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A Strange Loop review –‘fat, Black, queer body’ musical is magnificent | Theatre

Michael R Jackson’s “meta” musical is as smart and slippery as it was hailed to be on Broadway. A Black, queer, New York theatre...

Lord’s may never see another Steve Smith, solving the giant sudoku of Test cricket | Steve Smith

It seemed fitting that even Steve Smith’s celebration of another brilliant, gripping sui generis hundred should become a little bit clipped and fraught and...

‘There’s so much anger’: France braces for more rioting over police shooting | France

Amid the twisted and smouldering carcasses of burned-out cars, the stench of melted tarmac and smoke-blackened buildings, French housing estates were braced for more...

Where to start with: Iain Banks | Books

This month marks 10 years since the award-winning novelist Iain Banks died aged 59. The beloved Scottish writer, who wrote literary fiction as Iain...

Cost of living crisis prompts YHA to sell off 20 of its 150 hostels | Hostels

After nearly 100 years of providing “simple accommodation for all”, the Youth Hostel Association is selling 20 of its 150 hostels in England and...

‘Him coming home with a Renoir was our normal’: Peter Ustinov art goes on sale | Art

The Oscar-winning actor, writer and director Peter Ustinov was the renaissance man of his time; a renowned wit and raconteur in the six languages...

‘It burns wild and free up there’: Canada fires force US crews to shift strategy | Wildfires

Dustan Mueller had come to expect the unexpected. The US Forest Service deputy fire chief had been deployed thousands of miles from home to...

The Ashes 2023: England v Australia, second Test, day two – live | Ashes 2023

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Women’s Ashes: England call up Gibson and Wong as ticket sales near 20,000 | Women’s Ashes

Danielle Gibson and Issy Wong have been included in England’s squad for the forthcoming Twenty20 Women’s Ashes fixtures against Australia.England lost the Test match...

Kai Havertz is a risk but he offers Arteta’s Arsenal endless possibilities | Arsenal

Kai Havertz was an enigma from beginning to end at Chelsea. The silky German was never an easy player to judge and, although there...

France police shooting: 150 arrests as protests widen over teenager’s death | France

Emmanuel Macron will chair a government crisis meeting on Wednesday morning after a second night of protests over the fatal police shooting of a...

TV tonight: a shocking insight into Iran’s repressive regime | Television

Inside the Iranian Uprising9pm, BBC TwoIn reaction to the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, in September 2022, while she was under arrest...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine makes advances in south and east, top general says; Putin greets crowds in rare walkabout | Ukraine

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureUkraine makes 'slow' but 'sure' advances, officials sayUkrainian forces are advancing “slowly but...

Lemongrass chicken, slow-cooked beef and fried bananas: three crowd-pleasing Vietnamese recipes by Tommy Pham | Australian food and drink

Bún gà áp chảo (lemongrass and sesame oil chicken with vermicelli)All-in-one Vietnamese noodle bowls have become quite the trend and this recipe shows you...

China on course to hit wind and solar power target five years ahead of time | China

China is shoring up its position as the world leader in renewable power and potentially outpacing its own ambitious energy targets, a report has...

The Trouble with KanYe review – this hugely impressive documentary holds the far-right figurehead to account | Television

How does it happen, that one day you are a revered musical artist, innovator and fashion empire-builder capable of turning everything you touch to...

Impressive England U21 make it three straight wins to knock out Germany | Sport

England made it three wins from three and dumped Germany out of the European Under-21 Championship with a 2-0 win in their final group...

Secret Invasion recap episode two – no one has more fun than Olivia Colman | Television

The following recap contains spoilers for Secret Invasion. Please do not read unless you have seen episodes one and two.Space and timeWe opened in...

‘Everyone’s excited’: AFC Croydon responds to new owners Stormzy and Zaha | Sport

When he was at secondary school, George Pickering, a supporter of AFC Croydon Athletic, would make it a ritual to play football on a...

Lord’s and the pitches beyond show us English cricket contains multitudes | Ashes 2023

“Jeremy! Jeremy!” Handkerchiefs folded in top pockets, tan jackets and slacks, panama hats with egg-and-bacon straps. “Good to see you! I thought you might...

‘Outrageous, magnetic and genuinely fearless’: Mike Figgis on Julian Sands | Julian Sands

I adored Julian. I’ve never met anyone like him. Our first encounter was in 1987, when I was casting my first film, Stormy Monday....

Titan submersible debris returned to land after fatal implosion | Titanic sub incident

Debris from the lost submersible Titan has been returned to land after a fatal implosion on a voyage to the wreck of the Titanic...

Jacobean manor house in west London readies for public opening | Heritage

A Jacobean manor house that has been home to a primary school, an institute for training domestic servants and bedsit accommodation for spinsters in...

France police shooting: Macron says killing of teenager ‘inexcusable’ | Paris

Emmanuel Macron has called for calm and warned against unrest spreading across France, after police shot dead a teenager during a traffic stop in...

Bangladeshi labour leader beaten to death while trying to resolve dispute | Global development

Police in Bangladesh are investigating the murder of a prominent trade union leader who was fatally beaten while trying to settle a dispute between...

As You Like It review – age-blind anti-production pulls the rug on Arden | Stage

This age-blind production of giddy “young” lovers lost in Shakespeare’s pastoral idyll pulls the rug from under us in more ways than one. Rosalind...

Just Stop Oil protesters interrupt start of second Ashes Test match at Lord’s | Ashes 2023

Three Just Stop Oil protesters have been arrested for aggravated trespass after interrupting the first morning of the second Ashes Test at Lord’s. The...

‘People still do not want women to succeed or be equal. While that is true, you need Virago’: 50 years of the warrior publisher...

It was the early 70s, and in a tiny flat above a synagogue in Chelsea, London, decorated with lime-green paint, red tiles and an...

The Ashes 2023: England v Australia, second Test, day one – live | Ashes 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureIn the meantime, we had a terrific Women’s Ashes Test over five days...

Football transfer rumours: Mbappé to Liverpool or Manchester United? | Football

Could the Premier League be about to land the big one? If reports in France are to be believed, then Kylian Mbappé really will...

Which forgetful footballers have failed to turn up for a match? | Football

“In light of Jack Grealish’s recent celebrations possibly putting his England call-up to the back of his mind, has any player failed to show...

A moment that changed me: I was gay, disabled, alienated. With seven kind words, my life began | Pride

It was the summer we were 18. Sitting on the sofa, bored with waiting for our lives to start, my best friend, Joanna, suggested...

TV tonight: how did Kanye West become a ‘megaphone for hate and division’? | Television

The Trouble With KanYe9pm, BBC TwoFrom wearing a White Lives Matter T-shirt to posting antisemitic statements on social media and announcing he will be...

JG Ballard’s Crash: an exercise in controlled surrealism – archive, 1973 | JG Ballard

I have never been a JG Ballard fan, but I can see why other people are. His new novel, Crash, is a grindingly earnest...

The road to Mecca is fraught with challenges – but there’s nothing like the hajj pilgrimage to turn hearts | Ali Hammoud

Millions of men, women and children converged on Mecca this week for the hajj pilgrimage. The Saudi government says it will be the largest...

Advertising watchdog bans Hyundai and Toyota electric car ads | Advertising Standards Authority

The UK advertising watchdog has banned campaigns by Toyota and Hyundai for exaggerating the speed at which electric cars can be charged and misleading...

Arsenal aim to beat Manchester City with new £105m bid for Declan Rice | Transfer window

Arsenal have responded to Manchester City’s interest in Declan Rice by submitting a bid worth £105m for the West Ham midfielder.However the bid is...

Come on, Barbie, let’s go slumber party: Airbnb to offer pink Malibu mansion | California

If you’ve always dreamt of a life that’s plastic, fantastic and pink all over, your prayers have been answered by Airbnb. Beginning in mid-July,...

Andy Murray still among the elite at Wimbledon, insists John McEnroe | Andy Murray

John McEnroe believes that Andy Murray is among the best 12 men’s players at Wimbledon and comfortable enough on grass to compete for a...

Julian Sands confirmed dead after human remains identified | Julian Sands

The British actor Julian Sands has been found dead after going missing on a hiking trip on Mount Baldy in California, it has been...

England try to heal the wounds after bruising time for cricket | Ashes 2023

Whether by accident or design, the long-awaited report by the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket has landed in the very same week England...

Biden’s efforts to clear wildfire fuel in US forests are falling short | Wildfires

Using chainsaws, heavy machinery and controlled burns, the Biden administration is trying to turn the tide on worsening wildfires in the US west through...

Outcry after tourist carves name on wall at the Colosseum in Rome | Italy

Italian police are on the hunt for a young tourist who carved his and his girlfriend’s names into a wall of the Colosseum, sparking...

Saved by seaweed: nuns and Native women heal polluted New York waters using kelp | US news

Early on a January morning, a dozen nuns hopped on a Zoom call and waited patiently for their turn to speak softly, sweetly to...

US supreme court rejects conservative challenge to redistricting – live | US politics

This is how the supreme court could transform American life todayThere’s no telling what decisions the supreme court will release at 10am eastern time...

‘Its time has come to be part of global culture’: how Glastonbury champions south Asian music | Glastonbury 2023

Thursday night at Glastonbury was pure brown joy. South Asians at the festival’s Lonely Hearts Club stage exchanged knowing looks of shock and elation...

Putin says security services ‘prevented civil war’ amid Wagner mutiny fallout | Yevgeny Prigozhin

Vladimir Putin has appeared outside at the Kremlin to tell members of Russia’s security services that they “essentially prevented a civil war” during Yevgeny...

Hollywood loves a world-shaking disaster – so why is it still silent about Covid? | Zach Schonfeld

In March 2022, I went with some friends to see The Worst Person in the World, Joachim Trier’s wistful film about a young woman’s...