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Tory MPs In Tears As Theresa May Tells Them She Will Not Fight The Next Election As Party Leader
Tory MPs were in tears as Theresa May told them she would not be fighting the -
Under Paris: Netflix has delivered one of the best shark movies ever made
via theguardian.comThere’s a shark in Paris in a knowingly improbable yet genuinely entertaining summer thriller that deserves its place near the top of a hit-and-miss subgenreAlmost exactly a decade ago, I unwittingly played into an extremely corny publicity gimmick by wearing a heart-rate monitor during a movie screening. I did this because the film in question was supposedly one of the scariest ever made. I would wear the monitor, and my involuntary responses would provide everyone with quantifiable proof -
Teenage kicks: the bumpy ride of adolescence – in pictures
via theguardian.comArtist duo Lola Paprocka and Pani Paul travelled the world photographing teenagers they connected with – along with their broken phones, braces and acne scars Continue reading... -
National lottery app can’t pay out my winnings
via theguardian.comI have a balance of £106 from a winning ticket, but I can’t withdraw the moneyIn November last year, I unexpectedly rediscovered an unused national lottery app on my mobile phone with a balance of £2.50.Heady with excitement, I bought a Lotto ticket and won £106. But when I tried to withdraw the money, I couldn’t, as my bank card attached to the account was no longer in use, and you can only change your card if your balance is zero. Continue reading... -
‘I’m sick of it!’ The diabolical reality of being one of the few working-class people in TV
via theguardian.comFrom nepotism to pay so bad that even Bafta winners are quitting the industry, the odds are stacked against working-class talent. No wonder stars like Lucy Beaumont want to ‘jack it all in’Lucy Beaumont is furious. A new report shows that just 8% of TV and radio workers are from working-class backgrounds – the lowest figure in a decade. Beaumont – who grew up in a low-income, single-parent family in Hull, and is now an award-winning TV comedian, creator and writer – -
Has it made me creative, or held me back? Shaparak Khorsandi on being diagnosed with ADHD in her 40s
via theguardian.comPeople may be told their condition is a gift. But that’s little comfort when looking back at a trail of destructionDiscovering in my 40s that I have ADHD was a bit like how, I imagine, Tarzan felt when he found out he was a human and not a chimpanzee. For years he must have wondered why he was so different to the other chimps. Why did he have to use rope instead of his arms to swing from the trees? Why did he prefer to eat berries rather than termites and why, no matter how much another ch -
Food, Inc 2 review – second helping of broadsides against the food-industry crisis
via theguardian.comServing up morsels of good news amid platefuls of horrors regarding animal cruelty, ultra-processed diets and the environmental impact of dairy and meat production Robert Kenner’s 2008 documentary Food, Inc was an angry wake-up call to the evils of industrialised food production. Now Kenner is back for another bite, co-directing with Melissa Robledo. In the ensuing 16 years, the food crisis hasn’t gone away – but what’s changed is that the message is out there. So, if you -
An alternative guide to Sheffield: a crucible for left-field culture and regeneration
via theguardian.comWith a £470m redevelopment of the city centre, a feted documentary festival and a vibrant foodie scene, the former steel-making hub is showing its true mettle“There’s a lot of confidence in Sheffield these days,” says James O’Hara, one of the city’s leading cultural promoters. “It feels like we’re on the cusp of a new era.”It’s a refrain you hear a lot in Sheffield today. Sprawled across five valleys in the foothills of the Peak Distric -
TV tonight: inside the wrongful conviction that led to 17 years’ imprisonment
via theguardian.comA documentary details how Andrew Malkinson spent almost two decades behind bars after a false accusation of rape and attempted murder. Plus:paranoia grips the gang in The Outlaws. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, BBC TwoThe nightmare that engulfed Andrew Malkinson in 2003 is difficult to process. He was falsely convicted of rape and attempted murder, spending 17 years in prison before his conviction was overturned in 2022. In this devastating documentary, he lays bare the multiple fai -
Becoming an aunty unlocked a deranged kind of love. It’s a pleasure to cop the moods and mess | Emily Mulligan
via theguardian.comFor a few years my devotion was met with contempt and, if I was lucky, indifference. This only encouraged meBeing an aunty is a deranged kind of love.When I first became an aunty, I marched into the neonatal intensive care unit (do not do this) and picked up my niece’s tiny body, declaring her the most perfect being in history. A more accurate and objective description may have been “jaundiced rat creature”.Emily Mulligan is a mum, aunty and occasional writer from Sydney Contin -
Dozens killed in Israeli strike on UN school, Gaza officials say
via theguardian.comIsraeli military says it targeted Hamas fighters in strike on Unrwa school in al-Nuseirat, where Gaza officials say displaced Palestinians had been shelteringSee all our Israel-Gaza war coverage At least 30 Palestinians including five children have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a UN school housing displaced people in al-Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, medical officials have said, with dozens more wounded.The al-Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah had received at least 30 bodies from the -
Investment in clean energy likely to be double figure for fossil fuels in 2024, IEA says
via theguardian.comLow-carbon electricity investment driven by solar projects but oil and gas spending still too high to meet climate goalsGlobal investment in low-carbon electricity will rise to 10 times as much as fossil fuel power this year due to an increase in spending on solar projects, according to the International Energy Agency.The global energy watchdog has predicted that investment in clean energy including renewables and nuclear power as well as electric vehicles, power grids, energy storage, low-emiss -
Don’t underestimate Faragism this election. He’s a virus infecting UK politics | Adity Chakrabortty
via theguardian.comIt’s no wonder Nigel achieves such cut-through when the media panders to him and mainstream politicians say little of noteOh, it’s only Nigel, the politician who’s always standing because he never gets a seat. It’s only Clacton: practically Ukip-on-Sea. It’ll only harm Rishi Sunak, and he’s already terminal.Oh, the excuses! Even as Westminster journalists this week trotted along an Essex pier after Nigel Farage, they made two arguments that pull in opposite di -
Campaign launched to save ‘boringly ugly’ 1980s BT phone boxes
via theguardian.comThe KX100 design caused controversy when it replaced the classic red phone box – but now a handful may be given listed statusCampaigners are trying to secure listed status for the “boringly ugly” telephone boxes that BT controversially used to replace thousands of red phone boxes in the 1980s.The Twentieth Century Society, which champions outstanding examples of modern design, has applied for listed status for one KX100 box each in England, Scotland and Wales before they are re -
‘We sold everything off, even the semen flasks’: the film about the farming couple who struck gold by rewilding
via theguardian.comKnepp estate was £1.5m in debt. Now it thrums with wildlife, visitors flock there – and farmers are stampeding to copy its success. We meet the star of a captivating film about this amazing rebirthTake a stroll through the classic English countryside of West Sussex, and you’ll notice things becoming strange just beyond the village of Dial Post. Here, a patchwork of tidy fields bordered by neat hedgerows becomes a bamboozling maze of flowery glades and thickets of hawthorn, blac -
UK statistics watchdog to investigate Sunak’s use of term ‘economy going gangbusters’
via theguardian.comSir Robert Chote to see if PM repeated ONS analyst’s comments taken out of context to exaggerate Tory economic recordThe UK’s statistics watchdog has opened an investigation into remarks made by Rishi Sunak about the economy “going gangbusters” amid concerns that politicians could misuse economic data in the run-up to the election.Sir Robert Chote, chair of the UK Statistics Authority, will examine whether the prime minister repeated comments that were “taken out of -
The ‘blue wall’ road trip: Tories jumping ship? Politics Weekly UK – podcast
via theguardian.comThe Guardian’s John Harris is on the road, visiting Jeremy Hunt’s seat in Godalming and Ash and Michael Gove’s Surrey Heath constituency to find out why lifelong Conservative voters are abandoning the partyGodalming and Ash constituency candidates:Jeremy Hunt – Conservative and Unionist PartyPaul Follows – Liberal DemocratsJames Walsh – Labour PartySteve Williams – Green PartyGraham Drage – Reform UKSurrey Heath constituency candidates:Ed McGuinnes -
Taylor Swift is everywhere! Could I avoid her and her music for the whole month of May?
via theguardian.comShe is bringing her Eras tour to the UK this week. But just how easy is it to steer clear of the world’s biggest pop star? The Guardian’s stage editor finds outPlaying Cluedo, I realise I’ve cracked. There’s something about my Miss Scarlett card – that glint in her eyes, the knowing smile. Or maybe this is what happens when you have spent an entire month on an impossible mission to avoid the planet’s biggest pop star. You see, hear, simply sense Taylor Swift e -
Taylor Swift: cultural icon or turbo-capitalist? - podcast
via theguardian.comAs Swift’s economy-shifting Eras tour comes to the UK, Chanté speaks to journalist and fan (but not ‘Swiftie’) Elle Hunt about the singer’s journey from country star to billionaire and asks whether her world domination is good for the music industryArchive: Vogue, Today, MTV, Firstpost, BBC, Billboard, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, ITV Continue reading... -
‘Sometimes I wonder if I’ll come back’: Palestinian birdwatchers defy danger to scan the skies
via theguardian.comIn the West Bank and Gaza, a growing number of birdwatchers are pursuing their hobby despite the dangers of the conflictSitting in the shade of an olive tree in the valley of Ein Qiniya, north-west of Ramallah, the wildlife photographer and birdwatcher Mohamad Shuaibi starts to enumerate the birds he can spot. Swifts and swallows flit and swoop, a short-toed eagle hovers in the distance, a jay perches on an olive branch and a kestrel returns to its nest in the limestone cliffs.He also starts cou -
‘Natty or not?’: how steroids got big
via theguardian.comOnce upon a time, it was only hardcore bodybuilders who pumped themselves up with testosterone. Today it is no longer niche. But how dangerous is it?Dave is an ordinary office worker in the north of England. He is about average height for a British man – 5ft 10in – and to catch a glimpse of him between 9am and 5pm, the only hint that his leisure time is spent shattering the natural limits of human growth might be his slightly ill-fitting XXL shirt, or the fact that he sometimes -
‘Mostly, they don’t vote’: Dutch far-right support in European elections depends on turnout
via theguardian.comGeert Wilders’ PVV party is predicted to go from one seat to eight in European parliament nonethelessElections to the world’s only transnational assembly get under way in earnest on Thursday as Dutch voters go to the polls in a four-day, 27-country ballot that will return 720 MEPs to the next European parliament.The results of the elections, which will shape the makeup of the next European Commission and could have a major impact on the bloc’s political direction in key areas i -
Macron and Meloni appear poles apart – but what if they joined forces to save Europe?
via theguardian.comCentrists and pragmatic rightwing parties could at least compromise on the most urgent global threatsFew issues divide reliable centrist dads from rightwing and leftwing outliers as much as the European Union. Traditionally, the idea of European integration was favoured by the sensible majority. The proud nation state, on the other hand, was brandished by troublemakers with a penchant for collective self-harm. But could this all be about to change?Europeans have reaped the dividends of the US se -
‘I’m not expecting a call from Nigel’: Jeremy Hunt on his fight to save his seat
via theguardian.comExclusive: as Reform courts Tory vote, chancellor insists election campaigns are won from the centre groundAt the first three doors that Jeremy Hunt knocked on during his canvassing session in leafy Godalming earlier this week were voters who said they would back the Conservatives.
The chancellor, looking a bit embarrassed, admitted that they were not representative of what his team have been seeing across this Surrey constituency, where his 8,800 majority is under threat from the resurgent Libe -
Golden rice: why has it been banned and what happens now? – podcast
via theguardian.comA court in the Philippines has banned the commercial growth of golden rice, a genetically modified rice which was created to help tackle vitamin A deficiency in developing countries. It’s just the latest twist in a long and controversial journey for this rice. Ian Sample hears from the Observer science and environment editor, Robin McKie, and from Glenn Stone, a research professor of environmental science at Sweet Briar College in Virginia who is also an anthropologist who has studied gold -
D-day 80th anniversary comes at time of conflict and growing carelessness
via theguardian.comAs grim memory of world war fades, many people are anxious amid rise of nationalist, country-first rhetoricTwenty-two British D-day veterans, the youngest nearly 100, crossed the Channel on Tuesday to mark this week’s 80th anniversary of the landings in Normandy, representing a thinning thread to the heroics of two or three generations ago when about 150,000 allied soldiers began a seaborne invasion of western Europe that helped end the second world war.Ron Hayward, a tank trooper who lost -
Can Labour’s GB Energy plan future-proof UK’s power generation sector?
via theguardian.comParty has put state-owned power company at centre of its plans for decarbonisation, security and energy billsLabour is to put a government-owned power company at the heart of the UK’s energy system for the first time since the privatisation of the industry in 1990, in one of Keir Starmer’s boldest pledges so far.Great British Energy, with £8bn of investment, forms the centrepiece of Labour’s promise to decarbonise the electricity supply by 2030. This would stop well short -
‘At heart it’s the same technology’: the heat pump that uses water instead of air
via theguardian.comEquipment being trialled in Scotland extracts warmth from nearby water sources to provide homes with heatingScientists in Edinburgh have developed a home heating system that draws its energy from the world’s most abundant resource: water.The equipment can use sea water, rivers, ponds and even mine water to heat radiators and water for baths and showers, using the same technology as in air source heat pumps. Continue reading... -
Activists fly K-pop USB sticks into North Korea as ‘poo balloon’ row intensifies
via theguardian.comBalloons filled with US dollars, K-pop and leaflets critical of Kim Jong-un have been sent over the border by group of a North Korean defectorsThe “balloon wars” between the two Koreas have intensified after activists in the South said they had sent balloons carrying anti-North Korean propaganda over the countries’ heavily armed border.A group of North Korean defectors called the Free North Korea Movement on Thursday said it had sent 10 large balloons filled with 200,000 leafle -
Jeannette Charles, actor who played Queen Elizabeth II in dozens of films and shows, dies aged 96
via theguardian.comThe lookalike actor who played the Queen for 50 years, including in Naked Gun and Austin Powers films, died on 2 JuneGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastJeannette Charles, the British actor best known for her striking resemblance of Queen Elizabeth II that landed her roles in Naked Gun and Austin Powers, has died at the age of 96.On Wednesday the actor’s daughter, Carol Christophi, announced her mother died on 2 June in a care home in Great Beddow, Esse
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