‘I’d strip for £100!’ Dominic West and Sienna Miller on nudity, narcissism and their juicy new show War
The Guardianby Emine Saner19d ago
In a London hotel room, Dominic West is weighing up how much he would accept to strip to his socks.
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top 99%MNEK on writing smash hits, battling self-doubt and his solo struggles: ‘I’m a fat Black gay man. Try selling that’
The Guardianby Alim Kheraj19d ago
In a south-east London warehouse, Uzoechi Osisioma Emenike, more commonly known as MNEK, is sitting on a bench in a makeshift locker room surrounded by semi-naked men.
Meryl Streep’s casting as Aslan has angered the Christian right. Don’t they have more pressing issues?
The Guardianby Ben Child19d ago
It is a confusing time to be alive, given how often these days Hollywood indulges in revisionism.
Playing video games with my 22-year-old son has brought me to tears | Dominik Diamond
The Guardianby Dominik Diamond19d ago
I have spent the last three weeks living with my 22-year-old son in a two-bedroom flat he has dubbed the ”brotel”. We cook curries and watch Lanterns. We barbecue meat and analyse Tarantino movies.
‘You learn more from the losses and the draws’: Red Roses relishing clash with revitalised Black Ferns
The Guardianby Sarah Rendell19d ago
A wounded animal is the most dangerous. The Red Roses might not have lost to Canada last Saturday but they did not win either, for the first time since 2022.
‘There was a lot of method in my madness when I played’: Kevin Pietersen 2.0 on how he can help England
The Guardianby Ali Martin19d ago
Kevin Pietersen insisted he is a “completely different” person these days as he sat down at Headingley – the ground where he declared “it’s tough being me in this dressing room” 14 years earlier –...
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
The Guardianby Laura Wilson19d ago
Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel by Lucy Foley (HarperCollins, £22) This, the first Miss Marple continuation novel, must have been a more difficult undertaking than a new Hercule Poirot; furnished...
K-art, William Kentridge and a Turner prize worth getting excited for – the week in art
The Guardianby Jonathan Jones19d ago
Exhibition of the week Turner prize Kira Freije creates a waste land peopled by Rodinesque ghosts in the machine, Simeon Barclay meditates on masculinity, Tanoa Sasraku takes on big oil and...
‘We skate on the rooftops of damaged buildings’: a day in the life a skateboarder in Gaza
The Guardianby Seham Tantesh in Gaza and Tess McClure19d ago
Rajab al-Reefi remembers the day the club’s last skateboard broke. Those pastry-thin layers of maple, carefully pressed into a curve, had carried child after child up and down the homemade ramps of...
Digested week: I had Nigella down as tradwife burlesque but her Bake Off debut won me over | Emma Brockes
The Guardianby Emma Brockes19d ago
Monday It was a big week at the UN, Buckingham Palace and the White House, but for all sentient people of Britain, the top story this week was that Bake Off is back and we need to talk about...
Post your questions for the Pogues
The Guardianby Ben Beaumont-Thomas19d ago
When Shane MacGowan died in 2023, you’d be forgiven for wondering whether the Pogues could carry on, given what a singular frontman he was – and given the band had been dormant since 2014.
Israel and the US have battered the international legal order. The impunity must stop | Varsha Gandikota
The Guardianby Varsha Gandikota19d ago
The international legal order is in shambles. But from the ruins of impunity and lawbreaking, a group of nations is working to enforce accountability.
After a fiery summer, I’m choosing resilient crops to future-proof my garden
The Guardianby Claire Ratinon19d ago
You’d have to have been living under a rock (which would have been a cool and sensible place to dwell) to not have felt the intensity of the heatwaves this summer.
Top European leagues heighten pressure on Infantino with call for major changes at Fifa
The Guardianby Matt Hughes19d ago
The Premier League has joined forces with La Liga, Serie A and the Bundesliga to call for urgent governance reform at Fifa after the World Cup sell-off debacle (FFE) as Gianni Infantino prepares to...
55,000 fans and nowhere to hide: what it’s like to play in basketball’s biggest arena
The Guardianby Jacob Uitti19d ago
Jamie Malonzo got there early, one of the first players to arrive. He knew this was a different thing altogether. He knew the 55,000-capacity Philippine Arena was something else.
Toys are us: the adults swapping scrolling for Lego, remote control cars and sewing
The Guardianby Nicola Slawson and Guardian readers19d ago
A growing number of adult enthusiasts are rediscovering their love for Lego, helping to fuel a surge in sales that has increased the Danish toymaker’s revenues by 21%.
Africa’s universities need overhaul to harness continent’s young talent, says public health expert
The Guardianby Kaamil Ahmed19d ago
African governments need to shake off the legacy of colonialism and underfunding if their education systems are ever to harness the vast potential of the continent’s young talent, says the public...
‘I have a blowtorch at uni’: what do students eat apart from pesto pasta?
The Guardianby Lauren Bravo19d ago
This month marks 20 years since I arrived at university in London, with an Ikea saucepan set, a six-pack of Pot Noodle and a trusty jar of pesto to my name.
‘My generation of novelists is dying’: Rose Tremain on 70 years of writing, and late-life inspiration
The Guardianby Rose Tremain19d ago
My generation of writers is dying. Of Granta’s fabled list of 20 Best of Young British Novelists, 1983, six are gone, including our most princely satirist, Martin Amis.
We all know a lack of exercise is bad for our bodies. So what is relying on AI doing to our brains? | Devi Sridhar
The Guardianby Devi Sridhar19d ago
When I was a postgraduate student at the University of Oxford in the early 2000s, I interviewed for a major consulting firm.