From a Dustin Hoffman performance less witty than a stunned mollusc to the worst piece of garbage ever inflicted on TV viewers, here are Guardian readers’ most atrocious watching experiences ever • Our roundup of all 18 of the Guardian’s past zero-star reviews• Peter Bradshaw picks three films that deserved […]
With this level of unpopularity, the question of the PM’s future may seem simple. But what comes next could be nastily complicated Be absolutely clear. Keir Starmer is in very deep trouble indeed. Perhaps belatedly, he himself grasps this. His team and his ministers knew it already. His party and […]
John Harris is joined by Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey as an attempt to halt leadership manoeuvres against Keir Starmer has spectacularly backfired and put Starmer’s potential rival Wes Streeting on the front foot. Plus, the BBC is in crisis again – but this time it involves a $1bn lawsuit […]
South Korean may have moved on after a decade at Spurs but the Asian fans he drew to the club are staying put The unprovoked verbal abuse was not unexpected when it happened. I had spent an hour outside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, talking to Asian fans who had come […]
A new book, Brothers of the Gun, explores the unlikely friendship between a complicated lawman and a cursed gambler There’s a famous line from a John Ford western, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” Mark Lee Gardner is a leading historian of […]
The dispute over pay at this great national institution gets to the heart of our misplaced priorities You know a country by its values. By what a country values. And it turns out that what a country values can change over time. Sometimes, though, there’s a sort of cognitive delay […]
The novel’s protagonist is violent, libidinous and so inarticulate he says ‘OK’ some 500 times. So how did the author turn his story into a tragic masterpiece? When we meet the morning after the announcement of this year’s Booker prize, David Szalay, the winner, seems an extremely genial and gentle […]
Public life is a minefield and the best and brightest just don’t want to know. How convenient for foes of the most trusted news organisation in the world Listen, I hate to ruin a yarn wall but I don’t think it’s at all helpful to start framing the current crisis […]
How do you plan for an event whose timing is unknown? For residents of Tofino on Vancouver Island the threat is distant but signs of preparedness are everywhere Justin Goss was in the shower when he first heard the piercing wail of a nearby tsunami early-warning siren. Still dripping wet, […]
Sport’s famous rivalry began in 1877 and since then 853 men have featured in Australia v England Tests. But who are the best? Our four-day countdown starts here with Nos 100-71 Read about the 51 judges and our methodology here Continue reading…