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  1. Readers remember Alan Rickman
    ‘Soon after my baby’s birth came a bottle of champagne’

    Rickman standing on a street in Barrow In Furness, 1992.

  2. 'I want to be her voice'
    Families of protesters killed in Iran tell of heartbreak

    Composite of portraits of a young bearded man, a smiling young woman and a smiling middle-aged man

  3. Greenland
    Shipping routes, hidden minerals – and a new frontline?

    Arctic map projection of Greenland, US and Russia

  4. Books
    George Saunders on ghosts, mortality and Trump’s America

    George Saunders

  5. ‘A group of people decided to kill me’
    Michel Platini on the fight to clear his name

    Former Uefa president Michel Platini

  6. Martin Kettle
    The world of today looks bad, but take hope

    Martin Kettle

News

  • A jogger runs along a rain-battered Barcelona promenade on the coast

    Climate crisis
    Spain’s meteorologists subjected to ‘alarming’ rise in hate speech, minister warns

  • Visitors look at Las Meninas by Velázquez in the Prado, Madrid.

    Spain
    Prado chief says Madrid art museum doesn’t need a ‘single visitor more’

Special report

  • Arctic map projection of Greenland, US and Russia

    Visual guide
    Greenland: new shipping routes, hidden minerals – and a frontline between the US and Russia?

    Key maps show the growing strategic importance of Greenland as Arctic ice melts under global heating

In focus

  • Composite of portraits of a young bearded man, a smiling young woman and a smiling middle-aged man

    Iran
    ‘The world needs to know what’s happening’: families of protesters killed in Iran tell of heartbreak

    As Tehran’s internet blackout means names of those killed in the uprising are only starting to emerge, the diaspora is reacting with shock, sadness and anger

Features

  • Iggy Pop lies on the stage, microphone in hand

    Music
    From Dylan to disco, Beyoncé to Bob Marley: the 30 best live albums ever – ranked!

  • Rickman standing on a street in Barrow In Furness, 1992.

    Film
    ‘Soon after my baby’s birth came a bottle of champagne’: readers remember Alan Rickman

More features

  • Rooney Mara in black jacket and scarf, in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

    Television
    From Anya Taylor-Joy to Jodie Comer: who will star in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’s TV remake?

  • Australian Open racket stringers work behind the scenes at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.

    Australian Open
    Tension at the tennis: inside the high-stakes world of racket stringing

  • "King Ivory" Portrait Session - The 81st Venice International Film FestivalVENICE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 02: Melissa Leo poses for photos during a portrait session for the "King Ivory" during the 81st Venice International Film Festival at Palazzo del Casino on September 02, 2024 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

    Film
    Melissa Leo: ‘Winning an Oscar was not good for me or my career’

  • Stewart Copeland, StingThe Police, featuring American Stewart Copeland (left) and Britons Sting and Andy Summers, shown in unknown location in 1980, is one of the few new wave bands enjoying both popular and commercial success. Unlike most new wave music which is generally confined to FM radio play, The Police are rapidly becoming a fixture on the more commercially competitive AM radio. (AP Photo)

    Music
    ‘A nasty little song, really rather evil’: how Every Breath You Take tore Sting and the Police apart

The long read

  • Clockwise from top left ; Shipbuilding in China, nurse with PPE gear, Chinese wind farm, T34 tanks in Red Square, President Donald Trump, Adam Tooze, traders during the 2000s financial crisis, President Xi Jinping.

    The crisis whisperer: how Adam Tooze makes sense of our bewildering age

    The long read: Whether it’s the financial crash, the climate emergency or the breakdown of the international order, historian Adam Tooze has become the go-to guide to the radical new world we’ve entered

Opinion

  • Malu Rosing

    Here in Greenland we are scared, but certain of one thing: our home is not for sale

    Malu Rosing
    A summit between Greenland, Denmark and Washington has done nothing to calm our fears as the US steps up its efforts to take control of my country, says Greenlandic writer Malu Rosing
  • Composite

    The world of today looks bad, but take hope: we’ve been here before and got through it – and we will again

    Martin Kettle
    As I write my last regular column for the Guardian, my thoughts turn to the lessons and hope we can take from history, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

More opinion

  1. Mira Kamdar

    My Danish-Indian family has experienced empire first-hand. For all of us, Trump’s imperialism is terrifying

    Mira Kamdar
  2. Adrian Chiles

    After all these years, I still hate wearing specs

    Adrian Chiles
  3. Ann Lee

    I’m Ann Lee, and this is my testament about the mind-scramble of sharing your name with a movie character

    Ann Lee
  4. Timothy Garton Ash

    Whether or not Trump invades Greenland, this much is clear: the western order we once knew is history

    Timothy Garton Ash

Cartoon

  • Ben Jennings on Keir Starmer’s U-turns – cartoon

    Ben Jennings
    Keir Starmer’s U-turns

    The government has scaled back its plans for digital ID

Sport

  • Eugénie Le Sommer celebrates scoring with her Toluca teammates

    Moving the Goalposts
    ‘Europe, be afraid’: Le Sommer adds more star power to Mexico’s French revolution

    The arrival at Toluca of another France favourite adds to Liga MX Femenil’s claim of being among the world’s top five
    Newsletter
  • BMW IBSF World Cup Innsbruck - Day 1INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA - FEBRUARY 03: Katie Uhlaender of the United States competes during the Women's Skeleton first run of the BMW IBSF World Cup at Olympiabobbahn Igls on February 3, 2017 in Innsbruck, Austria. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images For IBSF)

    Winter Olympics
    Canada cleared of US allegations they rigged skeleton qualifying

  • 1. FC Köln v FC Bayern München - BundesligaCOLOGNE, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: Harry Kane of FC Bayern Munich is challenged by Jahmai Simpson-Pusey of 1. FC Koln during the Bundesliga match between 1. FC Köln and FC Bayern München at RheinEnergieStadion on January 14, 2026 in Cologne, Germany. (Photo by Christof Koepsel/Getty Images)

    Bundesliga
    Brave Köln push Bayern but will it be enough to bring calm to Effzeh?

More sport

  1. Scott Robertson has stepped down as All Blacks coach following an internal review of the New Zealand rugby team’s performance.

    Rugby union
    All Blacks begin search for new coach after ‘gutted’ Robertson departs

  2. Real Madrid players react after Albacete, 17th in the second division, take the lead in their Cup tie.

    Football
    Arbeloa starts Real Madrid tenure with dismal cup defeat at Albacete

  3. Youssef En-Nesyri and teammates celebrate after Morocco’s penalty shootout win over Nigeria to reach the Afcon final

    The Rumour Mill
    Everton to sign En-Nesyri and Wilson? Forest in for Taremi?

  4. Sam DarnoldSeattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold (14) signals at the line of scrimmage during the first half of an NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

    NFL
    Each playoff team’s fatal flaw: the Bills’ run defense to the Darnold problem

More top stories

Climate crisis & environment

  1. Elephants come to drink at the swimming pool of a safari lodge, Hwange national park, Zimbabwe

    Wildlife
    Africa’s great elephant divide: countries struggle with too many or too few

  2. A Bewick's swan extends its wings on the water at Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire, where three have arrived from their long migration from nesting spots in Siberia after enduring a 3,500Km flight across Europe, to spend winter in the UK. The three birds, which arrived at the wetlands on November 7, join a breeding pair which already made the journey two days earlier. Bewick's swans are the smallest UK swan and is distinctive from other species with a yellow and black bill that has idiosyncratic patterned markings, making them individually recognisable. PA Photo. Picture date: Saturday November 7, 2020. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

    Birds
    Six-yearly count to track diverging fortunes of UK and Ireland’s wintering swans

  3. Illustration of a woolly rhino.

    Extinct wildlife
    Wolf’s dinner preserved in Siberia for 14,400 years sheds light on woolly rhino

  4. BP petrol station in Slough, Berkshire

    Fossil fuels
    BP to take hit of up to $5bn on green energy as it refocuses on fossil fuels

UK news

  1. Reform UK
    Multimillionaire leader of Reform in Scotland refuses to reveal net worth

  2. Immigration and asylum
    More than 100 asylum seekers stage ‘one in, one out’ protests at detention centres

  3. Media
    Amol Rajan to leave BBC Radio 4’s flagship news programme to start own company

  4. Artificial intelligence
    London mayor to urge UK ministers to act over ‘colossal’ impact of AI on city's jobs

World news

  1. Film
    Matthew McConaughey trademarks ‘All right, all right, all right’ catchphrase in bid to beat AI fakes

  2. Technology
    Trump imposes 25% tariff on Nvidia AI chips and others, citing national security

  3. Australia
    ‘It’s AI blackface’: social media account hailed as the Aboriginal Steve Irwin is an AI character created in New Zealand

  4. US
    Boeing knew of engine defect on UPS plane that crashed in Kentucky, report says

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Culture

  • George Saunders

    George Saunders
    ‘​How do you really tell the truth about this moment?’: George Saunders on ghosts, mortality and Trump’s America

  • People onstage with a bed, a man standing on a stool and the words "N'était pas a pluie" spraypainted on a tent wall

    Stage
    Theatre of catastrophe: the hard-hitting play about France’s Grenfell moment

What to watch

  1. Martin Freeman sat at a desk holding a piece of paper

    Television
    Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials review – think Downton Abbey is real? This terrible adaptation is for you

  2. Paul Giamatti as Nus Braka and Holly Hunter as Chancellor Nahla Ake in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

    TV review
    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy review – Holly Hunter is a transgressive thrill in this horny high-school spinoff

  3. black-and-white photo of person holding gun and cigarette

    Withnail to Chopper
    ‘A cowardly, deluded drunken waster’: readers on their favourite unlikable movie characters

  4. Lili Reinhart in Clickbait.

    Film
    Clickbait review – gripping drama about the human cost of moderating the internet

What to listen to

  1. Claire Foy in the film adaptation of H is for Hawk.

    Audiobook of the week
    H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald audiobook review – a soaring journey through grief

  2. Daniel Reuss.

    Music
    Igor Stravinsky: Late Works album review – kudos to Reuss for bringing this spellbinding music to life

  3. David Bowie, with Brian Eno behind him, at a painted table

    Rock
    A Day with David Bowie: how a visit to a psychiatric clinic changed him – and his music

  4. Joe Leeway, Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie of Thompson Twins in 1985.

    How we made
    ‘It was inspired by a snog in a photo-booth’: how Thompson Twins made Hold Me Now

What to read

  1. Ozempic injection pens.

    Science
    Off the Scales by Aimee Donnellan review – inside the Ozempic revolution

  2. Jennette McCurdy

    Fiction
    Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy – the follow-up to I’m Glad My Mom Died

  3. Rachel Eliza Griffiths.

    Memoir
    The Flower Bearers by Rachel Eliza Griffiths review – a powerful portrait of loss and violence

  4. A create-your-own AI avatar on Replika

    AI
    Love Machines by James Muldoon review – inside the uncanny world of AI relationships

What to play

  1. Commodore 64 Ultimate

    Retro consoles
    Commodore 64 Ultimate review – it’s like 1982 all over again!

  2. Baby Steps, games, screenshot

    Pushing Buttons
    What’s behind the phenomenon of ‘gamer brain’

    Newsletter
  3. Hollow Knight: Silksong game, screenshot

    Hollow Knight: Silksong
    Four months and 40 hours later: my epic battle with 2025’s most difficult video game

  4. Timeless treats … there is still much to enjoy on the original Nintendo Switch console.

    Switch
    The 15 best games to play on the original Nintendo Switch in 2026

More culture

  1. Detail from Hieronymus Bosch’s Tondal's Vision, c. 15th century.

    Art
    Andy Warhol would have hated safe spaces. So why keep dragging dead artists into today’s culture wars?

  2. Jarvis Cocker of the British band Pulp performs during the Corona Capital music festival in Mexico City, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

    Music
    Pulp agree to play Adelaide festival after boycott U-turn

  3. people walking in the street

    Photography
    Stirring the Melting Pot: capturing the New York immigrant experience

    Gallery11
  4. Mohammed Mansaray, Ade Dee Haastrup and Anthony Ofoegbu in Barber Shop Chronicles by Inua Ellams at the Roundhouse, London, in 2019.

    The play that changed my life
    The play that changed my life: ‘You meet 33 characters in Barber Shop Chronicles – I believed in all of them’

Lifestyle

  • Illustration of car with a silhouette of an aircraft above it. Woman leaning out of the window of the car clutching a parking/drop-off fine

    Life and style
    You be the judge: should my daughter pay the fine we incurred dropping her at the airport?

  • Illustration of a cat with its tail raised in the shape of a question mark

    Quizzes
    Thursday news quiz: Golden Globes, Grateful Dead and global threats

Food

  1. Dry January
    Not keen on feeble nolo wine? Try these instead

  2. Meera Sodha's radicchio and chianti risotto.

    Feast
    Doing dry January? Use languishing bottles of wine to make the ultimate comfort food

    Newsletter
  3. Mark Hix's rockfish. Or queenies. Or queen scallops. Topped with garlicky breadcrumbs and herbs.

    Seafood
    Mark Hix’s recipe for baked scallops with a herb crust

  4. Tom Hunt's root vegetable latkes.

    Waste not
    How to turn any root vegetables into latkes – recipe

Fashion & beauty

  1. Indian Railways staff wearing bandhgala jackets stand in front of a train

    India
    Is it the end of the line for one of India’s most distinctive garments?

  2. Secondhand Fashion Composite

    The Filter
    Hunt, scroll, strike gold: the best clothes and accessories to buy secondhand – and where to find them

  3. Model in black faux fur jacket, red mini dress and knee length back boots

    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
    Mix and mismatch: if it doesn’t go with anything, it goes with everything

  4. Four bottles of perfume stacked in a pile with a fresh lime and a mint leaf on top.

    Sali Hughes on beauty
    If you don’t like strong scents, layering could be the answer

Relationships

  1. Two men gaze at each other romantically in the shower

    Television
    Women are feral for Heated Rivalry. What does that say about men?

  2. Composite of images of two young women, smiling as they take a selfie, one with a computer monitor instead of a head, with eyes and a smiling mouth on it, against yellow background

    AI
    Lamar wants to have children with his girlfriend. The problem? She’s entirely AI

  3. Illustration of a pair of curtains made of bare legs being pulled aside.

    This is how we do it
    The dark room is a judgment-free place, where we can live out fantasies together

  4. Jacob and Alyssa in Canada in early 2020

    The moment I knew
    Huddled under a spooky bridge by the Canal de l’Ourcq, we were like two little penguins

Health & fitness

  1. Poppy Noor in her football kit

    Hobbies
    I am terrible at football – but love playing. Can I change my game completely in my mid-30s?

  2. table, umbrella and a person sitting alone among three chairs lit in pastels with shadows surrounding it

    Mental health
    We are living in a time of polycrisis. If you feel trapped – you’re not alone

  3. Composite of a old antique drawing of a Pelvis

    The way you move
    Don’t ‘over-engage your core muscles’ and other tips for looking after your pelvic floor

  4. A hand with a wristband reaches up into a blue sky to catch a jar of face cream.

    Well actually
    Tired of the wellness industrial complex? Six rules to ditch – and what to do instead

More lifestyle

  1. Zoe Williams outside Wetherspoons

    The pub that changed me
    ‘The barman banned me – no process, no second chances, no appeal’

  2. Laura Hall in the water by the steps in a sea pool smiling at the camera.

    Travel
    ‘I’ve never felt such a skin-zinging feeling of being alive’: my year of swimming in Nordic seas

  3. Karen Palmer after she, Vinnie and her daughters arrived in Boulder, in late 1989.

    Interview
    The woman who made her family disappear: how Karen Palmer escaped her abusive husband

  4. Professional mermaid Mermeow Awn posing on rocks.

    Life
    Meet the merpeople: ‘Once I put the tail on, my life was changed forever’

Documentary

  • Dying is a process and in a person’s final hours and days, Nickie and her Threshold Choir are there to accompany people on their way and bring comfort. Through specially composed songs, akin to lullabies, the choir cultivates an environment of love and safety around those on their deathbed.

    Threshold
    The choir who sing to the dying - documentary

    Dying is a process and in a person’s final hours and days, Nickie and her Threshold Choir are there to accompany people on their way and bring comfort. Through specially composed songs, akin to lullabies, the choir cultivates an environment of love and safety around those on their deathbed.

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  2. Long Read Prison Violence - landscape

    The long read
    Death on the inside: as a prison officer, I saw how the system perpetuates violence

  3. People walk along a snow-covered street in Nuuk city, Greenland

    Greenland
    ‘Are they going to bring their violence here?’: Fear – but little preparation – as threat of invasion looms over Greenland

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  1. We would like to hear about what your pet meant to you.

    Pets
    Tell us: how were you affected by grief over a pet?

  2. Greenland's head of government Jens-Frederik Nielsen and US president Donald Trump.

    People in Greenland
    Share your views on Trump’s recent comments

  3. We’d like to hear from young people, parents and teachers about how tools like Grok are affecting you.

    Grok AI
    Young people, parents and teachers: share your views about Grok AI

  4. Woman online shopping for clothes.

    Small business
    Independent businesses: have your online sales been affected by the rise of AI?

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