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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...

yesterday 7

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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

The king went to Washington to save Britain’s bacon. He may also have shown the US how to save itself

The king went to Washington to save Britain’s bacon. He may also have shown the US how to save itself

Of the many jokes cracked by King Charles during his visit to Washington, the one recalling the definitive 18th-century Anglo-French contest for...

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Simon Tisdall

The Guardian view on the legacy of the Festival of Britain: look to the future

The Guardian view on the legacy of the Festival of Britain: look to the future

Launched by King George VI on 3 May 1951, the Festival of Britain was conceived as a “tonic” for a nation battered by war, debt and rationing. At...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on Britain’s fragile systems: when global shocks hit your shopping bill

The Guardian view on Britain’s fragile systems: when global shocks hit your shopping bill

When the Bank of England warned this week that food inflation could reach 7% by the end of the year, it revealed how little stands between a...

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Editorial

A British minority faces a murderous threat on our streets. Where are the so-called anti-racists?

A British minority faces a murderous threat on our streets. Where are the so-called anti-racists?

For me, it’s mostly sadness. Among others, the overriding emotion is fear. For some, it’s anger. It was certainly anger that was most vividly on...

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Jonathan Freedland

Martin Rowson on King Charles’s visit to the US – cartoon

Martin Rowson on King Charles’s visit to the US – cartoon

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Love-all: how Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner’s rivalry turned tennis from a bloodsport into a bromance

Love-all: how Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner’s rivalry turned tennis from a bloodsport into a bromance

Tennis is hard. To succeed you need to be fast, strong, have deft hands and joints of steel. It’s also a solo sport against a single opponent so you...

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Emily Mulligan

What’s Donald Trump’s relationship with the truth?

What’s Donald Trump’s relationship with the truth?

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The supreme court’s voting rights decision wasn’t about law – it was about politics

The supreme court’s voting rights decision wasn’t about law – it was about politics

The supreme court justices John Roberts, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have made it their life’s work to unravel the Voting Rights Act and undo...

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David Daley

James Comey’s reindictment is the product of a twisted justice department

James Comey’s reindictment is the product of a twisted justice department

Consider the following screed: “If any other President had the ability, foresight, or talents necessary, to build this ballroom, which will be one...

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Lawrence Douglas

If I could vote in next week’s Senedd election, I’d choose Plaid Cymru. Here’s why

If I could vote in next week’s Senedd election, I’d choose Plaid Cymru. Here’s why

If I were living in Wales, next week I would vote Welsh nationalist, for Plaid Cymru. But I would do so for what its leader claims to support but...

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Simon Jenkins

We are preparing to transform the moon and Mars. The public must have a say in this future

We are preparing to transform the moon and Mars. The public must have a say in this future

This month’s splashdown of Artemis II was rightly celebrated as a technical achievement. Four astronauts traveled farther from Earth than any humans...

friday 8

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Ben Bramble

Under the Trump administration, pressure on the press is both subtle and direct

Under the Trump administration, pressure on the press is both subtle and direct

Shortly after sitting for a televised interview with CBS News in January, Donald Trump conveyed a threat through his press secretary: air the...

friday 10

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Kai Falkenberg

Working Americans are taking the streets for May Day. Will Democrats pay attention?

Working Americans are taking the streets for May Day. Will Democrats pay attention?

On Friday, more than 3,000 May Day protests will take place across the United States – more than double last year’s number. Workers, students and...

friday 9

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Claire valdez

King Charles has saved the special relationship – for now

King Charles has saved the special relationship – for now

In the end, it was a royal triumph, as King Charles and Queen Camilla managed to avoid all the mines in their path (the strait of Hormuz is not the...

friday 10

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Ted widmer

As Alice Springs grieves for Kumanjayi Little Baby Australia is seeing how incredible our community is

As Alice Springs grieves for Kumanjayi Little Baby Australia is seeing how incredible our community is

It’s hard to make sense of the events of the last 24 hours – or the last five days. The only thing we know for sure is that a family is...

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Catherine Liddle

UK Biobank has my data, but I’m not worried. I know the benefits are too great to consider pulling out

UK Biobank has my data, but I’m not worried. I know the benefits are too great to consider pulling out

One thing Britain is exceptionally good at is collecting and using health data for research, studying cohorts of people over many decades. A shudder...

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Polly Toynbee

Are all our politicians on drugs? No. Yet it is fair to say some may occasionally attend work refreshed

Are all our politicians on drugs? No. Yet it is fair to say some may occasionally attend work refreshed

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Gor blimey it smells like a brewery

My advice to Hannah Spencer? Before calling out MPs’ boozing, try to understand the reasons behind it

My advice to Hannah Spencer? Before calling out MPs’ boozing, try to understand the reasons behind it

Seven o’clock on a Monday night and I am standing in the House of Commons, nursing a glass of vinegary white wine. All around me are people doing...

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Gaby Hinsliff

Germany’s climate U-turn is the worst possible response to the oil shock

Germany’s climate U-turn is the worst possible response to the oil shock

The car is perhaps the closest thing Germany has to a national symbol. For this reason, the success of the auto industry and the happiness of...

friday 6

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Tania Roettger

The royal commission into antisemitism’s interim report should improve safety. But what’s revelatory is what it does not recommend

The royal commission into antisemitism’s interim report should improve safety. But what’s revelatory is what it does not recommend

The interim report of the royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion is in, and offers more questions than answers, as expected. An April...

friday 3

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David Heilpern

Cash, contra and five-star hotels: Kyle Sandiland’s gold-plated contract revealed in legal battle with Kiis FM

Cash, contra and five-star hotels: Kyle Sandiland’s gold-plated contract revealed in legal battle with Kiis FM

When the federal court lifted a restriction on access to Kyle Sandilands’ full $100m contract it gave us a rare peek into the minutiae of the...

friday 10

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Amanda Meade

The Guardian view on Trump’s war on science: politicising a generation of researchers

The Guardian view on Trump’s war on science: politicising a generation of researchers

Donald Trump’s war on science has been vicious and hugely damaging, but it is worth noting that he has lost some of its biggest battles. Last year,...

friday 10

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Editorial

The Guardian view on the Golders Green attack: the public as well as the state must tackle antisemitism

The Guardian view on the Golders Green attack: the public as well as the state must tackle antisemitism

The stabbing of two men in north-west London on Wednesday by an attacker described as seeking anyone “visibly Jewish” would be horrifying under...

friday 10

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Editorial

After Golders Green, this is what British Jews need from the government, the police – and the rest of society

After Golders Green, this is what British Jews need from the government, the police – and the rest of society

Another week, another attack on British Jews; and rather than synagogues being petrol-bombed in the middle of the night, now it is ordinary Jews being...

friday 10

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Dave Rich

Ben Jennings on the antisemitic terror attack in Golders Green – cartoon

Ben Jennings on the antisemitic terror attack in Golders Green – cartoon

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Chaos within Labour has paused for now, but after the May elections the leadership contest begins in earnest

Chaos within Labour has paused for now, but after the May elections the leadership contest begins in earnest

Westminster politics is currently consumed by the fact that the May elections are next week. On Tuesday night Labour MPs voted down a Tory proposal...

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Morgan Jones

Political donations are poison to our democracy – but there’s an easy antidote to that

Political donations are poison to our democracy – but there’s an easy antidote to that

How do we know whether political funding is corrupt? Mostly, we don’t. A plutocrat delivers a sack of cash to a political party. A few weeks later,...

friday 10

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George Monbiot

If you’re a fan of laughing, you should invest in Australian comedy – take my (and Nick Offerman’s) word for it

If you’re a fan of laughing, you should invest in Australian comedy – take my (and Nick Offerman’s) word for it

Last week, Parks and Recreation star, and most importantly Megan Mullally’s husband, Nick Offerman, was asked on Amy Poehler’s podcast what he’s...

friday 10

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Rebecca Shaw

It’s time to tax AI slop

It’s time to tax AI slop

As the US midterm elections approach, voters are voicing concern about AI. According to an NBC News poll of registered voters, 57% believe the risks...

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Mike Pepi

A ballroom bunker is a perfect symbol for Trump 2.0

A ballroom bunker is a perfect symbol for Trump 2.0

A self-declared “secretary of war” keeps committing war crimes; people are dying in Africa because of Musk’s cuts to USAid; farm bankruptcies in...

30.04.2026 10

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Jan-Werner Müller

Activists paid for the Voting Rights Act in blood. The supreme court has undermined it

Activists paid for the Voting Rights Act in blood. The supreme court has undermined it

The supreme court on Wednesday paved the way for racial discrimination in voting, 60 years after Martin Luther King Jr and thousands of other movement...

30.04.2026 10

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Sophia lin lakin

Jimmy Kimmel’s quip about Melania Trump is protected speech, and Disney must stand tall

Jimmy Kimmel’s quip about Melania Trump is protected speech, and Disney must stand tall

A few days before the alleged assassination attempt on Donald Trump last weekend, one comic’s joke on his late-night show sounded routine enough, if...

30.04.2026 10

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Margaret Sullivan

The supreme court’s voting rights decision is a death knell for American democracy

The supreme court’s voting rights decision is a death knell for American democracy

Is America a democracy? The term implies an equality of rights and dignity among citizens, a collective and uniform right of individuals to...

30.04.2026 10

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Moira Donegan