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‘Cats are like mini gurus’: the feline path to inner peace | Australian lifestyle

Ryō, an Egyptian Mau, is languid in a shaft of sunlight on Carla Francis’s couch, head tucked towards front paws, silver spotted fur gleaming,...

Australia maddened by England’s Bazball and undone by Mark Wood | Ashes 2023

England keep giving Jimmy Anderson a stage in this series. It happened again just before tea on the third day of a match that...

Brian Harman hunts first major but McIlroy not ruling himself out of Open | The Open

Thirty-six holes down, a five-shot lead. The hunter has become the hunted. Ominously for Brian Harman, in the quintet of mainstream events where he...

Puffballs and eyelash cups: searching for New Zealand’s curious fungi | New Zealand

One day the forest floor may be filled with leaf litter, soft decomposing logs and tiny tree saplings – the next, the logs flush...

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis | Ukraine

Every week we wrap up the must-reads from our coverage of the war in Ukraine, from news and features to analysis, visual guides and...

Tory election victory hopes hit by shattering byelection defeats | Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak’s chances of guiding the Conservatives to victory at the next general election looked increasingly slim on Friday after his party suffered two...

Wood tears into Australia after Bairstow leads England’s charge to beat rain | Ashes 2023

As Jonny Bairstow capped off a bullying batting performance from England with an incendiary unbeaten 99, a plane flew over Old Trafford with a...

‘We try to keep a good mood’: escapism alive in Odesa’s resorts despite Russian onslaught | Ukraine

As the sun set over Arcadia, an area of beach clubs and bars on the outskirts of Odesa, a group of four friends in...

Ashes diary: northern mayors call out ECB as Mike Gatting relives that ball | Ashes 2023

Mayors on a missionAndy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester, rang the five-minute bell on Friday and then attempted to also sound an alarm. He...

‘I’m horrified by it. I think it’s appalling’: Kit de Waal on the crisis of cuts facing the arts | Books

Working-class students will be worst hit by cuts to arts and humanities education, says author Kit de Waal, who believes the government is “presenting...

Trump classified documents trial date set for May 2024; special counsel to hear from more witnesses in January 6 inquiry – live | US...

Trial in Trump classified documents case set for next MayThe federal judge overseeing former president Donald Trump’s trial on his mishandling of classified documents...

County cricket: Essex v Kent, Middlesex v Surrey, and more – live | County Championship

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureI think I’ve left my notebook in the portaloos… just going on a...

Tony Bennett, US singer with seven-decade career, dies aged 96 | Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett, the American pop and jazz singer who became the torchbearer for the Great American Songbook during a seven decade career, has died...

The Ashes 2023: England v Australia, fourth Test, day three – live | Ashes 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature94th over: England 486-7 (Bairstow 28, Wood 1) Carey knew it was a...

Tour de France 2023: stage 19 takes the race to Poligny – live | Tour de France 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureWhat might happen today? Well, after yesterday’s success for the breakaway (and in...

The Open 2023: round two – live | The Open

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureSo much for Adrian Otaegui’s dream of emulating Nick Faldo’s closing round of...

Hot weather helps lift retail sales; UK government borrowing falls – business live | Business

Introduction: Hot weather helps lift retail sales; UK government borrowing fallsGood morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and...

Jessy Lanza: Love Hallucination review – a sensual producer’s pursuit of pleasure | Music

Jessy Lanza’s third album, 2020’s All the Time, traded in suggestion. The Canadian producer let fly little wisps of desire – “want / you”...

Banksy, Hirst and Emin come to town: an arty weekend in Newmarket, Suffolk | Suffolk holidays

Make the trip for …Newmarket in Suffolk is the home of British horse racing, with equine attractions aplenty. There are the two race courses,...

Rampant heatwaves threaten food security of entire planet, scientists warn | Food security

Successive heatwaves threaten nature’s ability to provide us with food, say researchers, as they warn of an “unseen, silent dying” in our oceans amid...

Philippines v Switzerland: Women’s World Cup 2023 Group A – live updates | Women’s World Cup 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureThe day’s first match is done and dusted. At “Melbourne Rectangular Stadium”, better...

From Kawasaki to Phoenix: tracking a day of extreme heat around the world | Climate crisis

20 July 202310.30am: Kawasaki, JapanShota Nagasaki, 30, a builder laying concrete I’ve been doing this work for 12 years – since I left high...

Grenfell: In the Words of Survivors review – a masterpiece of forensic fury | National Theatre

During dramas about a national catastrophe – in films such as Jimmy McGovern’s Hillsborough (1996) and Paul Greengrass’s United 93 (2006) – viewers have...

DCMS sets sights on championing UK film industry as Hollywood struggles | Film industry

Parliament has launched a new inquiry into British film and high-end TV, examining issues around skills and retention as well as challenges posed from...

Tommy Fleetwood makes fast start to share lead of the Open after first round | The Open

Major championships cannot be won on a Thursday but they most certainly can be lost. Just ask Tommy Fleetwood. The 32-year-old has displayed a...

‘A prisoner in your own home’: AC is a lifesaving but costly ordeal during heatwaves | Extreme weather

Mark, 76, an adjunct professor from Austin, Texas, was looking with unease towards a further week with temperatures between 102F (39C) and 105F (41C),...

The great, transformative Megan Rapinoe prepares to go out on her own terms | Megan Rapinoe

Saturday in New Zealand marks the beginning of the end for Megan Rapinoe. The United States forward announced earlier in July that this World...

Manchester United confirm Onana signing and make Fernandes captain | Manchester United

Manchester United have confirmed the signing of the goalkeeper André Onana on a day when Bruno Fernandes was chosen by Erik ten Hag as...

Zak Crawley’s brilliant 189 gives England chance of staying in Ashes hunt | Ashes 2023

This has been an Ashes series of nip and tuck, of ebb and flow, of fine margins and a pendulum that has swung one...

An inconvenient truth: you can’t sell the green revolution to people who can’t afford it | Gaby Hinsliff

It can’t be easy being Barbie. As if life wasn’t tough enough for an ageing doll with a decorative dimwit for a boyfriend, this...

‘Very hurtful’: Mary Earps angry that fans cannot buy her England shirt | England women’s football team

Mary Earps pauses for thought, takes a breath, and she’s off: “I can’t really sugar-coat this in any way, so I am not going...

County cricket: Gloucestershire v Glamorgan, Essex v Kent, and more – live | County Championship

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureAt Oakham, the batters pick carefully over the landmines. Leicestershire need 238 to...

Hong Kong police raid homes of relatives of two exiled activists | Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s national security police raided the homes of relatives of two exiled activists this week, stepping up pressure on the dissidents who have...

‘Highly unusual’: the surfboard-swiping sea otter eluding California authorities | Wildlife

A five-year-old sea otter who gained notoriety for commandeering surfboards has continued her reign as a viral sensation as she’s managed to avoid multiple...

Tour de France 2023: stage 18 from Moûtiers to Bourg-en-Bresse as peloton leaves the Alps | Tour de France 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature161km to go: Interestingly, the gap has fallen to a minute. You would...

The Lionesses could win the World Cup – but UK women’s football will need huge support to stay on top | Carrie Dunn

Chloe Kelly’s ebullient celebrations as the Lionesses were crowned European champions last summer marked a distinct uptick in the mood around women’s football in...

Australia v Republic of Ireland: Women’s World Cup 2023 Group B – live updates | Women’s World Cup 2023

Australia captain Sam Kerr injuredStraight in with some breaking news, and it is the doomsday scenario for Australia. Captain, goalscorer, and driving force Sam...

Voters head to polls in three byelections seen as test of Rishi Sunak’s premiership – UK politics live | Byelections

Voters picking new MPs in three constituenciesPolls have opened in three parliamentary seats where byelections are being held, with Rishi Sunak braced for an...

Tambourines on the terraces: how Spain’s biggest rapper C Tangana wrote a football anthem | Music

When Celta de Vigo start the new season this summer in La Liga, Spain’s top football tier, their fans will have a new club...

Albania: fears grow over environmental impact of new airport | Albania holidays

Black smoke billows from the front of the bus. With no air-conditioning besides the sympathetic wafting of a folded map from another passenger, I’m...

New Zealand v Norway: Women’s World Cup 2023 opening ceremony – live updates | Women’s World Cup 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureIndigenous cultures are at the forefront of this Women’s World Cup. You will...

A funeral for fish and chips | Fish

One summer ago, before the region’s fish and chip industry was shaken by closures, before a death that was hard for people to bear,...

Riba launch Reinvention prize to encourage refurbishment over demolition | The RIBA

The Riba Stirling Prize for flamboyant new architecture faces a humble challenger – the Reinvention award for the transformation of second-hand buildings. The Royal...

After 36 years the Met has apologised for failings in the Daniel Morgan murder case. Now it must change | Raju Bhatt

Daniel Morgan, a private detective, was found dead in a south London pub car park on 10 March 1987, in circumstances that have given...

Stuart Broad basks in ‘most enjoyable year’ after hitting Test landmark | Ashes 2023

After taking his 600th Test wicket on the opening day of the fourth Test, Stuart Broad described the past year playing under Ben Stokes...

Secret Invasion recap episode five – the TV equivalent of treading water | Television

This article contains spoilers for Secret Invasion on Disney+. Do not read unless you have seen episodes one to five …AftermathWe began moments after...

‘Even hanging on to one would be a win’: Tories brace for byelection results | Byelections

The Conservatives are braced for painful byelection results in a vote on Thursday that could become a damning verdict on Rishi Sunak’s ability to...

Women’s World Cup: this time the world really is watching | Women’s World Cup 2023

Step off the plane at Auckland airport and you step on to the pitch. Well, a pitch, a mini artificial pitch, with a little...