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 ...
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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 ...
‘Unprecedented, dangerous territory’: US north-west reckons with a summer of historic wildfires‘Unprecedented, dangerous territory’: US north-west reckons with a summer of historic wildfires
Extreme conditions in Washington and Oregon have fueled fast-moving fires, leaving the region draped in toxic plumes – and the danger isn’t over Piles of twisted metal and ashen debris line the cul-de-sacs where the tranquil suburbs of Spokane, Washington, once stood. The scale of devastation from a historic fire ...
Monday briefing: How the new phase of confrontation at al-Aqsa signals a challenge to the status quoMonday briefing: How the new phase of confrontation at al-Aqsa signals a challenge to the status quo
In today’s newsletter: Jerusalem’s most volatile site has again become a flashpoint, with Arab states and former Israeli officials sounding the alarm over Benjamin Netanyahu’s complicity Good morning. In late July, Itamar Ben-Gvir, West Bank settler and far-right extremist minister of security in Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, joined a group of ...
Centrist Democrats dismiss Abdul El-Sayed as a freak radical. Do they want to win in 2028 or not? | Nesrine MalikCentrist Democrats dismiss Abdul El-Sayed as a freak radical. Do they want to win in 2028 or not? | Nesrine Malik
Americans want someone on their side in the fight against vested interests – that means politicians like the Michigan primary winner and Zohran Mamdani Abdul El-Sayed’s win in the Michigan Senate primary was a historic breakthrough. Not only because he is a Muslim son of immigrants who broke with almost ...
Revisited: Andy Burnham apologises for Labour’s stance on Gaza – podcastRevisited: Andy Burnham apologises for Labour’s stance on Gaza – podcast
In July, Andy Burnham told the Guardian’s political editor, Pippa Crerar, that Labour ‘didn’t get it right’ on Gaza. He apologised for the party’s slow response in calling for a ceasefire, but stopped short of describing what was happening on the ground as genocide. This is an edited version of ...
‘This is asking a lot of the buttocks’: my 23-hour Wagner marathon on a rock hard seat in a heatwave‘This is asking a lot of the buttocks’: my 23-hour Wagner marathon on a rock hard seat in a heatwave
How does it feel to be locked into a venue notorious for its unpadded seating to experience a full-throttle Ring cycle and more? Our critic found out at the 150th anniversary of the mighty Bayreuth festival Liszt and Bruckner were there from the start. Debussy, Mahler and Puccini all subsequently ...
Movie paradise? How Malta became a magnet for big film shootsMovie paradise? How Malta became a magnet for big film shoots
EU’s smallest country has played ancient Rome, the Land of Spells and Bay of Pentos and draws more than 30 productions annually What links the Caribbean, ancient Rome, Enid Blyton’s Land of Spells, the south of France and the Bay of Pentos from Game of Thrones? They are all places ...
‘I’ve sat at the very precipice of life’: Clarke Carlisle on gambling, depression – and survival‘I’ve sat at the very precipice of life’: Clarke Carlisle on gambling, depression – and survival
The former professional footballer has struggled with his mental health for most of his life. But it took five suicide attempts for him to admit how badly he wanted to end it. He talks about how he turned the corner – and his hopes for his new post with the ...