Category: The Gaurdian

We try to teach our children to follow the rules. Now an American president has chosen the opposite tack I’m rooting for the US as we take on Belgium today in Seattle for a place in the World Cup quarterfinals. But the game isn’t what it was – before Trump ...

The United States’ quest to get Folarin Balogun’s red card overturned may have opened a Pandora’s box – one specifically designed to contain the national team’s worst nightmares. With a country on the verge of falling in love with this team, and tens of millions eager for a reason to ...

I joined Marilyn Monroe, Walter White, Ozzy Osbourne and other tribute artists on a cruise where imitation is its own art form INT. DECK 7, LE CABARET ROUGE, 11.37pm Frank Sinatra, palming a can of Sprite in one hand and the fist of his beautiful red-headed wife in the other, ...

The veteran pop diva has pressed rewind to move forward on her new record – and beneath the bangers fizz a host of emotionally charged memories • Confessions II review – nostalgic dancefloor trip sparks her most vital album in two decades “Madonna never reflects, she’s always moving forward,” Warner ...

The formidable actor talks about the challenge of finding meaty characters, tough times in the US – and co-starring with her dad’s hero Kenneth Branagh in The Cherry Orchard It’s lunchtime in Stratford-upon-Avon and Helen Hunt has 30 minutes to spare. She’s preparing for her Royal Shakespeare Company debut and ...

Friends of Yeshivat Shavei Hevron sent nearly £200,000 to school in Hebron – where Israel has been accused of imposing apartheid – between 2019 and 2024 A British charity is funding a religious school at the heart of expansion plans for the illegal Israeli settlement in the Palestinian city of ...

Drums, chants and much talk of revenge fills the air as ‘voice of the Iranian nation’ marches in temperatures of 36C Iranians poured in vast numbers on to the central thoroughfare of Tehran on the fourth day of mourning for the assassinated former supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, claiming their defiance ...

Documentary No Country for Mothers details how US moms lack support, paid leave and childcare help – and hopes to inspire push for action When Reshma Saujani set out to make a documentary, she was clear from the outset: it would not be released on streaming platforms, or at film ...

Common misconceptions are that you don’t have the right skills, or you need to make a huge time commitment Many people want to do good in the world. They want to connect and give back to their communities. But volunteering, much like Sunday meal prep or morning meditations, often ends ...

The city’s tourism board estimated 750,000 visitors would visit over the course of the World Cup As Seattle’s month-long role as a host city for the Fifa Men’s World Cup draws to a close with a knockout match between the United States and Belgium, local match-day scenes, business boosters and ...