Lord Robert Skidelsky, RIP (April 25, 1939-April 15, 2026)
Skidelsky was an active member of the House of Lords, where he made the case for a negotiated peace between Ukraine and Russia. “We in the west cannot stop Ukrainians fighting to the death if they so wish, but to encourage them to do this by holding out the illusory hopes of victory is, to […]| American Committee for US-Russia Accord
Get a sharp knife, season properly and don’t do too much at once: how to start cooking | Well actually | The Guardian
Cooking at home tends to be healthier and cheaper than eating out or ordering in. So how does one start cooking? We asked the experts| the Guardian
I tried an anti-inflammatory diet for a week. This is what I learned | Well actually | The Guardian
The principle is simple – eating healthy with an emphasis on whole grains, vegetables and heart-healthy fats| the Guardian
RFK Jr’s new diet guidelines pose risks for health and the environment, experts say | Robert F Kennedy Jr | The Guardian
US health department’s new food pyramid places red meat and cheese high in saturated fats over plant-based proteins| the Guardian
Ultra-processed foods | The Guardian
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Is it true that … you can never eat too much fibre? | Health & wellbeing | The Guardian
Fibremaxxing is everywhere, and most of us should eat more roughage, but your gut won’t thank you for overloading| the Guardian
Nine easy swaps to reduce ultra-processed foods in your diet: it’s not an ‘all-or-nothing approach’ | Australian food and drink | The Guardian
Modern western diets are full of ultra-processed foods, but experts say we need to reduce our intake. Here they offer achievable alternatives| the Guardian
My week avoiding ultra-processed foods: ‘Why is it this hard?’ | Australian food and drink | The Guardian
Ultra-processed foods have been linked to various health issues, but are a ubiquitous part of the modern western diet. Can Emma Joyce avoid them for a whole week?| the Guardian
Ultra-processed foods: the 19 things everyone needs to know | Food | The Guardian
They make up 57% of the UK diet – and the risks are becoming ever more evident. Here is how to recognise UPFs and find healthier alternatives| the Guardian
Food | The Guardian
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The hidden cost of ultra-processed foods on the environment: ‘The whole industry should pay’ | Ultra-processed foods | The Guardian
Industrially made foods involve several ingredients and processes to put together, making it difficult to examine their true cost| the Guardian
My family tried to eat fewer ultra-processed foods for five years. Here’s what we learned | Well actually | The Guardian
Cutting UPFs from our grocery list was expensive, laborious and time-consuming| the Guardian
Wegovy users have five times greater risk of sudden sight loss than Ozempic users, study finds | Health | The Guardian
‘Eye strokes’ that reduce blood flow to optic nerve likely to be side-effect of active ingredient semaglutide, says author| the Guardian
Trump fills Madison Square Garden with anger, vitriol and racist threats | US elections 2024 | The Guardian
Marking final stretch of campaign in New York, Trump and cabal of surrogates attack Harris and mock Puerto Rico| the Guardian
Trump tariffs and green energy rollbacks push household electricity bills up 10% | Trump administration | The Guardian
US energy secretary said energy prices could hurt GOP in midterms, but blamed Democrats for price increases| the Guardian
Martin Amis | The Guardian
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JG Ballard | The Guardian
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The Illuminated Man by Christopher Priest and Nina Allan review – an unconventional portrait of JG Ballard | JG Ballard | The Guardian
The biographer’s terminal illness and death is woven into this original and moving account of Ballard and his work| the Guardian
Nationalisation is best deal for the taxpayer - Brown | Northern Rock | The Guardian
Cameron accuses government of creating 'economic calamity'| the Guardian
These aren’t AI firms, they’re defense contractors. We can’t let them hide behind their models | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian
From Gaza to Iran, the pattern is the same: precision weapons, chosen blindness, and dead children. The cost of failing to regulate AI warfare is already too high| the Guardian
‘It’s not Robocop’: UK police embrace AI ‘efficiency’ in complex investigations | Police | The Guardian
Detectives say tools supplied by Palantir were integral to convictions of a criminal gang that stole £800,000| the Guardian
Met police using AI tools supplied by Palantir to flag officer misconduct | Metropolitan police | The Guardian
Exclusive: Police Federation condemns deployment of US firm’s tech to analyse behaviour as ‘automated suspicion’| the Guardian
Palantir | The Guardian
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Campaign groups rail against Palantir, but the UK contracts keep coming | Palantir | The Guardian
AI analytics firm has become influential in Whitehall, and FCA deal gives it yet more access to data| the Guardian
Palantir’s NHS England contract ‘opens door to government abuse of power’, health bosses told | Palantir | The Guardian
Health justice charity Medact says data-sharing potential could be used for UK version of US immigration raids| the Guardian
Financial Conduct Authority | The Guardian
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US troops were told war on Iran was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’, watchdog alleges | US-Israel war on Iran | The Guardian
Religious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify war| the Guardian
Health | The Guardian
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Bill banning people born after 2008 from buying tobacco clears UK parliament | Smoking | The Guardian
Ministers hope tobacco and vapes bill, which will become law next week, will create a ‘smoke-free generation’| the Guardian
Neil Gaiman: ‘Terry Pratchett isn’t jolly. He’s angry’ | Terry Pratchett | The Guardian
From the archive: Terry Pratchett may strike many as a twinkly old elf, but that’s not him at all. Neil Gaiman on the inner rage that drives his ailing friend’s writing| the Guardian
Meta executive apologises over inappropriate content seen by Molly Russell | UK news | The Guardian
Inquest hears that some of content viewed by 14-year-old on Instagram in months before her death violated guidelines in place at the time| the Guardian
Australia puts fossil fuel company front and centre at Cop26 | Cop26 | The Guardian
Criticism of Santos pavilion display comes as Coalition confirms it will not join global pledge to cut methane| the Guardian
Goldman Sachs chief ‘hyper-aware’ of risks from Anthropic’s Mythos AI | Goldman Sachs | The Guardian
US bank has the Claude model and is working closely with the tech firm to improve cyber protection| the Guardian
West Bank | The Guardian
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Israeli former PM calls on ICC to halt West Bank ‘Jewish terrorists’ after prosecutions stop | Israel | The Guardian
Exclusive: Guardian analysis of settler violence shows no Israelis prosecuted since 2020 for killing Palestinian civilians, as former military, police and spy chiefs describe ‘organised Jewish terrorism’ Middle East crisis – live updates| the Guardian
Israeli military drops charges against soldiers accused of Gaza detainee abuse | Israel | The Guardian
Five soldiers were indicted over alleged violent abuse and rape of Palestinian man at detention centre in 2024| the Guardian
Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says | Palestine | The Guardian
Experts say attacks, also carried out by settlers, are leading girls to quit school and enter early marriages| the Guardian
Rage against the machine: a California community rallied against a datacenter – and won | Technology | The Guardian
Organizers in Monterey Park took inspiration from other US cities to fight against the construction of a giant datacenter| the Guardian
The New York Times drops freelance journalist who used AI to write book review | Books | The Guardian
Writer and author Alex Preston said he “made a serious mistake” after a reader spotted similarities between his review and one that appeared in the Guardian| the Guardian
Hachette pulls horror novel Shy Girl after suspected AI use | Books | The Guardian
The publisher has cancelled the US release of Shy Girl by Mia Ballard and withdrawn the UK edition after weeks of online speculation about the novel’s origins| the Guardian
The horrors of Buchenwald | Second world war | The Guardian
Germans shocked | A conducted tour of the camp| the Guardian
Germans knew of Holocaust horror about death camps | UK news | The Guardian
The mass of ordinary Germans did know about the evolving terror of Hitler's Holocaust, according to a new research study. They knew concentration camps were full of Jewish people who were stigmatised as sub-human and race-defilers. They knew that these, like other groups and minorities, were being killed out of hand.| the Guardian
Sam Altman admits OpenAI can’t control Pentagon’s use of AI | Technology | The Guardian
CEO’s claims come amid increased scrutiny of US military’s use of the technology and ethics concerns from AI workers| the Guardian
The rise of vice-signalling: how hatred poisoned politics | Donald Trump | The Guardian
Over the last 10 years, the terms of political debate have changed completely – and week by week they seem to get worse| the Guardian
The Cambridge Analytica Files | The Guardian
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How climate risks are driving up insurance premiums around the US – visualized | Climate crisis | The Guardian
‘Tight correlation’ between premium rises and counties deemed most at risk from climate crisis, experts say| the Guardian
Authoritarians like Trump love fear, defeatism, surrender. Do not give them what they want | Rebecca Solnit | The Guardian
We must lay up our supplies – of love, care, trust, community and resolve – so we may resist the storm| the Guardian
On Guam there is no birdsong, you cannot imagine the trauma of a silent island | Julian Aguon | The Guardian
Climate change, invasive species and military expansion have formed an unholy trinity that threatens our small but ancient civilization| the Guardian
How California has been ‘Trump-proofing’ itself against federal reprisal | California | The Guardian
Newsom also announces special session of legislature to ensure state agencies’ funding and says: ‘We won’t sit idle’| the Guardian
Mariame Kaba | The Guardian
Mariame Kaba the founder and director of Project NIA, a grassroots organization with a vision to end youth incarceration. She is also a member of We Charge Genocide, an inter-generational effort to document police brutality and violence in Chicago, and an advisory board member of Chicago Torture Justice Memorials.| www.theguardian.com
Thich Nhat Hanh obituary | Mindfulness | The Guardian
Zen Buddhist monk and peace campaigner who brought mindfulness to the west| the Guardian
Our mistake was to think we lived in a better country than we do | Rebecca Solnit | The Guardian
Americans will be stuck cleaning up after Maga’s destructive streak because men like this never clean up after themselves| the Guardian
Sherry Turkle: 'We're losing the raw, human part of being with each other' | Technology | The Guardian
Catherine de Lange meets the one-time 'cyber-diva' who some now call a 'technophobe'| the Guardian
Israel | The Guardian
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Israel deliberately targeting medical facilities in south Lebanon, say health workers | Lebanon | The Guardian
Medics and officials say there is systematic use of double-tap strikes in campaign to make the south uninhabitable| the Guardian
Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly ‘quadruple tap’ | Lebanon | The Guardian
Lebanese health ministry says killing of 91 healthcare workers shows ‘total disregard’ for international law| the Guardian
Helen DeWitt turns down $175k Windham-Campbell prize over promotional requirements | Books | The Guardian
The novelist says she couldn’t accept the award after being told it would entail ‘extensive promotion’| the Guardian
Blind date: ‘She claimed she was usually shy. I wouldn’t have guessed’ | Dating | The Guardian
Jack, 31, a nature consultant, meets Heather, 23, who works in marketing for a homelessness charity| the Guardian
Supermarket AI meal planner app suggests recipe that would create chlorine gas | New Zealand | The Guardian
Pak ‘n’ Save’s Savey Meal-bot cheerfully created unappealing recipes when customers experimented with non-grocery household items| the Guardian
Scientists film whale giving birth while other whales work together to help her | Whales | The Guardian
Female named Rounder surrounded by family members when about to give birth to her second calf| the Guardian
Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds | Whales | The Guardian
Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own| the Guardian
Talking to whales: can AI bridge the chasm between our consciousness and other animals? | Whales | The Guardian
Speaking to animals has long been a fantasy. But now a dizzyingly ambitious project is harnessing all the power of modern science in an attempt to understand what whales say – and then hold conversations with them. By Patrick Barkham| the Guardian
Single snowdrop bulb sells for £1,850 at auction | UK news | The Guardian
New variety named Golden Tears created by plantsman Joe Sharman ‘exceptionally vigorous’| the Guardian
45 Hamlets for Shakespeare's 450th birthday - in pictures | Stage | The Guardian
On the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, here are 45 actors who've found a method for Hamlet's madness| the Guardian
Ukraine war briefing: Trump set to ease oil-related sanctions following Putin call | Russia | The Guardian
US president says sanctions will be removed until crisis sparked by US-Israel war on Iran eases, without giving further details. What we know on day 1,476| the Guardian
Iran’s protesters need our support – not another western-intervention disaster | Owen Jones | The Guardian
Previous meddling has damaged the region, and once again the the US and Israel don’t have Iranians’ best interests at heart, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones| the Guardian
Russia earned €6bn from fossil fuel exports since start of Iran war, data suggests | Russia | The Guardian
Figures from thinktank show Russia received extra €672m in revenues from oil, gas and coal during March so far| the Guardian
Trump sides with Musk on support for H-1B visas for foreign tech workers | Donald Trump | The Guardian
Remarks follow social media posts from Tesla and SpaceX CEO, who vowed to go to ‘war’ to defend program| the Guardian
Amazon | The Guardian
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Newly unsealed records reveal Amazon’s price-fixing tactics, California attorney general claims | Amazon | The Guardian
Exclusive: A trove of previously redacted documents was filed as part of the tech giant’s anti-trust battle with the state of California. Amazon denies it engages in price-fixing| the Guardian
What will be the cost of Keir Starmer’s new medicines deal with Donald Trump? British lives | Aditya Chakrabortty | The Guardian
More than £3bn that could have been used for UK patients will go to big pharma for its branded products, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty| the Guardian
Google co-founder spends $45m in fight against California billionaire tax | California | The Guardian
Sergey Brin gives $25m on top of $20m he’s already given to Super Pac trying to block state’s proposed 5% wealth tax| the Guardian
‘There’s an us v them mentality’: are young Australian men and women drifting apart politically? | Australian election 2025 | The Guardian
In recent elections overseas more young men than women have shifted to the right, even the far right. But in Australia the gap between generations rather than genders seems much wider| the Guardian
Car use and meat consumption drive emissions gender gap, research suggests | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian
The French study of 15,000 people shows men emit 26% more pollution due to eating red meat and driving more| the Guardian
Daihatsu suspends production in Japan after safety test scandal | Japan | The Guardian
Toyota subsidiary has admitted falsifying data on some models for more than 30 years| the Guardian
The rise of the nano-influencer: how brands are turning to common people | Richard Godwin | The Guardian
It’s not just YouTube stars, now everyday citizens are being courted to influence people, says freelance journalist Richard Godwin| the Guardian
Why Google has 200m reasons to put engineers over designers | Google | The Guardian
Google's engineer-led approach has sparked criticism of the company from designers, but it appears to be paying off. By Alex Hern| the Guardian
Revealed: Microsoft deepened ties with Israeli military to provide tech support during Gaza war | Israel | The Guardian
Leaked documents shed light on how Israel integrated the US tech giant into its war effort to meet a growing demand for cloud and AI tools| the Guardian
Top Israeli spy chief exposes his true identity in online security lapse | Israel | The Guardian
Exclusive: Yossi Sariel unmasked as head of Unit 8200 and architect of AI strategy after book written under pen name reveals his Google account| the Guardian
‘The machine did it coldly’: Israel used AI to identify 37,000 Hamas targets | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian
Israeli intelligence sources reveal use of ‘Lavender’ system in Gaza war and claim permission given to kill civilians in pursuit of low-ranking militants| the Guardian
Microsoft | The Guardian
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Microsoft employee interrupts CEO’s keynote with pro-Palestinian protest | Microsoft | The Guardian
Protester is engineer who worked on Azure software, which enabled Israeli surveillance of Palestinians| the Guardian
I had to flee the US – as a foreign, Black, pro-Palestinian activist, I tick every box on Ice’s list | Amandla Thomas-Johnson | The Guardian
I’ve never been accused of any crimes, let alone prosecuted. My experience sums-up the draconian plight of non-citizens in the US, says journalist Amandla Thomas-Johnson| the Guardian
Global attention span is narrowing and trends don't last as long, study reveals | Society | The Guardian
Research combed from everything from movie tickets to social media finds more to focus on but less time to do so| the Guardian
Republican sheriff halts inquiry into alleged fraud in California Prop 50 vote | US news | The Guardian
Chad Bianco, the Riverside county sheriff also running for governor, had seized 650,000 ballots| the Guardian
Thread carefully: your gym clothes could be leaching toxic chemicals | Well actually | The Guardian
Workout wear made from synthetic fabric is treated with chemicals, which research shows can be absorbed through skin| the Guardian
Palestine 36 director Annemarie Jacir: ‘We don’t want a state, we just want to live’ | Movies | The Guardian
Fresh from a 20-minute ovation at Toronto, the film-maker’s historical drama reveals how Britain’s 1936 crackdown created the blueprint for the ongoing genocide in Gaza| the Guardian
Oil-rich Nigeria outstrips India as country with most people in poverty | Inequality and development | The Guardian
Nine out of 10 of the world’s poorest people will live in Africa within 12 years, say experts from Brookings Institution| the Guardian
Gray whale sighted off New England 200 years after species’ Atlantic extinction | Whales | The Guardian
Scientists confirm cetacean’s presence but cite impact of climate change which has made North-west Passage ice-free in summer| the Guardian
Oats, sardines and crisps: emergency foods to stockpile – and why you should share them | Food | The Guardian
In turbulent times, experts recommend building up a store of food if possible – focusing on long-life, no-cook items| the Guardian
What if Ukraine falls? This is no longer a hypothetical question – and it must be answered urgently | Simon Tisdall | The Guardian
Europe offers platitudes, Trump dithers, and Ukraine and its extraordinary people stand on the brink. Nato must step up, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall| the Guardian
Vesuvius killed people of Pompeii in 15 minutes, study suggests | Volcanoes | The Guardian
Cloud of ash and gas engulfed Roman city within minutes and suffocated inhabitants, research says| the Guardian
Merz’s party vows to clamp down on Germany’s ‘lifestyle part-time work’ | Germany | The Guardian
Business wing of Christian Democrats aims to scrap legal right to fewer hours, saying people should need permission| the Guardian
Saving for a pension: why gen Z aren’t all banking on retirement | Pensions | The Guardian
More than one in eight of all those born between 1997 and 2012 don’t believe retirement will even be an option| the Guardian
Pensions timebomb: why Europe’s social contract is becoming unsustainable | Pensions | The Guardian
Ageing populations and falling birthrates have left ever fewer workers to support growing number of retirees| the Guardian
When do you know you're old enough to die? Barbara Ehrenreich has some answers | Death and dying | The Guardian
With her latest book, Natural Causes, Barbara Ehrenreich notes that there’s an age at which death no longer requires much explanation| the Guardian
Google AI Overviews put people at risk of harm with misleading health advice | Google | The Guardian
Exclusive: Inaccurate information presented in summaries, Guardian investigation finds| the Guardian
Disruption across Italy as tens of thousands protest against Gaza war | Italy | The Guardian
Schools and stations closed and ports blocked in one of Europe’s biggest demonstrations opposing Israel’s offensive| the Guardian
‘They kept us alive for thousands of years’: could saving Palestinian seeds also save the world? | Environment | The Guardian
Vivien Sansour, founder of the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library, believes biodiversity could help feed an entire planet in crisis| the Guardian
Mother says AI chatbot led her son to kill himself in lawsuit against its maker | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian
Megan Garcia said Sewell, 14, used Character.ai obsessively before his death and alleges negligence and wrongful death| the Guardian