The GuardianRoyal Families The Guardian view on Prince Philip’s funeral: an era is ending verified_publisherThe Guardian - EditorialBecause of the pandemic and its restrictions, the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral at Windsor will be a less grand event than might once have been expected. Only 30 official mourners will attend. Those who...
The GuardianWestern Australia Thirty years on, I sense the same storm brewing around Aboriginal deaths in custody verified_publisherThe Guardian - Pat DodsonWhen a 28-year-old Aboriginal man hanged himself in the Brewarrina police cells on 6 August 1987, his family and the Aboriginal community (at least half the population of the town) blamed foul play by...
The GuardianPolicing The Guardian view on Line of Duty: more about politics than policing verified_publisherThe Guardian - EditorialLast year the phrase “ambient television” was coined to describe a category of inoffensive, picturesque and essentially undemanding shows, such as Netflix’s Emily in Paris: programmes that could be experienced...
The GuardianUK Politics This is Tory sleaze. Don’t let Boris Johnson convince you otherwise verified_publisherThe Guardian - Jonathan FreedlandThere is a danger that Boris Johnson will spin this as something general – a flaw in the system, a crisis for politics itself – thereby blinding us to what is in front of our noses: the return of Tory...
The GuardianIdris Elba We need a proper debate about TV diversity, instead we get ludicrous arguments verified_publisherThe Guardian - Ellen E JonesLuther first aired on BBC One more than a decade ago, yet it’s still the focus for debate about Black representation in British television. Why? Because it’s still one of a handful of examples of a major...
The GuardianCelebrity (UK) The drama over the princes’ uniforms is just a royal version of EastEnders verified_publisherThe Guardian - Zoe WilliamsThere’s an old Jewish sketch about a guy who makes a load of money and buys a boat. Resplendent in gold braid or whatever, he says to his father: “Look, I’m a captain now!” “By your wife, you’re a captain,”...
The GuardianAfghanistan What did 20 years of western intervention in Afghanistan achieve? Ruination verified_publisherThe Guardian - Simon JenkinsThe longest, most pointless and unsuccessful war that Britain has fought in the past 70 years – its intervention in Afghanistan – is to end in September. I doubt anyone will notice. Nations celebrate not...
The GuardianGuns US-made guns are ripping Central America apart and driving migration north verified_publisherThe Guardian - Ioan GrilloThe stray bullet from the gang fight struck Katery Ramos when she was 12 years old, playing on the dirt street in the poor Planeta neighbourhood of San Pedro Sula, Honduras. “I was standing up for a moment,...
The Guardianentertainment news Who are today’s ‘Black’ films and TV shows really for? verified_publisherThe Guardian - Tayo BeroMainstream media is saturated with Black death and suffering. Between real-time images of Black people being killed by police and the violence that is enacted against them in subsequent protests, Black...
The GuardianRace & Ethnicity Why were Bangladeshi and Pakistani groups worst hit by the UK’s second wave? verified_publisherThe Guardian - Laura BearHow can we prevent enduring, unequal transmission of Covid-19 in specific communities and places? Some answers to this question come from a recent report by the ethnicity subgroup of Sage on the causes...
The GuardianBritish Gas Will the British Gas sackings be a harbinger of doom for workers’ rights? verified_publisherThe Guardian - Owen JonesBack in the early months of the pandemic, the nationwide clap for carers, performed on Thursday evenings, was supposed to be an outpouring of solidarity and gratitude to frontline workers for their efforts...
The GuardianMedical Conditions I’ve been agoraphobic – what I learned may help those with post-lockdown anxiety verified_publisherThe Guardian - Rhiannon Lucy CosslettWe have been trying to get the cat to go outside. You can tell a part of her wants to; she’s curious, certainly, but her fight-or-flight wins out. If you try to let her out of the building’s main entrance,...
The GuardianLobbying Cameron passed a lobbying act, but it was never meant to curb corruption verified_publisherThe Guardian - Polly ToynbeeNothing should surprise us in the outright dishonesty of Boris Johnson’s Commons replies. But on Wednesday at PMQs, caught in the deepening glue trap of sleaze, he tried lashing out at Labour for voting...
The GuardianPets These ‘numbers’ are our profound national shame - deep and wide verified_publisherThe Guardian - First Dog on the Moon
The GuardianRace & Ethnicity The UK government's race report is so shoddy, it falls to pieces under scrutiny verified_publisherThe Guardian - Aditya ChakraborttyPlenty has been said about the politics of the government’s latest report on race. Barely any attention has been paid by most of the media to its actual evidence, even from supporters delighted that it...
The GuardianPandemics Covid is ravaging American jails and prisons – and inmates are rightly rising up verified_publisherThe Guardian - Akin OllaOn 4 April, inmates in a St Louis jail commenced an uprising. They smashed windows, chanted, lit fires and hung signs communicating their needs to the outside world. One sign held out of the windows simply...
The GuardianUnited Kingdom The Guardian view on summer holidays: the changing search for elsewhere verified_publisherThe Guardian - EditorialOne consequence of the UK government positing a possible date for the reopening of foreign travel but then, quite responsibly, refusing to confirm it is an anxious frenzy. What to do about the summer?...
The GuardianAfghanistan The Guardian view on the Afghanistan withdrawal: an unwinnable war verified_publisherThe Guardian - EditorialBritain’s former prime minister Harold Macmillan is said to have told colleagues that the first law of politics should be “never invade Afghanistan”. It was a lesson that imperial Britain had learned hard...
The GuardianKids Noosa again? After Covid, back to normal for my family means back to the beach verified_publisherThe Guardian - Alison RourkeThe thick scent of burnt maple syrup is not the most obvious symbol of the beach, but it has signalled the start of my family holidays for more than 40 years. On the descent into Noosa national park on...
The GuardianLobbying The real scandal is that the revolving door between government and business is still open verified_publisherThe Guardian - Richard BrooksSpare a thought for Britain’s ministers and mandarins. Making the right call in the public interest isn’t always easy when they’re endlessly having their ears bent by those with vested interests in their...
The GuardianSocial Issues Britain must harness the social sciences to fight post-pandemic deprivation verified_publisherThe Guardian - Will HuttonFor the past year the repeated government invocation has been that it will “follow the science”. As the world knows, the general direction of scientific advice, although there have been occasional dissenters...
The GuardianKeir Starmer Can Keir Starmer outflank the Tories on 'law and order'? Suddenly, it’s possible verified_publisherThe Guardian - Gaby HinsliffWhat happened to us? When did we stop caring about honesty and integrity? Line of Duty fans will instantly recognise those words: not mine but those of a fictional police officer, Supt Ted Hastings, on...
The GuardianPrince Philip We can mourn Prince Philip, but not the monarchy verified_publisherThe Guardian - Afua HirschWithin minutes of Prince Philip’s death having been announced, I began receiving messages from friends in Ghana. “My sincere condolences for your loss,” one said. “May God bless you and everyone in the...
The GuardianGreensill Capital What did Greensill Capital actually do? verified_publisherThe Guardian - Adam LeaverThe focus on David Cameron’s role in lobbying for Greensill Capital’s involvement in NHS payment systems has obscured a less glamorous question: how did a firm involved in such a mundane part of the financial...
The GuardianTaxes Biden’s corporate tax plan is simple, yet revolutionary. Will the UK sign up? verified_publisherThe Guardian - Arun Advani and Lucie GadenneThe end of the high street has been declared many times. The Covid crisis has certainly hit hard, but even before the pandemic local shops were struggling as they tried to compete with the likes of Amazon...
The GuardianDerek Chauvin This much is clear: Derek Chauvin’s trial won’t change policing in America verified_publisherThe Guardian - Simon BaltoThe trial of Derek Chauvin over the murder of George Floyd is of enormous importance in very specific ways. It is, most importantly, an opportunity for Floyd’s family and friends to gain some semblance...
The GuardianNorthern Ireland Unionist leaders in Northern Ireland must banish the ghosts of grievance and rage verified_publisherThe Guardian - Susan McKayA few of the boys and men asked about their alleged involvement in last week’s street violence in Northern Ireland spoke as if struggling to remember troubled dreams. A person was holding a plastic off-licence...
The GuardianBooks Now I’m dating again, I’m skipping all that blather about books and films verified_publisherThe Guardian - Megan NolanGod help me, I’m dating again. I thought about this with reverent anticipation for so long and now it’s here. Of course, I have forgotten how to speak, and what an attractive woman is supposed to wear,...
The GuardianIndigenous Australians Australia has shown it’s not serious about empowering Indigenous people. Now our voices must be heard verified_publisherThe Guardian - Steve Gumerungi Hodder Watt for IndigenousXAs a client at the local youth services in Mparntwe (Alice Springs), my first involvement with mainstream media was being interviewed by SBS Insight for their investigation into mandatory sentencing laws...
