Jimmy Adams obituary
Chess | The Guardianby Sarah Hurst7 Jul 2026
My friend Jimmy Adams, who has died aged 79, was a writer on chess known for his witty personality and encyclopedic knowledge.
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Pure Hokumby Julian Simpson5 Jul 2026
Yes, I'm still calling the newsletter Cartoon Gravity, which was a last-minute decision, but I don't want to sunset the name completely. It has been a while, so we might as well cover everything...
ChessFest back in London as public get chance to take on grandmasters
Chess | The Guardianby Leonard Barden3 Jul 2026
On Sunday, 12 July, ChessFest, the game’s annual celebration, returns to Trafalgar Square in central London and offers a unique opportunity for ordinary players and their children to experience top...
‘The silence was the worst part’: after culling his entire flock, US poultry farmer now fears bird flu
Environment | The Guardianby Alissa de Chassey1 Jul 2026
Joshua Beebe often starts his day by cleaning the tires of trucks and cars entering his poultry farm. “We spray them off and scrub them with a brush.
Diagrams for Travel from the *Qanoon-e-Islam* (1832)
Public Domain Reviewby Mathilde Montpetit30 Jun 2026
If you were a nineteenth-century merchant bringing diamonds from the Kollur Mine near Bezawada (now Vijayawada) to Golconda (now Hyderabad), going northwest along the Krishna River, your best bet...
Antarctica's first ever dinosaur bone discovered in a drawer
BBC Newsby Rebecca Morelle; Alison Francis29 Jun 2026
- Published An unassuming-looking fossil that spent 40 years lying forgotten in a drawer has turned out to be the first dinosaur bone ever found in Antarctica.
Summer style SOS: 51 genius fashion and beauty tips for sticky days and sweaty nights
Fashion | The Guardianby Guardian fashion team Sam Deaman, Priya Elan and Ellie Violet Bramley28 Jun 2026
On a typical day in high summer you’ll come across two types of people: those who suffer and those who revel. Perhaps you’re a bit of both – you love beaches, but hate hay fever.
Chess: Carlsen’s four defeats in a row – just a blip or the start of a career downturn?
Chess | The Guardianby Leonard Barden26 Jun 2026
Magnus Carlsen’s four defeats in a row during the World Team Rapid in Hong Kong last week, coupled with his disappointing fourth place among six grandmasters in Oslo last month, have sparked...
Incredible panoramas, wildflower meadows and the odd wild horse: readers’ favourite walks in Europe
Travel | The Guardianby Guardian readers26 Jun 2026
Walk with the gods above Amalfi, Italy If you have a head for heights, then you can “walk with the gods” on the Sentiero degli Dei.
World rapid and blitz championships in Hong Kong highlights chess boom in Asia
Chess | The Guardianby Leonard Barden19 Jun 2026
Dragon Chilling may be an unfamiliar chess name, but the squad from China won the gold medals at the World Teams Rapid in Hong Kong.
Women's T20 World Cup 2026: What is the skill scale and how does it work?
BBC Sportby Jonty Colman18 Jun 2026
- Published The T20 skill scale used at the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup is a metric used to rate players' playing styles based on certain aspects of their game.
Simpler, older version of Stonehenge found three miles from famous site
BBC Newsby Alison Francis; Rebecca Morelle17 Jun 2026
- Published Archaeologists believe they have discovered an earlier, much simpler version of Stonehenge about 3 miles (5km) away from the prehistoric monument.
Okra up north: how a forgotten heirloom travelled the African diaspora to Toronto
Environment | The Guardianby Adria R Walker17 Jun 2026
When Nicole Austin was growing up in Oshawa, Canada, her Jamaican family couldn’t find the foods they enjoyed back on the island. No callaloo, garden eggs or okra.
Louis Pope Gratacap, A Curator in Lost Worlds
Public Domain Reviewby Richard Fallon17 Jun 2026
Arguably the first work of fiction to feature a Tyrannosaurus rex, Louis Pope Gratacap’s The New Northland (1915) is at once kaleidoscopic, mischievous, fascinating — and exhausting.
The Art of Kite Flying (1430–1929)
Public Domain Reviewby Hunter Dukes17 Jun 2026
Their capacity for flight is magical, almost animate, reflected in the names by which they are known around the world.
Women's T20 World Cup: How do you read a cricket scorecard?
BBC Sportby Katharine Sharpe13 Jun 2026
- Published Cricket scorecards can appear confusing at first glance, with multiple rows and columns indicating how well - or badly - both a team and individual player is faring in a match.
Chess: Carlsen heads for Hong Kong while Russia unveils the next Botvinnik
Chess | The Guardianby Leonard Barden12 Jun 2026
Magnus Carlsen, the world No 1, had his worst tournament result since 2015 last week when the 35-year-old ended up fourth of six in the $178,000 (£133,000) Norway Chess event at Oslo, losing four...
Bananas could vanish from US school meals. Here’s why
Environment | The Guardianby Lela Nargi11 Jun 2026
School nutrition workers and advocates have “lots of concerns about bananas”, said Erin Ogden, policy associate for federal child nutrition programs at the Center for Science in the Public Interest...
Venetian Bridge Brawls in 17th and 18th Century Art
Public Domain Reviewby Thea Applebaum Licht11 Jun 2026
Before crowds jostled for biennale parties and gondola rides, Venice’s waterways witnessed scenes of an even more violent kind — “La Serenissima” this was not.
Genevieve Stebbins’ *Delsarte System of Dramatic Expression* (1886)
Public Domain Reviewby Mathilde Montpetit10 Jun 2026
“This is an age of formulations”, the actress Genevieve Stebbins declared in 1886. Auguste Comte had formulated positivism in science, Henry Thomas Buckle had done the same for history, and Herbert...