‘Everything countercultural is doomed, isn’t it?’ Sofie Royer, the bracingly brilliant pop star pondering life’s big questions
The Guardianby Ben Beaumont-Thomas·2 Sept 2026
You wait ages for a brilliant pop song about film-making and then two come along at once. Following on from Charli xcx’s Camera comes Actress by Sofie Royer, with lyrics referencing rotoscoping...
How to turn past-their-best bananas into a glorious ice-cream – recipe | Waste not
The Guardianby Tom Hunt·2 Sept 2026
With two young kids, we get through a lot of bananas in our household. Perhaps surprisingly, though, most of them are frozen: our daughters eat them straight from the freezer most evenings, with...
Trump’s ridiculous bullying of Canada is backfiring | Robert Reich
The Guardianby Robert Reich·2 Sept 2026
What do bullies do when someone stands up to their bullying and punches them in the face? They look for someone weaker to bully who won’t punch back.
Freelancers are getting buried with ‘soulless’ AI slop cleanup: ‘It’s a shame we need to do it’
The Guardianby Aaron Mok·2 Sept 2026
Lisa, a freelance graphic designer based in Spain, noticed a shift in her work after the release of ChatGPT in 2022.
‘It’s a fever dream’: USS Abraham Lincoln’s crew arrive in Thailand after record stint at sea
The Guardianby Natasha May in Pattaya·2 Sept 2026
At Pattaya’s Hard Rock Cafe and hotel, the city’s mayor and police officials, along with women in traditional Thai dress, wait to greet the sailors who are arriving in civilian clothes, bags slung...
Trump’s threat against an NBC journalist is an attack on reality | Margaret Sullivan
The Guardianby Margaret Sullivan·2 Sept 2026
With his approval ratings tanking, the crucial midterm elections looming, and his war with Iran turning into a quagmire, Donald Trump has entered full freak-out mode. It’s not hard to tell.
‘He was always a bit of a groundbreaker’: David Bowie enters a new dimension in ‘extended reality’ documentary
The Guardianby Xan Brooks·2 Sept 2026
David Bowie shares the bill with starmen, firefighters and Walt Disney wolves at the 10th anniversary edition of Venice Immersive, the film festival’s pioneering showcase for new forms of...
Russian airspace becoming unsafe for commercial airlines, Zelenskyy says
The Guardianby Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv and Pjotr Sauer·2 Sept 2026
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Russia’s airspace is becoming unsafe for commercial airlines, as Vladimir Putin promised to step up strikes against Ukraine’s energy facilities in the run-up to winter.
This data has helped fight workplace discrimination for 60 years. The Trump administration plans to delete it
The Guardianby Amy Qin·2 Sept 2026
The US civil rights agency mandated to protect equal rights for workers is set to stop collecting data on the demographic makeup of companies – which for the past six decades has been used to...
The deportation of Milo Yiannopoulos signals a rupture within Maga | Moira Donegan
The Guardianby Moira Donegan·2 Sept 2026
It’s been a long, slow decline for Milo Yiannopoulos. From the vantage point of 2026, it’s easy to forget that he was once a big deal.
Barclays faces complaint over backing for power plant near world’s largest mangrove forest
The Guardianby Matthew Pearce·2 Sept 2026
Barclays Bank is facing a formal complaint over its financial links to a coal-fired power station near the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest and home to millions of people in...
Guinea-Bissau voters approve new constitution expanding presidential powers
The Guardianby Eromo Egbejule·2 Sept 2026
Guinea-Bissau voters have approved a new constitution significantly expanding presidential powers ahead of elections due in December.
Nate Boyer, the Green Beret who stood beside Kaepernick: ‘The vitriol was more disrespectful than the protest’
The Guardianby Melissa Jacobs·2 Sept 2026
Nate Boyer was stunned. The former NFL long snapper and United States Army Green Beret had big plans for his MVP (Merging Vets and Players) foundation, an organization that helps veterans and NFL...
The opposite of ‘damsels in distress’: how TV fell in love with female gangsters
The Guardianby Louis Staples·2 Sept 2026
Television loves a gangster story – and apparently so does the Duchess of Sussex. This week, Netflix’s The Gentlemen – Guy Ritchie’s latest addition to the gangster canon, which stars Theo James as...
Star Wars Zero Company review – joyfully absurd heroics with a tight-knit team of misfits
The Guardianby Nic Reuben·2 Sept 2026
Even if you’re unfamiliar with the term “emergent storytelling”, you’ve likely experienced some of the unscripted tales that can bubble up out of a game’s systems.
‘If he can make money in a tyranny, that’s fine by him’: Francis Fukuyama on Trump, democracy - and changing his mind
The Guardianby Jonathan Freedland·2 Sept 2026
There are not many public intellectuals who can say they’ve been cited by Capt James T Kirk of the Starship Enterprise, but Francis Fukuyama is one of them.
Transfer window verdict: how every Premier League club fared
The Guardianby Guardian sport·2 Sept 2026
Arsenal Bringing in Christos Tzolis, Bruno Guimarães and Ezri Konsa was a strong start to the window but could Arsenal’s failure to sign a marquee attacker cost them in the long run?
Profits, Prophets, Coaches and Kings by Jared Diamond review – how to change the course of history
The Guardianby Steven Poole·2 Sept 2026
Early in this book, Jared Diamond proudly introduces “what I term ‘the Hamlet test’”, which helps decide whether prominent individuals really make a difference, or whether others might have done...
Late Fame review – Willem Dafoe superb as ever as twilight-years bohemian getting a second chance
The Guardianby Peter Bradshaw·2 Sept 2026
There’s a marvellous tenderness and generosity to this elegant tale of autumnal regret; an intimate movie acted with effortless grace by Willem Dafoe.
Andy Burnham to face first PMQs as borrowing costs rise – UK politics live
The Guardianby Andrew Sparrow·2 Sept 2026
Burnham's Commons speech 'last thing' bond market wanted to hear because it implied more spending, Jim O'Neill says Andy Burnham’s speech to MPs yesterday was “the last thing” that investors wanted...
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