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‘A smorgasbord of unlikability’: the authors helping ‘sad girl lit’ grow up | Fiction

You’ve probably come across this woman: she is unfulfilled in her career, has been abandoned by at least one man, she is aimless and...

Rage, ecstasy and painting turned up to 11 – Edinburgh art festival review | Art

You’ve binged on standup, seen enough Belgian drama and it feels half an hour too early to go to the pub. A quiet moment...

Leaders of Amazon nations gather in Brazil for summit on rainforest’s future | Brazil

The leaders of Amazon nations including Brazil, Colombia and Peru have gathered in the Brazilian city of Belém for a rare conclave about the...

How the climate crisis has changed wildfire fighting in Canada: ‘a chess game with Mother Nature’ | Wildfires

In 40 years of wildland firefighting, Mike Morrow had seen pretty much everything including – if rarely – fires like the monster below him....

Minister defends Tory deputy chair over sweary ‘back to France’ jibe about migrants unhappy with barges – UK politics live | Politics

Chalk defends Tory deputy chair Lee Anderson over his sweary 'back to France' jibe about migrants complaining about bargesAs the first asylum seekers moved...

New Orleans archbishop ignored board findings on clerics accused of abuse | Catholicism

A board which helps the Roman Catholic archbishop of New Orleans, Gregory Aymond, evaluate abuse allegations against priests and deacons in six cases found...

The world must unite now to halt the Taliban’s repression of Afghan women and girls | Gordon Brown

Two years of ever-intensifying repression since the Taliban seized power in August 2021 have not dimmed the resilience of girls and women in Afghanistan,...

‘I always confront’: Guardian readers on the decline of cinema etiquette | Film

I walked out of a showing of Barbie at the Odeon last week due to the behaviour of other people in the cinema –...

Colombia v Jamaica: Women’s World Cup last 16 – live | Women’s World Cup 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureLet’s take a look at the stars who could determine the outcome of...

China’s trade slumps more sharply than expected as recovery falters – business live | Business

China's trade slumps, threatening hopes of recoveryGood morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy.A tumble...

Thrown review – backhold wrestling tale tackles Scottish identity | Edinburgh festival 2023

Backhold wrestling, a folk sport that thrives in Scotland’s Highland Games, brings five disparate women together in Nat McCleary’s questing debut play. It’s a...

Only Murders In the Building season three review – Meryl Streep helps make the best season ever | Television

A few years ago, when naming a career-best comedy trio featuring Steve Martin and Martin Short, the presumed missing person would be their Three...

World Scout Jamboree: South Korea sends 1,000 buses to take attendees away from Typhoon Khanun | South Korea

More than 1,000 buses are being deployed to move 37,000 Scouts – mostly teenagers – from the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea, as...

Russia releases history schoolbook praising Ukraine invasion | Russia

Moscow has unveiled new history textbooks that include sections on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine apparently written in a few months, ahead of children returning...

Sam Kerr teases then delights a nation with long-awaited Matildas return | Sam Kerr

Late? Maybe. But better late than never. Nineteen days in, and the tournament Australians had long been anticipating finally got underway on Monday night....

Britain’s ‘wonkiest pub’ reduced to rubble after being gutted by mystery fire | Pubs

An 18th-century building thought to have been the wonkiest pub in Britain has been reduced to rubble after being gutted by a fire at...

Food review – Edinburgh festival banquet serves up theatrical spectacle | Edinburgh festival 2023

A gigantic banqueting table dominates the room, with members of the audience seated around it. A formidable chandelier shimmers above and the white tablecloth...

Judge dismisses Trump’s countersuit against E Jean Carroll that claimed she defamed him – live | US politics

Judge tosses Trump countersuit against E Jean CarrollA judge has thrown out Donald Trump’s countersuit against advice columnist E Jean Carroll, who earlier this...

Chinese political slogans spark graffiti free-for-all on east London wall | London

It began with a group of artists and a propaganda slogan: 24 Chinese characters painted in bold red, stretching nearly 100 metres along Brick...

Bodies of three hillwalkers recovered from ridge in Scottish Highlands | Scotland

The bodies of three hillwalkers have been recovered from a mountainside in the Scottish Highlands after they failed to return from a trek, police...

West Ham make £30m Maguire bid after agreeing £32m deal for Ajax’s Álvarez | West Ham United

West Ham have agreed a £32m deal to sign the Ajax midfielder Edson Álvarez and made an improved bid of £30m for Manchester United’s...

Zelenskiy assassination plot foiled by security service, says Ukraine | Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Ukraine’s security service claims to have foiled a plot to assassinate the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, after the arrest of a woman suspected of...

‘I never knew what horrors were happening in there’: the show giving Woodhill prisoners’ bereaved families a voice | Theatre

Matt Woodhead has always wanted to expand the possibilities of theatre. Now he may well have invented an entirely new genre: the verbatim investigative...

‘What you rapping all Yorkshire for?’ How Leeds defied the doubters to become a hip-hop haven | Hip-hop

“This is mind-blowing – it’s my dream come true,” says Monk, as we walk through Leeds City Museum, where boxes of hip-hop memorabilia are...

Caitlin Foord and Hayley Raso fire Australia into quarter-finals with accomplished win over Denmark | Women’s World Cup 2023

On Sunday, ahead of Australia’s round of 16 encounter with Denmark in Sydney, Caitlin Foord issued a challenge to Matildas fans. “We love a...

Videoverse review – a profound exploration of love, games and fandom | Games

Anyone who ever played and loved a video game, especially as a teenager, will know that the game itself is often only part of...

‘People are under siege’: why Ethiopia’s war in Tigray isn’t over | Global development

For months, Father Tesfaye* has taken his battered Land Cruiser and shuttled secretly between his home district of Irob and Mekelle, the capital of...

Australia v Denmark: Women’s World Cup 2023 last 16 – live | Women’s World Cup 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureIt is important Australian fans don’t take nights like tonight for granted. It...

Up to 500 asylum seekers could be on Bibby Stockholm barge by end of week, says minister – UK politics live | Politics

Key eventsUp to 500 asylum seekers could be on Bibby Stockholm barge by end of week, says ministerIn her interviews this morning Sarah Dines,...

UK house prices drop for fourth month running, as Halifax predicts ‘gradual decline’ – business live | Business

Introduction: Halifax reports house prices fell again in JulyGood morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets, and the world...

Can you solve it? Are you smart enough for Mensa? | Mathematics

Today’s three puzzles are written by Barry R Clarke, author of Mensa’s bestselling book of logic puzzles. Mensa is the society for people with...

Russia-Ukraine war live: US and German air defence systems producing ‘significant results’, Zelenskiy says | Ukraine

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureRussia’s air defence system destroyed an aircraft-type drone over the Ferzikovskyi district in...

‘It’s already way beyond what humans can do’: will AI wipe out architects? | Architecture

A handful of little green blocks flashes up on the screen, filling a building site with a neat grid of uniform cubes. One second...

Premier League 2023-24 preview No 11: Liverpool | Liverpool

Guardian writers’ predicted position: 4th (NB: this is not necessarily Andy Hunter’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips)Last season’s position: 5thProspectsIt was...

Ellie Cardwell epitomises England’s spirit in Netball World Cup final | Netball World Cup 2023

Ellie Cardwell has one of the most expressive faces in netball. You can tell when England’s goal shooter is up, because her grin has...

Alone review – have any of this survival show’s contestants even been outside before? | Reality TV

The original version of Alone, a survivalist show with a large cash prize, is, of course, American. In it, a dozen or so contestants...

Chelsea prepare new Moisés Caicedo bid after he misses friendly for Brighton | Transfer window

Chelsea are poised to make a new bid for Moisés Caicedo after the midfielder missed Brighton’s friendly against Rayo Vallecano on Sunday.Mauricio Pochettino is...

Tale of two strikers as former teammates duel for World Cup glory | Women’s World Cup

Sam Kerr and Pernille Harder share more than a few similarities. They are the faces of women’s football in Australia and Denmark respectively, national...

Sinéad O’Connor tribute appears in Ireland as funeral plans announced | Sinéad O’Connor

A fleeting installation honouring Sinéad O’Connor has been unveiled on a hillside overlooking the Irish seaside town of Bray, where she is to be...

Bodies of woman and toddler found after migrant boats sink off Lampedusa | Italy

The bodies of a woman and toddler were recovered by the Italian coastguard after two shipwrecks overnight off the southern island of Lampedusa.Fifty-seven people...

Dozens die in train crash in southern Pakistan after 10 carriages derail | Pakistan

A train has derailed in southern Pakistan, killing 30 people and injuring more than 90.Ten carriages of a Rawalpindi-bound train derailed and some overturned,...

Vieira seals Arsenal’s Community Shield shootout win after Trossard strikes late | Community Shield

If anyone considered this a glorified kickabout they should have watched Arsenal’s players wheel ecstatically towards their support after Fábio Vieira, finding Stefan Ortega’s...

Bo Goldman obituary | Film

In the late 1970s, Bo Goldman was researching a script about Melvin Dummar, the unassuming Utah factory worker, gas station owner and former “Milkman...

Project to tattoo human rights declaration on 6,773 people comes to UK | Human rights

Thirty people in Manchester will have one letter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights tattooed on them as part of an international art...

Online fantasising about property – finally something I share with Gwyneth Paltrow | Gwyneth Paltrow

It’s not often you look at Gwyneth Paltrow’s life and think, with a fond sigh, how closely it resembles your own, but when she...

‘She was so dedicated’: Lioness Lauren James cheered on by her old school | Lauren James

When Lauren James pulls on her boots on Monday to take on Nigeria, the England star will have one less thing on her plate...

USA crash out of World Cup as Sweden win on penalties to reach last eight | Women’s World Cup 2023

USA, the current champions, have crashed out of the World Cup on penalties in front of more than 27,000 fans in Melbourne. Lina Hurtig’s...