Category: The Gaurdian

(Republic)This four-track addition to a critically maligned album works hard to remind fans what they love about Swift, with some sweet highs and galling lows One downside of turning your release strategies into scavenger hunts and layering clues within your work is that it invites enormous amounts of scrutiny about ...

A group of nations will gather on Friday to address the crisis. The only response to unilateral bullying is collective action The international legal order is in shambles. But from the ruins of impunity and lawbreaking, a group of nations is working to enforce accountability. On Monday, the UN general ...

Catherine Corless’s exposure of almost 800 infant deaths at a home led by nuns prompted Neeson to bring the story to screen Liam Neeson still remembers his shock and shame when he read a New York Times article about the mother and baby institution in Tuam, County Galway. It was ...

At Roland Garros airport on Réunion island, the ceiling design funnels a light tropical breeze into the terminal At the arrivals terminal at Roland Garros airport on Réunion island, visitors are greeted by floor-to-ceiling windows framing the lush green mountains of the French Indian Ocean territory. What they may have ...

The Mercury prize winner hasn’t been able to go home since falling ill last summer. In his only interview, he opens up about the ‘poignancy’ of finally releasing the new album his stroke shelved At the end of July 2025, Michael Kiwanuka was back home in Southampton after a series ...

The Last Ditch Bar saga is a case of ridiculous lefty infighting. But well-meaning people often have to tolerate nonsense I have just wrapped up an emergency meeting with the International Office of Homosexual Affairs and would like to share a statement regarding the recent incident in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Here ...

Toshisuke Kanazawa has won 19 national crowns and insists there are more to come Toshisuke Kanazawa is reminiscing about his long and illustrious career when he pauses and makes an unusual offer: “Shall I take my top off now?” He strips to the waist to reveal a smooth, bronzed upper ...

I was a healthy 34-year-old when a mass of blood vessels ruptured close to my brain. It took three neurosurgeons and a risky 16-hour operation to fix me On a Sunday in May 2017, I was at the gym and using a chest press when there was this pop. It ...

Xi Jinping’s visit heavy on symbolism but no sign closed-door meeting yielded breakthroughs on thorny issues such as AI, trade, Taiwan and Iran Donald Trump welcomed Xi Jinping to the White House on Thursday, with talks on AI, trade and a growing US-China strategic rivalry expected to feature on an ...

Democrats must show links of climate shocks to ‘kitchen table’ issues, California governor says It’s a mistake for Democratic politicians not to talk about climate change, and the reason they don’t is “because they don’t know how to talk about it”, the California governor, Gavin Newsom, said on Wednesday in ...