Family May 16, 2026 Tim Dowling: our fantastic Mr Fox may have done us a favour We have to drag the bins through the house because the garden door is jammed. Until a scary encounter with my old enemy, that is …It’s still light out when my wife comes to me with bad news.“It’s bin day,” she says. C... Tim Dowling: our fantastic Mr Fox may have done us a favour We have to drag the bins through the house because the garden door is jammed. Until a scary encounter with my old enemy, that is …It’s still light out when my wife comes to me with bad news.“It’s bin day,” she says. C... See more
Heat and Heat Waves Jul 2, 2026 As U.S. Faces Extreme Heat, Data Centers Are Ordered to Use Backup Power to Prevent Blackouts As triple-digit heat engulfs much of the United States, the Trump administration wants grid managers to require the use of backup power that often goes unused. As U.S. Faces Extreme Heat, Data Centers Are Ordered to Use Backup Power to Prevent Blackouts As triple-digit heat engulfs much of the United States, the Trump administration wants grid managers to require the use of backup power that often goes unused. Share
Forced adoption Jul 2, 2026 Britain's apology for the scandal of forced adoption can never heal the pain for people like me | David Batty An estimated 185,000 babies were taken from unmarried mothers in England and Wales between 1949 and 1976. I was one of themAfter my adoptive father died in N... Britain's apology for the scandal of forced adoption can never heal the pain for people like me | David Batty An estimated 185,000 babies were taken from unmarried mothers in England and Wales between 1949 and 1976. I was one of themAfter my adoptive father died in N... Share
Life and style Jul 2, 2026 My job provides financial stability but my passion has gone. What do I do? | Leading questions You don’t have to force passion about a role you find boring, writes Eleanor Gordon-Smith. And it could help by asking if work has to be meaningful at allRea... My job provides financial stability but my passion has gone. What do I do? | Leading questions You don’t have to force passion about a role you find boring, writes Eleanor Gordon-Smith. And it could help by asking if work has to be meaningful at allRea... Share
Art Jul 2, 2026 Sunburnt surrealism: Gerwyn Davies’ love letter to kitschy, coastal Australiana – in pictures Sunburn, the latest exhibition by photographer and costume designer Gerwyn Davies, is a homage to the Tweed region of New South Wales and the borderlands. Th... Sunburnt surrealism: Gerwyn Davies’ love letter to kitschy, coastal Australiana – in pictures Sunburn, the latest exhibition by photographer and costume designer Gerwyn Davies, is a homage to the Tweed region of New South Wales and the borderlands. Th... Share
Tour de France Jul 2, 2026 Tour de France 2026: full team-by-team guide Jonas Vingegaard is coming off a Giro d’Italia victory, but Tadej Pogacar remains favourite and can take his fifth titleTwo strings to the Dutch team’s bow:... Tour de France 2026: full team-by-team guide Jonas Vingegaard is coming off a Giro d’Italia victory, but Tadej Pogacar remains favourite and can take his fifth titleTwo strings to the Dutch team’s bow:... Share
World Cup Jul 2, 2026 Trump is avoiding the World Cup because it’s packed with good things he doesn’t like | Barney Ronay For all its gloss and elitist governance, football will not bend to the will of a president so eager to demonise and excludeAt 4.38pm on 28 June Donald Trump... Trump is avoiding the World Cup because it’s packed with good things he doesn’t like | Barney Ronay For all its gloss and elitist governance, football will not bend to the will of a president so eager to demonise and excludeAt 4.38pm on 28 June Donald Trump... Share
Kwame Kwei-Armah Jul 2, 2026 ‘There’s not a lot of Black stories made by Black creatives in theater’: inside Kwame Kwei-Armah’s new TLC musical CrazySexyCool, the celebrated playwright’s new show in DC, is a vibrant love letter to the hits and sisterhood of the R&B trioCrazySexyCool, an ambitious new... ‘There’s not a lot of Black stories made by Black creatives in theater’: inside Kwame Kwei-Armah’s new TLC musical CrazySexyCool, the celebrated playwright’s new show in DC, is a vibrant love letter to the hits and sisterhood of the R&B trioCrazySexyCool, an ambitious new... Share
World Cup Jul 2, 2026 US World Cup performance stirs mixed emotions in St Louis’s Bosnian community The US city is home to about 70,000 Bosnians, the largest diaspora community outside their homelandMersad Smajic, a St Louis, Missouri, real estate investor... US World Cup performance stirs mixed emotions in St Louis’s Bosnian community The US city is home to about 70,000 Bosnians, the largest diaspora community outside their homelandMersad Smajic, a St Louis, Missouri, real estate investor... Share
Extreme heat Jul 2, 2026 Brutal heatwave scorches eastern US ahead of Fourth of July weekend National Weather Service warns heat index could reach 115F as extreme heat grips midwest, Ohio valley and east coastSign up for the Breaking News US newslett... Brutal heatwave scorches eastern US ahead of Fourth of July weekend National Weather Service warns heat index could reach 115F as extreme heat grips midwest, Ohio valley and east coastSign up for the Breaking News US newslett... Share
New York Jul 2, 2026 Couple who staged apparent proposal atop Empire State Building faces slew of charges ‘Rooftopers’ Angela Nikolau and Ivan Kuznetsov were arrested after allegedly scaling the New York skyscraperTwo Russian “rooftoppers” who staged an apparent... Couple who staged apparent proposal atop Empire State Building faces slew of charges ‘Rooftopers’ Angela Nikolau and Ivan Kuznetsov were arrested after allegedly scaling the New York skyscraperTwo Russian “rooftoppers” who staged an apparent... Share
Inequality Jul 2, 2026 Australia’s median wealth falls almost 7% since 2020 despite the rich getting richer, report says Swiss bank UBS finds ‘growing divide between the wealthiest and the broader population’ as country adds more than 25,000 more millionairesGet our breaking ne... Australia’s median wealth falls almost 7% since 2020 despite the rich getting richer, report says Swiss bank UBS finds ‘growing divide between the wealthiest and the broader population’ as country adds more than 25,000 more millionairesGet our breaking ne... Share
Essential poll Jul 2, 2026 Australians have more negative view of Israel than of China, Guardian Essential poll finds Poll also finds perception of Donald Trump has soured since his re-election, with fewer than a third of respondents viewing him positivelyGet our breaking ne... Australians have more negative view of Israel than of China, Guardian Essential poll finds Poll also finds perception of Donald Trump has soured since his re-election, with fewer than a third of respondents viewing him positivelyGet our breaking ne... Share