Australian Government Yang Hengjun: Australia 'deeply disappointed' at criminal detention of writer in ChinaThe Guardian - Lily KuoForeign minister Marise Payne says the federal government is “deeply disappointed” Australian writer Yang Hengjun has been transferred to criminal detention in China, saying he should be released if he
Books I Am Sovereign by Nicola Barker review – The Author strikes backThe Guardian - Toby LittNicola Barker is literary royalty. Her last novel, the visionary dystopiaH(a)ppy, won the Goldsmiths prize for innovative fiction. Her territories are large, fertile and expanding. She is Queen of the
Art Behind the exhibition aiming to move Caribbean art 'away from trauma'The Guardian - Nadja Sayej“Is it possible to move Caribbean art, or art of the Caribbean diaspora, away from trauma and catastrophe?” asks María Elena Ortiz, who has co-curated a new exhibition tasked with doing just this, focusing
Donald Trump Trump's been hating on America. Is it time for him to leave?Guardian US - Luke O'NeilAt a campaign rally in North Carolina last night, the president’s attacks against four progressive congresswomen of color culminated in his most overt attack yet. Referring to Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,
Public Health England Coalition's voluntary salt limits have been 'public health disaster'The Guardian - Sarah Boseley Health editorNearly 10,000 cases of heart disease and stroke and 1,500 cases of cancer could have been avoided in England if the coalition government had not switched to a voluntary deal with the food industry to salt
Politics Fox News’s star names excuse the inexcusable after Trump's latest racist attackGuardian US - David Smith in WashingtonKey figures at the network failed to condemn the ugly scenes on Wednesday – the latest example of the strangely needy Trump-Fox relationship “Send her back! Send her back!” The chant from a largely white
Books Should books include credits like films?The Guardian - David BarnettWe writers lead a necessarily solitary life – at least, that’s what we like to think. Though the act of writing can involve lots of lonesome glaring at an open Word document (with occasional breaks for
Lifestyle (UK) From houndstooth trousers to Mr Motivator’s leotards, pattern is always a delightThe Guardian - Hannah Jane ParkinsonThere’s a Mary Quant exhibition on at the V&A at the moment, which, if you’re able to, I would urge you to visit. If not, and you are more talented with a sewing machine than I am, the website has downloadable
Environment Why we're tackling the Etape du Tour despite our breast cancerThe Guardian - Christine O'ConnellA breakaway is a cycling term that refers to an individual or a small group of cyclists who have successfully opened a gap ahead of the peloton, the main group of cyclists. On 21 July, two of us are plotting
Play buttonFilm (UK) The Wedding Guest review – Michael Winterbottom thriller runs out of fizzThe Guardian - Peter BradshawFilm-maker Michael Winterbottom has always been a powerhouse of ideas and a uniquely valuable presence in the British industry – this prolific and eclectic director has taken on every kind of genre. (Maybe
The Theatre Games for Lovers review – truth or dare in the internet ageThe Guardian - Miriam GillinsonA giddy carefreeness underpins this light-hearted new comedy about love in the internet age – it feels as if everyone is cutting loose for the summer. Playwright Ryan Craig has penned a couple of big for
Environment Britons urged to help record influx of painted lady butterfliesThe Guardian - Patrick BarkhamWildlife lovers are being urged to help record the greatest influx of painted lady butterflies for a decade as part of the world’s largest butterfly survey. Unusually high numbers of the migratory butterfly
Apollo Missions 'A thrill ran through me': your moon landing memoriesThe Guardian - Guardian readers and Matthew Holmes‘I remember feeling an almost physical thrill run through me’ I was 16 years old, sitting in our huge downstairs recreation room with my parents, my brothers and sister, and many of our closest friends.
Science The Apollo 11 moon landing was a distraction from America's problemsThe Guardian - Kathleen AlcottIn the image of that man in the quiet of that black, he is only a body, his mind secondary to his circumstances On a bright winter morning in 2014, I pressed my head against the glass of my bedroom window
Play buttonWorld News Friday briefing: 'Every inch of the way' against no-deal BrexitThe Guardian - Warren MurrayHello, Warren Murray here with just the sort of thing you need of a Friday morning early. Conservative rebels are among MPs who have moved to stymie Boris Johnson by voting to block any attempt to suspend
Travel French leave: fun places to stay on four routes to the south of FranceThe Guardian - Carolyn BoydFrom the north-west ferry ports (St Malo, Cherbourg, Caen, Le Havre) down the west of France, via Nantes and Bordeaux, to the south-west These three luxurious treehouses and a wooden gypsy caravan make
Play buttonMike Pompeo China's Uighur policy is human rights 'stain of the century' – PompeoGuardian US - Associated PressThe US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has accused China of being responsible for the human rights “stain of the century” with mass detentions of Muslims and other minorities. Speaking at an international
Politics Treasury to unveil '£2bn public sector pay rise', but from existing budgetsThe Guardian - Press AssociationPublic sector workers including teachers and police officers are reportedly to be given a £2bn pay rise. The Treasury will unveil the biggest public sector pay rise for six years on Monday before Theresa
TV tonight: one giant leap for the Proms!The Guardian - Mike Bradley, Graeme Virtue, Hannah J Davies, Hannah Verdier and Paul HowlettLive coverage of a momentous occasion at London’s Royal Albert Hall, where American maestro Karina Canellakis becomes the first woman to preside over the opening Prom. She guides the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Labor Party One of the ways the Labor party are working on losing the next election as wellThe Guardian - First Dog on the Moon
Sadiq Khan Sadiq Khan calls for new powers to impose London rent controlsThe Guardian - Jessica Elgot Chief political correspondentSadiq Khan will demand an overhaul of tenancy laws in a campaign for London rent controls that is set to be the cornerstone of his 2020 re-election campaign. The London mayor has said he intends to introduce
Apollo Missions Without these women, man would not have walked on the moonThe Guardian - David Smith in WashingtonAll 12 people who walked on the moon were men. But among the 400,000 people who made it possible, there were numerous unsung women, from computer engineers and mathematicians to secretaries and seamstresses.
The City Manholes or maintenance holes? The city rejecting gendered languageGuardian US - Matthew Cantor in Oakland“Mankind”, “manmade”, “he” as a generic pronoun: English words may not be designated masculine or feminine, but the language still bears the mark of patriarchy. With a bit of care, however, it’s easy even
Play buttonAlec Baldwin Alec Baldwin: 'You naughty English could fold sex into dentistry'The Guardian - Ryan GilbeyA conversation with Alec Baldwin feels rather like being in a holding pattern above New York. Not that it’s boring: on the contrary, talking with this old-fashioned film star and modern-day sitcom god,
Podcasting The biggest disasters in business history – podcasts of the weekThe Guardian - Gwilym Mumford, Hannah Verdier, Hannah J DaviesThe platform where many users go to to listen to other people’s podcasts, Apple is now plotting to start making its own. According to Bloomberg, the tech giant is in conversation with media companies creating
Play buttonJonathan Van Ness Queer Eye season four review – Jonathan Van Ness for president!The Guardian - Ellen E JonesYou can never have too much of a fab thing. Or so Queer Eye seems determined to prove, with four seasons in less than two years, plus a special, set in the Australian town of Yass (Yaaaaass!). Consider,
Child Abuse Breast-ironing is abuse and could lead to prison term, says CPSThe Guardian - Inna LazarevaExclusive: perpetrators could face up to 10 years in prison under new legal guidance Relatives who “iron” a young girl’s chest with a hot stone or other objects to delay breast formation could face up
World News The weird magic of eiderdownThe Guardian - Edward PosnettIn Ísafjörður, the capital of Iceland’s remote Westfjords region, a Lutheran pastor compared eiderdown to cocaine. “I sometimes think that we are like the coca farmers in Colombia,” he said. “We [the harvesters]
Opinion (UK) Scotland has a drugs problem – and it’s called WestminsterThe Guardian - Simon JenkinsIt is their policies that underpin the street sales and powder factories of a multibillion-pound underground industry Scotland’s drug mortality rate cannot be shelved as just another misery statistic.
Play buttonBritish Cuisine Farewell, Theresa May. Your best was far from good enoughThe Guardian - Gary YoungeThe kipper, intended as a symbol of EU overregulation, actually showcased Johnson’s lack of attention to detail On Wednesday, in her last major speech, Theresa May lamented a growing culture of absolutism
Australian Government Yang Hengjun: Australia 'deeply disappointed' at criminal detention of writer in ChinaThe Guardian - Lily KuoForeign minister Marise Payne says the federal government is “deeply disappointed” Australian writer Yang Hengjun has been transferred to criminal detention in China, saying he should be released if he
Books I Am Sovereign by Nicola Barker review – The Author strikes backThe Guardian - Toby LittNicola Barker is literary royalty. Her last novel, the visionary dystopiaH(a)ppy, won the Goldsmiths prize for innovative fiction. Her territories are large, fertile and expanding. She is Queen of the
Art Behind the exhibition aiming to move Caribbean art 'away from trauma'The Guardian - Nadja Sayej“Is it possible to move Caribbean art, or art of the Caribbean diaspora, away from trauma and catastrophe?” asks María Elena Ortiz, who has co-curated a new exhibition tasked with doing just this, focusing
Donald Trump Trump's been hating on America. Is it time for him to leave?Guardian US - Luke O'NeilAt a campaign rally in North Carolina last night, the president’s attacks against four progressive congresswomen of color culminated in his most overt attack yet. Referring to Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,
Public Health England Coalition's voluntary salt limits have been 'public health disaster'The Guardian - Sarah Boseley Health editorNearly 10,000 cases of heart disease and stroke and 1,500 cases of cancer could have been avoided in England if the coalition government had not switched to a voluntary deal with the food industry to salt
Politics Fox News’s star names excuse the inexcusable after Trump's latest racist attackGuardian US - David Smith in WashingtonKey figures at the network failed to condemn the ugly scenes on Wednesday – the latest example of the strangely needy Trump-Fox relationship “Send her back! Send her back!” The chant from a largely white
Books Should books include credits like films?The Guardian - David BarnettWe writers lead a necessarily solitary life – at least, that’s what we like to think. Though the act of writing can involve lots of lonesome glaring at an open Word document (with occasional breaks for
Lifestyle (UK) From houndstooth trousers to Mr Motivator’s leotards, pattern is always a delightThe Guardian - Hannah Jane ParkinsonThere’s a Mary Quant exhibition on at the V&A at the moment, which, if you’re able to, I would urge you to visit. If not, and you are more talented with a sewing machine than I am, the website has downloadable
Environment Why we're tackling the Etape du Tour despite our breast cancerThe Guardian - Christine O'ConnellA breakaway is a cycling term that refers to an individual or a small group of cyclists who have successfully opened a gap ahead of the peloton, the main group of cyclists. On 21 July, two of us are plotting
Play buttonFilm (UK) The Wedding Guest review – Michael Winterbottom thriller runs out of fizzThe Guardian - Peter BradshawFilm-maker Michael Winterbottom has always been a powerhouse of ideas and a uniquely valuable presence in the British industry – this prolific and eclectic director has taken on every kind of genre. (Maybe
The Theatre Games for Lovers review – truth or dare in the internet ageThe Guardian - Miriam GillinsonA giddy carefreeness underpins this light-hearted new comedy about love in the internet age – it feels as if everyone is cutting loose for the summer. Playwright Ryan Craig has penned a couple of big for
Environment Britons urged to help record influx of painted lady butterfliesThe Guardian - Patrick BarkhamWildlife lovers are being urged to help record the greatest influx of painted lady butterflies for a decade as part of the world’s largest butterfly survey. Unusually high numbers of the migratory butterfly
Apollo Missions 'A thrill ran through me': your moon landing memoriesThe Guardian - Guardian readers and Matthew Holmes‘I remember feeling an almost physical thrill run through me’ I was 16 years old, sitting in our huge downstairs recreation room with my parents, my brothers and sister, and many of our closest friends.
Science The Apollo 11 moon landing was a distraction from America's problemsThe Guardian - Kathleen AlcottIn the image of that man in the quiet of that black, he is only a body, his mind secondary to his circumstances On a bright winter morning in 2014, I pressed my head against the glass of my bedroom window
Play buttonWorld News Friday briefing: 'Every inch of the way' against no-deal BrexitThe Guardian - Warren MurrayHello, Warren Murray here with just the sort of thing you need of a Friday morning early. Conservative rebels are among MPs who have moved to stymie Boris Johnson by voting to block any attempt to suspend
Travel French leave: fun places to stay on four routes to the south of FranceThe Guardian - Carolyn BoydFrom the north-west ferry ports (St Malo, Cherbourg, Caen, Le Havre) down the west of France, via Nantes and Bordeaux, to the south-west These three luxurious treehouses and a wooden gypsy caravan make
Play buttonMike Pompeo China's Uighur policy is human rights 'stain of the century' – PompeoGuardian US - Associated PressThe US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has accused China of being responsible for the human rights “stain of the century” with mass detentions of Muslims and other minorities. Speaking at an international
Politics Treasury to unveil '£2bn public sector pay rise', but from existing budgetsThe Guardian - Press AssociationPublic sector workers including teachers and police officers are reportedly to be given a £2bn pay rise. The Treasury will unveil the biggest public sector pay rise for six years on Monday before Theresa
TV tonight: one giant leap for the Proms!The Guardian - Mike Bradley, Graeme Virtue, Hannah J Davies, Hannah Verdier and Paul HowlettLive coverage of a momentous occasion at London’s Royal Albert Hall, where American maestro Karina Canellakis becomes the first woman to preside over the opening Prom. She guides the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Labor Party One of the ways the Labor party are working on losing the next election as wellThe Guardian - First Dog on the Moon
Sadiq Khan Sadiq Khan calls for new powers to impose London rent controlsThe Guardian - Jessica Elgot Chief political correspondentSadiq Khan will demand an overhaul of tenancy laws in a campaign for London rent controls that is set to be the cornerstone of his 2020 re-election campaign. The London mayor has said he intends to introduce
Apollo Missions Without these women, man would not have walked on the moonThe Guardian - David Smith in WashingtonAll 12 people who walked on the moon were men. But among the 400,000 people who made it possible, there were numerous unsung women, from computer engineers and mathematicians to secretaries and seamstresses.
The City Manholes or maintenance holes? The city rejecting gendered languageGuardian US - Matthew Cantor in Oakland“Mankind”, “manmade”, “he” as a generic pronoun: English words may not be designated masculine or feminine, but the language still bears the mark of patriarchy. With a bit of care, however, it’s easy even
Play buttonAlec Baldwin Alec Baldwin: 'You naughty English could fold sex into dentistry'The Guardian - Ryan GilbeyA conversation with Alec Baldwin feels rather like being in a holding pattern above New York. Not that it’s boring: on the contrary, talking with this old-fashioned film star and modern-day sitcom god,
Podcasting The biggest disasters in business history – podcasts of the weekThe Guardian - Gwilym Mumford, Hannah Verdier, Hannah J DaviesThe platform where many users go to to listen to other people’s podcasts, Apple is now plotting to start making its own. According to Bloomberg, the tech giant is in conversation with media companies creating
Play buttonJonathan Van Ness Queer Eye season four review – Jonathan Van Ness for president!The Guardian - Ellen E JonesYou can never have too much of a fab thing. Or so Queer Eye seems determined to prove, with four seasons in less than two years, plus a special, set in the Australian town of Yass (Yaaaaass!). Consider,
Child Abuse Breast-ironing is abuse and could lead to prison term, says CPSThe Guardian - Inna LazarevaExclusive: perpetrators could face up to 10 years in prison under new legal guidance Relatives who “iron” a young girl’s chest with a hot stone or other objects to delay breast formation could face up
World News The weird magic of eiderdownThe Guardian - Edward PosnettIn Ísafjörður, the capital of Iceland’s remote Westfjords region, a Lutheran pastor compared eiderdown to cocaine. “I sometimes think that we are like the coca farmers in Colombia,” he said. “We [the harvesters]
Opinion (UK) Scotland has a drugs problem – and it’s called WestminsterThe Guardian - Simon JenkinsIt is their policies that underpin the street sales and powder factories of a multibillion-pound underground industry Scotland’s drug mortality rate cannot be shelved as just another misery statistic.
Play buttonBritish Cuisine Farewell, Theresa May. Your best was far from good enoughThe Guardian - Gary YoungeThe kipper, intended as a symbol of EU overregulation, actually showcased Johnson’s lack of attention to detail On Wednesday, in her last major speech, Theresa May lamented a growing culture of absolutism
