How to use up leftover party wine | Kitchen aide
The Guardianby Anna Berrill·25 Aug 2026
What can I do with wine left over from a party? Rob, by email This is a novel concept, perhaps, but the answer essentially comes down to the quantity: “If we’re talking dribbles of red or white...
No, AI doesn’t mean the end of mathematics – at least not yet | Bruce Schneier and Kasra Rafi
The Guardianby Bruce Schneier and Kasra Rafi·25 Aug 2026
Earlier this month, about 40 top mathematicians gathered at OpenAI’s offices to discuss the future of their profession.
Artist known for sculptures of Mao Zedong jailed for slandering ‘heroes and martyrs’
The Guardianby Danny Vincent in Taipei·25 Aug 2026
Gao Zhen, a prominent Chinese artist known for provocative sculptures of the former leader Mao Zedong, has been sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of slandering China’s...
China denounces US threat of sanctions over trade with Iran
The Guardianby Julian Borger Senior international correspondent·25 Aug 2026
China has denounced the threat of US sanctions for its trade with Iran, saying any such measures would be illegal, and warned it would take “all necessary measures” to protect its national...
At least one in four former NFL players in study suffered from degenerative brain disease CTE
The Guardianby Reuters and Guardian sport·25 Aug 2026
At least one in four former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 was found to have had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), according to a study released on Tuesday.
Meta goes on trial as Silicon Valley faces a growing backlash
The Guardianby Blake Montgomery·25 Aug 2026
Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the Guardian, writing to you from a sunny park in New York City, which was supposed to endure rain all weekend but in fact...
Russian stadium says it will not host Kanye concerts – but promoter says shows have not been cancelled
The Guardianby Laura Snapes·25 Aug 2026
The St Petersburg stadium that was set to host two concerts by Ye – making the rapper formerly known as Kanye West the biggest western act to play in Russia since start of the Ukraine war – has now...
Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds
The Guardianby Pippa Neill Environment reporter·25 Aug 2026
The carbon emissions from just two planned datacentres in England will exceed all of the fossil fuel company ExxonMobil’s UK emissions, analysis has revealed.
‘The day I disclose, my career is over’: the journalist facing an $800 daily fine to keep her sources secret
The Guardianby Jeremy Barr in Washington·25 Aug 2026
For 18 days this summer, veteran journalist Catherine Herridge walked to her Washington DC mailbox and dropped off a check for $800.
Trump EPA aims to exempt datacenters from disclosing air pollution, advocates warn
The Guardianby Tom Perkins·25 Aug 2026
A new rule proposed by the Trump administration aims to kill public notification for datacenter air pollution, public health advocates warn, and allow emission permits to be issued behind closed...
US building twice as much gas-fired capacity as China in AI boom, analysis finds
The Guardianby Oliver Milman·25 Aug 2026
The US has surged ahead of China in the building of new gas-fired power generation, largely to feed a boom in artificial intelligence (AI) that is adding vast amounts of planet-heating emissions, a...
Food has turned into a class war – and it’s ruined my appetite | Zoe Williams
The Guardianby Zoe Williams·25 Aug 2026
Lewis Bassett is a young sociologist and chef who I first encountered through his podcast, The Full English, where he thinks about the cultural meaning of, say, Delia Smith; gazpacho; whelks.
Kansas has not elected a Democrat to the US Senate since 1932. Will that change in November?
The Guardianby Chris Stein·25 Aug 2026
In one of the first ads of his campaign to represent Kansas in the US Senate, the Democrat Adam Hamilton stands grilling steaks at a barbecue and attacks his opponent, Senator Roger Marshall, a...
Trump’s justice department has found a new way for presidents to avoid accountability | Claire Finkelstein
The Guardianby Claire Finkelstein·25 Aug 2026
A recent office of legal counsel memo on executive privilege maintains that private advisers to a president can avoid responding to a subpoena by asserting the president’s executive privilege.
From ‘old people music’ to owning the streets: 60 years of Notting Hill carnival and me
The Guardianby Lloyd Bradley·25 Aug 2026
My earliest memories of the Notting Hill carnival are of being mildly irritated. In its 1960s infancy, the event was strictly a Caribbean affair, transplanted to Ladbroke Grove as authentically as...
Football transfer rumours: Manchester City and Spurs chase Cody Gakpo?
The Guardianby Dominic Booth·25 Aug 2026
After Aston Villa endured a day to forget on the Premier League’s opening weekend, it only stands to reason that they must sign players, and ideally good ones.
‘It’s the unseen pollution’: how getting farmers, fishers and beavers together could save a Cornish river
The Guardianby Karen McVeigh·25 Aug 2026
On a rocky beach in Cornwall, a group of wetsuit-clad freedivers and snorkellers are wading into the shallows.
Seam me up, Scotty! After 60 years, Star Trek has had a muppet takeover. About time too
The Guardianby Duncan Barrett·25 Aug 2026
It’s life, Jim – but very much not as we know it. In fact, when it comes to the latest episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, the life forms in question are less flesh-and-blood and more...
Soft Spot review – this wine-glass circus has a lot of bottle
The Guardianby Chris Wiegand·25 Aug 2026
This Swedish circus two-hander begins with the performers offstage, and what sounds like the high-pitched notes of a glass harp.
Feminism for a World on Fire by Natasha Walter review – hope amid the hopelessness
The Guardianby Samantha Ellis·25 Aug 2026
It has become increasingly difficult to change our minds, to question our own views or to find common ground with people we disagree with, all of which makes Natasha Walter’s new book both...
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