Interim truce looks increasingly precarious as Iran carried out retaliatory strikes on US bases in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar Massive crowds have begun marching through streets of Mashhad in north-east Iran where the slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei will be buried later today. It follows a week of funeral processions ...
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Graham Platner debacle puts Democrats in grave danger of blowing it in the midtermsGraham Platner debacle puts Democrats in grave danger of blowing it in the midterms
The meltdown in Maine’s Senate race risks the Democrats’ opportunity to turn Trump into a lame duck president. Two years ago Democrats had one job: stop Donald Trump from returning to the White House. It was the only thing that mattered, but with breathtaking political malpractice, they imploded. This November ...
‘I was a self-centred, entitled little horror … arguably I still am’: cult psych rocker Robyn Hitchcock talks to Stewart Lee‘I was a self-centred, entitled little horror … arguably I still am’: cult psych rocker Robyn Hitchcock talks to Stewart Lee
Armed with a new album inspired by ‘dead English blokes’, the revered musician discusses writing nasty songs about his neighbours and how he’s finally made it in Nashville aged 73 ‘I owe a lot to a dead man’s cock.” So begins the first song, a propulsive piece of Lennonesque powerpop ...
My holiday from hell: I went to Ibiza at 16 – and am still haunted by what I saw in a bathroom sinkMy holiday from hell: I went to Ibiza at 16 – and am still haunted by what I saw in a bathroom sink
I didn’t see being a couple of years away from technically qualifying for an 18-30s jaunt to be a problem. But the booze, humiliation and a ‘mystery pooer’ made me rethink my entire life ‘First the bad news,” yelled our lairy Irish club rep as the coach drove us from ...
In Britain, Europe, the USA, almost everywhere – maxxing the all-you-can-eat buffet is the people’s sport | Emma BrockesIn Britain, Europe, the USA, almost everywhere – maxxing the all-you-can-eat buffet is the people’s sport | Emma Brockes
As the all-inclusive holiday has a revival, I recall honing my buffet talents at the Pizza Hut salad bar in the 1980s. It’s skill and science: exhilarating School’s almost out and the holidays are here, which means for millions of Britons we have arrived at the start line for what ...
‘Here I can live a good life’: inside the Syrian commune where men are banned‘Here I can live a good life’: inside the Syrian commune where men are banned
The gates of Jinwar are guarded but inside is a peaceful refuge created by women escaping war and hardship. Photographer Matteo Trevisan documents life here and at other female-led communities in the country’s north-east A mother carrying a rifle on her shoulder and gripping a walkie-talkie stands guard at the ...
US launches strikes on Iran for a second day after Trump says agreement to end the war is ‘over’US launches strikes on Iran for a second day after Trump says agreement to end the war is ‘over’
Attacks on three locations across Iran came after three tankers in the strait of Hormuz were targeted on Tuesday The US military carried out strikes on Iran for a second day, hours after president Donald Trump said that an interim agreement to end the war was “over”. Late on Wednesday ...
‘Gratuitously cruel’: How trans youth became political targets – Stateside with Kai and Carter‘Gratuitously cruel’: How trans youth became political targets – Stateside with Kai and Carter
Last week, the US supreme court ruled that Idaho and West Virginia can continue enforcing their bans on transgender athletes playing on girls’ and women’s teams in schools. It’s the latest development in the political and legal attack on trans people – and especially trans youth – that has surged ...
After losing to the Mail, Prince Harry seems doomed to a sad life in California. And he did it to himself | Stephen BatesAfter losing to the Mail, Prince Harry seems doomed to a sad life in California. And he did it to himself | Stephen Bates
As the family travails worsen, it’s a wretched time to lose face and maybe millions of pounds to his tabloid tormentor. Epic battle, epic fail It really hasn’t been a very good week for Harry. The fifth in line to the throne will retire to Montecito, his gated California fastness ...
I’m getting married again. How do I avoid the pressure to look perfect this time around?I’m getting married again. How do I avoid the pressure to look perfect this time around?
It’s my job to unpack beauty culture – but I’m still not immune to it. Plus, it’s a particularly strange time to be a bride, beauty-wise My 91-year-old grandmother had her 1954 wedding album out on her lap when I visited the other day. “I wanted to remember how beautiful ...