Is chocolate better served chilled? Do bananas go mushy? And won’t someone think of the avocados? Here is the final word on the fridge or cupboard conflict If every summer has a trending drink, then 2026 promises to be the season of the chilled red. In news that our European ...
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‘In the past, there was lots of swearing and saying you were crap’: my day at the all-new Italia Conti stage school‘In the past, there was lots of swearing and saying you were crap’: my day at the all-new Italia Conti stage school
From Noël Coward to Martine McCutcheon, the famed institution has been hothousing talent for more than a century. Our writer finds there’s a softer approach these days – and a food bank When I walk into renowned stage school Italia Conti, in the smart building in Woking that has been ...
A moment that changed me: A WhatsApp message about a little-known sport made me an unlikely celebrity in JapanA moment that changed me: A WhatsApp message about a little-known sport made me an unlikely celebrity in Japan
I’d always wanted to represent my country at something, so when I learned about Mölkky, I got a team together It was December 2023 and I was searching in the attic for Christmas decorations when my phone pinged. I pulled it out of my pocket and found a WhatsApp message ...
They were forced into marriage and abused. Now women facing exploitation in China have a glimmer of hopeThey were forced into marriage and abused. Now women facing exploitation in China have a glimmer of hope
Female activists are working in the shadows to find and support vulnerable women they fear are being failed by authorities Last summer, Xiaocao, a softly spoken woman in her 40s, received a tip-off that in Lüliang, a small city in China’s Shanxi province, vulnerable women were being forced into marriages. ...
From the archive: Terrorists, cultists – or champions of Iranian democracy? The wild wild story of the MEK – podcastFrom the archive: Terrorists, cultists – or champions of Iranian democracy? The wild wild story of the MEK – podcast
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2018: They fought for the Iranian revolution – and then for Saddam Hussein. The US and UK once condemned them. But now their opposition ...
Even if Iran benefits from this deal with Washington, any peace is likely to be temporary | Sina ToossiEven if Iran benefits from this deal with Washington, any peace is likely to be temporary | Sina Toossi
The regime has learned it must extract concessions rather than promises from the US, but any permanent deal still depends on ending the war in Lebanon To understand why Iran agreed to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United States to end the war, one must first understand how ...
‘At first, the idea does sound crazy’: meet the scientists trying to refreeze the Arctic‘At first, the idea does sound crazy’: meet the scientists trying to refreeze the Arctic
Sea ice is melting fast, worsening the climate crisis, but a bold attempt to rethicken it is showing early signs of success ‘This would have been a wild dream a year ago,” says Andrea Ceccolini, standing on Arctic sea ice just a 4-mile snowmobile ride from the Inuit town of ...
Some college, no degree: the Americans who find it impossible to graduateSome college, no degree: the Americans who find it impossible to graduate
They all begin college with hope, and leave without the credential they believed would shape the rest of their lives due to financial instability, family, illness Story and photographs by Rachel Bujalski Everyone knows the feeling of leaving something unfinished. A half-written novel. A business idea scribbled into a notebook. ...
How the fight over US datacenters is scrambling this state’s politics: ‘We don’t want it’How the fight over US datacenters is scrambling this state’s politics: ‘We don’t want it’
Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s governor, squares off with state lawmakers over the facilities powering an AI boom A controversial haunted house near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, taps into its dark history every fall to scare tens of thousands of visitors. In 1968, a local news station documented appalling conditions for disabled people in ...
‘He liked that people were scared of him’: my year unpicking fantasy and reality with a veteran of Italy’s football ultras‘He liked that people were scared of him’: my year unpicking fantasy and reality with a veteran of Italy’s football ultras
I’ve met many hardcore, violent fans, but the hostage-negotiating, cocaine-smuggling, Marxist-Leninist Alessandro Casolari still stood out I had heard the name Alessandro Casolari on and off for years. From 2016 onwards, when I was researching my book on Italy’s ultras – a cross between English football hooligans and Hells Angels ...