Economic uncertainty drives customers to snap up 22-carat gold bars and coins or sell off unworn jewellery “With everything that’s going on in the economy and Donald Trump banging his chest against the world, we’re finding there’s no trust in the banks because we don’t know what’s going to happen,” […]
(Island)On their first collection of new songs since 2017, the quartet have a crispness that has been lacking in their 21st-century material, as they nimbly react to shocking news stories • News: Bono lambasts ICE, Putin, Netanyahu and more as U2 release first collection of new songs since 2017 It’s […]
Russia is back in love with the Games and a return to athletes competing under their own flag at LA in two years’ time seems highly likely First came the reverberating cheers. Then a deluge of soft toys lobbed from the stands. But across the face of the brilliant Russian […]
As her nightmarish turn as orange-wigged child-catcher Aunt Gladys takes her to Oscars night, the actor talks about surviving ‘brutal’ Hollywood, the fury that almost drove her from the US – and still being homeless after the wildfires It’s a full-time gig being an Oscar nominee, what with the luncheons […]
The Brazilian has seen this before, football has seen this before, and yet why does it feel like nothing ever changes? José Mourinho: against provoking opposition fans. José Mourinho: in favour of restrained celebrations. José Mourinho, once of the poke‑in‑the‑eye, sprint‑down‑the‑touchline, accost‑the‑referee-in-the-car-park school of footballing expression: now apparently very big […]
Driver reportedly checked with base and was told to continue when GPS directed van on to Essex mudflats People thought they were looking at an AI image: an Amazon delivery van half-submerged at the mouth of the Thames estuary where it meets the North Sea. “I thought someone had just […]
Reform UK leader snaps at reporters as he tries to maintain control over announcement of shadow cabinet Meet the Fockers. The shadow cabinet from hell. Rejects, losers and deadbeats. A freak show. A tribute act. Reform have often been called a one-man band. The Nigel Farage party. So to counter […]
Critics have given the Flotus flick 11% on the aggregator site, but the ‘verified ticket buyers’ score is a near perfect 98%. A campaign by activists, or a sign of our politically disparate times? If you’ve started to feel like you’re living in an entirely different reality from most of […]
After Guardian writers shared their picks for big screen love stories people may not have seen, readers have responded with some alternative options It’s a long time since I saw it, and it’s one of those films I’ve been unable to rewatch after a first viewing in case it disappoints. […]
Civil rights leader, politician, campaigner; the Rev Jackson was a phenomenal orator, and a brilliant organiser. Writers reflect on his impact around the world Jesse Jackson – a life in pictures Jesse Jackson tributes – latest updates Continue reading…