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Thank you, David Attenborough, for 100 incredible years of life on Earth

Thank you, David Attenborough, for 100 incredible years of life on Earth

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03.28 Cest

I was afraid to make a submission to the antisemitism royal commission. But silence has consequences too

I was afraid to make a submission to the antisemitism royal commission. But silence has consequences too

I did not make a submission to the royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion. That is not because I have nothing to say. It is because I...

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George Newhouse

The Guardian view on the Renters’ Rights Act: finally, protections fit for the modern housing market

The Guardian view on the Renters’ Rights Act: finally, protections fit for the modern housing market

The defining trend in British housing in recent decades has been towards private renting. The sector in England nearly doubled in size between 2004...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on the US supreme court: its judgments have slowly erased voting rights

The Guardian view on the US supreme court: its judgments have slowly erased voting rights

In the late 19th century, after Reconstruction, US federal protections for Black voters began to erode. Southern states sought to reshape their...

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Editorial

Ella Baron on this week’s elections – cartoon

Ella Baron on this week’s elections – cartoon

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19.45 Cest

The Greens need to learn the right lessons from the destruction of Corbynism

The Greens need to learn the right lessons from the destruction of Corbynism

For more than a decade, Britain’s acrimonious politics has included a fundamental but often misunderstood battle. Sometimes it is fought out in the...

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Andy Beckett

Barron Trump is not a time traveller – but there’s a reason the idea has gone viral

Barron Trump is not a time traveller – but there’s a reason the idea has gone viral

Once upon a time there was a boy called Baron Trump, who was growing weary of his privileged life at Trump Castle. Then, one fateful day, Baron found...

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Arwa Mahdawi

In this machine age we must hold on to imperfect writing. It is not flawed. It is human

In this machine age we must hold on to imperfect writing. It is not flawed. It is human

Some people are naturally drawn to writing – scribbling notes in the margins, jotting poems and little stories, mostly for themselves, sometimes to...

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Alex Reszelska

RBA governor’s frank message on the economy is the biggest shock

RBA governor’s frank message on the economy is the biggest shock

The Reserve Bank of Australia has delivered its third rise in official interest rates for the year, taking the cash rate up another 0.25 percentage...

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Nicki Hutley

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s legal trainwreck has taught us this: never go to court. Ever

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s legal trainwreck has taught us this: never go to court. Ever

Ladies, gentlemen, cineastes: our long nightmare is over. The It Ends With Us legal drama has finally Ended With Us. In a first-person-plural...

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Marina Hyde

Abortion pills are saving women’s lives. The right is trying to eliminate them

Abortion pills are saving women’s lives. The right is trying to eliminate them

An event that ruined lives, degraded the citizenship of hundreds of millions, and permanently lowered the status of American women came and went four...

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Moira Donegan

Why Friedrich Merz decided to risk Donald Trump’s wrath

Why Friedrich Merz decided to risk Donald Trump’s wrath

What began as a spat between Friedrich Merz and Donald Trump over the Iran war is rapidly turning into a historic rupture between Germany and the US....

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Jörg Lau

The day had come to scatter my mum’s ashes. What could possibly go wrong?

The day had come to scatter my mum’s ashes. What could possibly go wrong?

If you’re looking for sound, practical advice on what happens when an elderly parent dies – the so-called “sadmin” – then you shouldn’t...

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Zoe Williams

On the eve of section 21 being abolished, I was served an eviction notice. I was far from alone

On the eve of section 21 being abolished, I was served an eviction notice. I was far from alone

You never welcome an email from your landlord, or in my case, my landlord’s agent. I happened to be in an airport waiting for a flight when...

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George francis lee

A game-changer for good health? Scientists believe ‘we are when we eat’

A game-changer for good health? Scientists believe ‘we are when we eat’

Reduce your calories. Eat more vegetables. Limit soft drinks and junk foods. For years, even decades, this has been the advice for those wanting a...

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Devi Sridhar

Reversing Thatcher’s failed legacy of privatisation can be a Labour vote-winner. If you see Keir, tell him

Reversing Thatcher’s failed legacy of privatisation can be a Labour vote-winner. If you see Keir, tell him

In the summer of 1987, as life in Britain was being steadily reshaped by Margaret Thatcher, I landed a temporary job as an electrician’s mate in a...

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Julian Coman

Does the RBA really have to raise interest rates?

Does the RBA really have to raise interest rates?

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06.31 Cest

Big tech wants to punish Australia over Albanese’s media bargaining code – and Trump might be inclined to listen

Big tech wants to punish Australia over Albanese’s media bargaining code – and Trump might be inclined to listen

The fallout of the Albanese government’s proposed News Bargaining Incentive feels predictable. The tech oligarchs will likely urge Donald Trump to...

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Bruce Wolpe

The Guardian view on the green transition: politicians should speed it up – and households too

The Guardian view on the green transition: politicians should speed it up – and households too

Energy has not been a prominent subject for discussion in the run-up to Thursday’s UK elections. In England this is logical enough, since the big...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on Trump, Merz and Europe’s security: EU countries cannot go it alone

The Guardian view on Trump, Merz and Europe’s security: EU countries cannot go it alone

As Donald Trump’s second term has become overshadowed by plunging poll ratings and an illegal, ill-advised war in the Middle East, European...

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Editorial

Ben Jennings on Reform UK and this week’s local elections – cartoon

Ben Jennings on Reform UK and this week’s local elections – cartoon

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Sometimes less is more. Next time you see your doctor ask about ‘de-prescribing’

Sometimes less is more. Next time you see your doctor ask about ‘de-prescribing’

“I thought I was never supposed to come off these tablets!” my patient exclaims. “Except when you no longer need them,” I say. His doubt...

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Ranjana Srivastava

Germany’s military power is on the rise. This time it must be firmly embedded in Europe

Germany’s military power is on the rise. This time it must be firmly embedded in Europe

As we mark the 81st anniversary of the end of the second world war in Europe this Friday, 8 May, it’s clear that Germany will again soon be the...

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Timothy Garton Ash

More unbridled nastiness from Reform – but would it really create migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas?

More unbridled nastiness from Reform – but would it really create migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas?

All parties struggle to invest local elections with meaning, because no party can alter the consequences of what is coming up to two decades of...

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Zoe Williams

I tried to eat a pineapple without using a knife. It did not go well

I tried to eat a pineapple without using a knife. It did not go well

I’m trying to “touch grass” more these days, to embrace embodied experiences and introduce analogue “friction” – and fun! – into my...

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Emma Beddington

Want a green card? Better make sure you haven’t criticized Israel on social media

Want a green card? Better make sure you haven’t criticized Israel on social media

Let’s play a fun game of Will This Get Me Deported? The first contestant is myself: a British-Palestinian green card holder in the US. I’ll start...

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Arwa Mahdawi

Democrats are counting on Trump’s unpopularity to save them. It won’t

Democrats are counting on Trump’s unpopularity to save them. It won’t

All told, Democrats already seem as though they’re headed for a great midterm election. Voters already troubled by the state of the economy now have...

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Osita Nwanevu

Reform’s toxic thinking has infected Scottish politics – this week’s Holyrood elections will tell us how badly

Reform’s toxic thinking has infected Scottish politics – this week’s Holyrood elections will tell us how badly

As Scotland prepares to elect a new parliament on 7 May, immigration is dominating the political discourse as never before. Reform UK, a party whose...

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Jasmeen kanwal

Lasers, hawks and even guns haven’t solved the UK’s pigeon problem. There is a better way

Lasers, hawks and even guns haven’t solved the UK’s pigeon problem. There is a better way

By some estimates there are almost 3 million pigeons residing in London, which has the highest pigeon population in the country. Known as “rats with...

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Sydney lobe

Yes, the king’s US visit will go down in history: it marked the death throes of an old era

Yes, the king’s US visit will go down in history: it marked the death throes of an old era

A feature of living at the end of an era is that some events in the present already feel like future artefacts – things you expect to see in a...

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Nesrine Malik

What’s Trump’s reaction to his record high disapproval rating?

What’s Trump’s reaction to his record high disapproval rating?

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He’s a glass half full kind of guy

The centre left is not dead. A progressive new counter-Trumpian movement is on the way

The centre left is not dead. A progressive new counter-Trumpian movement is on the way

If Donald Trump represents the backlash against the liberalrules-based order, then we may now be seeing the backlash to the backlash. In a recent...

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Florian Ranft

Our first EV holiday gave us ‘range anxiety’. But our fears were soon left in the rearview mirror

Our first EV holiday gave us ‘range anxiety’. But our fears were soon left in the rearview mirror

I quickly discovered two important things when recently taking a three week drive over several thousand kilometres in an electric car. The first is...

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Paul Daley

Ella Baron on showing solidarity with Jewish communities – cartoon

Ella Baron on showing solidarity with Jewish communities – cartoon

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The Guardian view on unhealthy Britain: from housing to junk food, there are solutions

The Guardian view on unhealthy Britain: from housing to junk food, there are solutions

The two-year decline in healthy life expectancy in Britain, set out in new analysis from the Health Foundation thinktank, is devastating. In a wealthy...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on China’s carrots and sticks: Trump should not shift on Taiwan when he visits Beijing

The Guardian view on China’s carrots and sticks: Trump should not shift on Taiwan when he visits Beijing

China senses opportunity when Donald Trump visits later this month. A nakedly transactional US president in need of a trade deal, and hoping that...

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Editorial

Nothing prepared me for losing my mother. But in Islam, to mourn someone means keeping them alive in our actions

Nothing prepared me for losing my mother. But in Islam, to mourn someone means keeping them alive in our actions

Mum was kind and gentle in a way that felt so natural. She raised all five of us pretty much on her own after Dad passed away. Those were not easy...

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Shadi Khan Saif

Jewish Londoners deserve to live without fear – we are taking action to ensure their safety

Jewish Londoners deserve to live without fear – we are taking action to ensure their safety

Jewish people are living in fear – a fear that has been building for years but has become acute in recent weeks. It now seeps into every part of...

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Sadiq Khan

Young Americans have soured on Trump

Young Americans have soured on Trump

Republicans rejoiced when far more young voters than expected backed Donald Trump in 2024, with many of them moved by Trump’s grandiose promises,...

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Steven Greenhouse

I have an amazing holiday to look forward to – and all I can think about is how I’ll mess it up

I have an amazing holiday to look forward to – and all I can think about is how I’ll mess it up

In the 1980s, a friend of my father navigated through Europe in a camper van with his family using only the map in the back of a pocket diary. He...

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Emma Beddington

The supreme court trusts America not to be racist. I don’t

The supreme court trusts America not to be racist. I don’t

Six supreme court justices handed down a ruling built, ostensibly, on the belief that the US has changed so much as to render the protections of the...

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Jamil Smith

I’m a late arrival to short-form video – its effect on my life has shocked me

I’m a late arrival to short-form video – its effect on my life has shocked me

A clip from Before Sunrise. A woman joking that she won’t date men with flat heads because their lack of tummy time as babies betrays parental...

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Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Stopping to admire wisteria and taking pride in your laundry? Join me in the land of grownups

Stopping to admire wisteria and taking pride in your laundry? Join me in the land of grownups

I nearly drove into a wall the other day, because I couldn’t take my eyes off some spectacular wisteria. Ten years ago I doubt I would have even...

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Polly Hudson

The Coalition is nailing its own coffin shut in Farrer. It should have had the courage to put One Nation last

The Coalition is nailing its own coffin shut in Farrer. It should have had the courage to put One Nation last

In 1997, when I was presenting the Country Hour on the ABC, I was sitting in an outside broadcast van at an agricultural field day in Northern...

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Zoe Daniel

Police are using surveillance tech to stalk love interests. Dystopia, here we come

Police are using surveillance tech to stalk love interests. Dystopia, here we come

Who would you rate as the world’s most unlikeable tech tycoon? Elon Musk is obviously a major contender. The digital warlord Palmer Luckey is also...

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Arwa Mahdawi

The UK and US are boorish in their own ways. But I often wish I were British

The UK and US are boorish in their own ways. But I often wish I were British

The so-called “special relationship” between Britain and the United States has never seemed more tenuous. At times, it looks like the US-UK...

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Dave Schilling

The moderate majority needs to wake up in the fight against antisemitism

The moderate majority needs to wake up in the fight against antisemitism

“One day, this terrible war will be over. The time will come when we’ll be people again and not just Jews.” I keep coming back to those words...

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Sarah sackman

Samuel Ojo on Starmer and the cost of living crisis – cartoon

Samuel Ojo on Starmer and the cost of living crisis – cartoon

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The Devil Wears Prada is back – and oh, those fat jokes are wearing thin

The Devil Wears Prada is back – and oh, those fat jokes are wearing thin

During the two-month endurance test that was The Devil Wears Prada 2’s global press tour, Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway hinted that the...

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Chloe mac donnell

Britain pioneered the comfortable retirement – but that golden age is coming to an end

Britain pioneered the comfortable retirement – but that golden age is coming to an end

When you think of retirement, what comes to mind? Perhaps it is images of older people enjoying a well-deserved period of leisure and comfort in the...

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Helen mccarthy