‘I don’t care if I look good’: French heartthrob Louis Garrel on fashion, fatherhood and his radically dorky new role
The Guardianby Philip Oltermann·28 Aug 2026
‘Even though I’ve been working in film for over 20 years, I still have this desire to look beautiful on screen,” says Louis Garrel, on a video call from his bed inside a boat off the coast of...
‘So much fringe science’: RFK Jr’s advisers are pushing an extreme makeover in autism research
The Guardianby Ed Pilkington·28 Aug 2026
Autism groups and researchers have reacted with alarm to a federal research roadmap drawn up by advisers handpicked by the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, fearing it will promote unproven...
Dolly Parton was the polar opposite of our bullying president | Robert Reich
The Guardianby Robert Reich·28 Aug 2026
I’m still grieving Dolly Parton. I never met her and always wanted to. She was almost exactly my age and my height and had values I deeply admired. Her death leaves a hole in the firmament.
Memo to Ridley Scott: no one needs more Alien: Covenant movies – get the franchise back to stalk’n’slash
The Guardianby Ben Child·28 Aug 2026
If any science-fiction saga looked beyond recovery, it was the Alien franchise. For the 38 years that followed James Cameron’s Aliens, film-makers contrived to find every imaginable way of not...
Bigmouth strums again: was Andy Burnham’s Smiths jam in Kyiv the perfect soundtrack to a Britain in freefall?
The Guardianby Zoe Williams·28 Aug 2026
As an origin story, Andy Burnham: Smiths Fan has a lot going for it. It’s plainly authentic: he can name the time he saw them live (Salford University, Queen Is Dead tour, 1986).
Children’s books roundup – the best new picture books and novels
The Guardianby Imogen Russell Williams·28 Aug 2026
Small Monster, Big Monster by Allan Sanders, Phaidon, £7.95 Refrigerator is EMPTY. Monster is FULL (of pizza!).
Nepal-Tibet flood: this is the cost of not acting in the face of the climate crisis | Sunil Acharya
The Guardianby Sunil Acharya·28 Aug 2026
As a Nepali citizen working on international climate policy for more than a decade, it is difficult to look at the harrowing images coming out of the catastrophic flash flood that thundered down...
Digested week: Is there anything sadder than the end of summer? | Emma Brockes
The Guardianby Emma Brockes·28 Aug 2026
Monday Is there anything sadder than the end of summer? As schools go back next week and parents rely on the boosting effect of a return to routine, we look around for other ways to soften the...
Trump official faces inquiry over claims he diverted wildfire resources to his own property
The Guardianby Anna Betts·28 Aug 2026
Donald Trump’s administration is facing calls to launch an investigation into allegations that Michael Boren, a senior official who oversees the US Forest Service, pressed agency staff to deploy...
How have my plants fared this summer? Some better than others
The Guardianby Claire Ratinon·28 Aug 2026
I’ve grown plants in heatwaves before, but this year has been different. Back-to-back heatwaves feel far more intense than the shorter ones I’m used to.
‘Lapped by the turquoise, crystal seas’: readers’ favourite unsung European islands
The Guardianby Guardian readers·28 Aug 2026
Winning tip: a bird’s-eye view of wild Croatia Giant griffon vultures glided parallel with my bus as it reached the highest point of Cres, the least populated of the four main islands in the...
Sophie, Standing There by Meg Mason review – a tale of literary obsession, with cameos from real-life authors
The Guardianby Sam Leith·28 Aug 2026
The protagonist of Meg Mason’s new book, the follow-up to the 2020 tragicomedy Sorrow and Bliss, is an invisible woman. She might well be standing there but you won’t notice her.
How Katseye became the world’s biggest girl group – while falling apart
The Guardianby Erica Russell·28 Aug 2026
Before screenings of their new documentary, the members of Katseye appear in a video message to thank fans for their support.
Transfer latest, Premier League news, European draws, and more: football – live
The Guardianby Sarah Rendell (now), Luke McLaughlin and Michael Butler (later)·28 Aug 2026
Julian Alvarez is not in Atletico Madrid training for a third day in a row, according to Sky. This comes after the club refused to transfer him to rivals Barcelona and you can read more about it...
Norway’s King Harald dies leaving stormy succession over crown princess’s Epstein links
The Guardianby Jon Henley Europe correspondent·28 Aug 2026
King Harald V of Norway has died at the age of 89, the palace in Oslo has announced, triggering the succession of his son, Haakon, whose wife Mette-Marit’s association with Jeffrey Epstein has...
The Whisper Man review – Robert De Niro sleepwalks through silly Netflix potboiler
The Guardianby Benjamin Lee·28 Aug 2026
It’s not as if Robert De Niro’s choices have improved all that much since the nadir of the mid-2000s (last year did see him crop up in a Scott Eastwood-led actioner and The Alto Knights) but...
Fairytales pending: the fringe musicals hoping to live happily ever after
The Guardianby Chris Wiegand·28 Aug 2026
The Edinburgh fringe is mostly where new work is forged but that’s not the full picture. Amid all the hot-off-the-press shows are a number of familiar titles that have been around for years yet are...
‘It’s the story of what happens when the music stops’: bringing tormented jazz legend Bill Evans to life
The Guardianby John Lewis·28 Aug 2026
In 1997, Grant Gee directed the video for Radiohead’s single No Surprises, a four-minute film that featured Thom Yorke miming the song inside a water-filled diver’s helmet, apparently almost...
The Secret Woman review – Claes Bang is dastardly gaslighter in Danish amnesia thriller
The Guardianby Phil Hoad·28 Aug 2026
Adapted from the 2017 novel by Anna Ekberg (actually a male writing duo), this thriller from Denmark chucks in a bit of everything into the mix: hygge lakeside melodrama, manor-house gothic, and...
Air pollution affects us all, but there is a way we can breathe easier
The Guardianby Fiona Harvey·28 Aug 2026
Air pollution affects nearly every person on this planet. Yet global efforts to combat the scourge – which is associated with about 8 million premature deaths worldwide every year, can damage...
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