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    double quotation markPeople say things about my appearance – it’s not normal

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    The woman accused of killing a Russian commander

    Margarita Reutt in a red satin dress leans against a wall with one arm raised overhead

  • How to fix the UK
    Miriam Margolyes on broken Britain

    Portrait of Miriam Margolyes holding a broken union flag teacup while sitting at a table with a union flag tablecloth

  • Polly Hudson
    double quotation markIs a French Sunday the secret to a happier life?

    Polly Hudson

  • Low emission zones
    It works in London – so why are other cities so cautious?

    A Ulez sign with a blur of passing traffic including a London bus behind it

  • North Sea oil
    A totem for Trump and a headache for Burnham

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    Sweden
    Seventeen-year-old girl killed in sword attack at school in Sweden

  • Meghan Markle

    Television
    Meghan’s casting in The Gentlemen reportedly withdrawn

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    Technology
    ‘We are hitting a different chapter’: OpenAI leader warns of threat of ‘persistent’ AI cyber-attacks

  • Mount Fuji

    Japan
    Man leaves young son on Mount Fuji before ascending Japan’s highest peak

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    Trade
    Canada vows ‘dollar for dollar’ response as US puts 50% tariffs on some goods

  • The Sydney Marathon medal featuring various landmarks around the edge

    Australia
    Sydney Marathon admits ‘unfortunate error’ as finisher’s medal depicts Munich stadium as race highlight

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  • Margarita Reutt in a red satin dress leans against a wall with one arm raised overhead

    Russia
    The ‘ordinary’ woman accused of assassinating a Russian commander in Crimea

    Friends close to Margarita Reutt are shocked she could allegedly plant bomb that killed Ukrainian defector Robert Shageev, while others recall a stubborn grit to see any plan through
  • Protective fence set up in an area of the mountain town

    Italy
    Anger over slow pace of reconstruction in Italian town devastated by earthquake in 2016

  • A Ulez sign with a blur of passing traffic including a London bus behind it

    Environment
    London’s low emission zone is working – so why are cities around the world so cautious about clean air?

Features

  • Portrait of Miriam Margolyes holding a broken union flag teacup while sitting at a table with a union flag tablecloth

    Miriam Margolyes
    ‘The country of my birth has lost its heart’: Miriam Margolyes on how to fix broken Britain

  • Jorja Smith lying down lokoing at the camera

    Music
    ‘So many people say things about my appearance – it’s not normal’: Jorja Smith on burnout, body-shaming and finding freedom

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  • ‘Sell your grandmother for a terrace table’ … Café Clement in London.

    Grace Dent on restaurants
    Café Clement, London WC2: ‘Turns out it’s really rather good’

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    Edinburgh festival 2026
    Bebe Cave: Swoon review – dazzling portrait of marginalised muses and the male gaze

  • An illustration of a woman speaking with her arms crossed, while a person in the background sits on a bench crying

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    A childhood sexual abuse allegation has rocked our family – what should we do?

  • Julian Clary in dramatic makeup and a sequinned jacket holds a glittery red telephone to his ear

    In pictures
    Now I’ve seen everything! A wild ride through the Edinburgh festival 2026

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  • Jeremy Vine in a colourful shirt

    Music
    ‘Dancing with Rylan made me feel arthritic’: Jeremy Vine’s honest playlist

  • Scott Westerfeld and Justine Larbalestier eloping on our wedding day, Mohonk Mountain House, upstate NY, 2001.

    The moment I knew
    double quotation markDays after September 11, we flew through turbulence – all I could say was ‘I love you’

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  • Tadej Pogacar is chasing a Vuelta a España overall victory that would complete his Grand Tour treble.

    Cycling
    ‘I was rooting for Josh’: Pogacar wins Vuelta opening stage with Tarling third

  • Lando Norris celebrates after qualifying in pole position at the F1 Dutch Grand Prix.

    Formula One
    Norris surges past Russell and Antonelli to take F1 Dutch GP pole

  • Rolando Romero (left) tries to evade a punch from Teófimo López on Saturday night in Las Vegas.

    Boxing
    López outpoints Romero to win title in third weight class

  • Ed Oliver is entering his eighth season with Buffalo

    NFL
    Bills mourn ‘unthinkable tragedy’ after death of Oliver’s two-year-old son

Opinion

  • Sanghmitra Singh

    double quotation markWhen I first moved to Glasgow from India, I felt welcomed and included. Now I just feel scrutinised

    Sanghmitra Singh
    The city that used to be full of kind strangers is increasingly witnessing racist disorder. I hope it can find its way back to its old friendliness, says human rights lawyer and farmer Sanghmitra Singh
  • Polly Hudson

    Polly Hudson
    double quotation markIs a French Sunday the secret to a healthier, happier life?

    Polly Hudson
    The idea of being deliberately unproductive is certainly tempting. The only concern is that you might enjoy it too much, writes Polly Hudson

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  • Arwa Mahdawi

    double quotation markIt’s a miracle: Natalie Harp has turned Republicans into feminists

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Moira Donegan

    double quotation markTrump’s new attorney general poses a huge threat to abortion rights

    Moira Donegan
  • Timothy Garton Ash

    double quotation markWould even an AI disaster on the scale of Hiroshima be enough to make humankind protect itself? I fear not

    Timothy Garton Ash
  • Marina Hyde

    double quotation markIt’s Harry and Meghan in Finding Freedom 2: Back in Blighty

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  • Police officers in forensic suits gather evidence on a road blocked off with tape.

    UK criminal justice
    Nine out of 10 unsolved murders in London linked to minority ethnic victims

    Exclusive: Analysis risks deepening perception of ‘unequal protection under the law’, say campaigners
  • A wet, brown, muddy, rutted road alongside trees, telephone lines, and a buidling.

    Hawaii
    Tropical Storm Moke poised to slam into Hawaii just days after Hurricane Lala

  • Former boxing world champion Zolani 'Last Born' Tete

    South Africa
    Former world boxing champion, 38, shot dead outside home in South Africa

  • Turbines of Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm over the rooftops of Camber, seen from Camber Sands beach near Rye, East Sussex

    Wind power
    Onshore windfarm applications hit 10-year high in England

  • Sleepy fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri), KaikouraNew Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) (aka southern fur seal, long-nosed fur seal, kekeno) asleep on wall, oblivious to passing tourists, Point Kean, Kaikoura, Kaikoura District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania

    Bird flu
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    Colorado River
    The US has a plan to save the Colorado River. Experts say it won’t be enough to stop the crisis

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    Environment
    Biggest El Niño for a century forecast to bring UK more autumn rain and storms

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    ‘The line’s running half-empty’: Llanwern steelworks feels the heat from cheap steel imports

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    ‘Friday afternoon fraud’: warning for UK homebuyers on bank scams

  • Hunting
    New licensing for game shoots could stop poisoning of birds of prey

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    ‘Pretty shambolic’: new EU border checks cause stress for UK travellers

  • US
    Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former US senator from Kansas, dies aged 94

  • Social media
    ‘They’re thinking about the likes’: deadly TikTok motorway trend horrifies Ireland

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    Free speech group calls foul play at prosecutors using Comey novel in case against him

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    Autumn reading
    From Booker-listed Marlon James to a memoir by Michael Douglas – the biggest books this autumn

  • Amy Poehler and Olivia Coleman chat on Amy's podcast Good Hang with Amy Poehler

    Culture
    The Guide #257: What we lose when a medium ​built for the ear surrender​s to the camera

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What to watch

  • A woman with long red hair and a 19th-century dress sits next to a gravestone and flwers holding her hand and looking wistful

    Edinburgh festival 2026
    Bebe Cave: Swoon review – dazzling portrait of marginalised muses and the male gaze

  • Anna Leong Brophy, in a pink bob wig, makes a surprised face in Born Sexy Yesterday

    Edinburgh festival 2026
    A supreme being, the nearly naked show and politics with paws: Edinburgh fringe pick’n’mix

  • Grace Chow in Dog Park.

    The watcher
    Dog Park: a delightful sitcom that will fill the Colin from Accounts shaped hole in your life

  • one boy hugs another who is crying

    Film
    Stand By Me at 40: Rob Reiner’s seminal coming-of-age saga remains a bittersweet triumph

What to listen to

  • Mike D in a saturated psychedelic style

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

  • Rapper Fat Papi, bearded and in glasses, wears a patterned scarf over a white shirt outdoors

    Interview
    Meet Fat Papi, the little-known New Zealand rapper catapulted to Billboard 100 fame

  • The four members of Jawdropped photographed standing around a lamb

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

  • A portrait of Gaia Wilmer in white jacket, against a striking red and blue background

    Global album of the month
    Gaia Wilmer Large Ensemble: Parabólico review – gorgeous reinvention of Gilberto Gil’s grooves

What to read

  • Rachel Cusk.

    Book of the day
    Life of M by Rachel Cusk review – is this story of a film star based on Natalie Portman?

  • Alice Roberts ©Dave Stevens

    The books of my life
    Alice Roberts: ‘By the time I’d finished Richard Dawkins I’d left faith behind’

  • A nearly bald man with a beard smiles slightly, arms folded, as he looks out a wooden-framed window

    Books
    Melancholy made in Hungary is fuelling bestsellers across the globe – and widely misunderstood

  • Pirkko Saisio

    Translated fiction roundup
    The best recent translated fiction – review roundup

What to play

  • Old Snake, an older man with a headband and eyepatch, points a gun.

    Review
    Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol 2 review – once more unto the mercenary breach

  • A young male zombie in a baseball cap with a letter R, headphones around his neck.

    Summer games previews
    Stupid Never Dies – a zombie fights for the love of a frozen corpse

  • A character in a helmet with mouth wide open, holding up hands with metal claws protruding from the knuckles, surrounded by flames

    Games
    Marvel’s Wolverine: Spider-Man developers turn to a more cutthroat character

  • A silhouetted visitor photographs colourful gaming posters and screens at an expo.

    Pushing Buttons
    Will the future of gaming be powered by upstart indie developers?

    Newsletter

More culture

  • A group of teenagers at the drive-in cinema

    Film
    Drive-in cinemas are rare these days. But the last one in Melbourne’s north still draws a faithful crowd

  • Shabana Azeez

    10 Chaotic Questions
    Shabana Azeez: ‘The most disgusting thing I’ve seen on The Pitt? American coffee’

  • Man shot from the back, standing at a bank counter in India at night

    Smart shot
    ‘It was dark and deserted. I was drawn by the light’: Christine Rodgers’ best phone picture

  • Jason Allen-Paisant

    Poetry
    ‘We are in the inferno’: diaspora writers lead new movement of nature poetry

Lifestyle

  • Marcel Theroux Three Men and a Boat Lonely Planet London www.jamesbedford.com

    Travel
    My best ever British holiday: ‘I’ve travelled further, at greater expense, and had nothing like as much fun’

  • A wine glass with a clear, bubbly liquid, garnished with lime and mint

    Drinks
    Quench your thirst! 20 perfect spritzes and shandies to try now – from kumquat to portergaff

Food

  • Thomasina Miers' spiced lamb-stuffed aubergine with aleppo chilli butter. Plates and a baking dish show lamb-stuffed aubergines with meat sauce, herbs, yogurt, and couscous

    Food
    Thomasina Miers’ recipes for spiced lamb-stuffed aubergine with aleppo chilli butter, and berry ripple ice-cream

  • Ian McConachie and traditional owner and Kabi Kabi man Russell Bennet.

    Australia
    Could the macadamias hidden in Queensland’s rainforests be the key to saving ‘the world’s finest nut’?

  • A cake with a red topping and blackberries on top, on a plaace with other plates and crockery nearby

    Food
    Meera Sodha’s recipe for blackberry and almond cake

  • A hand holding a glass of rose wine in front of vineyard

    Wine
    When it comes to rosé, pink doesn’t have to mean Provence

Fashion & beauty

  • Andie MacDowell, Pharrell Williams, Brad Pitt, and Jennifer Lopez pose in contrasting colorful outfits

    Life and style
    Ditch the giant handbag, don’t overdo the botox and 16 other ways to extend your ‘hotspan’

  • By Kai

    Fashion
    Icons, new stars and First Nations excellence: 10 key shows from NZ fashion week

  • It was acceptable in the 90s … Kylie Minogue loved her pricey 110s.

    Fashion
    ‘If I’m spending that kind of money, the shoe has to do everything’ – the backlash to the three figure trainer

    Newsletter
  • Green dress with dashed cut lines and scissors cutting around the silhouette

    Fashion
    Where did all the XXL clothes go? Fashion brands in the US scrapping plus sizes in the GLP-1 era

Relationships

  • Illustration showing a man and a woman at a restaurant table. He is eating lobster and drinking champagne while she looks disconsolately at the bill

    ‘Why do you never buy a round?!’
    20 mortifying money conversations with friends – and how to handle them

  • Cartoon of two arms holding hands

    This is how we do it
    ‘Sex was our glue – now if we fight, we can’t just screw and come out glowing’

  • Illustration of a woman facing away with his arms crossed

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    I haven’t dated for years and want to try again. How do I prepare for the storm?

  • A woman stretching next to an artwork depicting two people kissing.

    Call the doctor
    Can exercise really help improve my sex life?

Health & fitness

  • An ear suffering tinnitus

    Health
    I’d heard ringing in my ears before. This time, it didn’t stop

  • A beagle holding hands with someone while sat at a table with a plate of spaghetti in front of her

    Fashion
    ‘Such adept cover stars’: why dogs are taking over fashion in the ‘AI face’ era

  • Angry face on a yellow kettlebell against an orange background

    Gyms
    Hogging weights, loud grunting and sweaty benches: 11 gym dos and don’ts from fitness experts

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    Society
    The men I see in therapy did everything right. So why do they feel so empty?

More lifestyle

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    Travel
    Island-hopping through stone-age history in Ireland, Wales and the Isle of Man

  • Actor Nigel Havers in black jacket and white shirt against purple background

    The Q&A
    Nigel Havers: ‘My biggest disappointment? Not playing James Bond’

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    Becky Barnicoat on millennial life
    Summer fashion? I’ve found my feet

  • Red old-fashioned telephone with the words 'contact us' in the centre of the dialling pad, against a blue sky

    The Saturday quiz
    What is the pan-European emergency telephone number?

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