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Bookshops will never die. That’s why I bought one on Gumtree five years ago – and we’re still here |...
The Guardian· 3 days agoIn 2019, when the lovely Bookshop at Queenscliff in Victoria came up for sale, my wife, Jayne Tuttle, and I were living in Paris working in advertising. George Whitman, the late owner of Shakespeare ...
‘We made the Maldives from a hotel in Heathrow airport’: Hollywood location scouts reveal their...
The Guardian· 2 days agoThe script called for a tree: a magical kind that looked like no tree on Earth. Boake had been working as a location scout in Northern Ireland for a few years, when in 2008 a producer sent him ...
In a class of their own: three Olympic sportswomen talk about overcoming war, hardship and the...
The Guardian· 6 days agoOne of Alexandra Ndolo’s greatest career achievements so far is winning a silver medal for Germany at the world fencing championships in Cairo in 2022. Ndolo, 37, who says ...
Five Great Reads: the Ronaldo show, sex with Tracey Emin and cookbooks in The Bear
The Guardian· 3 days agoCloser to home, debate continued in Australia’s parliament about how to respond to the situation in Gaza – where, as UN secretary general António Guterres said just days ago ...
TV giant known for rightwing disinformation doubles down on its national news agenda
The Guardian· 6 days agoSinclair, one of the largest owners of US television stations, has established itself as an influential player in the conservative movement by using trusted local news channels to spread disinformation ...
Cannabis legalisation hampered by most German of substances: red tape
The Guardian· 2 days agoA key phase began on 1 July with the establishment of registered cannabis clubs, which proponents...
Bellringers and running the bar dry: inside Labour’s night of elation
The Guardian· 3 days agoKeir Starmer saw the moment it became clear he would become prime minister in the same manner as much of the rest of the country – watching the BBC exit poll on the sofa at a friend’
Why MPs are happier when they lose
The New Statesman· 5 days agoWhen Brian Donohoe lost Central Ayrshire in 2015, he had a final message for his constituents – “f**k off”. Donohoe tells me now that he still hears from...
Biden says he ‘screwed up’ but vows to continue as polls show six-point lead for Trump
The Guardian· 4 days agoJoe Biden has told a radio show he “screwed up” and made a “mistake” in last week’s debate against Donald Trump, but vowed to stay in the election race, even as a series of ...