Northern Ireland Change in No 10 will not alter Brexit reality, warns Irish deputy PMThe Guardian - Peter WalkerA change in British prime minister will not shift the fundamental realities of Brexit, Ireland’s deputy PM has warned, saying there is no chance of the EU ditching or watering down the Irish backstop.
The Theatre The Actor's Nightmare review – it's just a stage they're going throughThe Guardian - Michael BillingtonTo complement its main-house production of Whodunnit (Unrehearsed), the Park is presenting six short plays by Christopher Durang about the insecurities of actors and the pitfalls of performance. Even the
Environment Environment of greater concern than housing or terrorism – UK pollThe Guardian - Jedidajah OtteProtecting the environment has overtaken affordable housing and the threat of terrorism in the British public’s policy priorities over the last eight months, polling has revealed. Polling by BritainThinks,
Boxing 'All I want is to go': five young athletes on their dreams of Olympic gloryThe Guardian - Laura PotterI carried Jess Ennis’s kit bag for her 200m final in 2012. We thought, 'If she’s done this, why can’t we?' Lina Nielsen In my time out injured I got a taste for normal life, chilling, not chucking myself
European Union Incoming prime minister poses a Brexit puzzle for BrusselsThe Guardian - Jennifer Rankin in BrusselsWhile Westminster has been gripped by the Conservative leadership race, Brussels has been on a Brexit break. That respite will soon be over. And despite rumours of Brussels compromises in the works, the
Play buttonIranian Iranian coastguard's radio exchange with UK warship emergesThe Guardian - Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editorA recording has emerged of Iranian coastguards telling a British Royal Navy frigate they want to inspect the captured Stena Impero for security reasons. The radio exchanges make no reference to a previous
West Wales Regional policy requires rethink as myth of London's productivity debunkedThe Guardian - Larry ElliottThere is a demand for solicitors in Bodmin just as there is in Barking Britain’s regional divide is well known and well documented. The richer bits of the country tend to be clustered below a line drawn
Music (UK) First night of the Proms review – the moon, and female starsThe Guardian - Erica JealNeil Armstrong’s packing for Apollo 11 included a cassette player and a mixtape – Dvořák’s New World Symphony, plus a piece for choir and theremin; he took his own lunar sound effects with him. Fifty minus
Boris Johnson What’s in Boris Johnson’s in-tray if he makes it to No 10?The Guardian - Peter Walker Political correspondentIf Boris Johnson is declared the winner of the Conservative leadership contest on Tuesday and moves into Downing Street the next day, the hard work will begin immediately. Here’s a look at what will be
Yorkshire Dales Exploring the Yorkshire Dales by electric campervanThe Guardian - Dixe Wills‘It’s a bit like a Super Mario Kart,” the owner Kit had joked. And halfway up a steep hill, I got my chance to prove it. Flicking the thrilling “turbo” switch on the dashboard, I rocketed skyward. Well,
Terrarium Why terrarium plants like a nice cup of teaThe Guardian - James WongIt’s one of the most frequent gardening questions I’m asked: “How do you tackle mould growth in terrariums?” On Instagram I have been asked at least half a dozen times today – and it’s only lunchtime.
Books Diary of a Somebody by Brian Bilston review – a spoof too farThe Guardian - Johanna Thomas-CorrBritain has a rich tradition of literary diarists, from Samuel Pepys and James Boswell to Frances Partridge and Alan Bennett. We also have a rich tradition of spoof diarists, who seem realer than real
Opinion (UK) Neurotoxins on your kid's broccoli: that's life under TrumpThe Guardian - Carey GillamHow much is your child’s health worth? The answer coming from the leadership of the US Environmental Protection Agency is: not that much. The EPA administrator, Andrew Wheeler, this week confirmed what
Play buttonIran UK defence minister rebuffs criticism over tanker seized in GulfThe Guardian - Peter Walker Political correspondentThe defence minister, Tobias Ellwood, has rejected the charge that a British-flagged tanker seized by Iran in the Gulf could have been better protected, and said the priority for the UK must be to de-escalate
World Records Guinness World Records is on a slippery slopeThe Guardian - David MitchellThe tallest bloke you’ve ever met is almost certainly not the tallest man on Earth. You really have to check The world has a new steepest street! But it’s more than 1,000 years old. So, did something to
Freight If the economy is so good, why are some truckers doing so poorly?The Guardian - Gene MarksTimes are good right? Economic growth is strong. Unemployment is low. Business and consumer confidence remains high. It’s pretty easy to say that most small business owners are doing pretty well this Except
Maurizio Sarri Have Juventus assembled a squad good enough to win the Champions League?The Guardian - Fabrizio Romano and Marcus Christenson“Pressure is normal in football. For me it’s not a problem.” Those were the words of Matthijs de Ligt as he was unveiled as Juventus’ ninth – but most important – signing on Friday. Juventus had beaten
Gareth Bale Zinedine Zidane says Gareth Bale could leave Real Madrid in matter of daysThe Guardian - Press AssociationGareth Bale appears to be edging closet to leaving Real Madrid after Zinedine Zidane revealed the Spanish club are in talks with an unnamed club about a transfer. Zidane confirmed the Wales international
Libraries Backlash grows against unstaffed librariesThe Guardian - Jessica MurrayHarriet Connides hasn’t been to her local library in north London’s East Finchley for months. She used to go every few days, often with her young daughter, but now it is staffed for only 16 hours a week
Republicans Think Republicans are disconnected from reality? It's even worse among liberalsThe Guardian - Arlie HochschildIn a surprising new national survey, members of each major American political party were asked what they imagined to be the beliefs held by members of the other. The survey asked Democrats: “How many believe
Heroin John Cooper Clarke: ‘I didn’t want to quit heroin’The Guardian - Tiernan PhippsJohn Cooper Clarke, the poet and performer who became famous during the punk rock era of the late 1970s, has said he didn’t want to quit taking heroin and weaned himself off the drug for the sake of society
Lifestyle (UK) After a century of inflight meals, our trays are yet to soarThe Guardian - Eva WisemanIn the 1940s, glassware was replaced by plastic, removing the need for cabin crew to do the dishes mid-air Last week I spent eight hours on a plane, and learned it is exactly 100 years since the first
Play buttonMusic (UK) Spell Songs: The Lost Words review – a literary landscape brought to lifeThe Guardian - Neil SpencerThe vivid, poetic nature writing of Robert Macfarlane has touched a sweet spot in the national psyche, making him a bestseller and provoking a groundswell of concern for language, landscape and history.
Books I Am Sovereign by Nicola Barker – in a class of her ownThe Guardian - Alex PrestonThere are few writers as resolutely committed to the avant garde novel as Nicola Barker. Her books are never only about their purported subject, but always ask the reader to consider the artificiality
Play buttonMusic (UK) Blood Orange: Angel’s Pulse review – immersive and delicate mixtapeThe Guardian - Tara JoshiAs Blood Orange, New York-based artist Dev Hynes has released four deeply impressive albums of glossy, genre-fluid sounds. Angel’s Pulse is something a little different – described by London-born Hynes
Opinion (UK) Why we should send the tabots back to EthiopiaThe Guardian - Richard BrooksHidden in a storeroom in the British Museum for the past 146 years and never displayed are 11 remarkable religious objects. They are called tabots – replica tablets on which the Ten Commandments are written,
Greta Thunberg Greta Thunberg: ‘They see us as a threat because we’re having an impact’The Guardian - Greta ThunbergGreta Thunberg. This time last year she was unimaginable. Then, pretty much from nowhere, there she was: small and slight, a girl just turned 16, the way-too-young odd person out on a panel of adults in
Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic’s epic final reveals flaws in a two-set stroll meriting an equal purseThe Guardian - Andrew AnthonyIf you wanted to put the popularity of women’s football into figures then the most impressive one is 11.7 million. That’s the number of people in the UK who watched England’s World Cup semi-final against
El Chapo Now El Chapo’s back in jail, hunt is on for the Mexican drug baron’s moneyThe Guardian - Ed VulliamyIt’s a favourite current joke in Mexico: “No más túneles!” – no more tunnels. There’s little chance of drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera repeating his famous escapes from Mexican prisons in the
Wolves ‘We all got a free electric shaver’: the story of Wolves’ last European campaignThe Guardian - Stuart JamesSJ You were all part of the last Wolves team to play in Europe, against PSV Eindhoven in 1980, on the back of finishing sixth and winning the League Cup. Nuno Espírito Santo’s Premier League side finished
Northern Ireland Change in No 10 will not alter Brexit reality, warns Irish deputy PMThe Guardian - Peter WalkerA change in British prime minister will not shift the fundamental realities of Brexit, Ireland’s deputy PM has warned, saying there is no chance of the EU ditching or watering down the Irish backstop.
The Theatre The Actor's Nightmare review – it's just a stage they're going throughThe Guardian - Michael BillingtonTo complement its main-house production of Whodunnit (Unrehearsed), the Park is presenting six short plays by Christopher Durang about the insecurities of actors and the pitfalls of performance. Even the
Environment Environment of greater concern than housing or terrorism – UK pollThe Guardian - Jedidajah OtteProtecting the environment has overtaken affordable housing and the threat of terrorism in the British public’s policy priorities over the last eight months, polling has revealed. Polling by BritainThinks,
Boxing 'All I want is to go': five young athletes on their dreams of Olympic gloryThe Guardian - Laura PotterI carried Jess Ennis’s kit bag for her 200m final in 2012. We thought, 'If she’s done this, why can’t we?' Lina Nielsen In my time out injured I got a taste for normal life, chilling, not chucking myself
European Union Incoming prime minister poses a Brexit puzzle for BrusselsThe Guardian - Jennifer Rankin in BrusselsWhile Westminster has been gripped by the Conservative leadership race, Brussels has been on a Brexit break. That respite will soon be over. And despite rumours of Brussels compromises in the works, the
Play buttonIranian Iranian coastguard's radio exchange with UK warship emergesThe Guardian - Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editorA recording has emerged of Iranian coastguards telling a British Royal Navy frigate they want to inspect the captured Stena Impero for security reasons. The radio exchanges make no reference to a previous
West Wales Regional policy requires rethink as myth of London's productivity debunkedThe Guardian - Larry ElliottThere is a demand for solicitors in Bodmin just as there is in Barking Britain’s regional divide is well known and well documented. The richer bits of the country tend to be clustered below a line drawn
Music (UK) First night of the Proms review – the moon, and female starsThe Guardian - Erica JealNeil Armstrong’s packing for Apollo 11 included a cassette player and a mixtape – Dvořák’s New World Symphony, plus a piece for choir and theremin; he took his own lunar sound effects with him. Fifty minus
Boris Johnson What’s in Boris Johnson’s in-tray if he makes it to No 10?The Guardian - Peter Walker Political correspondentIf Boris Johnson is declared the winner of the Conservative leadership contest on Tuesday and moves into Downing Street the next day, the hard work will begin immediately. Here’s a look at what will be
Yorkshire Dales Exploring the Yorkshire Dales by electric campervanThe Guardian - Dixe Wills‘It’s a bit like a Super Mario Kart,” the owner Kit had joked. And halfway up a steep hill, I got my chance to prove it. Flicking the thrilling “turbo” switch on the dashboard, I rocketed skyward. Well,
Terrarium Why terrarium plants like a nice cup of teaThe Guardian - James WongIt’s one of the most frequent gardening questions I’m asked: “How do you tackle mould growth in terrariums?” On Instagram I have been asked at least half a dozen times today – and it’s only lunchtime.
Books Diary of a Somebody by Brian Bilston review – a spoof too farThe Guardian - Johanna Thomas-CorrBritain has a rich tradition of literary diarists, from Samuel Pepys and James Boswell to Frances Partridge and Alan Bennett. We also have a rich tradition of spoof diarists, who seem realer than real
Opinion (UK) Neurotoxins on your kid's broccoli: that's life under TrumpThe Guardian - Carey GillamHow much is your child’s health worth? The answer coming from the leadership of the US Environmental Protection Agency is: not that much. The EPA administrator, Andrew Wheeler, this week confirmed what
Play buttonIran UK defence minister rebuffs criticism over tanker seized in GulfThe Guardian - Peter Walker Political correspondentThe defence minister, Tobias Ellwood, has rejected the charge that a British-flagged tanker seized by Iran in the Gulf could have been better protected, and said the priority for the UK must be to de-escalate
World Records Guinness World Records is on a slippery slopeThe Guardian - David MitchellThe tallest bloke you’ve ever met is almost certainly not the tallest man on Earth. You really have to check The world has a new steepest street! But it’s more than 1,000 years old. So, did something to
Freight If the economy is so good, why are some truckers doing so poorly?The Guardian - Gene MarksTimes are good right? Economic growth is strong. Unemployment is low. Business and consumer confidence remains high. It’s pretty easy to say that most small business owners are doing pretty well this Except
Maurizio Sarri Have Juventus assembled a squad good enough to win the Champions League?The Guardian - Fabrizio Romano and Marcus Christenson“Pressure is normal in football. For me it’s not a problem.” Those were the words of Matthijs de Ligt as he was unveiled as Juventus’ ninth – but most important – signing on Friday. Juventus had beaten
Gareth Bale Zinedine Zidane says Gareth Bale could leave Real Madrid in matter of daysThe Guardian - Press AssociationGareth Bale appears to be edging closet to leaving Real Madrid after Zinedine Zidane revealed the Spanish club are in talks with an unnamed club about a transfer. Zidane confirmed the Wales international
Libraries Backlash grows against unstaffed librariesThe Guardian - Jessica MurrayHarriet Connides hasn’t been to her local library in north London’s East Finchley for months. She used to go every few days, often with her young daughter, but now it is staffed for only 16 hours a week
Republicans Think Republicans are disconnected from reality? It's even worse among liberalsThe Guardian - Arlie HochschildIn a surprising new national survey, members of each major American political party were asked what they imagined to be the beliefs held by members of the other. The survey asked Democrats: “How many believe
Heroin John Cooper Clarke: ‘I didn’t want to quit heroin’The Guardian - Tiernan PhippsJohn Cooper Clarke, the poet and performer who became famous during the punk rock era of the late 1970s, has said he didn’t want to quit taking heroin and weaned himself off the drug for the sake of society
Lifestyle (UK) After a century of inflight meals, our trays are yet to soarThe Guardian - Eva WisemanIn the 1940s, glassware was replaced by plastic, removing the need for cabin crew to do the dishes mid-air Last week I spent eight hours on a plane, and learned it is exactly 100 years since the first
Play buttonMusic (UK) Spell Songs: The Lost Words review – a literary landscape brought to lifeThe Guardian - Neil SpencerThe vivid, poetic nature writing of Robert Macfarlane has touched a sweet spot in the national psyche, making him a bestseller and provoking a groundswell of concern for language, landscape and history.
Books I Am Sovereign by Nicola Barker – in a class of her ownThe Guardian - Alex PrestonThere are few writers as resolutely committed to the avant garde novel as Nicola Barker. Her books are never only about their purported subject, but always ask the reader to consider the artificiality
Play buttonMusic (UK) Blood Orange: Angel’s Pulse review – immersive and delicate mixtapeThe Guardian - Tara JoshiAs Blood Orange, New York-based artist Dev Hynes has released four deeply impressive albums of glossy, genre-fluid sounds. Angel’s Pulse is something a little different – described by London-born Hynes
Opinion (UK) Why we should send the tabots back to EthiopiaThe Guardian - Richard BrooksHidden in a storeroom in the British Museum for the past 146 years and never displayed are 11 remarkable religious objects. They are called tabots – replica tablets on which the Ten Commandments are written,
Greta Thunberg Greta Thunberg: ‘They see us as a threat because we’re having an impact’The Guardian - Greta ThunbergGreta Thunberg. This time last year she was unimaginable. Then, pretty much from nowhere, there she was: small and slight, a girl just turned 16, the way-too-young odd person out on a panel of adults in
Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic’s epic final reveals flaws in a two-set stroll meriting an equal purseThe Guardian - Andrew AnthonyIf you wanted to put the popularity of women’s football into figures then the most impressive one is 11.7 million. That’s the number of people in the UK who watched England’s World Cup semi-final against
El Chapo Now El Chapo’s back in jail, hunt is on for the Mexican drug baron’s moneyThe Guardian - Ed VulliamyIt’s a favourite current joke in Mexico: “No más túneles!” – no more tunnels. There’s little chance of drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera repeating his famous escapes from Mexican prisons in the
Wolves ‘We all got a free electric shaver’: the story of Wolves’ last European campaignThe Guardian - Stuart JamesSJ You were all part of the last Wolves team to play in Europe, against PSV Eindhoven in 1980, on the back of finishing sixth and winning the League Cup. Nuno Espírito Santo’s Premier League side finished
