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Jake Paul’s artless spectacle robbed boxing of its democratic dream | Bryan Armen Graham
via theguardian.comNetflix’s 300 million global subscribers got just what they wanted: to see a former YouTuber knocked out brutallyGeorge Foreman once said boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire. Putting aside the breathtaking exhibitions of physical and psychological intensity it can produce, the sport has long been a refuge of the underclass, credited with changing the lives of the disenfranchised and impoverished. There are no barriers to entry. In that sense, it has always sold a democrati -
The moment I knew: ‘Sheltering under his lavender umbrella felt like pure stardust’
via theguardian.comAfter meeting while hiking the Inca trail, Jenny and Jarod’s chemistry was extraordinaryGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailIn 2011 I was in my mid-30s and had just arrived home in Kent after spending two years working and travelling abroad. I had a new teaching contract coming up in the Middle East, but there were delays with the construction of the school and I found myself with three months to spare. I decided to go and hike the Inca trail.I booked with a tour provider and on the -
From Dr Seuss to All Quiet on the Western Front: 19 books to help you find hope, sense and resistance in difficult times
via theguardian.comWriters, activists and politicians on the books they turn to for wisdom and perspective – and to restore their faith in human natureAustralia is mired in grief, anger and division over the horrific act of antisemitic terrorism in Sydney. The attack in Bondi has reverberated internationally, tragically bookending a year that already challenged humanity, hope and the future of the planet.Indeed as 2025 ends it is defined by yet more abject and ignoble political, economic, technological and e -
‘The biggest transformation in a century’: how California remade itself as a clean energy powerhouse
via theguardian.comThe Golden State’s clean energy use hit new highs in 2025. As the Trump administration abandons US climate initiatives, can California fill the void?As officials from around the world met in Brazil for the Cop30 climate summit last month, the US president was nowhere to be found, nor were any members of his cabinet. Instead, the most prominent American voice in Belém was that of the California governor, Gavin Newsom.During the five days he spent in Brazil, Newsom described Donald Tr -
Tinsel and Home Alone back in style as TikTok seeks comfort in #90sChristmas
via theguardian.comEmphasis this year is on nostalgia as present day feels ‘a bit more uncertain’, say trend expertsTinsel, DIY tree decorations, deep burgundy drapes – and Home Alone on VHS. Christmas has gone retro on TikTok, and in people’s living rooms.The app has reported a surge in Christmas decor videos, with an emphasis on nostalgia as users embrace festive looks from bygone eras. For younger TikTokers, that means the 90s. Continue reading... -
'I wish I had those times again' - rugby star on losing both parents
via bbc.comMeg Jones won the Rugby World Cup but missing her parents who both died in recent months. -
The bleakest winter: Ukrainians face exhaustion and uncertainty as Trump demands concessions
via theguardian.comPeople torn between craving for peace as conditions worsen and desire to hold strong against Russian military and diplomatic tacticsThe ammunition boxes stacked on the stage opened up to reveal figurines of angels and an infant Jesus lying in his manger. Six actors sang plaintive carols, accompanied by readings of the brooding poetry of Kharkiv writer Serhiy Zhadan. The audience sat, transfixed by the almost unbearable intensity of the spectacle.The nativity play, performed on a recent evening a -
‘Firm, snappy texture’: the best supermarket crackers for cheese, tasted and rated
via theguardian.comOur resident big cheese munches his way through 10 sets of crackers so you don’t have to make a snap decisionI’m treading dangerous ground critiquing classics such as Jacob’s cream crackers and Carr’s table water biscuits, some of Britain’s most nostalgic family foods. There’s nothing wrong with a bit of comfort eating, especially at Christmas, but both are also symbols of our industrial food culture: bland, beige and unadventurous. That said, maybe they&rsquo -
Christmas ads put on a diet as UK ban on TV junk food advertising bites
via theguardian.comGone are shots of puddings and sweets as advertisers try to market other foods to stay within rules coming into force on 5 JanuaryThe festive season is traditionally a time of national culinary overindulgence but eagle-eyed viewers may have noticed that this year’s crop of big-budget Christmas TV ads have been decidedly lean and sugar-free.From Tesco and Waitrose to Marks & Spencer and Asda, the UK’s biggest exponents of extravagant festive food marketing have put their Christmas -
Premier League buildup and latest football news – matchday live
via theguardian.com⚽ All the latest in the buildup to Saturday’s action
⚽ Ten things to look out for | Tables | Mail us hereContinental corner: There are some eye-catching games around the European leagues today, no less than Real Madrid v Sevilla (8pm GMT) which rounds off the day in La Liga. Dortmund went second in the Bundesliga last night but RB Leipzig can reclaim the position if they beat fourth-placed Leverkusen at 5.30pm. In Serie A, Juventus v Roma (7.45pm) is fifth v fourth but both sid -
Photos of Andrew reveal how ex-prince gave Jeffrey Epstein access to British high society
via theguardian.comAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor reclines across five people in one photo watched by Ghislaine Maxwell at SandringhamPhotographs of the child sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell released by the US justice department appear to show how Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor facilitated their access to British high society.Epstein and Maxwell are pictured hunting with the former prince at Balmoral and with him in the royal box at Ascot. A separate picture shows Maxwell outside 10 Downing Street. Con -
How Sinners became the most culturally important film of 2025
via theguardian.comRyan Coogler’s critically acclaimed horror blockbuster had people talking all year, proving industry naysayers wrong and breaking various recordsIt was the film that was supposed to destroy Hollywood: a vampire horror about life and times in the Jim Crow south peopled by a majority Black cast, and shot on Imax 70mm. Ryan Coogler, the acclaimed director who rose to prominence steering Marvel’s colossal Black Panther franchise, was thought to be out of his depth for trying to midwife a -
Jim Ratcliffe chemical firms received up to £70m of UK state aid in last four years
via theguardian.comThe government is preparing a £50m bailout for Ineos’s Grangemouth plant, after Jim Ratcliffe asked for help in OctoberChemical companies owned by the billionaire Jim Ratcliffe had already been granted as much as £70m in UK state aid in the past four years, before this week’s £50m government bailout for its Grangemouth plant in Scotland.State aid to Ineos in the last year alone was between £16m and £38m, according to government disclosures published this -
‘Geometric lines, strong colours and shadows created a striking image’: Anne Rayner’s best phone picture
via theguardian.comA sci-fi playscape at an exhibition in Gateshead had the photographer’s granddaughter entrancedAnne Rayner was enjoying a day out with her husband, Bob, and two-year-old granddaughter Phoebe when she took this photo. The three of them had headed into Newcastle city centre to find some fun, while Rayner’s daughter-in-law was caring for Phoebe’s siblings, six-month-old twin boys, at home.Walking along the quayside and crossing the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, they point -
US launches airstrikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria
via theguardian.comAttacks come after two US soldiers and interpreter killed as Trump says US inflicting ‘very serious retaliation’The US military launched airstrikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria on Friday in retaliation for an attack on US personnel, two US officials have said.The attacks came after Donald Trump vowed to hit back after an attack last weekend in Syria by a suspected Islamic State member. Continue reading... -
Murder probe detectives arrest suspect after man found dead
via bbc.comA 26-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of William Devaney in Sauchie, Clackmannanshire. -
Sarah Hadland: ‘The worst thing anyone’s said to me: you’ll never, ever work’
via theguardian.comThe actor on impersonating Elvis, her stint as a magician’s assistant on a cruise ship, and having eyes like currantsBorn in Hertfordshire, Sarah Hadland, 54, attended Laine Theatre Arts college in Surrey. From 2009 to 2015, she played Stevie in the Bafta-nominated sitcom Miranda, and her other television work includes Horrible Histories, Waterloo Road, W1A, The Job Lot and Daddy Issues. This Christmas, she appears on The Festive Pottery Throwdown and The Celebrity Apprentice, and sta -
No love lost as Manchester United and Tottenham women square off again
via theguardian.comIt’s not a derby but there is needle and passion as teams meet in League Cup quarter-finals a week after tasty 3-3 draw in WSLManchester United against Tottenham can never be labelled a derby. The 200-plus miles between their home grounds will see to that. Watch their six-goal thriller in the Women’s Super League last weekend, though, and it had all the hallmarks of a classic derby: some needle, some squaring up to one another and, amid a high-intensity contest, a subtle undertone of -
Le Carré with a cocktail, not a cuppa: the glamour and escapism of The Night Manager
via theguardian.comThe second series of the Tom Hiddleston-fronted drama is first le Carré adaptation not based on author’s own workIt was in a market square in the Colombian city of Cartagena when Georgi Banks-Davies wondered if she had bitten off more than she could chew.The director of The Night Manager’s second series was shooting a scene in the bustling location, with just a few minutes to capture the action. Continue reading... -
Family ‘banned from more than 1,000 petrol stations’ amid fuel theft row
via theguardian.comFamily who said they paid cash were left embarrassed after being accused of not paying £20.01Drivers have accused a leading petrol station security company of issuing “false” fuel theft debts, which left one family unable to fill up their car at more than 1,000 filling stations for more than a year.Amjad Khan and his family were barred from multiple petrol stations around Blackburn for 19 months after he was accused of driving out of an Esso petrol station in Manchester without -
Each year, word of the year gets darker. ‘Six-seven’ may be annoying – but it’s bucked that trend | Coco Khan
via theguardian.comSome might regard it as ‘brain rot’, but the first word of the year just for tweens and teenagers could be the most hopeful development of 2025What connects the word “vape”, the crying-laughing emoji and the phrase “squeezed middle”? No, it’s not just a biting crossword clue for “millennial”: they have all previously been crowned word of the year. Admittedly, there are now so many “words of the year” that, if they were physical ob -
Donald Trump promised a new ‘golden age’ for the US economy. Where is it?
via theguardian.comMost Americans have yet to see this boom – but they’ve certainly heard a lot about it from the presidentMoments into his second term, opening his inaugural address, Donald Trump was unequivocal. “The golden age of America begins right now,” he declared.At a White House reception last weekend, a little over 10 months later, the US president appeared to acknowledge just how far his timeline had shifted. Continue reading... -
‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses supercharged by climate crisis
via theguardian.comHeating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with simplified current food system already vulnerableHow climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril – in maps and chartsThe destruction of food supplies by crop pests is being supercharged by the climate crisis, with losses expected to surge, an analysis has concluded.Researchers said the world was lucky to have so far avoided a major shock and was living on borrowed time, with action needed to diversify -
‘There’s a sense of our freedoms becoming vulnerable’: novelist Alan Hollinghurst
via theguardian.comA knighthood, a lifetime achievement award and a hit theatre production of The Line of Beauty… the author on a year of personal success and political changeIf there can be a downside to receiving a lifetime achievement award, it can surely only be the hint of closure it evokes. I put this as tactfully as I can to Alan Hollinghurst, this year’s winner of the David Cohen prize, which has previously recognised the contribution to literature of, among others, VS Naipaul, Doris Less -
Manchester United target Rúben Neves and Conor Gallagher as January signings
via theguardian.comAntoine Semenyo thought to favour move to LiverpoolNeves would cost around £20m but wages may be issueManchester United are monitoring Al-Hilal’s Rúben Neves and Atlético Madrid’s Conor Gallagher as potential January signings to strengthen Ruben Amorim’s squad. Bournemouth’s Tyler Adams is also of interest but any deal for the American is not likely until the close season.United are also vying with Liverpool and Manchester City to sign Antoine Semenyo -
Lyon puts Australia on brink of Ashes win
via bbc.comEngland are on the brink of an Ashes series defeat after Australia's Nathan Lyon broke their resistance late on the fourth day of the third Test in Adelaide. -
Wilfried Nancy’s Venn diagram and the optics of controlling the controllables | Max Rushden
via theguardian.comThe Celtic manager wants to focus on the things that matter but after starting with four defeats he may not have the chanceYears ago when sport was good, you didn’t have optics. You just had what happened. And what happened was what you had seen happen.Things are different now. If you haven’t lent into optics when discussing your underperforming team, then you’re missing out. One dictionary definition for you: Optics (1) “The way in which an event or course of action is p -
When it’s developers v people, usually the money wins. I saw how one community came out on top | Jason Okundaye
via theguardian.comA social housing victory at the ‘luxury’ Battersea power station development shows the power of grassroots politics – and holds a lesson for all of our cities What happens when international capital arrives on your doorstep and threatens to devour your home? The residents of the housing estates surrounding Battersea power station in London, including the Patmore where I was raised, faced that prospect when, in 2012, a consortium of Malaysian investors bought the derelict power -
UK aid cuts take 40% from funds to counter Russian threat in western Balkans
via theguardian.comFunding to tackle misinformation and cyber-attacks, and boost democracy, cut from £40m to £24mKeir Starmer’s raid on overseas aid has led to a 40% cut in funds for countering Russian aggression and misinformation in a region of Europe described by the prime minister as vital to the UK’s national security.British funding committed to bolstering the western Balkans, where Russia has been accused of sowing division and creating destabilisation, has been cut from £40m l -
This year’s Christmas could be Britain’s greenest yet, energy operator says
via theguardian.comSystem operator Neso predicts lowest carbon intensity ever on Christmas Day after new wind and solar power come onlineBritain’s energy system operator has predicted that this year’s Christmas Day could be the greenest yet.If the weather remains mild and windy for the rest of December, the National Energy System Operator (Neso) has said it could record the lowest carbon intensity – the measure of how much carbon dioxide is released to produce electricity – recorded on the -
Red Roses and Lionesses made 2025 a watershed year for women’s sport in England
via theguardian.comArsenal won the Women’s Champions League in a huge year for English players – and there may be more to come in 2026England women’s football and rugby teams did something they had never done before in 2025: win major trophies in the same year. The Red Roses lifted the Rugby World Cup and the Lionesses retained the Euros. And it was not just these two triumphs that underlined English prowess in women’s sport, with Arsenal winning the Women’s Champions League and Charl -
Ousmane Dembélé quietly becomes the main man after long journey to the top
via theguardian.comThe Frenchman, who has been named the best male footballer in the world by the Guardian, has benefitted from PSG’s focus on the team rather than individualsWhat makes a good player great, and a great player the best? This question has been occupying me since 2014, when the Guardian first asked me to contribute to its inaugural Next Generation feature. My job was to look for a France-based talent born in 1997 who could go on to have a stellar career.After a great deal of research, I narrowe -
‘Better out than in’: why a South Yorkshire charity wants people to speak their mind
via theguardian.comWho Is Your Neighbour? lets people talk in constructive, thoughtful ways to offer an antidote to division and despair• Donate to the charity appeal hereIt was a filthy day in Rotherham as Storm Bram swept through the town earlier this month. Roads had turned into rivers and sodden St George’s flags flapped from lamp-posts at half mast.Inside the community centre, the heating was turned up, the bacon butties were on order and the tea was brewing. It was time for some Difficult Conversa -
My only thought was to save the child, says man who disarmed knife attacker
via bbc.comThe security guard who saved a girl from a knife attacker in Leicester Square talks about that day. -
Brussels bike ban plan for pedestrian zone ‘dangerous and absurd’
via theguardian.comCyclist and road safety groups argue proposed alternative route away from traffic-free Le Piétonnier is unsafeOn an unseasonably mild winter’s day, people are gathering at Le Piétonnier, the pedestrian zone in the heart of Brussels. Tourists buy mulled wine and churros at the Christmas market outside the Bourse, the old stock exchange, now repurposed as a beer museum. A few people drink coffee on cafe terraces. Up and down the length of the 650-metre-long space, people come a -
Retailers hope ‘panic weekend’ will bring Christmas cheer to UK sales
via theguardian.comExperts forecast spending will be more than 12% up on same period in 2024 after lucklustre figures so farRetailers are hoping for a last-minute dash for the shops this weekend after a lacklustre run-up to Christmas, with UK households forecast to spend £3.4bn, up more than 12% on the same weekend in 2024.Almost 50m shopping trips will be made by last-minute Father Christmases over the weekend, according to research by analysts GlobalData for Vouchercodes.co.uk, the vast majority of which w -
Australia on verge of Ashes triumph as Lyon dulls England’s glimmer of hope
via theguardian.comThird Test, D4: Australia 371 & 349; England 286 & 207-6Lyon strikes after tourists briefly threaten record chaseThere was a time when England players threw around phrases like “the more runs, the better” such was their confidence in the chase. But tasked with knocking off a world record 435 runs to stop Australia winning this Ashes series at the earliest opportunity, one suspects it was not said on Saturday.Instead, having picked up six cheap wickets first thing to set up th -
Masked gunmen and poisoned gravy - how my wife plotted to kill me
via bbc.comMichelle Mills conspired with Geraint Berry to murder her husband, Christopher Mills. -
Anthony Joshua calls out Tyson Fury after sending Jake Paul to hospital with broken jaw
via theguardian.comJoshua stops Paul in sixth and calls out FuryPaul drives himself to hospital with broken jawNetflix spectacle ends with hierarchy restoredDubois prevails as women’s champions shineAnthony Joshua wasted little time in Miami turning the page from spectacle to ambition, calling out Tyson Fury moments after stopping Jake Paul in a bout that ended with the YouTuber-turned-boxer driving himself to hospital with a suspected broken jaw.Joshua halted Paul in the sixth round of Friday night’s -
Which story popularised the eating of turkey at Christmas? The Saturday quiz
via theguardian.comFrom the Yule Cat and Madame Berthe’s mouse lemur to Taylor Swift and John Everett Millais, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Where does the Yule Cat devour people who don’t have new clothes?
2 Who successfully answered the radio advert: “Astronauts wanted, no experience required”?
3 Which story popularised the eating of turkey at Christmas?
4 Who signed his letters to Queen Elizabeth I as “007”?
5 What is the most abundant metal in the Earth’s -
The volunteers putting their bodies between Israel settlers and a Palestinian village
via theguardian.comIn the Jordan valley, teenage settlers drive herds of goats into a Palestinian community in a bid to force families out – volunteers are trying to hold the lineIt is a daily onslaught. Every morning, teenage Israeli settlers drive a herd of goats from their outpost in the hills down into the valley towards the Palestinian village of Ras Ein al-Auja.The local men, women and children retreat inside their huts and tents. Any hint of resistance from a Palestinian is likely to bring in the Isra -
The Guide #222: From Celebrity Traitors to The Brutalist via Bad Bunny – our roundup of the culture that mattered in 2025
via theguardian.comIn this week’s newsletter: Not exhaustive, not definitive and unapologetically subjective: our annual tour of the best TV, music, films, podcasts, games and books of the last year• Don’t get The Guide delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIt’s time to look back on a year of Traitors and Sinners, of Bad Bunnies and Such Brave Girls, with the Guide’s now annual roundup of the year’s best culture. As ever, the Guardian is already knee-deep in lists – of films -
Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year
via theguardian.comExclusive: Ministers also expected to announce trail-hunting ban in sweeping changes to animal welfare lawShooting hares in England will be banned for most of the year as part of sweeping changes to animal welfare law.At the moment, it is legal to shoot the animals during their breeding season, with pregnant hares left to bleed out, and leverets – their young – often orphaned as a result. Continue reading... -
My cultural awakening: Love Actually taught me to leave my cheating partner
via theguardian.comEmma Thompson’s quiet suffering in the hit Christmas movie helped me to realise that I didn’t need to stay with someone who had betrayed meI was 12 when Love Actually came out. In the eyes of my younger self it was a great film – vignettes of love I could only imagine one day feeling, all coloured by the fairy lights of Christmas. And there was even a cameo from Mr Bean himself, Rowan Atkinson. The film captured the romance I craved as a preteen, the idea that maybe a kid I fan -
I took my kids to Lapland on the Santa Claus Express – but would the big man deliver?
via theguardian.comIf meeting Santa is on your family wishlist, this trip on a festive sleeper train from Helsinki to Rovaniemi, with reindeer and huskies thrown in, is Christmas with jingle bells onChristmas was only a few days away and the Finnish capital of Helsinki was ringing with festive cheer as we explored the Tuomaan Markkinat in Senate Square, sipping from mugs of hot, spicy glögi (mulled wine), and biting into joulutorttu (jam-filled puff pastries shaped like catherine wheels). A cold front had bro -
TV tonight: Strictly’s fab-u-lous goodbye to Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman
via theguardian.comA bittersweet night as a winner is announced on the beloved hosts’ last show. Plus: wall-to-wall Madness bangers! Here’s what to watch this evening7pm, BBC One Continue reading... -
Teen runs in one shoe to help GB win silver medal
via bbc.comMichael Clark, 17, spends "most of the race in pain" after losing a trainer. -
Anthony Joshua overwhelms Jake Paul in six to restore boxing sanity in Miami
via theguardian.comYouTuber stopped in sixth after four knockdownsTrump weighs in on fight from Air Force OneVictor eyes Fury after hospitalizing Paul with broken jawWomen’s boxing shines on Miami undercardJake Paul v Anthony Joshua – as it happenedAnthony Joshua did what he was meant to do on Friday night in Miami: he lay waste to Jake Paul’s bravest and most controversial experiment in boxing with a destructive victory that felt less like a sporting result than the restoration of sanity.In thei -
When is a sausage not really a sausage? Ask the meat lobby | George Monbiot
via theguardian.comEuropean legislators may ban plant-based products from using the name to prevent ‘confusion’. Just don’t mention beef tomatoes or buffalo wingsMost of what you eat is sausages. I mean, if we’re going to get literal about it. Sausage derives from the Latin salsicus, which means “seasoned with salt”. You might think of a sausage as a simple thing, but on this reading it is everything and nothing, a Borgesian meta-concept that retreats as you approach it.From ano -
Trump, tech barons and a title-less Andrew: how well do you remember 2025? – quiz
via theguardian.comFrom pop to politics, it’s been quite the year. Were you paying attention? Let’s find out …1-5 Please pay more attention.6-14 Very good. But spend less time looking up from your phone in 2026.15-20 Please write this next year. Continue reading...
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