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The Guardian view on a bumper crop of horror: scary times call for even scarier films

The Guardian view on a bumper crop of horror: scary times call for even scarier films

It should surprise no one to learn that 2025 is being hailed as a golden year for horror films. All horror movies are a reflection of their time, and...

yesterday 10

The Guardian

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The Guardian view on the Caerphilly byelection: Labour’s collapse in its Welsh heartland signals a wider loss

The Guardian view on the Caerphilly byelection: Labour’s collapse in its Welsh heartland signals a wider loss

The Caerphilly byelection only looks local if you ignore what it represents: the quiet unravelling of the democratic world’s most successful...

yesterday 2

The Guardian

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Catch-and-release bail won’t work

yesterday 9

The Australian

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Bowen cites Thatcher but Ley should look to Blair

yesterday 7

The Australian

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Tuck in to enjoy our prime meat

yesterday 10

The Australian

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The Guardian view on live music: a scheme to spread the sound around deserves support

The Guardian view on live music: a scheme to spread the sound around deserves support

When the Guardian’s Helen Pidd told a young interviewee in Morecambe recently that Blur had once played there, the reaction was incredulity: “No...

previous day 50

The Guardian

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The Guardian view on Conservative immigration policy: the threat of mass expulsions is abhorrent

The Guardian view on Conservative immigration policy: the threat of mass expulsions is abhorrent

It is too early to declare Sir Keir Starmer’s “one in, one out” migration deal with France a failure, but nor can the government claim that it...

previous day 40

The Guardian

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The new education paradigm

previous day 10

The Australian

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AUKUS can’t be ‘either or’ spend

previous day 10

The Australian

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Bowen’s climate of secrecy is red hot and totally wrong

previous day 10

The Australian

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Ukraine war needs circuit-breaker

thursday 9

The Australian

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China has overplayed its hand in metals trade ban

thursday 10

The Australian

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IR cannot stay in the 1970s forever

thursday 10

The Australian

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The Guardian view on the cloud crash: an outage that showed who really runs the internet

The Guardian view on the cloud crash: an outage that showed who really runs the internet

An outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday disrupted apps and websites around the world, affecting more than 2,000 companies and leaving...

thursday 30

The Guardian

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The Guardian view on campus discontent: listen to those on the frontline

The Guardian view on campus discontent: listen to those on the frontline

The prospect of university tuition fees passing the £10,000 threshold in this parliament will not put a song in the heart of Labour MPs desperate for...

thursday 5

The Guardian

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The Guardian view on Sarkozy’s first day in prison: no citizen is above the law

The Guardian view on Sarkozy’s first day in prison: no citizen is above the law

As he was transported to La Santé prison in Paris on Tuesday, Nicolas Sarkozy posted a message brimming with defiance on X, writing “It’s not a...

22.10.2025 20

The Guardian

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The Guardian view on post-16 education: colleges need attention, but the latest proposals are a mixed bag

The Guardian view on post-16 education: colleges need attention, but the latest proposals are a mixed bag

Further education is one of the public sector’s Cinderellas – chronically neglected by policymakers who care more about schools. The...

22.10.2025 8

The Guardian

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Albanese, Trump continue best of ANZUS tradition

22.10.2025 10

The Australian

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PA ‘pay for slay’ unconscionable

22.10.2025 10

The Australian

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The Guardian view on Ukraine peace talks: Europe must ensure Zelenskyy can resist Trump’s bullying

The Guardian view on Ukraine peace talks: Europe must ensure Zelenskyy can resist Trump’s bullying

It wasn’t quite the calamity of February, when Volodymyr Zelenskyy was publicly humiliated in the Oval Office by Donald Trump and his...

21.10.2025 30

The Guardian

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The Guardian view on the price of a prince: what Virginia Giuffre’s story says about palace accountability

The Guardian view on the price of a prince: what Virginia Giuffre’s story says about palace accountability

The tragic story of Virginia Giuffre raises the question of who governs when royal privilege and public outrage collide. As a vulnerable teenager she...

21.10.2025 50

The Guardian

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Secret probe to open fire on Victorian Labor deals

21.10.2025 10

The Australian

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Disarming Hamas is an urgent goal

21.10.2025 10

The Australian

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Lawfare undermines democracy

21.10.2025 10

The Australian

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Ley sets base for serious policy

20.10.2025 9

The Australian

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No US Tomahawks win for Putin

20.10.2025 10

The Australian

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Rare earths, defence, trade keys to PM-Trump summit

20.10.2025 10

The Australian

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The Guardian view on childbirth and medical negligence: rising payouts highlight the urgency of maternity improvements

The Guardian view on childbirth and medical negligence: rising payouts highlight the urgency of maternity improvements

The startling rise in the cost to the NHS in England of medical negligence cases, and a sharp increase in birth injuries to mothers, are the latest...

20.10.2025 7

The Guardian

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The Guardian view on hybrid cars: profitable for carmakers but not very green

The Guardian view on hybrid cars: profitable for carmakers but not very green

“Why the future is hybrid,” chirruped the Economist in 2004. While electric vehicles (EVs) looked like science fiction, that prediction looked...

20.10.2025 10

The Guardian

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Stop Hamas wrecking the plan for long-term peace

18.10.2025 5

The Australian

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Dangerous Rubicon crossed

18.10.2025 3

The Australian

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Liberals shake post-loss torpor

18.10.2025 4

The Australian

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The Guardian view on Austen and Brontë adaptations: purists may reel, but reinvention keeps classic novels alive

The Guardian view on Austen and Brontë adaptations: purists may reel, but reinvention keeps classic novels alive

It is a truth universally acknowledged that every classic novel must be in want of a sexed-up adaptation. Ever since Colin Firth’s Mr Darcy waded...

18.10.2025 10

The Guardian

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The Guardian view on Trump and the law: a restraint on the executive is morphing into its weapon

The Guardian view on Trump and the law: a restraint on the executive is morphing into its weapon

“He who saves his country does not violate any law,” Donald Trump posted after beginning his second term – emboldened, perhaps, by the supreme...

18.10.2025 9

The Guardian

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Hamas has broken peace deal

17.10.2025 2

The Australian

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RBA trapped by low productivity

17.10.2025 4

The Australian

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Nothing rare about trade coercion play from Beijing

17.10.2025 2

The Australian

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The Guardian view on UK national security: a case of state failure

The Guardian view on UK national security: a case of state failure

The China spying row has revealed disturbing weaknesses in the processes of the UK state. It cannot be in the national interest for a case involving...

17.10.2025 30

The Guardian

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The Guardian view on the US and Venezuela: Trump’s ‘war on drugs’ ramps up military threats to Maduro

The Guardian view on the US and Venezuela: Trump’s ‘war on drugs’ ramps up military threats to Maduro

The drumbeat is growing louder. Covert operations are supposed to remain just that, but on Wednesday Donald Trump confirmed that he had approved...

17.10.2025 50

The Guardian

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Involve parents in ‘transition’

16.10.2025 4

The Australian

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Hamas brutality endangers fragile Middle East peace

16.10.2025 7

The Australian

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Fortescue bows to China on costs

16.10.2025 8

The Australian

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The Guardian view on the China spy trial: an opportunity for Labour to prove it understands the threat from Beijing

The Guardian view on the China spy trial: an opportunity for Labour to prove it understands the threat from Beijing

No single word describes the challenge that China poses for UK foreign policy. There is threat and opportunity; a requirement to engage and an...

16.10.2025 20

The Guardian

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The Guardian view on the rising risk from flooding: uninsurable buildings should focus minds on climate adaptation

The Guardian view on the rising risk from flooding: uninsurable buildings should focus minds on climate adaptation

The bleak prospect facing the market town of Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire, due to rising flood risks, is first and foremost a problem for locals....

15.10.2025 4

The Guardian

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The Guardian view on the IMF’s warning: Britain’s economy runs hot for profits, cold for pay

The Guardian view on the IMF’s warning: Britain’s economy runs hot for profits, cold for pay

Bloomberg’s headline said it all: “UK Faces Worst G-7 Inflation and Flat Living Standards, IMF Says”. The International Monetary Fund warns that...

15.10.2025 4

The Guardian

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Trump must home in on Ukraine

14.10.2025 8

The Australian

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Party of government must know what it stands for

14.10.2025 7

The Australian

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The Guardian view on the online scam industry: authorities must not forget that perpetrators are often victims too

The Guardian view on the online scam industry: authorities must not forget that perpetrators are often victims too

A Chinese court last month sentenced 11 people to death over their roles in a illegal scam empire along the border with Myanmar. But it won’t end a...

14.10.2025 30

The Guardian

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The Guardian view on peace in Gaza: the relief is real, but Trump’s promise of a ‘golden age’ rings hollow

The Guardian view on peace in Gaza: the relief is real, but Trump’s promise of a ‘golden age’ rings hollow

The reprieve brought by the end of fighting in Gaza is immense. In Israel, the release of the living hostages has led to widespread elation. In Gaza...

14.10.2025 40

The Guardian

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Historic joy as hostages’ macabre nightmare ends

14.10.2025 10

The Australian

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