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Tom Cox: ‘Getting out of a journalistic mindset enabled me to write fiction I believed in’
The author on his new novel, Everything Will Swallow You; why he fears repeating himself; and being scarred by England’s defeat by Argentina at the 1986 World Cup
The Hack review: Great story of the British tabloid phone-hacking scandal is let down by wackiness
Television: David Tennant was one of the celebrities whose phone messages were illegally hacked, which might explain the fervour he brings to the show
‘That was my first elimination’: IDF snipers are blind to the humanity of their victims
International law explicitly prohibits attacking unarmed people, and people who are retrieving bodies
Carbon credits: The dark heart of the climate ‘solution’ that simply does not work
Amid the climate crisis, no amount of wishing for an imaginary carbon unicorn will make it true
Kneecap owes Keir Starmer, the BBC and Helen from Wales a thank you
If Kneecap’s pro-Palestine stance is noisy and relentless, it’s right up there with the band’s marketing nous
The good bits of the brave new world promised by the digital revolution never happened in journalism
There was a time when we seemed to be on the cusp of something remarkable, but it never happened
Emma Rawicz: ‘I think jazz is made for people who don’t necessarily fit into life’s prescribed boxes’
Young saxophonist, composer and bandleader says she is a ‘massive perfectionist and complete workaholic’
Weakening corporate climate pledges is a symptom of waning momentum
Recent high-profile corporate backtracking from climate commitments shows the fragility of pledges when attention and accountability drift
Guardian owner agrees Observer sale to Tortoise for £25m investment
Scott Trust to take seats on Tortoise Media’s editorial and commercial boards
Guardian strike over ‘rushed’ Observer sale shows there is still some loyalty in media
Staff at the two newspapers plan a 48-hour work stoppage this week amid swelling hostility towards management
‘Starmer the Farmer Harmer’ the target of ire as British farmers mobilise in London
Planet Business: Infowars auction saga, Howard Lutnick’s thoughts on Ireland and a brief history of the Observer
‘Toxic’ X just not worth it anymore, the Guardian concludes
X marks the exit door for the news title, which has announced it will no longer post on Elon Musk’s platform
When Delia Smith and Hugh Grant team up in protest, it’s worth your attention. So why are they defending a Sunday paper?
Guardian Media Group wants to sell the Observer, now 232 years old, to the news website Tortoise. It has a fight on its hands
Bella Mackie: ‘I used to have a game with my family where we would talk about the perfect way to murder someone’
Author discusses her new novel, What a Way to Go, her interest in true crime and how she copes with anxiety
Godwin by Joseph O’Neill: Novel of narrative flair uses football in Africa as a prism
New York-based Corkman explores world of intersecting crises with humour and humanity
The credibility crisis in science
We are in the middle of an epidemic of scientific fraud that is seriously compromising research
Comfort Eating by Grace Dent: Restaurant critic’s memoir will leave you craving second helpings
The Guardian columnist and Masterchef judge has funny bones and will make you laugh and think at almost every turn
Air pollution in Ireland linked to premature deaths at ‘concerning’ level in urban areas, report finds
EPA advises using less solid fuel to heat homes and reducing use of cars if Ireland is to meet WHO guidelines
British media slam axing of Facebook News as ‘urgent threat to democracy’
Newspaper groups warn Meta that decision will hurt both the industry and society
Has the BBC secretly cancelled Róisín Murphy for her views on puberty blockers?
Hugh Linehan: The Irish singer said she was sorry her comments had 'been directly hurtful to many of you' but did not withdraw them
‘Overrated’ should be banished from any grown-up lexicon. Except when I use it
Iconoclastic critics are – to turn their own words against them – short on emotional resonance, boring as sin and not all that compelling
Finn McRedmond: We should not expect contrition from Michael D Higgins
Several times the President has shown he cares little about the limitations of his office
Gary Younge interview: ‘My mum was a single parent with three kids and therefore we were supposed to be into drugs’
Gary Younge observes how attitudes to race are changing in Ireland, Britain and elsewhere
Henry McDonald: Leading journalist and author of authoritative books on the Troubles
McDonald grew up as ‘a seasoned war baby’ amid violence of 1970s Northern Ireland and went on to chronicle the conflict for decades
Iran making ‘every effort’ to process Irish man detained on propaganda charges
Bernard Phelan’s family say he is being detained in inhumane conditions
French fishing boats return to Normandy as Jersey protest ends
Britain says two armed patrol ships to remain despite breakthrough in talks on fishing rights
How have other countries responded to concerns over the AstraZeneca vaccine?
Indonesia continues use of Covid-19 jab while Italy, Philippines, South Korea set age limits
BBC and Guardian are to cut hundreds of jobs
UK media groups announce job losses as coronavirus pandemic hits revenues
Ryanair in eye of storm over newspaper reports on Boeing 737s
Airline said Guardian article on grounded aircraft was ‘rubbish’, when it was true
Brexit deal: Varadkar signals very little wriggle room
‘Very difficult’ to avoid hard border if no withdrawal agreement in place, says Taoiseach
Elon Musk names Japanese billionaire as first private space tourist
Yusaku Maezawa will travel around the moon with Space X in 2023
UK Athletics chairman unsure about IAAF’s new testosterone rule
Bowker says Semenya will be warmly welcomed to London World Cup event in July
Tributes paid to former ‘Guardian’ editor Peter Preston
Oversaw succession of agenda-setting stories during 20-year tenure as editor
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