Taylor Swift is everywhere! Could I avoid her and her music for the whole month of May?
She is bringing her Eras tour to the UK this week. But just how easy is it to steer clear of the world’s biggest pop star? The Guardian’s stage editor finds out
The long read
‘Natty or not?’: how steroids got big
Sexual healing
My husband and I haven’t had sex for months. I feel undesirable and ugly
Everything ground to a halt when I injured myself. And although the physical pain has eased, I’m still hurting
Home review
A 70s play returns to Broadway with mixed results
A hit-and-miss coming-of-age tale, from late playwright Samm-Art Williams, covers aspects of the Black experience with detail but uneven direction distracts
‘It’s a little surreal’
How Charley Hull’s viral cigarette lit up the golf world
The end of the great northern forests?
The tiny tree-killing beetle wreaking havoc on our ancient giants
‘How can they treat people like this?’
Faiza Shaheen on Labour – and why she’s running as an independent
Premier League
Manchester City’s Trumpian tactics spotlight autocratic creep in football
Mavericks or Celtics? Our writers share their picks
Man City’s Trumpian tactics spotlight autocratic creep in soccer
Barney Ronay
As club’s powerful owners rail against ‘the elites’ in legal battle with Premier League, there is a looming danger to the game
French Open
Andreeva rises up to shock ailing Sabalenka and reach semis
The 17-year-old, who defeated Aryna Sabalenka 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4 in the quarter-final, will next face Jasmine Paolini, who beat Elena Rybakina 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
'It’s a little surreal’
How Charley Hull’s viral cigarette lit up the golf world
WNBA
Caitlin Clark is no princess in a tower. Every hit is a strange compliment
Andrew Lawrence
T20 World Cup
India thrive on imperfect pitch as Ireland find no fairytale in New York
Four killed and dozens injured after two trains collide head-on
Global hunger
UN says one young child in four at risk of ‘irreversible’ harm due to restricted diet
Bird flu
Mexico man dies from first human case of strain H5N2
India
Narendra Modi wins backing of allies to form government
Afghanistan
UN condemns Taliban after it publicly flogs at least 60 people
Putin
Trump conviction ‘burns’ idea of US as top democracy
Robert Fico
PM blames Slovak opposition for ‘hatred’ that led to his shooting
France
Terror inquiry after Ukrainian-Russian man detonates explosive materials in hotel
The Stakes - US Election
At least once a week
What’s really at risk in the 2024 election? Adam Gabbatt cuts through the clutter and guides you through the biggest stories, questions and curiosities in this hugely consequential election. We’ll focus on the stakes – not the odds.
Trump on Trial
Weekly, and more frequent editions during trial
Stay up to date on all of Donald Trump’s trials.
Guardian staff will send weekly updates each Wednesday – and more frequent editions during trial
Well Actually
Weekly
Practical advice, expert insights and answers to your questions about how to live a good life
Podcasts
Podcasts
Science Weekly
Golden rice: why has it been banned and what happens now? – podcast
Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
Taylor Swift: cultural icon or turbo-capitalist? – podcast
Politics Weekly UK
The ‘blue wall’ road trip: Tories jumping ship? Politics Weekly UK – podcast
Today in Focus
From child refugee to Guardian reporter: one journalist’s extraordinary story
Today in Focus
Election Extra: Sunak’s £2,000 ‘lie’ – podcast
Politics Weekly UK
Politics Weekly Westminster: The first TV debate
The Audio Long Read
From the archive: ‘The Silicon Valley of turf’: how the UK’s pursuit of the perfect pitch changed football – podcast
Inside ∄ – the queer-friendly Kyiv techno club collecting donations for the military
Once predicted to rival Berghain, wartime has seen the ‘club that doesn’t exist’ find new purposes as a bomb shelter and frontline fundraiser. But can it survive Ukraine’s new mobilisation drive?
Paul Schrader
Cinema’s unfiltered, unsparing and uncompromised auteur
King of the streamers
How Godzilla Minus One became a monster hit for Netflix
Albert Camus
Handwritten ‘draft’ of L’Étranger sold in Paris for €650,000
The Acolyte review
Star Wars gets a thrilling new hero
Johnny Depp
Actor to play Satan opposite Jeff Bridges as God in Terry Gilliam biblical comedy
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D-day landings 80th anniversary
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Books
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From our global editions
‘At heart it’s the same technology’
The heat pump that uses water instead of air
‘How could they mine here?’
New Zealand grapples with new push for resource riches
‘Bit of a moment for Rahul Gandhi’
New dawn for India’s opposition, but where to now?