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  • In the footsteps of Linnaeus
    Scientists share their passion for species

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    Biodiversity Workers by Christer Bjorkman - from top left : Åsa Kruys, Mats Thulin, Vivi Vajda; from bottom right: Mats Jonsell, Emma Kärrnäs and Torbjörn Tyler.

  • Abandoned Britain
    The grand department store that became a cannabis farm

    A black-and-white photo of Wildings department store on Commercial Street, Newport, in 1911

  • ‘A feeling of ecstasy’
    The making of the thunderous Mother Mary soundtrack

    Mother Mary Original Score Artwork

  • ICE
    A journalist filmed a protest. Federal agents showed up at her door

    A woman in a brown leather jacket sits on a stool in a corner, with the walls papered in newspaper.

  • Colombia
    History-making VP blames racism for frustrating four years

    Francia Márquez standing in a doorway looking to her right

  • Artists, clowns, runaways
    A stay at the Chelsea Hotel

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    Patti Smith at the Chelsea

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  • Image of choppy, dark North Atlantic sea

    Environment
    Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought

    Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas
  • Vanessa Springora, Bernard Henri Levy and Virginie Despentes in portrait photographs

    France
    More than 100 writers quit French publisher in protest against rightwing owner Vincent Bolloré

  • A Buddhist monk in red robes stands on a street with other Burmese people outside a shop marked Telenor

    Myanmar
    Norway’s state telecoms firm accused of helping Myanmar regime seize activists

  • Julius Malema wearing a black shirt and jacket and red tie in court

    South Africa
    South African politician Julius Malema given five-year jail term for gun offence

  • Pedro Pascal

    Chile
    Pedro Pascal v Pedro Piscal: actor in legal battle with Chilean spirit brand

In focus

  • Francia Márquez standing in a doorway looking to her right

    Colombia
    Colombia’s history-making VP blames racism for four years of frustration

    Francia Márquez, the country’s first Black vice-president, opens up about the strains in her relationship with the president and the obstacles she has faced: ‘The Colombian state is a racist state’

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  • Sid Lowe

    Live reader Q&A
    ‘Is Spanish dominance in Europe coming to an end?’ – Sid Lowe answered your football questions

  • Abandoned Britain
    Wildings in Newport, Wales: the grand department store that became an illicit cannabis farm

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  • Famous Indian singer Asha Bhosle, who will be performing with The Kronos Quartet(AUSTRALIA OUT) Famous Indian singer Asha Bhosle, who will be performing with The Kronos Quartet at The Sydney Opera House, 8 March 2007. SMH Picture by STEVEN SIEWERT (Photo by Fairfax Media via Getty Images/Fairfax Media via Getty Images via Getty Images)

    Music
    Asha Bhosle: Bollywood singer whose songs were a foundation of the Indian film industry – obituary

  • The reunited Sugar playing an a house (left to right) David Barbe, Malcolm Travis and Bob Mould.

    Music
    90s rock icon Bob Mould: ‘When Cobain died, I pulled the plug – there was nothing worth saving’

  • A large building surrounded by forest.

    Design a better world
    Puerto Rico’s rainforest center reborn: in pictures

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  • Biodiversity Workers by Christer Bjorkman - from top left : Åsa Kruys, Mats Thulin, Vivi Vajda; from bottom right: Mats Jonsell, Emma Kärrnäs and Torbjörn Tyler.

    The age of extinction
    In the footsteps of Linnaeus: scientists share their passion for species from tiny wasps to hairy plants – in pictures

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  • Grant Marshall and Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack

    Music
    Massive Attack: Boots on the Ground (ft Tom Waits) review – first single in a decade is a dark hymn for our times

  • Illustration showing shopping carts as glasses filled with groceries on person's face

    You be the judge
    Should my girlfriend change the way she bags her supermarket shopping?

Opinion

  • Rajan Menon

    double quotation markBehind the bluster, Donald Trump desperately needs a peace deal with Iran. Here’s a solution

    Rajan Menon
    Washington and Tehran will have to make compromises and the current deadline must be extended. But with the will there’s clearly a way, says Rajan Menon, a professor emeritus of international relations

  • double quotation mark A single Epstein email shines a light on myths about American justice – and art

    Alex Duran
    In prison, I witnessed the gap in accountability between the poor and the elite. A banker’s message to Epstein is racist and reductive

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    double quotation markTicket to ride? Fifa premium makes this the World Cup that actively hates you

    Jonathan Liew
  • Emma Brockes

    double quotation markJustin Trudeau at Coachella? That’s just wrong: at a certain age, things must change

    Emma Brockes
  • Dave Schilling

    double quotation markI was one of Lena Dunham’s haters. I want to say I’m sorry

    Dave Schilling
  • Stuart Heritage

    double quotation markMy son is getting glasses for the first time. He’s fine about it but I’m an emotional wreck

    Stuart Heritage

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    Social science research: embracing uncertainty

  • The Guardian view
    The looming energy shock: ministers need to show they have a plan

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  • Ben Jennings on Trumpflation and Britain’s cost of living crisis – cartoon

    Ben Jennings
    Trumpflation

    The US-Israel war continues to hurt the global economy, with the IMF giving Britain the sharpest growth downgrade in the G7
  • Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe during a training session

    double quotation markHowe faces familiar foes with Newcastle reign at a critical crossroads

    Louise Taylor
  • Piteå IF players celebrate their 3-2 Swedish Cup victory over Malmö FF

    Moving the Goalposts
    Piteå IF feel the pinch as Swedish football’s outlier: ‘It’s an impossible puzzle’

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  • Michael Olise celebrates after scoring Bayern Munich’s winner against Real Madrid

    Champions League
    Díaz and Olise late show sends Bayern into semi-finals after Real Madrid classic

  • Andoni Iraola during Bournemouth training

    double quotation markIraola pulled Bournemouth out of Howe’s shadow and towards a stable, hopeful future

    Jeff Rueter
  • Scotland players gather into a huddle at the start of a training session this week

    Rugby union
    ‘It was stressful’: inside Scotland women’s Rugby World Cup contract wrangle

  • Stephen CurryGolden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry celebrates after scoring during the second half of an NBA play-in tournament basketball game against the LA Clippers, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

    NBA
    Curry and Green roll back the years to keep Warriors’ season alive: ‘For one night, we’re us’

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  • Two women sit on chairs outside a small house. One has a small child on her lap. There are two other small children next to them

    Global health
    Can you stop malaria crossing borders? One nation’s bid to wipe out the disease

    Informal migration, plus climate change and rising numbers of cases globally, are complicating the tireless efforts of the landlocked African country to eradicate the killer disease
  • A utility pole blocks a road in Saipan after a super typhoon hit the Northern Marianas.

    Pacific islands
    Northern Marianas brace for weeks without power, water after super typhoon Sinlaku

  • Tins of tuna fish with the MSC logo.

    Environment
    MSC’s ‘blue tick’ scheme creates illusion of ethically sourced fish, study claims

  • Stella McCartney’s new collection at H&M

    Fashion
    Stella McCartney launches sustainable collection with H&M

  • Daniel Craig as James Bond exits a car in No Time to Die

    Film
    James Bond studio heads urge patience over casting announcement

  • A fire at Viva oil refinery

    Australia
    Geelong fire: blaze at one of Australia’s two oil refineries extinguished after 13 hours as fuel supply fears remain

  • Battery farmed hens.

    Pollution
    Ammonia pollution hotspots found in areas of UK with most pig and poultry factory farms

  • Floating solar panels on the sea in Goheung, South Korea,

    Renewables
    South Korea plans to use Iran crisis to spur an energy revolution

  • The back of a whale above the water, with the skyline of San Francisco in the background.

    California
    Gray whales, once rare in San Francisco Bay, dying there at alarming rates

UK news

  • UK
    Church warden jailed for life for murder of lecturer has conviction quashed

  • Business
    UK could face gaps on supermarket shelves by summer if Iran war continues

  • Economic growth
    UK economy showed surprise 0.5% growth before Iran war

  • UK
    Lincolnshire church leaning more than Tower of Pisa needs £100k to fix wonky floor

World news

  • Dementia
    Effect of ‘gamechanger’ Alzheimer’s drugs ‘trivial’, review concludes

  • Business
    Shares in Allbirds surge after maker of wool sneakers announces pivot to AI

  • US immigration
    France seeks release of 86-year-old French widow detained by ICE

  • Palestine
    Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti facing ‘escalating abuse’ in Israeli jails

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  • Mother Mary Original Score Artwork

    Soundtracks
    ‘A feeling of ecstasy’: how Anne Hathaway and FKA twigs created the thunderous Mother Mary soundtrack

  • Paula Rego Study for Embarkation, 1992 Pencil on paper

    Art
    Paula Rego review – tantalising drawings with the shoeprints left on them

What to watch

  • Carey Mulligan as Lindsay in Beef.

    Television
    Beef season two review – the best show on TV becomes an unlovable White Lotus rip-off

  • Paula Beer in a red car in Miroirs No 3.

    Film
    Miroirs No 3 review – Christian Petzold’s elegantly unnerving mystery of grief and family dysfunction

  • Grayson Perry standing near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco

    Television
    Grayson Perry Has Seen the Future review – some of these insights into AI are just mindblowing

  • Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser in Balls Up

    Film
    Balls Up review – Mark Wahlberg is a hoot in gross-out football comedy

What to listen to

  • Yes sir, I can boogie … Jessie Ware.

    Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Jessie Ware: Superbloom review – Table Manners host dishes up more disco – but where are the bangers?

  • A man with cropped bleached blond hair sits at a table in cafe.

    Music
    ‘Fame quickly became a nightmare’: Preston on Big Brother, falling from a balcony – and reforming the Ordinary Boys

  • Irena and Vojtěch Havlovi.

    ‘She wanted to disappear in silence’
    The magical life and mysterious death of married musician duo Irena and Vojtěch Havlovi

  • Moya Brennan performing with Clannad in Dublin in 2011.

    double quotation markClannad’s Moya Brennan had a dazzling, distinctive voice that lifted spirits until the end

    Jude Rogers

What to read

  • Caro Claire Burke.

    Fiction
    Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke review – the downfall of an all‑American tradwife

  • a woman sits while holding a book open

    Toni Morrison
    How Toni Morrison blurred the lines between being an editor and a writer

  • Women working in a Magdalene Laundry, holding fabric in industrial setting, circa 1940s.

    History books
    The Fallen by Louise Brangan review – an enraging account of Ireland’s Magdalene laundries

  • Picture of cat on the steps in Monmartre, Paris.

    Autofiction
    My Year in Paris With Gertrude Stein by Deborah Levy review – wonderfully entertaining

What to play

  • Pragmata.

    Review
    Pragmata review – soulful sad dad saga in stunning outer space

  • Character exploring crashed machinery in Arc Raiders' post-apocalyptic world

    Gaming psychology
    ‘Seeking connection’: the video game where players stopped shooting and started talking

  • Man in suit at lectern flanked by row of people, in front of state seal on wall and American flag.

    Roblox
    Gaming platform to implement youth protections and pay $12m in Nevada settlement

  • Armored character with weapon in Marathon video game

    Pushing Buttons newsletter
    Long live the ‘unc game’

    Newsletter

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  • Patti Smith at the Chelsea

    Photography
    Artists, clowns, runaways: a stay at the Chelsea Hotel – in pictures

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  • Paula Rego Study for Embarkation, 1992 Pencil on paper

    Art
    Paula Rego review – tantalising drawings with the shoeprints left on them

  • Visitors viewing artwork in the David Geffen Galleries

    Los Angeles
    ‘Designed to disorient’: LA art museum unveils enormous concrete gallery, 20 years in the making

  • Cover art for Madonna's album Confessions II.

    Music
    Madonna announces sequel to her 2005 album Confessions on a Dance Floor

Lifestyle

  • A selection of four purple-tinged coffee and matcha drinks

    Food
    Move over matcha: how ube cocktails and coffees are hitting the UK’s sweet spot

  • Meghan on her Australian tour

    Australia
    Meghan’s Sydney wellness retreat promises ‘a girls’ weekend like no other’ – but what does a A$3,200 ticket buy?

Food

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    Drink
    Just the tonic: why it’s more than a mixer

  • Bowl of Rachel Roddy's penne with potato, cabbage, butter and cheese on a bowl. On a table.

    A kitchen in Rome
    Rachel Roddy’s ‘high-ranking’ penne with potatoes, cabbage, butter and cheese

  • Tom Hunt's torta paesana chocolate tart topped with nuts on parchment paper.

    Waste not
    How to turn old bread into a brilliant Italian cake – recipe

  • Ravinder Bhogal's lime pickle roast chicken.

    Sharp thinking
    Roast chicken, cheesy scones and a genius cocktail: Ravinder Bhogal’s recipes for cooking with lime pickle

Fashion & beauty

  • A knot made up of thick strands of healthy-looking brown hair

    Beauty
    Sali Hughes on beauty: how to repair your hair in three minutes – no scissors or faffing required

  • A woman sitting on a stool, wearing a white turtleneck, navy jacket, blue flare jeans and white slingback shoes

    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
    How to make sandwich dressing your style bread and butter

  • Plum Sykes smiles at the camera while standing in front of a floral background

    Fashion media
    Lifestyle blogger said to have inspired Devil Wears Prada character uses unpaid student interns

  • Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola reacts during a Champions League match at the Etihad Stadium

    Shirts
    ‘Casual without being sloppy’: why flannel shirts are making a comeback

Relationships

  • Speech bubble showing four-out-of-five heart rating on pink background

    Parents
    Despite their bad reputation, parenting group chats are – for some – the village that never sleeps

  • A man and a cat at a vet's office.

    The pet I'll never forget
    Chilly, the kitten I saved from freezing to death

  • illustration of child cradled in protective hands

    This is how we do it
    ‘I love the idea of only knowing one person intimately for the rest of my life’

  • Jack and Heather looking at each other

    Blind date
    ‘She claimed she was usually shy. I wouldn’t have guessed’

Health & fitness

  • Two elderly women making pasta

    Pass notes
    Nonnamaxxing: do Italian grandmothers hold the secret to a long and happy life?

  • Science Weekly
    The surprising value of boring chats, ‘super El Niño’ and Alzheimer’s evidence reviewed

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    Breath
    Are you breathing properly? How I found out I wasn’t

  • Duck with a lifebuoy around its body

    Psychology
    Always in crisis mode? You might be catastrophising – here’s how to stop

More lifestyle

  • Lucy Knight tries out tradwife recipes at home by making focaccia from scratch

    Women
    double quotation markMy month in the tradwife world: ‘I can’t pretend I’m not enjoying myself at all ...’

  • A strange man with a question mark for a moustache

    Thursday quiz
    Trump is unwise, an emperor dies and a €1m raffle prize

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    England
    ‘Bath, Harrogate … Woodhall?’ A short break in one of the UK’s most forgotten spa towns

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    How we survive
    ‘I was peeing blood constantly’: my ketamine hell – and what made me stop

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