A slow travel success story in Slovenia’s secret valley
The Guardianby Ailsa Sheldon29 Aug 2026
The drive to Pedrovo is vertiginous, and each hairpin bend has me sending a silent prayer that we won’t meet a tractor coming the other way.
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top 99%There is clearly trouble ahead for Harry and Meghan on their return to the UK. Here are five ways to avert it | Stephen Bates
The Guardianby Stephen Bates29 Aug 2026
They’re back! Harry and Meghan’s quiet return to England this week, via Birmingham airport, was much anticipated but scarcely celebrated – no bunting or street parties.
Love under anti-drone nets: Ukrainian couple wed in Kramatorsk combat zone
The Guardianby Dan Sabbagh in Kramatorsk. Photographs by Julia Kochetova29 Aug 2026
In the bright early afternoon sun of Kramatorsk’s central and now ironically named Peace Square, Tetiana, in her bridal dress, and Oleksandr, in his military uniform, are holding up their phones at...
Sharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users’ control, research finds
The Guardianby Robert Booth UK technology editor29 Aug 2026
Incidents of AIs escaping users’ control to lie, ignore instructions and pursue goals in harmful ways have hit a new high, according to research that also suggests the severity of deception and...
UK risks falling behind in AI race without faster telecoms upgrades, say executives
The Guardianby Mark Sweney29 Aug 2026
The UK risks becoming a laggard in the global AI race as crucial telecoms upgrades to harness the technology fall behind rival nations, according to senior industry executives.
Sovereignty, farming and fishing: Iceland votes on its future with the EU
The Guardianby Miranda Bryant in Hvammur, Þorlákshöfn and Reykjavík29 Aug 2026
For a long time, the prospect of becoming the third generation to run his family farm was an exciting one, says Davíð Clausen Pétursson.
Meera Sodha’s recipe for spicy mozzarella, green bean and edamame salad | Meera Sodha recipes
The Guardianby Meera Sodha29 Aug 2026
One thing I learned during the recent hot weather is that I don’t have enough “substantial but quick salads” in my locker.
Blind date: ‘She’s one of the easiest people to talk to that I’ve ever met’
The Guardianby Guardian Staff29 Aug 2026
Mike on Caterina What were you hoping for? Good company, nice food and an interesting evening with someone new. I got everything I hoped for. First impressions? Warm, confident and easy to talk to.
Sunsets, disasters, dinners: we now record them all with our phones. But what is that doing to our souls? | Phoebe Greenwood
The Guardianby Phoebe Greenwood29 Aug 2026
I was sitting on a rooftop in Athens at sunset looking up at Filopappou hill. Athens in August is burning hot.
‘I don’t want to be a backseat driver’: Gordon Brown on Burnham, billionaires – and his vision for a better Britain
The Guardianby Charlotte Edwardes29 Aug 2026
It’s a Monday in August and as England burns in dystopian heat, Gordon Brown and I are in his office at the top of his house in North Queensferry, overlooking the moody waters of the Firth of...
Tim Dowling: my TV contract has run out – and so has my patience
The Guardianby Tim Dowling29 Aug 2026
Fourteen years ago, I received a text from my eldest son claiming he’d just found the TV face down on the sitting room floor, destroyed.
Country diary: We’re going on a nurdle hunt | Richard Smyth
The Guardianby Richard Smyth29 Aug 2026
My son spots the first one. It’s about the size of a lentil, and half-buried in the dry sand. We’re on the beach at the seaside town of Whitley Bay.
Chris Cantrill: Rewilding review – a rural whodunnit told with midlife mirth
The Guardianby Brian Logan29 Aug 2026
Now a four-time nominee for the Edinburgh comedy award, Chris Cantrill is bearing down on James Acaster’s always-the-bridesmaid record – unless 2026 proves to be his year. Would it be merited?
‘It’s easier when nobody’s watching’: inside the secretive and sublime freak-folk of @
The Guardianby Quinn Moreland29 Aug 2026
Victoria Rose arrives at Philadelphia’s 30th St Station and apologises for the sticky streaks covering her car’s interior.
The best music of autumn 2026: Johnny Marr, Phoebe Bridgers, Rachel Chinouriri and more
The Guardianby Pop picks by Alexis Petridis. Global and jazz picks Ammar Kalia and John Fordham. Classical picks Flora Willson29 Aug 2026
Pop, rock and more Gilla Band – Pugnello It’s tempting to say that Ireland’s Gilla Band have quietly become one of the most innovative alt-rock bands around, but there’s absolutely nothing quiet...
‘The butcher may be gone, but to many he is a hero’: victims condemn glorification of Mladić
The Guardianby Kim Willsher29 Aug 2026
To most of the world, he was and will always be the “Butcher of Bosnia”, a grim epithet but one that still fails to fully convey the evil and horror inflicted on its people by Gen Ratko Mladić, who...
The battle over RAF Barnham: how ominous anti-asylum protests engulfed a small Norfolk town
The Guardianby Tim Burrows29 Aug 2026
‘I don’t talk to mainstream media,” says a young man in an Arsenal shirt. I’ve just asked what brought him to the latest protest against the housing of asylum seekers in Thetford, Norfolk, and his...
Charli xcx, Reading Festival review – Pretentious? Just a bit. But Nietzsche would have loved it
The Guardianby Chal Ravens29 Aug 2026
“Time itself is a circle,” as the rock’n’roll philosopher Nietzsche once said, accurately foreshadowing Charli xcx’s only UK festival appearance this summer.
Another beloved live music venue is closing. Is Australia’s precarious rental market killing the vibe?
The Guardianby Kat Wong29 Aug 2026
Jim Flanagan has four days to hand his keys back to his landlord. Panels engulfed in grungy band posters, handmade plates that have served countless customers, a shelving unit housing a library of...
Death cleaning, downsizing and decluttering. How do we learn to live with less stuff?
The Guardianby Petra Stock29 Aug 2026
Whether you call it decluttering, death cleaning or a clear out, many of us face the onerous task of paring back our possessions, or those of a loved one.