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When TV turns sour: the shows we simply can’t stomach any more

By Sirin Kale, Stuart Heritage, Alexi Duggins, Rachel Aroesti, Isabelle Aron, Chitra Ramaswamy, Phil Harrison, George Francis Lee, Michael Hogan, Leah Harper, Ann Lee and Jack Seale

They were once the hottest shows on television – gripping, sexy, hilarious, zeitgeisty. But for our writers, the likes of America’s Next Top Model, House of Cards and The Office are now part of their viewing history they feel tainted by When I think of the summer holidays when I was a teenager, I think of watching America’s Next Top Model for hours on end, critiquing each contestant with my sister. The makeover episo

Mike D: ‘After Yauch died I couldn’t make music. I’d open a computer file and just feel sadness’

By Alastair Shuttleworth

As part of the Beastie Boys, the rapper shot to fame and notoriety in the 80s, before bandmate Adam Yauch’s death saw him withdraw from the spotlight. He returns with a solo album that sees him reckon with greed, mortality – and his past ‘It’s funny how far a joke will get you,” Michael Diamond grins. This time 40 years ago, the New York rapper known as Mike D was working with childhood friends Adam “MCA” Yauch and A

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‘It could only have been one person’: top former detective says system failed the murdered journalist Lyra McKee

By Michael Segalov

Jason Murphy believes he knows who killed McKee in Derry, but culture of silence and mistrust of police is denying her family justice When Lyra McKee was shot and killed on the night of 18 April 2019, approximately 150 people were in her vicinity. The 29-year-old journalist had watched in a crowd as rioting broke out in Derry, Northern Ireland. Police footage captured the grainy outline of a man firing a handgun. “So

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Are baby products the secret to better skin? 15 toiletries worth trying

By Lisa Niven-Phillips

With gentler formulas and lower prices, children’s toiletries can work just as well for adults. From nappy rash cream to nourishing bath milk, these are the products that have earned a place in my routine There may be plenty of worrying headlines about children using adult beauty products from younger and younger ages, but what about the reverse? I’ve been a beauty editor for more than a decade, but when I had my fir

Salah's surprise reunion with little Liverpool fan

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A young Liverpool supporter has travelled to Turkey for a surprise reunion with former Reds forward Mohamed Salah.

Joshua fight doesn't look like it will happen - Fury

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Tyson Fury says his fight with Anthony Joshua "doesn't look like it's going to happen" in a verbal tirade against his British rival and promoter Eddie Hearn posted on social media.

Ukraine seeks Musk’s go-ahead to use Starlink-equipped drones inside Russia

By Christopher Miller in Kyiv

Kyiv wants to target missile launchers across border but Zelenskiy fired defence minister with direct line to SpaceX owner

It’s Harry and Meghan in Finding Freedom 2: Back in Blighty | Marina Hyde

By Marina Hyde

Hard to fathom exactly why Megxit is over and the self-exiled wonder generators are leaving California. Luckily, the internet sleuths are on the case Wednesday night brought an absolute cloudburst of psychic rain for our parched land, as it emerged that Prince Harry and Meghan were reversing their self-styled “freedom flight” to California and returning to live in the UK. Nature is healing! Is that … is that how the

Manchester United’s midfield rebuild leaves Carrick with no excuses

By Jamie Jackson

Signings of Tielemans and Santos have addressed an area that has been problematic since the manager himself stopped playing Ed Woodward to MUTV in July 2015: “When people see Bastian Schweinsteiger on the team sheet, that’s going to send some shivers down the spine.” This prediction by Manchester United’s then executive vice-president, about Louis van Gaal’s new midfield signing, proved to be badly off‑target as the

Refugee passes GCSEs after fleeing war-torn Sudan

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Nasser Hamid adds maths to his English and refereeing qualifications and hopes to become an engineer.

Kapoor’s blockbusting blobs, terrible Tudors and Emin’s proteges – the week in art

By Jonathan Jones

Lose yourself in Anish Kapoor’s black holes while Horrible Histories’ illustrator visits Preston and Margate hosts Tracey Emin’s students’ graduation show – all in your weekly dispatch Anish Kapoor If you are looking for a summer blockbuster, here’s your show – Kapoor’s exhilarating spectacular boasts black holes and a mountain over your head. • Hayward Gallery, London, until 18 October Continue reading...

Tycoon towers: Irish castles and houses owned by the global super rich

By Niamh Browne

Meet the billionaire boys’ club snapping up Ireland’s finest country homes

Digested week: So Harry and Meghan are moving back to the UK. Who cares?

By John Crace

And as Diana’s brother announces a new book, what can possibly be left to say about the princess? Plus, the joys of car rental and Reform’s Whitehall farce There are some days you never forget. It was about 6.30 in the morning the day after we had done a long drive back from hospital. Anna was five years old, Robbie just two and both were wide awake and had got me out of bed. I took them downstairs to plonk them in f

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Are you a Gen Z entrepreneur in the UK who has started your own business? We’d like to hear from you

By Guardian community team

We want to hear from young people who have chosen to start their own businesses rather than follow a traditional career path A growing number of Gen Z are starting their own businesses, with the number of Start Up Loans taken out by young founders rising by 132% over the past five years, according to analysis by the British Business Bank. Meanwhile, Hiscox analysis of Companies House data found nearly 400,000 Gen Z d

Forecaster predicts strongest El Nino in living memory

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UK’s Met Office says rising sea temperatures will create a heightened risk of drought in tropics and stormy conditions in northwestern Europe

Tell us: are you a UK frontline or key worker affected by the hot weather in your workplace?

By Guardian community team

We would like to hear from frontline or key workers about how the heat has affected them in the workplace this year With record high temperatures across the UK this summer we want to hear from those whose work meant they couldn’t escape the extreme heat. August 13 marked the hottest day of the year so far with temperatures reaching 38C in London and 37C recorded in other parts of the country; this marks the first yea

Call for new tech on Luas after passengers trapped in doors and dragged along platforms

By Seán McCárthaigh

Rail investigators advise creating campaign to educate passengers about how tram doors work

‘Mum is in tears, she can’t talk’: Student who left school in second year gets 625 points in Leaving Cert

By Jen Hogan

She studied the Leaving Cert course through online grinds, which she worked to pay for, and through the use of free online teaching videos on YouTube

Our writers' predictions for the 2026-27 Premier League season – video

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Our writers gaze into their crystal balls and deliver their predictions for the Premier League season ahead Continue reading...

Balancing act continues as Leaving Cert grades drop back by an average of just over 1%

By Brian Mooney

Timelines for fully removing pandemic-related post-marking adjustment will continue to be informed by the 2026 experience

The best recent translated fiction – review roundup

By John Self

The Red Book of Farewells by Pirkko Saisio; Short Circuit by Wolf Haas; Cosmos by Lucia Odoom; The Fallen Trees Are Also the Forest by Alejandra Kamiya The Red Book of Farewells by Pirkko Saisio, translated by Mia Spangenberg, Penguin Classics (£14.99) Following Lowest Common Denominator and Backlight, this book completes Finnish author Saisio’s autofictional trilogy. It covers her young adulthood in the 1970s, where

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Add to playlist: the righteous jangle and snaking melodies of Jawdropped and the week’s best new tracks

By Huw Baines and Laura Snapes

The LA-based powerpop project’s triumphant debut is a celebration of low-stakes creativity in the slacker-skater tradition From Los Angeles Recommended if you like the Lemonheads, Sugar, the Muffs Up next Secret to Spare released 18 September Maybe it’s to do with getting older, maybe it’s to do with the broad-spectrum grimness of it all, but the thrill of low-stakes creativity, of making something for the joy of mak

Premier League 2026-27 preview No 20: Tottenham

By John Brewin

Optimism abounds that De Zerbi and new signings can lead to a big improvement after two 17th-place finishes Guardian writers’ predicted position: 6th (NB: this is not necessarily John Brewin’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 17th Continue reading...

Daily Mail accused of stalking woman mistaken as White Stripes drummer Meg White

By Sean Craig

The tabloid boasted in a now-deleted article that they found White and promised to reveal her ‘secret new life’ The Daily Mail newspaper secretly tailed and photographed a woman in Detroit and then published an article and photographs falsely accusing her of being former The White Stripes drummer Meg White, even after she told the newspaper it had mistaken her identity, multiple sources have told the Guardian. The ri

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Arsenal and Mikel Arteta represent continuity amid an unceasing addiction to change

By Michael Walker

Disruption caused by kneejerk managerial change has been seen many times – but the champions show the wisdom of sticking rather than twisting