The Whisper Man review – Robert De Niro sleepwalks through silly Netflix potboiler
The Guardianby Benjamin Lee·28 Aug 2026
It’s not as if Robert De Niro’s choices have improved all that much since the nadir of the mid-2000s (last year did see him crop up in a Scott Eastwood-led actioner and The Alto Knights) but...
Fairytales pending: the fringe musicals hoping to live happily ever after
The Guardianby Chris Wiegand·28 Aug 2026
The Edinburgh fringe is mostly where new work is forged but that’s not the full picture. Amid all the hot-off-the-press shows are a number of familiar titles that have been around for years yet are...
‘It’s the story of what happens when the music stops’: bringing tormented jazz legend Bill Evans to life
The Guardianby John Lewis·28 Aug 2026
In 1997, Grant Gee directed the video for Radiohead’s single No Surprises, a four-minute film that featured Thom Yorke miming the song inside a water-filled diver’s helmet, apparently almost...
The Secret Woman review – Claes Bang is dastardly gaslighter in Danish amnesia thriller
The Guardianby Phil Hoad·28 Aug 2026
Adapted from the 2017 novel by Anna Ekberg (actually a male writing duo), this thriller from Denmark chucks in a bit of everything into the mix: hygge lakeside melodrama, manor-house gothic, and...
Air pollution affects us all, but there is a way we can breathe easier
The Guardianby Fiona Harvey·28 Aug 2026
Air pollution affects nearly every person on this planet. Yet global efforts to combat the scourge – which is associated with about 8 million premature deaths worldwide every year, can damage...
How the Iran war unfolded: every attack and oil price change – visualised
The Guardianby Ana Lucía González Paz, Garry Blight, Prina Shah and Ashley Kirk·28 Aug 2026
On 28 February 2026, the US and Israel began large-scale strikes on Iran. Tehran responded by attacking Israeli and US allies across the Gulf.
Flood risk forces halt to rescues in Tibet, as Nepal death toll rises to 469
The Guardianby Staff and agencies·28 Aug 2026
China has paused rescue work at the epicentre of the catastrophic flooding in Tibet this week amid fears that a lake formed at the site was at risk of bursting, as the overall death toll in Nepal...
Please don’t rearrange our shoes when we turn up, paramedics in Japan urge
The Guardianby Gavin Blair in Tokyo·28 Aug 2026
Etiquette, manners and consideration for others are integral pillars of Japanese society but there are times when they might go a step too far, according to one city’s emergency services.
Dear culture-war motorists, look to the future. We'll all be driving at 20mph soon | Christian Wolmar
The Guardianby Christian Wolmar·28 Aug 2026
If it can happen in Birmingham, it can happen anywhere. Moves by Birmingham city council to impose a 20mph speed limit on all roads, apart from a few major thoroughfares, marks a turning point in...
From maligned second city to Insta magnet: Marseille isFrance’s new capital of overtourism
The Guardianby Mary Fitzgerald·28 Aug 2026
When I first started visiting Marseille more than 20 years ago, few could have predicted that France’s then beleaguered second city would become one of the most popular destinations in the...
Experience: I brought a bear back to life
The Guardianby Paul Cassar·28 Aug 2026
I’ve been a dentist for 40 years. I spend most of my time treating patients at my surgery in Chichester, West Sussex.
The 50 best TV shows to watch this autumn
The Guardianby Kate Abbott and Stuart Heritage·28 Aug 2026
The Lycett Arms Wayward and chaotic, in the grand tradition of The Word and TFI Friday, Late Night Lycett proved that Joe Lycett had fully inherited Friday nights on Channel 4.
‘I’m an ever-changing vessel’: Erykah Badu on defying definition, life as a birth and death doula and her first album in 11 years
The Guardianby Shaad D'Souza·28 Aug 2026
Erykah Badu needs the lights down low. The singer, producer, actor and registered doula shuffles into a private room at London’s Soho hotel and quietly asks for some changes to the atmosphere...
‘Behind every case, a person’: the man leading DRC’s Ebola fight on the human cost hidden behind the numbers
The Guardianby Tracy McVeigh·28 Aug 2026
The statistics, says the man responsible for overseeing the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), are meaningless.
Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful, US judge rules
The Guardianby Agencies·28 Aug 2026
A US federal judge ruled Thursday that sanctions imposed in February by the Trump administration against AI giant Anthropic were illegal, finding that the government had punished the artificial...
South Korea to re-examine 310,000 missing person cases after fake record scandal
The Guardianby Raphael Rashid in Seoul·28 Aug 2026
South Korean police will re-examine about 310,000 missing persons cases closed over the past three years, prompted by a scandal in which an officer was arrested on suspicion of falsifying records...
Dolly Parton’s sister reveals singer offered to test experimental cancer drugs before she died
The Guardianby Emma Joyce·28 Aug 2026
Dolly Parton’s younger sister Stella Parton has shared a moving tribute to the late country music singer on Thursday, revealing that Dolly offered to receive experimental cancer drugs “in the hope...
Thousands of UK women have undiagnosed PTSD after childbirth each year, study finds
The Guardianby Denis Campbell Health policy editor·27 Aug 2026
Thousands of UK women develop undiagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after childbirth every year, research has found.
Senator calls for criminal investigation of RFK Jr after Guardian report
The Guardianby Michelle R Smith·27 Aug 2026
A senior Democratic senator is calling for a criminal investigation into the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, following reporting by the Guardian that indicated he lied during Senate...
Fightland review – 50 Cent’s farcical boxing show is featherweight at best
The Guardianby Jack Seale·27 Aug 2026
Fightland is what you might, for a joke, have called a drama that’s like MobLand but with boxing.
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