The US-Ireland Alliance will give the actor the Oscar Wilde award at the event’s 20th anniversary in Los Angeles in March After a varied career in which he has played a psychopath, a romcom heart-throb, an intergalactic warlord and a plucky newspaper editor among others, Domhnall Gleeson has won his […]
Month: December 2025
With the Christmas recess slowing the political havoc, it’s time to hand out the Guardian’s parliamentarian of the year awards You can hear the sighs of relief. Not from the MPs who are packing up to slope back to their constituencies for the Christmas recess, but from the rest of […]
You could try showing them the depths of what they don’t know, says advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. Knowing what they’re missing could be a path to mutual respect Read more Leading questions How do I talk to grown grandsons who have different political beliefs and dismiss mine as fuzzy thinking, […]
OpenAI is the latest to make a political hire as big tech spreads its tentacles around the world. So what’s the attraction? George Osborne getting a new job isn’t exactly news. Since leaving frontline politics, the former chancellor has served as the chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, edited (not […]
In just two years, Rae has gone from star TikTok dancer to being Grammy-nominated for best new artist. She reflects on her critically acclaimed debut and how she’s learning to reclaim and relinquish control No one in pop has had a year like Addison Rae. She may not be the […]
In the early 2020s, readers flocked to books to explain political turbulence. But is the world now too grim to read about – and are podcasters taking the place of authors? In the decade leading up to the pandemic, nonfiction seemed unstoppable. Readers flocked to books that explained a world […]
MPs from most corners of Commons laughed at the festive gag – but stony-faced Farage failed to see the funny side Whisper it softly, but Keir Starmer made a joke. A good one at that. MPs from most corners of the Commons even laughed. Genuine laughter. Not the contrived partisan […]
Choosing the right gift can feel difficult, but it is possible to buy something meaningful that will please your loved ones – and stay out of the trash My family members are incredible gift-givers. Every birthday and holiday, they manage to select exactly what the recipient wanted – or didn’t […]
The actor has said Shakespeare’s language can be understood ‘in the body’. I couldn’t disagree more I want to believe in reincarnation because I want to come back as Paul Mescal. What it must be like to be irresistible. I’m sure it gets wearing, but I’d still like to give […]
The Marty Supreme star said the Britain’s Got Talent runner-up is one of the greatest Britons of all time – surely he’s not taking her name in vain for attention Timothée Chalamet understands the true nature of greatness. In Marty Supreme, he plays a character loosely based on a former […]