The pest I’ll never forget: the rat who jumped off the wardrobe and flew at my face
The Guardianby Kate Abbott·15 Sept 2026
We should have known we were in trouble when we saw that the garden of our new place backed on to a Chinese restaurant in Hackney, London, with terrible reviews.
Premature review – sunny charm provides screwball energy for surprise-pregnancy comedy
The Guardianby Cath Clarke·15 Sept 2026
The pram in the hallway is the enemy of good art, or so the famous quote goes. This sunny Scottish comedy, made on a minuscule budget, deals with the bit before the pram, when an art school dropout...
The Rouse by China Miéville review – a mighty achievement from the ‘new weird’ author
The Guardianby Stuart Kelly·15 Sept 2026
China Miéville’s epic new novel is presented as being “20 years in the making”. It is quite a testament to how extravagant – even Stakhanovite – his imagination is that during that period he also...
Solo autumn walks for women in the UK and Europe: ‘it should be fun, not daunting’
The Guardianby Annabel Abbs·15 Sept 2026
I did my first solo hike during a sunny September, seven years ago. After a summer of feeding and ferrying four noisy teenagers (and their friends) around, I was exhausted.
Sweden’s far right is down, but not yet out. Left and centre leaders must seize this opportunity | Cas Mudde
The Guardianby Cas Mudde·15 Sept 2026
After the previous Swedish general election, in 2022, the leaders of the two biggest Swedish parties made a risky decision.
In the Hacks v Widow’s Bay Emmys battle, it’s us – the audience – who are the real winners | Rebecca Shaw
The Guardianby Rebecca Shaw·15 Sept 2026
There are three essential things to know about me: I love comedy, I love women and I love television. So as you can imagine, the centre of my world is women in TV comedies.
How enslavement became state-backed operation supported by Conservative and Lib Dem forerunners
The Guardianby David Conn Investigations correspondent; Illustration by Palesa Monareng·15 Sept 2026
There is a British culture of celebrating the abolition of slavery without acknowledging that the country enslaved and trafficked millions of African people for centuries.
The incoming ‘super’ El Niño will create chaos around the world. And we are far from ready for it | Bill McGuire
The Guardianby Bill McGuire·15 Sept 2026
If you think you have heard enough about the growing “super” El Niño, trust me, you are going to hear a lot more.
Rukmiini Iyer’s recipe for mozzarella in carozza – and the leftover crusts | Cook once, eat twice
The Guardianby Rukmini Iyer·15 Sept 2026
For an exceptionally luxe snack or kids’ tea, mozzarella in carrozza is your girl. It’s the love child of a cheese toastie and eggy bread – instead of toasting it, you dip the cheese sandwich in...
They’re the sopranos of the forest, so what’s silencing the gibbons’ morning chorus?
The Guardianby Rebecca Ratcliffe·15 Sept 2026
Dawn has broken, and the air is cool and still. It’s at about this time that gibbons usually erupt into song, wa-oo-ing and wa-ing from the highest branches and filling the tree tops with rich...
I know why many east Germans vote AfD. And no, it’s not an inherited longing for dictatorship | Carolin Würfel
The Guardianby Carolin Würfel·15 Sept 2026
The fear that a fascist, far-right movement would rise to power again in Germany has been with me since my youth.
‘I believed the hype’: the white South Africans denied refugee status in the US
The Guardianby Rachel Savage in Johannesburg·15 Sept 2026
When Donald Trump announced in February 2025 that the US would accept Afrikaners from South Africa as refugees, many white South Africans who believed that they were victims of racism in their...
Digital ID comes of age as pubs and bars get go-ahead for biometric scan tech
The Guardianby Robert Booth UK technology editor·15 Sept 2026
Younger drinkers in England and Wales will be able to prove their age with a digital ID starting this week as new laws give pubs, off-licences, nightclubs and restaurants the right to use biometric...
The pirates arrived with AK-47s. They took us hostage – then the torture began
The Guardianby Rose George·15 Sept 2026
It was at noon on 8 May 2010 when the pirates came. Chirag Bahri remembers the exact time and date because it marked the start of the seven months and 20 days he was held hostage by a gang of...
The wilting rose emoji: what its rise and fall tells us about gen Alpha
The Guardianby Lucy Knight·15 Sept 2026
In the 2025 hit Netflix show Adolescence, DI Luke Bascombe’s 13-year-old son, Adam, has to explain to his father the way his generation use heart emojis.
Benedict Cumberbatch on his Earth-saving eco film: ‘We are in the last grab of the extraction era’
The Guardianby Helena Horton·15 Sept 2026
Benedict Cumberbatch is dreading stepping outside. He’s speaking to me from his air-conditioned hotel room in Soho at the peak of the summer heat.
Emmys 2026: Widow’s Bay dominates as Matthew Rhys and Jean Smart land historic wins
The Guardianby Sian Cain·15 Sept 2026
Matthew Rhys has become the first actor in 78 years of Emmys history to win multiple lead actor awards for performances in different shows in the same year, for Widow’s Bay and The Beast in Me.
Panama canal traffic to be cut again as drought from El Niño worsens
The Guardianby Mark Saunokonoko with Agence France-Presse·15 Sept 2026
The Panama canal plans to again cut maritime traffic due to worsening drought caused by the El Niño climate phenomenon, further choking up one of the world’s most important shipping lanes.
‘This is seriously bold’: How China turned Taiwan tensions into a top-rating TV spy drama
The Guardianby Yu-chen Li in Taipei·15 Sept 2026
After shaking off the people trailing her through a crowded market and emerging from a bathroom in disguise, the double agent appears to have escaped.
Hyrox changes rules and apologises for allowing Australian athlete who soiled herself to continue
The Guardianby Ima Caldwell·15 Sept 2026
Organisers of the global indoor fitness competition, Hyrox, have apologised and pledged immediate rule changes after an Australian athlete was allowed to finish and win an event in Beijing despite...
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