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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULT
A new read-aloud favourite, world-conquering doughnuts and a spirited feminist compendium
2 min |
December 12, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
FOOD
Middle Eastern and Indian flavours are stirred up with the psychology of baking and helpful tips
3 min |
December 12, 2025
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An antidote to hate Our appeal honours the charities keeping hope alive
It has been an unsettling year of social division, anger and unrest in the UK and beyond.
2 min |
December 12, 2025
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An acute observer of modern British life
Martin Parr, the British documentary photographer who captured the peculiarities of Britain with clarity and hilarity, has died aged 73.
1 min |
December 12, 2025
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CRIME
Jackson Lamb rides again, a clash of culpability and ethics and an unsettling Japanese mystery
1 min |
December 12, 2025
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Account closed How will the social media ban work?
From 10 December, platforms the Australian government has deemed to be included in the social media ban have been ordered to deactivate all accounts for users under 16 and prevent those users from holding an account until after they turn 16.
2 min |
December 12, 2025
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'Scam states' How lucrative crime hubs took root in parts of Asia
For days before the explosions began, the business park had been emptying out.
3 min |
December 12, 2025
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This Spotify Wrapped season, don't outsource your love of music to AI
I like year-end list season.
3 min |
December 12, 2025
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Flower that became a national symbol-and a purple pain
It was only when huge areas of Iceland started turning purple that authorities realised they had made a mistake.
3 min |
December 12, 2025
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SPORT
Taking in tough climbs and steep descents, these books reflect the highs and lows of a sporting life
2 min |
December 12, 2025
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TRANSLATED FICTION
Nobel laureate Han Kang's return, film-making under the Nazis and essential stories from Iraq
2 min |
December 12, 2025
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HISTORY
Behind closed doors at No 10, brutalism pioneers, discussing free speech and the horrors of Gaza
5 min |
December 12, 2025
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SCIENCE
Confronting AI, nature's sentience and our own end
3 min |
December 12, 2025
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Locked out I'm 15 and disabled. The social media ban will make my world smaller
The government has decided that as of this week I should be banned from social media because of the potential harm it can cause.
3 min |
December 12, 2025
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MUSIC
From an enraging indictment of Spotify to a compelling biography of Tupac Shakur
1 min |
December 12, 2025
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'I believed nothing would harm my children any more'
Despite US-brokered ceasefire, death toll remains high from military strikes that show Israel can still kill with impunity
3 min |
December 12, 2025
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Reboots of A Christmas Carol and Paddington keep their messages alive
Not even the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come could have foreseen a Bollywood-inspired film or a hip-hop fantasy performance of A Christmas Carol.
2 min |
December 12, 2025
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FICTION
There aren't many giants of 20th-century literature still writing, but 2025 saw the first novel in 12 years from American great Thomas Pynchon, now in his late 80s: Shadow Ticket is a typically larky prohibition-era whodunnit, set against rising nazism and making sprawling connections with the spectre of fascism today.
4 min |
December 12, 2025
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What words are left to describe the Trump doctrine?
The Trump administration looks ever more like a criminal enterprise and now it seems to have added war crimes to its repertoire.
4 min |
December 12, 2025
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POETRY
From Simon Armitage’s animal spirits, to unlikely sources of inspiration and prizewinners
2 min |
December 12, 2025
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Silenced by Beijing, Hong Kong can't fully address the Tai Po fire
White flowers at makeshift shrines and messages of support posted in a public square.
3 min |
December 12, 2025
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Turn off, tune out
Australia's social media ban for under-16s is a world-first, with other countries looking to follow suit. But will it protect kids from online harm?
2 min |
December 12, 2025
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Trump adds more vitriol to anti-immigrant rhetoric
When the history of Donald Trump's second presidency is written, 26 November 2025 may well go down as a particular landmark.
3 min |
December 12, 2025
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Secrets of the deep Joe MacInnis reflects on the golden era of underwater discovery
Now aged 88, the famed Canadian ocean explorer explains why shipwrecks and the cruel sea are the 'greatest of all teachers'
5 min |
December 12, 2025
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Cross section Is US-influenced religious right on the rise in UK politics?
Two distinctive heads could often be spotted in the front row of recent Reform UK press conferences: Danny Kruger, the party's head of policy, and James Orr, now a senior adviser to Nigel Farage.
2 min |
December 12, 2025
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'No one will miss scrolling'
I only have accounts on WhatsApp and Pinterest so I won't be directly affected by the social media ban, but I still don't like it.
3 min |
December 12, 2025
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N346 Christmas zabaglione
When you're the cook of the house, you spend quite enough time in the kitchen on Christmas Day as it is.
1 min |
December 05, 2025
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Artistic licence
A magnificent portrait of the man who immortalised the English Tudor court
3 min |
December 05, 2025
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Back to Bertie
This collection of new short stories pays homage to the genius of PG Wodehouse
1 min |
December 05, 2025
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Men on the moon
As their 11th movie together is released actor Ethan Hawke and director Richard Linklater discuss power, status and combovers
6 min |