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When you watch the acclaimed TV drama Time, remember this: I’ve seen inside our prisons and they are just as bleak

When you watch the acclaimed TV drama Time, remember this: I’ve seen inside our prisons and they are just as bleak

The new series of Time is not an easy watch. The opening seconds of Jimmy McGovern’s prison drama show a normal woman on a normal bus, as it drives...

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Alex South

Blunder in, abandon allies and court a dictator: it’s the Trump doctrine, now playing out in Myanmar

Blunder in, abandon allies and court a dictator: it’s the Trump doctrine, now playing out in Myanmar

Marco Rubio was once adamant that the US had to do everything in its power to end what he described as the “ethnic cleansing” of the Rohingya in...

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Steve Bloomfield

Finally, everyone fancies James Acaster. What took them so long?

Finally, everyone fancies James Acaster. What took them so long?

It’s hard not to wonder how James Acaster feels at the moment. On the one hand, everybody suddenly fancies him, which must be flattering. On the...

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Polly Hudson

If Trump becomes a lame duck, surely countries like Australia can say what we really think?

If Trump becomes a lame duck, surely countries like Australia can say what we really think?

In two weeks, Donald Trump faces his moment of truth; transformational midterm elections that will drastically influence the rest of his presidency,...

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Zoe Daniel

Move over, pervert glasses – the latest toxic trend is robogroping

Move over, pervert glasses – the latest toxic trend is robogroping

You may be familiar with rule 34 of the internet, which states that if something exists or can be imagined, there will almost certainly be online porn...

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Arwa Mahdawi

Madeline Horwath on AI food advertising – cartoon

Madeline Horwath on AI food advertising – cartoon

AI (artificial intelligence) Saturday Opinion cartoon

yesterday 10

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12.00 Cest

The hill I will die on: Cinemas have been getting away with lies. Films should begin on time

The hill I will die on: Cinemas have been getting away with lies. Films should begin on time

Do you remember the last time you were lied to? I certainly do. I was tricked by the North Finchley Vue, which sold me and my boyfriend tickets to a...

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Jeffrey Ingold

‘Austerity is inevitably painful’: How Michael Gove justifies his politics | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast

‘Austerity is inevitably painful’: How Michael Gove justifies his politics | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast

Watch the full episode with Michael Gove here. Aditya’s suggested reading: To read the fruits of Michael Gove’s dalliance with the Marxism Today...

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Podcast

The Letby public inquiry will lead to more blame and suspicion in the NHS – and patients will be less safe

The Letby public inquiry will lead to more blame and suspicion in the NHS – and patients will be less safe

I have been Lucy Letby’s barrister for the past two years. I have spent thousands of hours going through the evidence, speaking to experts and...

yesterday 10

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Mark McDonald

French schoolchildren have been treated like violent criminals – for telling the truth

French schoolchildren have been treated like violent criminals – for telling the truth

As a secondary school pupil in 1994, I took part in protests against a reform that would have allowed French employers to pay young people below the...

yesterday 10

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Rokhaya Diallo

Women just want to work out in peace. Why all the thigh-rubbing lechery?

Women just want to work out in peace. Why all the thigh-rubbing lechery?

I’ve spent the morning doing Shane Gillis’s work: checking out women in the gym. If you’ve avoided Gillis thus far, apologies for enlightening...

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Emma Beddington

The Guardian view on Winnie-the-Pooh: now we are 100

The Guardian view on Winnie-the-Pooh: now we are 100

“Pooh, promise you won’t forget about me, ever. Not even when I’m a hundred,” Christopher Robin implores his bear in the final chapter of AA...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on the banks: too big to fail cannot mean too big to tax

The Guardian view on the banks: too big to fail cannot mean too big to tax

John Healey is planning to tax British banks, the Guardian revealed, in the forthcoming budget. It’s about time for the chancellor to act. Banks...

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Editorial

Of course Trump is helping Russia in Ukraine – he’s a master of the art of betrayal

Of course Trump is helping Russia in Ukraine – he’s a master of the art of betrayal

Donald Trump must find it oddly frustrating. He keeps showing the world exactly who he is, and yet the world keeps refusing to believe it. As clearly...

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Jonathan Freedland

Martin Rowson on John Healey’s first budget – cartoon

Martin Rowson on John Healey’s first budget – cartoon

Guardian Opinion cartoon

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16.27 Cest

Since my daughter moved out of home, my household has shrunk. A yearly tradition brings us together

Since my daughter moved out of home, my household has shrunk. A yearly tradition brings us together

It’s citrus season, and the trees of my streets are heavy with the bright balls of fruit. My son sometimes picks me a lemon or two on his way home...

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Nova Weetman

As Trump chaos builds ahead of the midterms, Albanese must tread carefully

As Trump chaos builds ahead of the midterms, Albanese must tread carefully

When Anthony Albanese jets to Florida for the G20 leaders summit later this year, he could come face to face with the architect of Russia’s invasion...

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Tom McIlroy

I’ve debated with Israel’s most fervent defenders – NAZA debunks their talking points

I’ve debated with Israel’s most fervent defenders – NAZA debunks their talking points

I watched the extraordinary new Guardian-produced documentary from Oscar-winning Israeli film-makers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor the other night,...

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Mehdi Hasan

We are teaching children maths they will never use. Isn’t it better to help them speak fluently?

We are teaching children maths they will never use. Isn’t it better to help them speak fluently?

At last the fourth R is born. Articulation – speaking – is to join reading, writing and arithmetic in the education canon. What has become the...

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Simon Jenkins

AI threatens democracy. But we are not powerless: here’s how to fight back

AI threatens democracy. But we are not powerless: here’s how to fight back

Big tech companies pose an immeasurable threat: socially, politically, militarily and ecologically. They are also causing a profound crisis of...

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Carine Fouteau

Britain is addicted to prisons. Our crumbling probation service proves they don’t work

Britain is addicted to prisons. Our crumbling probation service proves they don’t work

Public services need more investment across the board. Every day, another wretched story. Look at the Institute for Government’s (IFG) Public...

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Polly Toynbee

The right’s scrounger rhetoric dominates the benefits debate. Labour must fight back – and win

The right’s scrounger rhetoric dominates the benefits debate. Labour must fight back – and win

Back in 2009, months before the coalition government unleashed sweeping austerity, the then Conservative backbencher Iain Duncan Smith produced a...

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Frances Ryan

What I wish the manosphere was about, as a woman

What I wish the manosphere was about, as a woman

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How About Lifting Others Up

The Guardian view on food security: we have just-in-time, we need just-in-case

The Guardian view on food security: we have just-in-time, we need just-in-case

What’s worrying French supermarket bosses should be prompting British ministers to action. On Sunday, hackers forced up the temperatures of...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on Stormont: voters in Northern Ireland deserve more than an endless cycle of dysfunction

The Guardian view on Stormont: voters in Northern Ireland deserve more than an endless cycle of dysfunction

Late last month, protesters deposited a sizable amount of foul-smelling green water on the steps of Stormont to draw attention to the appalling state...

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Editorial

It’s not the old two-party politics – but Labour and the Tories now know they can shun their populist challengers

It’s not the old two-party politics – but Labour and the Tories now know they can shun their populist challengers

Ask a straight question, get a straight answer. It’s how politics is supposed to work but almost never does, which is why on the rare occasions it...

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Gaby Hinsliff

Ben Jennings on Reform UK’s council candidates – cartoon

Ben Jennings on Reform UK’s council candidates – cartoon

Guardian Opinion cartoon

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19.03 Cest

One week a year I escape my ‘real’ life as broke standup comic – and travel back to medieval times

One week a year I escape my ‘real’ life as broke standup comic – and travel back to medieval times

Every Friday night on a community sports field in Melbourne’s inner north, a few hundred nerds dress up in historical armour and attack each other...

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Scout Boxall

Trump should fear the BBC – these are the people who made Noel’s House Party

Trump should fear the BBC – these are the people who made Noel’s House Party

For the greatest account of the BBC’s finest hour, one must turn to Penelope Fitzgerald’s novel, Human Voices, written in 1980 and set 40 years...

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Emma Brockes

Can Lena Dunham do for 40-year-olds what she did for 23-year-olds? I know she can

Can Lena Dunham do for 40-year-olds what she did for 23-year-olds? I know she can

HBO’s Girls is coming back, Lena Dunham and her fellow cast members announced this week, and the internet is already abuzz. Women of a certain age,...

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Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The global economy is muddling through against the odds. But a storm is coming

The global economy is muddling through against the odds. But a storm is coming

Not much has gone right for the global economy this year, and plenty has gone wrong. Two big regional wars are destabilising prices and supply chains...

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Larry Elliott

How Gaza changed Europe, exposing cracks that grow bigger by the week

How Gaza changed Europe, exposing cracks that grow bigger by the week

For three painful years, Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, in retaliation for the Hamas terror attacks on 7 October 2023, has killed more than 74,000...

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Shada Islam

The Victorian election put gas laws on the ballot. The Coalition and One Nation have chosen to fight for the indefensible

The Victorian election put gas laws on the ballot. The Coalition and One Nation have chosen to fight for the indefensible

As an engineer I see the climate problem simply. We have a collection of machines – some burn fossil fuels, others don’t. We need to stop buying...

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Saul Griffith

Violent and abusive language is seeping into our political debate. We have Donald Trump to blame

Violent and abusive language is seeping into our political debate. We have Donald Trump to blame

At some point, though it’s hard to pinpoint precisely when, the language of supposedly civilised public discourse started to become imbued with a...

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Paul Daley

The Guardian view on Spain’s snap election: high stakes for Europe as Pedro Sánchez gambles again

The Guardian view on Spain’s snap election: high stakes for Europe as Pedro Sánchez gambles again

When it comes to risk-taking, Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has a formidable track record. In 2018, the Socialist party leader swept to...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on Trump’s deal with Putin: grim and grubby, but not gamechanging

The Guardian view on Trump’s deal with Putin: grim and grubby, but not gamechanging

When Donald Trump pledged to end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of re-entering the White House last year, no one with any depth of insight into...

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Editorial

For the future of green politics, look beyond the Green party

For the future of green politics, look beyond the Green party

The future of Green politics is under constant discussion after the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, but a much heavier clash – in meaning,...

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Zoe Williams

Nicola Jennings on the public row between Trump and Zelenskyy – cartoon

Nicola Jennings on the public row between Trump and Zelenskyy – cartoon

Guardian Opinion cartoon

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17.45 Cest

I hate golf

I hate golf

I hate golf. A good walk spoiled? The whole day spoiled, more like. As with many cases of hate, it has its roots in love. You see, I just love the...

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Adrian Chiles

Vitamin patches have their grip on the wellness industry: but is the fad only skin deep?

Vitamin patches have their grip on the wellness industry: but is the fad only skin deep?

Feeling fatigued and listless? Searching for an energy boost? Want to improve your mood and motivation? The solution may be, according to a...

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Donna Lu

Why are so many Americans forced to work standing up – unlike their president?

Why are so many Americans forced to work standing up – unlike their president?

Great news for everyone who is soon to fly via a US airport: the Trump administration has just elevated the travel experience. You still risk getting...

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Arwa Mahdawi

I work for a major insurer. Much of my industry is fudging the numbers in the face of the climate crisis

I work for a major insurer. Much of my industry is fudging the numbers in the face of the climate crisis

I work for a major insurer, assessing the risk posed by natural disasters on properties around the world, from family homes to schools, government...

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Anonymous

The most important US midterm trends I’m seeing

The most important US midterm trends I’m seeing

That chill in the air you are feeling is not the weather, it is the Republicans freaking out about this 2026 midterm elections. Midterms are always...

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Molly Jong-Fast

AI overlords say they want to democratise their technology. Here’s how

AI overlords say they want to democratise their technology. Here’s how

What’s your “(p)doom” – the percentage chance that rogue AI will create an existential catastrophe? Judging by their recent warnings, it is...

14.10.2026 10

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Richard Wilson

The raid on Ilhan Omar’s house is dangerous political theater

The raid on Ilhan Omar’s house is dangerous political theater

On Monday, federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security raided the Washington DC area home of Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota congresswoman and a...

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Moira Donegan

This civil war on the British right is a charade – its politics are more united than ever

This civil war on the British right is a charade – its politics are more united than ever

Kapow! In a warmly received conference speech, Kemi Badenoch turns her fire on Reform UK, describing it as “weird”, and ruling out an electoral...

14.10.2026 10

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Jonathan Liew

What started as a small political spot fire turns into a major irritant for the PM and his treasurer

What started as a small political spot fire turns into a major irritant for the PM and his treasurer

With Labor under acute pressure from One Nation’s surge in opinion polls, backlash over a series of major economic policies and unhappiness at the...

14.10.2026 10

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Tom McIlroy

Palantir is worming its way into the British state – it’s time to curb this controversial US company’s influence

Palantir is worming its way into the British state – it’s time to curb this controversial US company’s influence

What a world we live in. Imagine: gangs dragging civil servants off commuter trains and beating them up because they handed government data jobs to...

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George Monbiot

Is the internet finally unusable? Time to go back to faxes and landlines

Is the internet finally unusable? Time to go back to faxes and landlines

AI (artificial intelligence) First Dog on the Moon

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07.19 Cest

In Germany the mood is dark. But the Weimar narrative is a far right trap

In Germany the mood is dark. But the Weimar narrative is a far right trap

There is one experience we in Germany can all find mildly satisfying this autumn, as we watch the dark and terrifying final season of the hit TV...

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Klaus Brinkbäumer