Is it true that … houseplants freshen the air in our homes and offices?
The Guardianby Kate Lloyd·3d ago
‘Plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen when they photosynthesise,” says John Tregoning, a professor at Imperial College London and author of Live Forever?
Forty years of the Phantom of the Opera - the show that wouldn’t die: ‘People come back to hear the impossible’
The Guardianby Miriam Gillinson·3d ago
There is something about Andrew Lloyd Webber’s masterly musical The Phantom of the Opera – celebrating 40 years on the West End this month – which seems to take hold of its fans in a special way.
Spain’s Sánchez to make statement amid speculation over early election – Europe live
The Guardianby Jakub Krupa·3d ago
The very format of Sánchez’s appearance this morning – “an institutional declaration” – is in itself a very heavy hint at what we are likely to see this morning.
My search for the perfect Italian aperitivo in Verona
The Guardianby Gabriele Pasca·3d ago
I arrived in Verona, I admit, without a particularly clear idea of what aperitivo meant. In Italy, the ritual – broadly, a drink and something small to eat before a meal – speaks a different...
Charlie Shaw’s Revenge review – creepy clown killer takes aim at struggling amusement park
The Guardianby Catherine Bray·3d ago
The film opens with a lone figure striding into the foreground. He’s an amateur entertainer on his way to a gig, and he’s not been met at the station as planned.
Apple iPhone 18 Pro review: big changes for small differences
The Guardianby Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor·3d ago
Apple’s smaller Pro iPhone gets the best kind of spec bump for 2026: longer battery life, faster chips and a fancy new variable aperture for the main camera.
Pasture lives: the rebel cheesemakers preserving an Alpine tradition
The Guardianby Photographs and text by Giuseppe Nucci·3d ago
My journey into the world of storico ribelle began with a shared passion for photography and the mountains. A close friend of mine lives in the Orobie Alps.
Sleeping Beauties by David Byrne review – a quirky journey through the afterlife of invention
The Guardianby Sukhdev Sandhu·3d ago
There’s barely been a moment in the last half-century when David Byrne hasn’t been zinging about, dancing forward, opting odd.
A new start after 60: Menopausal and out of work, I sat crying in my car. Now, I’m a standup comedian
The Guardianby Paula Cocozza·4d ago
If anyone had told Barbara Scully five years ago that she would soon be enjoying her “sixth career” – this time as a standup comedian, or comic storyteller – she would have laughed in their face.
‘The future is bright’: breeding programme brings world’s heaviest insect back from the brink
The Guardianby Eva Corlett in Wellington·4d ago
The population of New Zealand’s endemic wētāpunga – believed to be the world’s heaviest insect – is officially “recovering” thanks to a groundbreaking breeding programme that has overseen the...
Internet Watch Foundation reports huge rise in AI child sexual abuse material
The Guardianby Dan Milmo Global technology editor·4d ago
AI-generated child sexual abuse material is proliferating online, with the amount of illegal material investigated this year already exceeding the total for 2025.
Revealed: the methane mega-leaks from UN climate summit host Turkey
The Guardianby Damian Carrington and Ruth Michaelson and Ayça Aldatmaz in Istanbul·4d ago
Two or three nights each week, the smell descends. Residents of villages on the rural outskirts of Istanbul don’t know what the smell is, but they have been plagued by it for years: a smell so bad...
Nik Sharma’s recipes for spiced French onion soup and Indian-style Turkish eggs
The Guardianby Nik Sharma·4d ago
While purists might scoff and find the combination of spices in my French onion soup a little blasphemous, do give it a shot.
Tom Cruise’s Digger has flopped spectacularly – but I think it is a misunderstood masterpiece
The Guardianby Sian Cain·4d ago
I feel for film critics, I really do. Tom Cruise’s latest film Digger put them in an impossible position: you can’t really talk about it without spoiling what makes it, in my eyes, a masterpiece.
Ball in UK’s court: EU ambassador says Brussels will be ‘ready to engage‘ after country decides what it wants
The Guardianby Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor·4d ago
Jukka Salovaara, the newly installed European Union ambassador to the UK, is likely to become a ubiquitous figure in national politics as the Andy Burnham government grapples with the question of...
Skull fractures suggest servants of Egypt’s ancient kings were sacrificed
The Guardianby Nicola Davis Science correspondent·4d ago
Court officials and craftspeople serving early Egyptian kings may have been sacrificed when their ruler died, according to research that found fractures in several ancient skulls.
British government ‘complacent about food as a national security matter’
The Guardianby Joanna Partridge·4d ago
Britain does not have a plan for how to feed people in a crisis and is unprepared for potential future food shortages, according to a warning from more than 150 experts delivered to Andy Burnham.
Exiled separatist leader is likely to return to a very different Catalonia
The Guardianby Stephen Burgen in Barcelona·4d ago
After years of legal wrangling, Spain’s constitutional court is expected to remove the last obstacle to the return of the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont after nearly nine years in exile...
To cull or not to cull: Greenland debates fate of world’s slowest shark
The Guardianby Annaliese Smith in Greenland·4d ago
‘When I accidentally catch a shark, I bring it to my dogs,” Henrik Jensen, a 27-year-old from Greenland’s west coast, says casually.
‘If it’s too slick, it looks like a fashion mag’: Peter Zumthor on his £110m rammed concrete gallery
The Guardianby Oliver Wainwright·4d ago
In the early 1960s, when Peter Zumthor was a teenage apprentice in his father’s cabinet-making workshop, he designed his first cupboard.
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