Spying device detectors may give domestic abuse victims false sense of security, study finds
The Guardianby Priya Bharadia·23 Aug 2026
Commercial detectors intended to help domestic abuse victims find hidden spying devices may actually give them a false sense of security, a study has found.
Brighton hammer Aston Villa and João Gomes red adds to Unai Emery’s pain
The Guardianby Guardian sport·23 Aug 2026
It is important to say that Aston Villa were not the only team here to have lost key players over the summer; to play under the threat of further departures; to be without others because of injury.
Newcastle United v Liverpool: Premier League – live
The Guardianby Michael Butler·23 Aug 2026
Newcastle’s top-four chance creators from last season all have left the club. The club made well over £200m from the sales of Anthony Gordon, Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimarães but it’s interesting...
An AI ‘debt bomb’ crisis? No. This isn’t Enron 2.0 | Gene Marks
The Guardianby Gene Marks·23 Aug 2026
Some experts are warning of a looming “debt bomb” crisis because big datacenter builders such as Meta, Oracle, xAI and CoreWeave are not only raising billions to construct these facilities but are...
‘I love it. It’s hope’: the mysterious self-willed wildflower meadow that seeded itself
The Guardianby Patrick Barkham·23 Aug 2026
Tucked away on a country lane, a small field bursts with yellow and pink flowers. Quail and whitethroats call from the thick hedges and the plants, including common centaury, yellow rattle and...
As You Like It review – French aristocratic trappings bring fresh comedy to Arden
The Guardianby Arifa Akbar·23 Aug 2026
For a play that pivots around the liberating disguises inside Arden’s bucolia, this production of the Bard’s pastoral comedy begins the dress-up long before its characters enter the forest for...
Arrest warrant issued for wife of Massachusetts officer found dead at home
The Guardianby Associated Press and Guardian staff·23 Aug 2026
An arrest warrant has been issued for a mental health advocate who remained missing on Sunday, more than five days after police found the Massachusetts officer she had been married to dead in their...
Readers reply: Is it inevitable that consumerism will literally fill up the planet?
The Guardianby Guardian staff reporter·23 Aug 2026
If consumer capitalism continues at its current rate, will we reach a point at which there is literally no space left on Earth for all the stuff that has been created?
Aardman’s Peter Lord and David Sproxton: ‘At the Oscars, I went to the gents and had a pee with Jack Nicholson!’
The Guardianby Harriet Gibsone·23 Aug 2026
Peter Lord and David Sproxton are the founders of Aardman Animations. The pair began animating as teenagers, selling their first short – starring a superhero called Aardman – to the BBC’s Vision On...
How to make the perfect zaru soba, or cold soba noodles – recipe | Felicity Cloake's How to make the perfect
The Guardianby Felicity Cloake·23 Aug 2026
Although every culture craves something different in hot weather – chilled beetroot soup in Lithuania, cooling buttermilk drinks in India, gazpacho in Spain – what many of these dishes have in...
Holding election in wartime would risk destroying Ukraine, says Zelenskyy
The Guardianby Dan Sabbagh in Dnipro·23 Aug 2026
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said holding elections in Ukraine during wartime would risk splitting the country at a time when Russia is amassing ballistic missiles and considering whether to mobilise an...
Stores are selling Halloween stuff in August. Time has lost all meaning | Dave Schilling
The Guardianby Dave Schilling·23 Aug 2026
Happy spooky season, everyone! Get those jack-o’-lanterns out, because Halloween is just around the corner! Just kidding, no, it’s not. It’s August, for God’s sake.
This Black August, Americans will study, meditate, fast, exercise – and read – for Black liberation
The Guardianby Adria R Walker·23 Aug 2026
In the 1960s and 1970s, California was brimming with radical energy and potential, which also meant it was brimming with extreme backlash.
Walking the Peak District, I discovered a wonderful rejection of the right’s monotone vision of England | John Harris
The Guardianby John Harris·23 Aug 2026
A fortnight or so ago, my two teenage kids and I set out on a three-night visit to the Peak District where temperatures were hovering at a comparatively tepid 28C.
‘I was scared I was going mad”: Meg Mason speaks to fellow authors about the parasocial relationships that begin on the page
The Guardianby Meg Mason·23 Aug 2026
In the summer before university, my mother gave me a copy of The Pursuit of Love. We’d moved countries at the beginning of my A-levels and those months in between had been defined by a level of...
Dining across the divide: ‘I thought he was going to be quite “stop the boats, bring up the drawbridge”’
The Guardianby Zoe Williams·23 Aug 2026
Joe, 41, Trafford, Greater Manchester Occupation Press officer at a university Voting record Historically, under Jeremy Corbyn, Labour; is a Green member now but was planning to vote Labour in the...
When my husband died in a surfing accident, life as I knew it was destroyed. Ten years on, this is what I’ve learned about grief
The Guardianby Hannah Richell·23 Aug 2026
Before they enter the water, surfers will study the ocean. They consider wind and tide conditions. They analyse currents and patterns, break points and swells. They try to read the waves.
Jumpy bond markets make it clear: Trump risks driving US into debt crisis | Heather Stewart
The Guardianby Heather Stewart·23 Aug 2026
“Look, there’s nothing magic about that $40tn number,” the US Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, told CNBC insouciantly last week, as the country’s debt mountain surpassed another bleak record.
Mateta’s Palace dispute deepens after losing appeals to end contract early
The Guardianby Ed Aarons·23 Aug 2026
Jean-Philippe Mateta is in dispute with Crystal Palace over the final year of his contract but failed in an attempt to have it ruled invalid by an independent Premier League tribunal and Fifa.
Russia withdraws ambassador to UK as Kremlin ratchets pressure over Ukraine support
The Guardianby Ben Quinn Political correspondent·23 Aug 2026
Russia has withdrawn its ambassador to the UK, it has emerged, as the Kremlin continues to try to put pressure on Britain over its support for Ukraine.
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