Skip to main contentSkip to navigation
Print subscriptions
Newsletters
Sign in

Most read across the Guardian

  • A man with dark hair and a moustache and a stars and stripes t-shirt, cuddling a woman with long blond hair wearing a blue and red jumper

    The extraordinary untold story of Freddie Mercury: Mary Austin on her best friend – and love of her life

    He was Queen’s flamboyant frontman. She was his shy girlfriend, dreaming of marriage until they both realised he preferred men. Thirty-five years after his death, in the week he would have turned 80, Mary Austin talks about their unbreakable bond
  • Chelsea’s Enzo Fernández

    Live
    Football transfer deadline day: Manchester City move for Fernández, Villa sign Mbaye, and more – live

  • Duane Davis glances over his shoulder during his murder trial, framed by blurred courtroom figures

    Duane Keith Davis found guilty of 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur

  • Keir Starmer.

    Live
    Keir Starmer to stand down as MP, triggering byelection in north London seat – UK politics live

  • The exterior of 2 America Square, a seven-storey, charcoal-and-beige office building located within London's financial district

    The London office, the empty boxes and the £1bn tax loophole

  • Nikhil Rathi, chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority.

    Boss of City regulator accused of threatening consumer group over £9.1bn car loan scheme

  • BBC sign outside Broadcasting House

    Anger as BBC withdraws jobs promise for apprentices amid sweeping cuts

  • Composite image of Natalie McDonald, 34, and her niece Valentina Foster, seven.

    Man, 23, appears in court charged with murder after Teesside house fire

  • Raygun leans back dramatically under a spotlight, kicking one leg up on stage

    Raygun: Breaking Badly review – the ridiculed Olympic B-girl gets the last laugh … and it’s a total joy

Most read in Opinion

  • Polly Toynbee

    Nimbys can’t stand in the way of Labour’s legacy: a 21st-century new town boom

    Polly Toynbee
  • Alexander Hurst

    From Bill Gates to Bernie Sanders, most agree the AI arms race is disastrous. Only Europe can make it stop

    Alexander Hurst
  • Zoe Williams

    It’s September. Time to put your knees away

    Zoe Williams
  • Jonathan Liew

    The law won’t save us from Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’. The only solution is mockery

    Jonathan Liew
  • Zoe Williams

    Why are prisons overcrowded? Because no government will stand up to the tabloids

    Zoe Williams
  • people prepare supplies for flood victims

    Nepal’s glacial collapse foreshadowed a future of climate disaster

    Michael Mann
  • Sadiq Khan

    Happy 60th anniversary, Notting Hill carnival – a symbol of all that London can be

    Sadiq Khan
  • Mehdi Hasan

    The media’s Hasan Piker obsession is letting Republican Mike Rogers off the hook

    Mehdi Hasan

Most read in Sport

  • Portrait of Ryan Caldwell pointing to his temples

    ‘I had no love for myself … now I have peace’: former Ireland rugby player Ryan Caldwell’s journey back from the edge

  • Colin Kaepernick kneels amid images of protest, Trump, and a Capitol riot figure

    Colin Kaepernick knelt 10 years ago. America responded with a clear warning to Black people

    Howard Bryant
  • Sarfaraz Ahmed watches the second Test at Lord's

    Pakistan sack head coach and send seven players home after England Test series defeat

  • Alexandra Eala practices with Naomi Osaka on the Grandstand court on Saturday at Flushing Meadows ahead of the US Open.

    Alex Eala has one career main-draw win at the US Open. She’s already a global star

  • An aircraft performs a low flyby before the match between South Africa and New Zealand in Cape Town

    South African airline defends dramatic low-level flyby before rugby union clash

  • Nick Kyrgios and Stefanos Tsitsipas met at Wimbledon in 2022

    Stefanos Tsitsipas says Nick Kyrgios’s cocaine ban was ‘pretty much expected’

  • Carlos Alcaraz serves

    ‘Pain-free’ Alcaraz brushes aside qualifier in US Open return after four months out

  • Marnus Labuschagne of Australia walks off after he was dismissed by Bangladesh's Ebadot Hossain

    Pressure mounts on struggling Marnus Labuschagne after Australia ODI axe falls

Most read in Culture

  • Top: The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day Bottom: Obsession, One Night Only

    Summer box office 2026: what can we learn from the hits and misses?

  • Two boys sit in the dock at court.

    TV tonight: join the jury as a teenager goes on trial for murder

  • Statue of Crouching Aphrodite (left) and an Eddie Otchere photo of Metalheadz Sunday Sessions.

    Monet’s Riviera, 90s nostalgia and Bayeux à gogo! The best art and architecture of autumn 2026

  • Video game workers rally outdoors in red shirts, holding signs against Xbox layoffs

    ‘I feel like I’m grieving’: staff on the devastating fallout of widespread layoffs at Xbox

  • Waxahatchee performing at London’s Kentish Town Forum in 2024.

    ‘It’s more freaky, more balls to the wall’: how alt-country won over a new generation

  • The actors Judi Dench and Ian McKellen smile as they turn towards each other in conversation.

    Tea With Judi Dench Featuring Sir Ian McKellen review – TV that will make you cry thunderous tears

Most read in Lifestyle

  • A woman making a bed, and a man in the background holding cleaning products and a mop

    Make your bed – and be ruthless: 14 expert rules for a clean, healthy, happy home

  • A woman looking out of the window on a train

    The one change that worked: I stopped listening to podcasts – and my mind flooded with ideas

  • An illustration of a sad inflamed brain

    Is it true that … mental health is affected by inflammation?

  • Jane Davies runs at Middle Head in Sydney, Australia

    Ultramarathon runners train for months, sometimes years. But what happens when they don’t finish a race?

  • Labeled glass jars filled with various spices and herbs line two kitchen shelves

    ‘I organised my spices – and feel happy every time I cook!’ 12 readers on their most rewarding tiny accomplishments

  • A girl with a two year old girl and a dog in the foreground.

    The pet I’ll never forget: Jerry, the king of dogs, who taught me how to live

Most read in Economy

  • Sunset view of the City of London, England, with commuter and street traffic in front of the Bank of England.

    Live
    Long-term UK borrowing costs at 28-year high as rising oil prices trigger global bond rout ��� business live

  • Emma Poulter and her daughter Bonnie in front of a blue and green vending machine with the Whole Moo World logo and pictures of black and white cows. Emma is kneeling down as her three-year-old daughter stands over her holding a bottle of milk.

    From milk to sausage rolls: how vending machines could help tackle UK ‘food deserts’

  • BT Openreach engineer works on upgrading a telephone exchange to superfast broadband

    BT on track for estimated £2bn windfall from selling old copper amid AI boom

  • A cyclist in silhouette rides past the Bank of England beneath a clear sky

    UK long-term borrowing costs hit 28-year high

  • Terrace houses behind a gate and a low wall

    UK house prices rise for first time since April, says Nationwide

  • A person's arm holds a shopping basket filled with fruits, vegetables, and packaged food in a supermarket

    Price rises gather pace in UK shops amid higher energy costs

Most read in Tech

  • Amelia Dimolendenberg looks across a chicken shop table at Shania Twain, who smiles towards the camera

    Rise of Chicken Shop Date highlights how YouTube turned the tables on TV

  • Heart monitor screen.

    ‘Superhuman’ AI tool spots heart disease in less than 2 seconds

  • A close-up view shows a delivered Amazon paper padded mailer bag

    US trade regulator and 22 states accuse Amazon of taking $20bn with secret surcharges

  • A woman with headphones rests her head on her hand, focused on a laptop, beside coworkers at a desk

    Sharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users’ control, research finds

  • the Cisco logo

    Cisco probably violated Middle Eastern and Muslim employees’ civil rights, US agency finds

  • car speeds past blue and white sign for meta

    Meta agrees to major changes to Facebook and Instagram as it settles US trial over teen addiction for up to $18bn

Most read in Environment

  • Brigid Delaney

    Cities sweltering and the smell of the middle ages: has the climate crisis killed Instagram’s Euro summer?

    Brigid Delaney
  • An algae-covered chicken liver sponge

    Could this humble sea sponge clean up the world’s ports?

  • Installing solar panels on the roof of a house

    Solar cuts ‘at least £400 from bills in even the cloudiest British areas’

  • Flares burn off methane and other hydrocarbons against a blue sky

    ‘Breakthrough’ as Turkmenistan starts fixing ‘mindboggling’ methane mega-leaks

  • microplastic fragments on an open hand

    Rising microplastics in soil a threat to UK food security, MPs and campaigners say

  • A large papery wasp nest with swirling patterns set against the edge of wooden shed wall

    Country diary: The wasps’ nest in our shed is a work of art, a family saga

Most read in Money

  • A hand holding a smart phone with the O2 account screen.

    My abusive and aggressive partner left me but O2 insists I meet him in person

  • A twenty-pound note sticks out of a light blue piggy bank's slot

    Child trust fund firms face review over efforts to find who owns £1.5bn worth of pots

  • A frustrated man entertains himself by tricking scammers into thinking they've trapped an elderly pensioner.

    ‘I’ve £80k in the account, here’s my pin’: turning the tables on the scammers

  • Lloyds bank online banking homepage shown on a computer screen.

    Lloyds Bank is holding on to our urgently needed £5,500

  • Woman looking at houses for sale in window of an estate agent

    UK houses near top state secondary schools cost £40,000 more, research reveals

  • NHS Business Services sign

    How can I convince NHS pensions that I am not dead?

Most read in Travel

  • Whitewashed houses with terracotta roofs surrounded by green mountains with a lake below

    A walking tour of Andalucía’s historic white villages: ‘Nightingales serenade us as we wind along lush river valleys’

  • Eating traditional Polish dumplings, Pierogi, from a dish with a fork.

    My search for the perfect Polish dumplings in Gdańsk

  • Cannelle beach curves along a turquoise bay on Isola del Giglio, with boats anchored offshore

    Tuscany’s treasured islands: five to explore

  • Pine branches frame a rocky Cres Island shoreline overlooking clear turquoise sea near Valun

    ‘Lapped by the turquoise, crystal seas’: readers’ favourite unsung European islands

  • Two cyclists ride a gravel path through vineyards, with forested hills beyond in Slovenia's Vipava valley.

    A slow travel success story in Slovenia’s secret valley

  • A small pool and guesthouse on a grassy hill surrounded by mountains

    Eight of the best secluded and affordable places to stay in Andalucía, Spain