Eurovision 2026 semi-final sees UK entry Look Mum No Computer divide fans with ‘bonkers’ performance
The verdict is in on the UK’s 2026 Eurovision entrant Look Mum No Computer – and while everyone seems to…
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Nymphomaniacs and sex droughts: what I learned while studying women’s pleasure
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Experience: I smuggled myself out of the UK
‘I want to live a safe, legal life.’ The author in Italy. Photograph: Roberto Salomone/The GuardianView image in fullscreen‘I want…
‘Your honey pot? It’s bare!’ Farewell to Outlander, TV’s most delightfully ludicrous bonkbuster
‘Aye Sassenach, I am your master, and you are mine’ … Jamie and Claire in Outlander. Photograph: PRView image in…
Meet Peru’s potato guardians, fighting to protect the country’s beloved tubers against climate change
When Jhon Edison Ccoyo Ccana looks up into the overarching inky-dark Andean night sky above him, pierced only with distant…
Trump says Xi is ‘very tall’ and out of ‘central casting’ because people in China ‘tend to be a little bit shorter’
Donald Trump has lavished praise on president Xi Jinping, saying that he is “straight out of central casting” for a…
Author Ann Patchett urges a ‘breath’ for books as PEN gala raises $2M amid ban surge
On a night otherwise dedicated to the endangered state of free expression, honoree Ann Patchett asked those gathered for PEN…
Legal rights if your neighbour refuses to pick up dog poo near your home
Dog mess left near houses, footpaths and communal areas remains among the most commonly reported neighbourhood grievances throughout Britain. What…