely talking about it’The Guardian - Leonie CooperRaw, beautiful and extremely angry: 25 years ago the grunge movement birthed its most powerful album. A raging takedown of body fascism, self-doubt and sexual assault in pre-#MeToo America, Hole’s Live
England Cricket’s coming home: World Cup offers England golden shot at rejuvenationThe Guardian - Vic MarksHere comes the golden chance to rejuvenate the game in England, which now only comes around every two decades. All the best cricketers in the world have arrived and they are about to compete for the biggest
Iran Trump says US will send 1,500 troops to Middle East amid Iran tensions – videoGuardian US - US NewsDonald Trump,US foreign policy,Iran,US military,Trump administration,US news,US politics,Middle East and North Africa,World news Donald Trump announced on Friday that the US would send 1,500 troops to
Music (UK) Kate Nash: ‘The music industry has killed a lot of people'The Guardian - Rosanna GreenstreetBorn in London, Kate Nash, 31, attended the Brit school in London. In 2007, she had a hit with her single Foundations and her debut album, Made Of Bricks, went to No 1. In 2008, she won best female artist
Lifestyle (UK) How we live together: 'I moved in when my mum died. I feel loved here'The Guardian - Gwendolyn SmithI moved in last summer as a live-in assistant, sharing a house with people with learning disabilities. I had met Kathy briefly some years ago, but got short shrift when I mentioned it, as she was adamant
Nigel Farage EU fraud watchdog considering Nigel Farage investigationThe Guardian - Jennifer Rankin in BrusselsThe European Union’s anti-fraud watchdog is considering whether Nigel Farage should be investigated for any illegal activity over lavish payment from Arron Banks, the Guardian has learned. The agency,
Hawaii Woman found alive after two weeks in Hawaii forest parkGuardian US - Associated Press in WailukuA woman has been found alive in a forest on Hawaii’s Maui island after going missing more than two weeks ago. Amanda Eller was found injured in the Makawao Forest Reserve, the Maui News reported on Friday.
World News How about the ‘pro-life’ lobby get behind these life-positive causes instead?The Guardian - Hadley FreemanIt’s always more fun to be on the winning side, and in the US right now there is no question that the pro-life side is – well, “killing it” seems like the wrong term, so let’s say it’s enjoying some triumphs.
Animals How can we say we love our pets when we treat them so badly?The Guardian - Chas Newkey-BurdenEvery year, more countries ban wild animals from being used in circuses. The fact that elephants, camels and zebras were kept in chains and driven around countries to perform tricks for the delight of
Books Plume by Will Wiles review – where satire meets surrealismThe Guardian - Alfred HicklingA data-mining company's motto runs: “We rely on chance – why not make it reliable?” As Will Wiles demonstrated in his first novel, 2012’s Care of Wooden Floors, a stain is never just a stain. That novel
