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‘All the watering places are crammed with hot people’: on holiday with Dickens

By Caroline Davies

Exhibition at Charles Dickens Museum in London looks at writer’s holiday pursuits, from Kent to the Isle of Wight It’s summer in the city, the pubs are crowded, and the coast beckons. In a year that has so far brought five significant heatwaves, it is a fair description of the current holiday season. But the same was true, too, of the much less frequent hot, dry summers of the past, including 186 years ago when Charl

There is nothing scientific about The Great ADHD Myth? ‘documentary’ | Gina Rippon

By Gina Rippon

Channel 4’s programme wastes a chance to ask important questions about how ADHD is diagnosed and treated, instead indulging in unscientific methods and conspiracy theories Prof Gina Rippon is emeritus professor of cognitive neuroimaging at the Aston Brain Centre, Aston University When Channel 4 announced that it would air a documentary titled The Great ADHD Myth?, an outpouring of fury followed. Despite this, I set o

GCSE results: girls still ahead but gender gap narrows as hundreds of thousands of pupils receive grades – latest updates

By Taz Ali (now) and Mabel Banfield-Nwachi (earlier)

Nearly a quarter of girls’ entries received one of the higher grades against around a fifth of those from boys Almost one in four boys in England get top grades in maths Myles McGinley, managing director of the Cambridge OCR exam board, said more pupils are taking GCSE business studies than in previous years, describing this generation of young people as “increasingly entrepreneurial”. He said business studies entrie

Hazy sunshine, factor-50 smiles and Cliff Richard at the wheel: the 20 best summer holiday movies – ranked!

By Xan Brooks

From feelgood romances to heated interactions, here are the films that best capture the seasonal moment Let’s begin at the end. 2 September 1962: the final night of the summer vacation; one last big blowout before adult life intervenes. George Lucas’s rambunctious salute to footloose youth paints vivid vignettes of Modesto, California, rocking around the clock with its loose-knit gaggle of characters. But this has on

Founder of China’s Evergrande jailed for life after pleading guilty to fraud

By Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent

Hui Ka Yan also forfeits all his personal property and the company he set up is given hefty fines Business live – latest updates The founder of Evergrande, one of China’s largest property developers, has been sentenced to life in prison and had all of his personal property confiscated. Hui Ka Yan, 67 and once named by Forbes as China’s richest man, with a net worth of $42.5bn (£31.2bn) in 2017, pleaded guilty in Apri

When it comes to rosé, pink doesn’t have to mean Provence

By Mina Holland

From Morocco to Monmouth, there’s a whole world of blushing rosé wines to discover Hello, from rosé season, the only time of year I order wine like a patriarchal septuagenarian. For this fleeting moment in the wine-drinking calendar, questions are out and assumptions are in; everyone’s happy to drink pink – specifically, pale, dry and berry-crisp Provence rosé. Blushing like cheeks in a summer romance, pale rosé capt

Where did all the XXL clothes go? Fashion brands are scrapping plus sizes in the GLP-1 era

By Hannah Marriott

As weight-loss drugs gain popularity in the US, brands are scaling back their ranges – and frustrating customers In March 2023, the model, activist and writer Tess Holliday announced that she had been working as a size and inclusivity consultant for H&M. The fruits of their partnership felt like “one of the most meaningful things that I’ve done in my career”, she told US Vogue at the time. The fashion juggernaut had

Como mayor bans bikes in city centre after being hit ‘by one of these beasts’

By Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Alessandro Rapinese denies he is waging personal vendetta against cyclists amid a public backlash The mayor of Como has set the wheels of controversy in motion for banning bikes in the walled historical centre of the lakeside city after being hit by one. Alessandro Rapinese’s ban, which comes into force in September, targets about 30 streets and means cyclists, whether on e-bikes or push bikes, will have to dismount

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​My coastal road trip confirms that seaside ​food ​still ​beats ​fine ​dining

By Georgina Hayden

​A​ family holiday shaped by salt air, seagulls and unpredictable weather proves that the seaside serves a kind of joy no restaurant can engineer Sign up here for our weekly food newsletter, Feast There are few things more powerful than the smell of salt, vinegar and hot oil carried on a sea breeze. Or sugar-coated doughnuts, still warm in a grease-stained paper bag. Such distinctly British perfumes are the smell of

GCSE results: almost one in four boys in England get top grades in maths

By Richard Adams and Sally Weale

Overall results slightly better than last year, with share receiving grades 7, 8 and 9 rising by 0.1 of a percentage point to 23.1% Almost one in four boys in England received top grades in maths while results in English improved across the board, helping to propel improved GCSE results for this year’s cohort of 16-year-olds. The stronger performances in maths helped pupils taking GCSEs in year 11 reach a record leve

Russia launches ‘massive attack’ on Kyiv and surrounding region – Europe live

By Jakub Krupa

Ukraine faces ‘terror that is only growing’ from Russia, former army chief says Romania’s military has destroyed a marine drone spotted just “a few hundred meters” from the Neptun Deep platform, a major offshore gas project in the Black Sea. The drone, spotted just “a few hundreds of meters” from the gas extraction works at the Neptun Deep platform located some 80 miles east of the city of Constanța, was destroyed by

‘He must resign’: Fans’ petition calls for Infantino to quit as Fifa president

By PA Media

Fans say Infantino has ‘lost the right to lead’ Statement also calls for Fifa to be reformed Fans’ groups worldwide have launched a petition calling for the resignation of Gianni Infantino as Fifa president and for wholesale reform of the organisation. Infantino is under mounting pressure after being forced to abandon plans to seek private investment to run Fifa tournaments, including the men’s and women’s World Cups

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Making Love with David Magidoff review – instant improv musical based on Fran Healy’s teenage infidelity

By Brian Logan

Assembly George Square, Edinburgh The US comic’s troupe tell the tale of a special guest’s romantic encounter, in this case Travis’s frontman – but their incoherence makes for a scatty if fun show It’s a lovely format for improv: a special guest tells David Magidoff the story of some romantic (mis)adventure from their past, and Magidoff and pals turn it into an extemporised musical. Shades of Improbable theatre’s ten

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Lambchop: Punching the Clown review – spectral, spellbindingly ambiguous stirring of US history

By Alexis Petridis

(City Slang) Sounding weathered but undimmed, Kurt Wagner feels as if he’s standing right in front of you as he sings superb, choir-swathed songs that invite and unsettle Thirty-two years on from their debut album – and 26 from Nixon, the gorgeous country/soul confection that brought “Nashville’s most fucked-up country band” to a wider audience – Lambchop find themselves in a curious position. Their sole continuous m

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The winner of the Guardian's Invertebrate of the year 2026 revealed

By Presented by Chris Packham; produced by Lauren Hurrell

In a much closer contest than previous years – when the tardigrade and the common earthworm won with popular landslides – the winner of the 2026 Guardian Invertebrate of the year has been decided. The competition was launched three years ago to celebrate overlooked and often derided invertebrates, which number at least 1.7m species – about 97% of all animals – with probably millions more still to be discovered and de

Can a managerial merry-go-round in Serie A stop Inter’s dominance?

By Nicky Bandini

Milan, Napoli and Atalanta all have new head coaches as Italian football hopes to return to the spotlight And so, calcio’s “ third apocalypse ” has passed. A lot of Italians enjoyed the World Cup more than they expected. Without a team to cheer for, again, a country turned its attention to different sports. And found its athletes dominating them. On the day Spain defeated Argentina in New Jersey, Kimi Antonelli, the

Has Trump no shame about all the money he has made since being in office? | Francine Prose

By Francine Prose

By now we know that charity, generosity and compassion are virtues that the US president doesn’t seem to have even in trace amounts Many years ago, in the crowded corridor of a Manhattan hotel, I was surprised to find myself standing face-to-face with Imelda Marcos, then the first lady of the Philippines. At that time, she was said to possess 3,000 pairs of shoes. I desperately longed to ask the wife of the dictatori

How one American couple ditched their lawn and created a wildlife haven – and you could too

By Whitney Bauck

Novice gardeners James Reed McGuire and Crystal Fritz wanted to try something new when they moved out to the suburbs. Little did they know they were joining a nationwide movement When James Reed McGuire and Crystal Fritz first decided to replace their lawn with native plants, they did not really know what they were doing. As former city-dwellers who had moved from Chicago out to the suburb of Highland Park, Illinois,

‘I painted myself blue – but got skin problems’: how four Edinburgh stars created their weird characters

By Interviews by Emine Saner

From a cake-baking Elton John to possibly the most horrible man in the world, comedians reveal how they get in character – and how far they can push things In the Covid lockdowns, I was drawing all these silly things, and one day I drew Elton John as a scone. It brought me lots of joy. I love Elton John and everything he’s about – his music and his outfits – and my first job as a musician was in a bar in Soho, where

Winner of Invertebrate of the Year 2026 crowned – and it is the size of a grain of rice

By Patrick Barkham

The leaf sheep, a neon green solar-powered slug, has inspired at least one Pokémon character and triumphs in global ballot See the top 10 shortlist here Chris Packham: ‘Life as we know it hinges on invertebrates’ A neon green solar-powered slug that lives underwater is the winner of the increasingly popular Invertebrate of the Year competition run by the Guardian. The leaf sheep, Costasiella kuroshimae, triumphed in

Premier League 2026-27 preview No 18: Nottingham Forest

By Will Unwin

After a chaotic season under four different coaches, Forest fans will be hoping Oliver Glasner can bring some stability Guardian writers’ predicted position: 11th (NB: this is not necessarily Will Unwin’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 16th Continue reading...

Humans have learned to fear ‘bugs’, but we shouldn’t – life as we know it hinges on invertebrates | Chris Packham

By Chris Packham

At this point of the crisis in our relations with the natural world, we’ve got to protect these creatures – and we are running out of time Read more from the Guardian’s invertebrate of the year 2026 Too many animals are regarded as “bugs”. And, if anything is a bug, it is a short step to it becoming a “pest”. Too many of us have a learned fear – it’s not innate – of anything with six legs or antennae. I’m a big fan o

Post your questions for Beck

By Guardian Staff

The genre-hopping hitmaker’s new album fingerpicks the same melancholy heartstrings as Sea Change. You can ask him anything in our upcoming reader interview News of a Beck album is always cause for celebration, especially when it’s seven years since the last one – 2019’s Hyperspace – but even more so when it’s recorded with the same wrecking crew as the melancholy classics Sea Change and Morning Phase (having origina

Tell us: have you slowed down your smart TV or bought an older model?

By Guardian community team

We’d like to hear from people who are disabling smart TV features, disconnecting from the internet or choosing older, simpler televisions Smart TVs have become the go-to way to watch entertainment at home and have introduced apps, internet browsing, personalised advertising and even data tracking to our viewing habits. These additional features reportedly slow down smart TVs, prompting guides on how to improve their

North Korea fires 10 missiles day after Trump curtails South Korea joint drills

By Associated Press

Launches, detected by South Korea and Japan, came after US scaled back exercises with South Korea in apparent overture to Kim Jong-un North Korea has launched about 10 short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea, South Korea’s military said, a day after Pyongyang shrugged off Donald Trump’s order to scale back US military drills with South Korea in an apparent attempt to resume diplomacy. The joint chiefs of staff