In the five years since the Taliban’s return to power, the walls have been closing in on the women and girls of Afghanistan. As the regime has tightened its grip, it has banned girls from education after the age of 12, ejected many women from the workplace and created legal ...
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The myth of Anthony Bourdain: how the bad boy chef became a hero to boozehounds and bulliesThe myth of Anthony Bourdain: how the bad boy chef became a hero to boozehounds and bullies
The author of Kitchen Confidential has inspired a new movie, Tony, about his days as a dishwasher. But do today’s chefs still admire his self-sabotaging rock’n’roll spirit – or have they outgrown it? The trope of the Angry Young Man was not born in a kitchen, but Anthony Bourdain’s particular ...
The great silence: why haven’t we found any aliens yet?The great silence: why haven’t we found any aliens yet?
Given the size and age of the universe, it should be full of species with technology far more advanced than our own. So where are they? • The summer issue of the Long Read magazine is out now. Click here to order During a visit to the Los Alamos National ...
Trump demands Iran pay compensation for decades of US soldier deathsTrump demands Iran pay compensation for decades of US soldier deaths
US president’s statement is latest sign that negotations to end war and reopen strait of Hormuz have stalled Donald Trump has said he will demand that Iran pay compensation for the deaths of thousands of US soldiers and Iran’s own civilians killed in recent decades in the latest sign his ...
The Guardian view on the failed Gaza peace plan: Trump’s hollow claims are ignored in Jerusalem | EditorialThe Guardian view on the failed Gaza peace plan: Trump’s hollow claims are ignored in Jerusalem | Editorial
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has no interest in agreeing to a deal. For relief to come to Gaza, real US pressure must be exerted At the end of July, Donald Trump announced that a “monumental” US-backed deal had been struck on Gaza, securing the phased disarmament of Hamas in ...
Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of US deal for Gaza is a risky gambleBenjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of US deal for Gaza is a risky gamble
Israeli prime minister’s unexpected move blindsided IDF commanders and risks alienating Trump, his main ally Benjamin Netanyahu’s public rejection of a US-backed deal for Gaza drew scepticism in Israel, amid reports he was personally hammering out details of a pilot military withdrawal days earlier. The Israeli prime minister is struggling ...
Francesca Hong, the progressive leading a ‘messy’ race for Wisconsin’s governor: ‘They’re tired of the status quo’Francesca Hong, the progressive leading a ‘messy’ race for Wisconsin’s governor: ‘They’re tired of the status quo’
Hong, whose grassroots campaign has made her a frontrunner, aims for primary win after public skepticism from top Democrats and a last-minute shake-up As Francesca Hong surged ahead in the final weeks of the chaotic Democratic primary to be Wisconsin’s next governor, the democratic socialist has become the internet’s main ...
Dr Fauci made mistakes. But his persecution is a travesty | Margaret SullivanDr Fauci made mistakes. But his persecution is a travesty | Margaret Sullivan
It’s easy to second-guess decisions made during the pandemic. That doesn’t justify the Republicans’ politicized response Like the rest of us, Anthony Fauci is far from perfect. His influential guidance, as the country’s top infectious-disease specialist during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, certainly didn’t get everything right. A great ...
Lesbians, latex and $2,000 condoms: why are this summer’s movies so obsessed with sex?Lesbians, latex and $2,000 condoms: why are this summer’s movies so obsessed with sex?
From One Night Only to The Invite, a wave of new movies are a raunchy antidote to gen Z celibacy The first alarm bells sounded nearly 10 years ago, and since then, a deluge of books, podcasts and roundtables has tried to get at the bottom of the problem: why ...
‘I am left grinning’: why The Dish is my feelgood movie‘I am left grinning’: why The Dish is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers picking their most loved comfort films is a 2000 Australian gem featuring the late Sam Neill After the shock of Sam Neill’s death, I was surprised just how hard the news hit me. I don’t usually take a celebrity death so deeply to ...