Penny Lane Is Dead review – Aussie slasher comedy zips from Neighbours to nasty
The Guardianby Leslie Felperin·25 Aug 2026
Here is a muddled if energetic effort from Australian writer-director Mia’Kate Russell. There’s a little too much blurriness around the edges, making relationships and motivations slightly opaque...
Triage by Claudia Rankine review – how should we respond to the world’s atrocities?
The Guardianby Sarah Crown·25 Aug 2026
“Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental,” writes the multi-award winning Jamaican-American poet, essayist and playwright Claudia Rankine in the...
Gold hits highest level in three months as traders worry about US inflation and bond market jitters – business live
The Guardianby Julia Kollewe·25 Aug 2026
Gold hits highest level in three months as traders worry about US inflation and bond market jitters – business live Spot gold touches almost $4,700 an ounce and Bitcoin tops $80,000 while oil...
Carse’s night out shows Fleming must get a grip on this England squad immediately | Mark Ramprakash
The Guardianby Mark Ramprakash·25 Aug 2026
After a brief reprieve following the dominant Test victory last week against a timid Pakistan, once again talk of England and cricket is focused not on the game but on the behaviour of the people...
‘There was a lot of doubt and pain’: Arthur Fery on his dream Wimbledon run and the next step
The Guardianby Donald McRae·25 Aug 2026
“I was around 300 in the world and still really struggling with my arm,” Arthur Fery says as he explains how life has changed from this time last year when, after his shock appearance in the...
Boat trips, swimming and seafood: 10 of the UK’s best harbour towns and villages
The Guardianby Rachel Dixon·25 Aug 2026
Pittenweem, Fife The historic harbour is the hub of this working East Neuk fishing port, home to a fleet of about 30 small trawlers and creel boats.
The Great Dictator by Matthew Sweet review – the life of Barbara Cartland
The Guardianby Kathryn Hughes·25 Aug 2026
Barbara Cartland was famous for dictating her novels. With a pekingese clamped to her hot pink bosom she would lie back on a library couch and exhale a story about virginal girls taming wayward...
‘Why isn’t there hip-hop in 3/4 time?’: the groups reinventing a Polish folk dance for the modern age
The Guardianby Jakub Knera·25 Aug 2026
It’s 6pm on the first day of OFF festival in Katowice, and a crowd is gathering in front of one of the stages to watch newcomers Tercet Imperial.
‘Petty grievances’ and an alleged troublemaker: unsealed Murdoch court documents give rare glimpse into bitter succession battle
The Guardianby Luca Ittimani·25 Aug 2026
A year ago, Rupert Murdoch resolved the long-running fight over which of his children would control his sprawling media empire, ending a bitter legal battle and anointing his eldest son, Lachlan...
‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boom
The Guardianby Aisha Down Global technology reporter·25 Aug 2026
In a village 21 miles north of Edinburgh, a real estate consultancy plans to build a datacentre larger than the village itself – 35 metres high, with an area larger than 100 football pitches.
Climate damage would obliterate any economic benefits of new North Sea fields, analysis shows
The Guardianby Damian Carrington Environment editor·25 Aug 2026
The climate damage caused by developing the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields under consideration by the UK government would destroy their economic benefits many times over, according to an...
Canadians do not seek a trade war – but neither will we be bullied by Donald Trump | Jen Gerson
The Guardianby Jen Gerson·25 Aug 2026
The Canadians are exceedingly angry. I realise this can sometimes be difficult for foreigners to deduce, given our national struggle to express the full range of human emotion outside ice hockey...
‘Like smoking a cigarette’: Indonesia chokes on haze as blazes intensify amid super ‘El Niño’
The Guardianby Natasha May·25 Aug 2026
Suwadi can barely see five metres in front of him when he steps outside his home in Indonesian Borneo. Each breath, he says, feels “like smoking a cigarette”.
Sydney shark attack survivor describes moment she came to face-to-face with ‘monster’
The Guardianby Achol Arok·25 Aug 2026
An Australian woman who lost an arm after a shark attack at a beach in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has recalled the moment she came face-to-face with the “monster”.
The other Post Office scandal: how organised crime launders money on the high street
The Guardianby Oliver Bullough·25 Aug 2026
Leicestershire police won’t say who first told them about Jigar Gheewala, but you can see why, once they had heard of him, they decided to find out more.
Gulf between Hezbollah and Lebanese state grows wider as Israeli occupation continues
The Guardianby William Christou and Ali Awada in Beirut·25 Aug 2026
Fatima al-Ashkar used toys to explain to her children that their father had been killed. She arranged toy soldiers in a mock battle and picked up an airplane, miming an air raid on the plastic men...
‘It looked stunning on Joanna Lumley!’: 10 writers on their biggest hair disaster
The Guardianby Kate Lloyd, Rich Pelley, Jeffrey Ingold, Carys Afoko, Joel Snape, Viv Groskop, Paula Cocozza, Polly Hudson, Daniel Lavelle and Alexi Duggins·25 Aug 2026
‘It reminds me of the botched Jesus fresco’ It’s the late 1990s. Big, round, feathered fringes are a huge deal at my primary school.
The ear witness: Turner-winner Lawrence Abu Hamdan and his ‘sound evidence’ exposés of human rights abuses
The Guardianby Charlotte Higgins·25 Aug 2026
Lawrence Abu Hamdan has a double identity. He is an artist who, in 2019, jointly won the Turner prize; and one of his works is, for my money, among the most striking on show at this year’s Venice...
At least 35,000 excess deaths recorded in Europe’s back-to-back heatwaves
The Guardianby Jon Henley Europe correspondent·25 Aug 2026
At least 35,000 more people died during Europe’s four record-breaking, back-to-back heatwaves this summer than would normally be expected, according to incomplete figures from barely half the...
Ralph Carr, entertainment industry and AFL figure, sentenced to six years for raping ex-staffer
The Guardianby Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter·25 Aug 2026
Entertainment and AFL agent Ralph Carr has been sentenced to six years in prison for the rape and sexual assault of a former employee.
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