Our world feels chaotic, confusing and unfair, but puzzles offer clear rules, solvable problems and reward for effort expended Maybe you’ve noticed it too. Everyone seems to have become fixated on puzzle games. In the morning, over coffee, I play Word Wheel on the Guardian app. Over lunch, colleagues compare ...
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My mother, Audrey Hepburn: the star’s son Sean on her movies, marriages, good works and fascist parentsMy mother, Audrey Hepburn: the star’s son Sean on her movies, marriages, good works and fascist parents
The heroine of Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany’s knew war and poverty, riches and fame, love and betrayal – yet claimed to have lived a ‘terribly boring’ life. Sean Hepburn Ferrer paints a very different picture in his new biography Growing up, Sean Hepburn Ferrer says he never felt ...
‘Barbara Windsor smacked our bottoms!’ Pet Shop Boys on showstopping visuals, horrified bosses – and snubbing the queen‘Barbara Windsor smacked our bottoms!’ Pet Shop Boys on showstopping visuals, horrified bosses – and snubbing the queen
As a 600-page doorstopper celebrates their groundbreaking costumes, gigs, sleeves and videos, the duo talk about ‘side-stepping the pop-star thing’ – and the naked trampolinist EMI had to censor In 1988, when he was 20, Wolfgang Tillmans tore an A0 poster off a building site hoarding and nailed it to ...
Middle East crisis live: Tehran accuses Trump of ‘reckless moves’ after expletive-ridden threat against Iran’s infrastructureMiddle East crisis live: Tehran accuses Trump of ‘reckless moves’ after expletive-ridden threat against Iran’s infrastructure
US president tells Iran: ‘Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell’; Iran spokesman says ‘our whole region is going to burn’ Trump warns Iran to reopen strait of Hormuz by Tuesday or face ‘hell’ ‘Unhinged madman’: US politicians react to Trump Iran threat Iranian ...
Iranian drones hit Kuwait’s oil infrastructure before Opec+ supply talksIranian drones hit Kuwait’s oil infrastructure before Opec+ supply talks
Members reportedly agree a rise of 206,000 barrels a day in May, but move symbolic while strait of Hormuz is effectively closed Middle East crisis – live updates Iranian drones have struck Kuwait’s oil infrastructure, causing “severe material damage” that threatens to further disrupt oil supplies already hit by the ...
I was the US soft power czar. Our popularity may never recover | Richard StengelI was the US soft power czar. Our popularity may never recover | Richard Stengel
Trump’s venal persona and his war on Iran will do untold damage to America’s ability to make a positive difference in the world Early one Sunday morning in the summer of 2003, I drove into the center of a little South African beach town on the Indian Ocean to pick ...
Comeuppance: how an orgasmic ‘cult’ ended in a prison term for its founderComeuppance: how an orgasmic ‘cult’ ended in a prison term for its founder
Nicole Daedone, who promised spiritual wellbeing through her OneTaste enterprise, received a nine-year sentence but some question if freedom of thought is being criminalized Clitoral stimulation as a path to spiritual connection, mental clarity and emotional wellbeing has been practiced for millennia. After being convicted on forced labor conspiracy charges ...
I’m back in London after almost a decade in the US – and I’m feeling homesick | Bim AdewunmiI’m back in London after almost a decade in the US – and I’m feeling homesick | Bim Adewunmi
I’d forgotten how reticent Brits can be. Try to connect with strangers and they just recoil I don’t know how accurate it is that the children of immigrants are themselves well suited to leaving home. But I do know my own experience – I first left home when I was ...
‘We’re home’: Even in a draw, Inter Miami’s stadium opener was a win for David Beckham‘We’re home’: Even in a draw, Inter Miami’s stadium opener was a win for David Beckham
Nu Stadium’s first game of any kind saw the South Florida club accomplish a long-held goal barely under the deadline Lionel Messi may have scored, captained the side and had a quarter of the new building named in his honor, but this was unmistakably Inter Miami co-owner Sir David Beckham’s ...
‘I was beaten and tortured’: how a British father and son made a fortune in Dubai then became wanted men‘I was beaten and tortured’: how a British father and son made a fortune in Dubai then became wanted men
As the Middle East is drawn into war, expats and influencers are under pressure to only share the positive side of the UAE. In reality many are at risk of being put behind bars, and often find the UK government has little interest in helping them get out A four-metre ...