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Bloomsbury threads
A new book about London's most famous literary set explores its lesser-known role in sparking a sartorial revolution
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September 01, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
With five PMs in seven years, the Tories are all at sea with no ideas
Late one night in 1867, Benjamin Disraeli, chancellor of the exchequer in Lord Derby's Tory government, cunningly thwarted a Liberal wrecking amendment in the Commons to his second reform bill. Having written to Queen Victoria at 2am, he went to the Carlton Club in London, where he was cheered and toasted as \"the man who rode the race, who took the time, who kept the time, and who did the trick\". The following year, he became prime minister.
3 min |
September 01, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
'I get in trouble when I talk about the state of the nation'
After 17 years abroad, Zadie Smith has returned to her literary stomping ground of north London. She talks about fame, therapy and finding inspiration for her latest novel on her doorstep
10+ min |
September 01, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Don't mention the war
On the International Space Station, astronauts from Russia and the west share a craft the size of a large family home. So what happened when Moscow started a conflict 400km below on Earth?
10+ min |
September 01, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Far-right populist who is a 'shoo-in' for president aims at pope
In one corner of the ring stands Javier Milei, 52, self-described former tantric sex coach, outsider anarcho-capitalist and frontrunner in Argentina's upcoming presidential elections; in the other, his compatriot Pope Francis, 86, champion of the poor, repeatedly derided by Argentina's likely next president as \"a fucking communist\" and \"the representative of the evil one on Earth\" for promoting the doctrine of \"social justice\" to aid the underprivileged.
3 min |
September 01, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Not'appy The problem with digital societies
Increasingly, the world seems to run on smartphones-often to the exclusion of those who struggle with tech. What can be done?
4 min |
September 01, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Son of Soros under fire as foundations retreat from Europe
He survived the Nazis, made a fortune on Wall Street and became one of the most steadfast backers of democracy and human rights in the eastern bloc. But there are now fears about the commitment of the billionaire philanthropist George Soros, 93, to his homelands, as his donor network announced it will curb its activities across the EU from 2024.
3 min |
September 01, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
The Russian minister who became a US truck driver
The former minister drove his big white truck north until he reached Michigan. The Great Lakes provided a welcome relief from the scorching Texas heat.
2 min |
September 01, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Fukushima fish traders fear effects of water release
Awa-jinja is a place of pilgrimage for the more superstitious fishing crews of Shinchi-machi, a coastal town in Fukushima, who come here to lower their heads and ask the Shinto gods to look kindly on them as they prepare to steer their boats into the Pacific Ocean.
2 min |
September 01, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Bombed out The island idyll where atomic tests reverberate
Oppenheimer has reminded the world of the impact of nuclear weapons testing. One Pacific archipelago never forgot
3 min |
September 01, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Monster, Inc Loch Ness's most famous local keeps head down
Around Loch Ness last Saturday, the hope was for sunshine. Would-be champions prepared for the Glenurquhart Highland Games, dedicated runners warmed up for the Loch Ness 24 endurance race - and volunteers readied their binoculars and notepads for the biggest search for the Loch Ness monster in 50 years.
3 min |
September 01, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
How football president's kiss led to a #MeToo moment
When Jenni Hermoso arrived in the stands, the standing ovation was thundering. On the field below, Atlético de Madrid and AC Milan were battling it out for the Women's Cup, but the message - scrawled on posters, temporary tattoos and a metres-long banner unfurled by the players - was unanimous at the stadium in Madrid last Saturday night: \"We're with you, Jenni Hermoso.\"
2 min |
September 01, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Female suicides on rise under Taliban regime
First, her dreams of becoming a doctor were dashed by the Taliban's ban on women's education. Then her family set up a forced marriage to her cousin, a heroin addict. Latifa* felt her future had been snatched away.
3 min |
September 01, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Touch down Moon landing is another leap in the global space race
For all the risks, for all that was riding on a successful landing, the descent to the moon's surface was remarkably uneventful, if not exactly stress-free. The Vikram lander, part of India's Chandrayaan-3 mission, dropped steadily on its thrusters to the rock below, slowed to a hover as it approached the ground, and finally came to a rest on the dusty terrain.
2 min |
September 01, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Labrador dawn A future where culture meets conservation
A plume of red erupts in the grey-blue waters and Martin Shiwak accelerates his boat to grab the seal he has shot before it sinks out of sight. Shiwak has hunted for years in the waters of Lake Melville, close to the Inuit community of Rigolet in Nunatsiavut.
5 min |
September 01, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
The next movement Prigozhin is gone, but the Sahel will not be free of Wagner soon
Last week, before Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a plane crash, the founder of the Russian mercenary group Wagner appeared bullish in a publicity video, holding a rifle and dressed in desert camouflage.
3 min |
September 01, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
The cost of speaking out The not so mysterious deaths of Putin's opponents
The attacks have varied, from underwear tainted with the nerve agent Novichok or polonium-laced tea to the more straightforward assassinations by a bullet but, throughout Vladimir Putin's 23-year rule, Kremlin critics, journalists and defected spies have been killed and targeted for opposing him.
3 min |
September 01, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Patriot, traitor, martyr ...
After his apparent assassination, Yevgeny Prigozhin's legacy is still to be determined. The Wagner chief's reputation will be dictated by two linked factors-Putin and the result of the war
4 min |
September 01, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Village people - A celebrated court case links Victorian England with slavery in Jamaica in Zadie Smith's gripping historical novel
Zadie Smith has spent a long time concertedly not writing historical fiction.
3 min |
August 25, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Carry on screaming Film studio is back from the dead
Amicus, which mastered the art of the gleefully ghoulish cinematic short-story collection in the 60s and 70s, is set to make a glorious return
3 min |
August 25, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
For 25 years, my weekly game has been about so much more than sport
It’s the middle of summer, which means a new football season. The glory game hardly sleeps these days: the Women’s World Cup has only just concluded and there is the constant spectre of the Saudi power grab on men’s elite football.
3 min |
August 25, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Biden's Middle East policy aims seem delusional and out of time
It’s uncanny, the way America’s declining influence across the Middle East seems to be tracking the previous, humbling retreat of the British empire from the same area.
3 min |
August 25, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
THE 600 BILLION DOLLAR MEN
From the star-studded Pro League to golf, F1 and cricket, Saudi Arabia's dizzying strategic investment in global sport is as cynically ambitious as it is controversial.
10+ min |
August 25, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Pulse of life Ancient folk music is still whipping up a frenzy
When Antonio Castrignanò listens to pizzica, he hears much more than tambourines and drums.
3 min |
August 25, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
75 years on, Franco's cruel punishment still haunts village
Half an hour's drive uphill from the busy beaches of Nerja, on Spain's Costa del Sol, lies the isolated village of El Acebuchal, pretty but spookily quiet on a summer's morning. Seventy-five years ago, its people were victims of a grievous injustice.
3 min |
August 25, 2023
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Kennedy Jr dismays Democrats - but pulls in populists
It was standing room only when Kevin O'Keeffe, wearing a Robert Kennedy Jr campaign T-shirt, joined the audience to welcome the candidate, introduced as \"Bobby Kennedy\", who walked across the sunbaked stage decked with hay bales to whoops and applause.
3 min |
August 25, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Hawaii alert Non-native grasses 'raised risk of fires'
Scientists and academics say they have been warning for several years that invasive grasses covering a quarter of the Hawaii islands are a major fire risk.
2 min |
August 25, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Crackdown on illegal goldmines brings hope
Armed agents are destroying illicit camps in response to the rampant deforestation permitted under Bolsonaro
4 min |
August 25, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Windows of opportunity Lack of glass hits homes
Shortage of glazing materials is impeding efforts to restore normality in areas damaged by Russian artillery attacks
3 min |
August 25, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Netherlands and Denmark pledge fighter jets for Kyiv
The Netherlands and Denmark have announced they will donate up to 61 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine once pilot training has been satisfactorily completed, as Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited both countries after months of entreaties to bolster the Ukrainian air force.
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