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    I Feel So Free is a hypnotic return to club roots

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    Australia
    Did Harry and Meghan tour Australia to make money – or cosplay a return to royal life?

    Along with a luxe wellness retreat and MasterChef appearance, the faux royal tour included time spent on causes the couple clearly care about

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    Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on?

    Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers
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    The impossible promise
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    Some of today’s far right is openly violent and undemocratic – and even in its less extreme forms, far-right populism is a profound threat. But that doesn’t mean it is just a re-run of history

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    Racing driver Miettinen killed and six injured at 24-hour Nürburgring qualifiers

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    England do just enough as Russo seals Women’s World Cup qualifying win over Iceland

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Opinion

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    double quotation markPéter Magyar’s real coup was winning over loyal Orbán voters – not preaching to the converted

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    He is no progressive but unlike the old opposition, the Tisza leader listened to Orbán’s rural base, says Nóra Schultz, podcaster and political theorist
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    double quotation markWho’d have thought a fossil-fuel shill like Trump would be the one to spark a green revolution?

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    The US attack on Iran has made the need for renewable energy inarguable, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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    double quotation markWar isn’t a ‘moral’ issue – at least not for the Trump administration

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    double quotation markNo generation is safe from the nostalgia industry – just look at the disappointing Malcolm in the Middle reboot

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    double quotation markOnline abuse is silencing women on a staggering scale – it’s a democratic crisis

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    ‘We can’t wait’: Venice already seeking floods plan B five years after barriers’ launch

    Rising sea level and eco damage caused by flood defence system prompt city authorities to consider next move
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    Fossil fuels
    Colombia convenes climate ‘coalition of the willing’ to break global fossil fuel deadlock

UK news

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    Official biographer named as historian Anna Keay

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    Two more Reform local election candidates accused of offensive posts

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    How a London synagogue attack birthed an act of solidarity

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    Counter-terror police investigate arson attack in north-west London

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    Young Bulgarians hold out for change in eighth election in five years

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    Venezuela’s Machado to hold Madrid rally as opposition frozen out after Maduro capture

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    Can a new biopic change your mind about Michael Jackson?

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    UK television
    A dubious career move: how The Claudia Winkleman Show ended Traitors host's winning streak

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    The watcher
    Half Man: Richard Gadd’s follow-up to Baby Reindeer is uncomfortably erotic – and utterly monstrous

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    Hacks finale review – this venomous satire used to be the height of comedy. But now … it isn’t

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    Late-night TV roundup
    Stephen Colbert on Trump’s Vatican feud: ‘Damn, the pope just read you for filth’

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    'He was supernatural': Prince remembered by those who knew him best, 10 years after his death

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    Music
    Olivia Rodrigo: Drop Dead review – a maximalist rush of infatuation that’s just a bauble short of festive

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    Classical music
    Sean Shibe: Vesper album review – ever-imaginative guitar virtuoso brings mind-expanding flights of fancy

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    Books
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  • Diego Velázquez’s Las Meninas.

    Book of the day
    The Dog’s Gaze by Thomas Laqueur review – the art of the canine, from Velázquez to Picasso

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    Griefdogg by Michael Winkler review – a cryptic, beguiling tale about a man who turns into a dog

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    Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke review – the downfall of an all‑American tradwife

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    Clair Obscur and Dispatch share top honours at Bafta games awards

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    Games
    Replaced review – nostalgic cyberpunk tribute has few ideas of its own

  • Pragmata.

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    Pragmata review – soulful sad dad saga in stunning outer space

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    Gaming psychology
    ‘Seeking connection’: the video game where players stopped shooting and started talking

More culture

  • Poet Federico Garcia Lorca at his house entrance in Granada in 1935

    Spain
    Lost Federico García Lorca verse discovered 93 years after it was written

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    My cultural awakening
    Zelda taught me the importance of play – and has helped me deal with work, parenting and grief

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    Photography
    ‘I want people to see nature as a wondrous work of art’: Jon McCormack’s best phone picture

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    Comedy
    ‘Packaging evil into something funny’: is making fun of Trump now just ‘clownwashing’?

Lifestyle

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    Blind date
    double quotation markWe laughed so hard the man at the next table shushed us

  • a vineyard worker cuts red grapes from the vine

    Wine
    Growing knowledge, growing yield: British wine-making comes of age

Food

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    The new vegan
    Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for sweetheart cabbage and caramelised onion spaghetti

  • Homeboy's Fumbally.

    The good mixer
    Cocktail of the week: Homeboy’s fumbally – recipe

  • Anzac sandwich biscuits with dark chocolate filling on green and pink plates

    The sweet spot
    Helen Goh’s recipe for Anzac sandwich biscuits with dark chocolate filling

  • Bowl of Rachel Roddy's penne with potato, cabbage, butter and cheese on a bowl. On a table.

    A kitchen in Rome
    Rachel Roddy’s ‘high-ranking’ penne with potatoes, cabbage, butter and cheese

Fashion & beauty

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    Knitwear
    ‘The antidote to Brat’ – why pointelle is having a moment

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    Fashion
    Stella McCartney launches sustainable collection with H&M

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    Beauty
    Sali Hughes on beauty: how to repair your hair in three minutes – no scissors or faffing required

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    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
    How to make sandwich dressing your style bread and butter

Relationships

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    Life
    You be the judge: should my girlfriend change the way she bags her supermarket shopping?

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    Leading questions
    My friend keeps sending me unsettling social media videos. How do I tell her to stop?

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    Parents
    Despite their bad reputation, parenting group chats are – for some – the village that never sleeps

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    The pet I'll never forget
    Chilly, the kitten I saved from freezing to death

Health & fitness

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    Why am I like this?
    Feeling off? Your secrets could be making you stressed

  • Two elderly women making pasta

    Pass notes
    Nonnamaxxing: do Italian grandmothers hold the secret to a long and happy life?

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    Breath
    Are you breathing properly? How I found out I wasn’t

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    Psychology
    Always in crisis mode? You might be catastrophising – here’s how to stop

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    Tim Dowling's column
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    The kids' quiz
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