Boat trips, swimming and seafood: 10 of the UK’s best harbour towns and villages
The Guardianby Rachel Dixon·25 Aug 2026
Pittenweem, Fife The historic harbour is the hub of this working East Neuk fishing port, home to a fleet of about 30 small trawlers and creel boats.
The Great Dictator by Matthew Sweet review – the life of Barbara Cartland
The Guardianby Kathryn Hughes·25 Aug 2026
Barbara Cartland was famous for dictating her novels. With a pekingese clamped to her hot pink bosom she would lie back on a library couch and exhale a story about virginal girls taming wayward...
‘Why isn’t there hip-hop in 3/4 time?’: the groups reinventing a Polish folk dance for the modern age
The Guardianby Jakub Knera·25 Aug 2026
It’s 6pm on the first day of OFF festival in Katowice, and a crowd is gathering in front of one of the stages to watch newcomers Tercet Imperial.
‘Petty grievances’ and an alleged troublemaker: unsealed Murdoch court documents give rare glimpse into bitter succession battle
The Guardianby Luca Ittimani·25 Aug 2026
A year ago, Rupert Murdoch resolved the long-running fight over which of his children would control his sprawling media empire, ending a bitter legal battle and anointing his eldest son, Lachlan...
‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boom
The Guardianby Aisha Down Global technology reporter·25 Aug 2026
In a village 21 miles north of Edinburgh, a real estate consultancy plans to build a datacentre larger than the village itself – 35 metres high, with an area larger than 100 football pitches.
Climate damage would obliterate any economic benefits of new North Sea fields, analysis shows
The Guardianby Damian Carrington Environment editor·25 Aug 2026
The climate damage caused by developing the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields under consideration by the UK government would destroy their economic benefits many times over, according to an...
Canadians do not seek a trade war – but neither will we be bullied by Donald Trump | Jen Gerson
The Guardianby Jen Gerson·25 Aug 2026
The Canadians are exceedingly angry. I realise this can sometimes be difficult for foreigners to deduce, given our national struggle to express the full range of human emotion outside ice hockey...
‘Like smoking a cigarette’: Indonesia chokes on haze as blazes intensify amid super ‘El Niño’
The Guardianby Natasha May·25 Aug 2026
Suwadi can barely see five metres in front of him when he steps outside his home in Indonesian Borneo. Each breath, he says, feels “like smoking a cigarette”.
Sydney shark attack survivor describes moment she came to face-to-face with ‘monster’
The Guardianby Achol Arok·25 Aug 2026
An Australian woman who lost an arm after a shark attack at a beach in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has recalled the moment she came face-to-face with the “monster”.
The other Post Office scandal: how organised crime launders money on the high street
The Guardianby Oliver Bullough·25 Aug 2026
Leicestershire police won’t say who first told them about Jigar Gheewala, but you can see why, once they had heard of him, they decided to find out more.
Gulf between Hezbollah and Lebanese state grows wider as Israeli occupation continues
The Guardianby William Christou and Ali Awada in Beirut·25 Aug 2026
Fatima al-Ashkar used toys to explain to her children that their father had been killed. She arranged toy soldiers in a mock battle and picked up an airplane, miming an air raid on the plastic men...
‘It looked stunning on Joanna Lumley!’: 10 writers on their biggest hair disaster
The Guardianby Kate Lloyd, Rich Pelley, Jeffrey Ingold, Carys Afoko, Joel Snape, Viv Groskop, Paula Cocozza, Polly Hudson, Daniel Lavelle and Alexi Duggins·25 Aug 2026
‘It reminds me of the botched Jesus fresco’ It’s the late 1990s. Big, round, feathered fringes are a huge deal at my primary school.
The ear witness: Turner-winner Lawrence Abu Hamdan and his ‘sound evidence’ exposés of human rights abuses
The Guardianby Charlotte Higgins·25 Aug 2026
Lawrence Abu Hamdan has a double identity. He is an artist who, in 2019, jointly won the Turner prize; and one of his works is, for my money, among the most striking on show at this year’s Venice...
At least 35,000 excess deaths recorded in Europe’s back-to-back heatwaves
The Guardianby Jon Henley Europe correspondent·25 Aug 2026
At least 35,000 more people died during Europe’s four record-breaking, back-to-back heatwaves this summer than would normally be expected, according to incomplete figures from barely half the...
Ralph Carr, entertainment industry and AFL figure, sentenced to six years for raping ex-staffer
The Guardianby Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter·25 Aug 2026
Entertainment and AFL agent Ralph Carr has been sentenced to six years in prison for the rape and sexual assault of a former employee.
Ukraine war briefing: Ozon next in Kyiv’s sights as sheds of Wildberries rival burn
The Guardianby Warren Murray with Guardian writers and agencies·25 Aug 2026
- Ukraine has targeted four more warehouses of Ozon – Russia’s second-largest online retailer after Wildberries, which has itself been crippled by Ukrainian attacks.
‘Honest leaders are the first step to a better future’: Cockroach hunger striker targets India’s political class
The Guardianby Amrit Dhillon in Delhi·25 Aug 2026
For 26 days, India watched as Sonam Wangchuk wasted away. His hunger strike, held in solidarity with India’s “Cockroach” youth protest movement, would prove to be one of the most politically...
‘He was left on his own’: the care-leaver lives lost to a system that abandons them at 18
The Guardianby Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent·24 Aug 2026
David* spent most of his childhood in and out of care after experiencing abuse and neglect, and spent his teenage years in a children’s home, where a nurse helped him keep track of his type 1...
Largest review of its kind confirms benefits of tai chi and other Chinese exercises
The Guardianby Andrew Gregory Health editor·24 Aug 2026
Traditional Chinese exercises such as tai chi can offer wide-ranging benefits for people with musculoskeletal disorders, improving physical function, pain, mental health, sleep quality and bone...
Chelsea’s front three dazzle as they edge out Fulham in derby thriller
The Guardianby Jacob Steinberg at Craven Cottage·24 Aug 2026
This was a crash course for Xabi Alonso in life at Chelsea. His new side thrilled in possession at Craven Cottage.
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