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If Donald Trump thinks Greenland should be his, how long before he sets his sights on Scotland? | Zoe Williams
Published: January 7, 2026 15:00
By the expansionist logic of the president and his advisers, the US is entitled to annex just about anywhereāWe do need Greenland, absolutely,ā Donald Trump told the Atlantic on 5 January, with the hand-wavy follow-up, āWe need it for defence.ā His adviserā¦
Surprise dip in inflation a lightbulb moment ā but RBA unlikely to deliver interest rate bargains | Greg Jericho
https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2026/jan/08/dip-inflation-rba-interest-rate
Published: January 7, 2026 14:00
Reserve bank will not find any reason in the new figures to cut rates next month, but the unexpected lower rate should prevent an increaseGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA new year and we are straight back into talk of inflation.ā¦
The Trump doctrine exposes the US as a mafia state | Jan-Werner MĆ¼ller
Published: January 7, 2026 13:00
The Venezuela incursion is in line with this logic, made even plainer as the US eyes GreenlandWhen a bleary-eyed Trump explained the kidnapping of NicolĆ”s Maduro this past Saturday, he invoked the Monroe doctrine: while the US president sounded like he wasā¦
Democrats can win back the White House in 2028. Hereās how | Colin Seeberger
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/07/democrats-win-back-white-house-2028
Published: January 7, 2026 12:00
Democrats should go on the offense against Republicans, but they should also lay out a vision for renewing the promise of a middle-class life By January 2029, Donald Trump will be capping off a nearly 14-year stretch at the helm of American politics. Whileā¦
Nicki Minajās Maga conversion is doing nothing for her career ā or is it? | Arwa Mahdawi
Published: January 7, 2026 11:00
The rapperās recent cosying up to the Trump administration has upset a lot of her fans, but is she playing the long game?Starships are meant to fly, but Nicki Minajās musical career is now doing a Maga-propelled nosedive. For the past few months, theā¦
We study glaciers. āArtificial glaciersā and other tech may halt their total collapse | Brent Minchew and Colin Meyer
Published: January 7, 2026 11:00
How might we prevent sea-level rise? Satellite-based radar, solar-powered drones, robot submarines and lab-based āartificial glaciersā could all play a roleSea levels are rising faster than at any point in human history, and for every foot that watersā¦
Keir Starmer has a historic opportunity to fix this awful Brexit ā if he follows this plan | Naomi Smith
Published: January 7, 2026 11:00
The new bill giving ministers the power to align trade with the EU has huge practical and symbolic value. Let it herald a new and exciting ambitionGood things may come to those who wait, but when it comes to repairing the Brexit settlement Britain was leftā¦
Letās be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/07/palestine-action-hunger-strikers-government
Published: January 7, 2026 08:00
The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demandsThey are far into the lethal zone. Three people who are being held in prison on charges connected withā¦
Is Starmerās reluctance to criticise Trump smart tactics ā or the sign of a man without a plan? | Rafael Behr
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/07/keir-starmer-donald-trump-venezuela-europe
Published: January 7, 2026 06:00
The PM wonāt call out Trump over Venezuela, and wonāt commit to Europe. His refusal to choose leaves vital choices for Britain to be made by others For an inveterate liar, Donald Trump is remarkably honest. The best guide to what he thinks is what heā¦
RosalĆaās Lux is more than epic Catholic pop ā it grapples with a world fraught with complexity and crisis | Carlos DelclĆ³s
Published: January 7, 2026 05:00
Behind its lavish ānun-coreā aesthetic, the Spanish starās hit album pushes us to think beyond good and evil ā to see that we contain multitudesI went into Lux primed not to like it. Not because I doubt RosalĆaās virtuosic talents or her intenseā¦
New year resolutions? How to free yourself from brain rot in 2026 | Jess Harwood
Published: January 7, 2026 00:15
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Is your community bushfire ready? In Cobargo after black summer we donāt just have a plan, we have one another | Zena Armstrong
Published: January 6, 2026 22:50
Fire preparation is more than clearing gutters and evacuation plans. Itās building solidarity in ordinary times so itās there in extraordinary onesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAs extreme heat grips large parts of Australiaā¦
The Guardian view on Trumpās raid in Caracas: oil matters, but itās not the whole story | Editorial
Published: January 6, 2026 19:25
The seizure of Venezuelan leader was induced by the prize of petroleum, but driven by spectacle, geopolitics and domestic politicsItās all about oil. That was the reason NicolĆ”s Maduro, the Venezuelan leader illegally abducted by US forces at the weekend,ā¦
In KemiWorld, might makes right. Just donāt mention Greenland | John Crace
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/06/kemiworld-might-makes-right-dont-mention-greenland
Published: January 6, 2026 17:29
In an interview with Nick Robinson, the Tory leader made it clear she was thrilled to see the back of international law. May the best country win!These werenāt exactly the words Kemi Badenoch had been hoping to hear. Halfway through her interview on theā¦
Now Muskās Grok chatbot is creating sexualised images of children. If the law wonāt stop it, perhaps his investors will | Sophia Smith Galer
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/06/elon-musk-grok-chatbot-children-x-owner
Published: January 6, 2026 15:30
The owner of X has grown used to acting with impunity ā but this may be a red line for those with āconservative valuesā who fund his adventures in free speechItās a sickening law of the internet that the first thing people will try to do with a new tool isā¦
Elon Musk is moving back into politics. Canāt he take up a new hobby instead? | Arwa Mahdawi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/06/elon-musk-back-politics-new-hobby-instead
Published: January 6, 2026 14:47
It didnāt go very well for him last time, but the tech billionaire seems to have abandoned his plans for a third party and has renewed his bromance with the president āYou know, Iāve generally found that when I get involved in politics, it ends up badly,āā¦
Why the surprise over Trumpās Venezuela coup? US presidents promise isolation ā and deliver war | Simon Jenkins
Published: January 6, 2026 14:02
Last weekās events in Caracas come in a long line of American interventions. The White House has awesome power and is never shy of using itIt is starting to trickle out. Last week in Caracas was not an invasion, it was a putsch. It was the militarisedā¦
I got married twice in my 20s. Now Iām in love with my midlife situationship | Natasha Ginnivan
Published: January 6, 2026 14:00
Bored, lonely and emerging from lockdown, a less-traditional relationship was just what I was looking forWe were just two midlifers in our 50s who met back in 2020 using a popular dating app. Bored, lonely and emerging from lockdown we jumped at the chanceā¦
Trump is marching into 2026 with the worst cabinet in history | Austin Sarat
Published: January 6, 2026 14:00
From RFK Jr to Pete Hegseth, the presidentās top aides have been disastrous. We shouldnāt be surprisedAs 2024 ended and Donald Trumpās cabinet picks were rolled out, commentators scrambled to decide which one was the worst. Was it Matt Gaetz for attorneyā¦
We can safely experiment on reflecting sunlight away from Earth. Hereās how | Dakota Gruener and Daniele Visioni
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/06/reflecting-sunlight-climate-crisis-heating
Published: January 6, 2026 12:00
Reflecting a small fraction of incoming sunlight to reduce global heating is not a new idea. It is time to safely experimentThe world is warming fast ā and our options to avoid catastrophic harm are narrowing. 2024 was the first full year more than 1.5Cā¦
Many schools donāt think students can read full novels anymore. Thatās a tragedy | Margaret Sullivan
Published: January 6, 2026 11:00
Increasingly, teens are given only parts of books, and they often read not in print but on school-issued laptopsReading fiction has been such a joy for me that my heart broke a little to learn recently that many schools no longer assign full books to highā¦
Donald Trump poses a threat to civilization | Robert Reich
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/06/donald-trump-threat-civilization
Published: January 6, 2026 11:00
The moral purpose of civilized society is to prevent the stronger from attacking the weaker. The US was founded on that principleTrumpās domestic and foreign policies ā ranging from his attempted coup against the United States five years ago, to hisā¦
Greta Thunberg came to stay ā and my kid may have inadvertently helped her get arrested | Arwa Mahdawi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/06/greta-thunberg-palestine-action-arrest
Published: January 6, 2026 10:00
The activist had held a sign written with my daughterās crayon. Try explaining that to a four-year-oldIt was 6am. London. A few days before Christmas. My four-year-old is singing at the top of her lungs and charging around my parentsā house on a hunt forā¦
Itās not easy being an English northerner surrounded by southerners. Hereās how we survive | Robyn Vinter
Published: January 6, 2026 10:00
University undergraduates are forming northern societies, but in other circumstances we find different ways to be ourselvesOf course they werenāt being mean, but each time my university friends jokingly echoed my Leeds-accented ānoā with a noise that isā¦
Male bonds develop one way, female friendships another. Should we stop trying to make men more like women? | Gaby Hinsliff
Published: January 6, 2026 08:00
The strong and silent masculine image is often derided, but why? Perhaps companionship via trains, golf or a quiet drink is enoughItās good to talk. Or so men are always being told, by everyone from mental health campaigners to the women they live with,ā¦
Trumpās new world order is being born ā and Venezuela is just the start | Owen Jones
Published: January 6, 2026 06:00
The US president has been quite clear that Cuba, Mexico, Colombia and Greenland are in his sights. We must believe himAs Venezuelaās skyline lit up under US bombs, we were watching the morbid symptoms of a declining empire. That may sound counterintuitive.ā¦
Europeās failure to condemn Trumpās illegal aggression in Venezuela isnāt just wrong ā itās stupid | Nathalie Tocci
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/06/europe-venezuela-donald-trump-vladimir-putin
Published: January 6, 2026 05:00
The more European countries act as colonies, unable and unwilling to stand up to Trump, the more theyāll be treated as suchThere is no two without a three, as we say in Italian. After their complicit silence on Israelās war crimes in Gaza and their tacitā¦
The Guardian view on Europeās response to āAmerica firstā imperialism: too weak, too timid | Editorial
Published: January 5, 2026 19:05
Sir Keir Starmer and European leaders must defend the rule of international law, as a dangerous new world order emergesThe initial reaction of European leaders to Donald Trumpās illegal military intervention in Venezuela wasĀ not only weak, it also had theā¦
Despite Trumpās hopes, big oil will be wary of rushing back to Venezuela | Nils Pratley
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/05/donald-trump-big-oil-venezuela
Published: January 5, 2026 17:29
The US might aim to unlock the countryās reserves, but cost and political uncertainty make it look an uncertain optionUS energy stocks rise as Trump vows to unlock Venezuelaās oilVenezuela crisis - latest updatesThe theory sounds straightforward. Venezuelaā¦
With Trumpās military action in Venezuela, the US has made every other country less safe | Volker TĆ¼rk
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/05/trump-military-action-venezuela-us
Published: January 5, 2026 16:19
This weakens the only mechanism we have to prevent world conflict, namely the UN. The international community must stand up for the rule of lawVolker TĆ¼rk is UN high commissioner for human rightsThe US military operation in Venezuela undermines aā¦
āSee no evil, hear no evilā Starmer goes on full sycophant alert | John Crace
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/05/starmer-goes-full-sycophant-trump-politics-sketch
Published: January 5, 2026 16:19
PM tries to be as uninformed as possible about The Donaldās coup while his junior minister throws Greenland under the busLetās face it. Whatās a bloke got to do to win the Nobel peace prize these days? I mean the much-coveted inaugural Fifa peace prize isā¦
For Americans, 2026 started with two starkly different visions for the country | Moira Donegan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/05/zohran-mamdani-trump-venezuela-us-2026
Published: January 5, 2026 16:00
Zohran Mamdaniās optimistic inauguration contrasted in every single way with Trumpās brazen invasion of VenezuelaThe new year opened with a pair of scenes that illustrated the great divide within the US and the stakes of the ongoing contest over itsā¦
Trumpās Venezuela invasion sets a perilous precedent | Kenneth Roth
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/05/donald-trump-venezuela-nicolas-maduro
Published: January 5, 2026 15:00
If Trump can invade Venezuela, why canāt Putin invade Ukraine? Or Xi Jinping seize Taiwan?No matter how you slice it, Donald Trumpās invasion of Venezuela is an act of naked aggression. It is blatantly illegal and sets a disturbing precedent ofā¦
Ever been caught short? Hereās the good news: a great British toilet revolution could be on the way | Eddie Blake
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/05/british-toilet-revolution-architects-loos
Published: January 5, 2026 14:03
Inspired by ministers and councils willing to spend a penny, architects are building beautiful, functional loos ā a first step towards restoring civic prideWhy do we have so few public toilets in UK cities? Itās hard to think of two more fundamental socialā¦
As we farewelled Ronda our soft-hearted labrador, the grief was as painful as any Iāve felt | Paul Daley
Published: January 5, 2026 14:00
Ronda was a beauty in every sense, and her love for her human and canine family was as unencumbered as it was uncomplicatedEach time a family dogs dies I go over it all again and decide that the intense grief is far outweighed by the joy the animal broughtā¦
Who does new year Keir look like after his reset? Last year Keir ā and thatās a huge problem | John McTernan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/05/keir-starmer-new-year-bbc-interview-vision
Published: January 5, 2026 11:42
This weekendās lengthy BBC interview was a great opportunity to show more vim and a new vision, but once again process and stock phrases won outJohn McTernan was political secretary to Tony Blair at No 10 Keir Starmer kicked off the political new year withā¦
Iām watching myself on YouTube saying things I would never say. This is the deepfake menace we must confront | Yanis Varoufakis
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/05/deepfakes-youtube-menace-yanis-varoufakis
Published: January 5, 2026 08:00
These inventions trigger rage, but also optimism. Maybe they will make people think more critically about debate and democracyIt was my blue shirt, a present from my sister-in-law, that gave it all away. It made me think of Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, theā¦
Trumpās coup in Venezuela didnāt just break the rules ā it showed there arenāt any. Weāll all regret that | Nesrine Malik
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/05/donald-trump-coup-venezuela-break-rules-regret
Published: January 5, 2026 06:00
Itās not just the triumphalism in the White House. Leaders loth to oppose this gangsterism must think how that looks to Putin, Xi and in the UAEI never thought it possible that you could look back on the Iraq war, and the foreign invasions of the āwar onā¦
The awkward truth about some of Trumpās views on Europe? European leaders agree with him | Shada Islam
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/05/donald-trump-europe-leaders-us-president-eu
Published: January 5, 2026 05:00
The US presidentās fears about āwokeā Europe are laughable. He would feel right at home in todayās EUI expected the EU to push back strongly against Donald Trumpās new national security strategy. Not only does it show contempt for the EU and its āweakāā¦
The US violated international law in Venezuela. These are the questions Australia must now ask | Donald Rothwell
Published: January 5, 2026 04:15
US conduct could become more assertive in the Indo-Pacific in the remaining years of the Trump presidency ā with serious implications for Anzus and AukusGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNo matter how the Trump administration seeksā¦
The Guardian view on the US seizure of Maduro: Trump has turned the worldās superpower into a rogue state | Editorial
Published: January 4, 2026 18:11
The illegal abduction of Venezuelaās president, and threat to ārunā his country, is a dangerous act. Its repercussions will be felt far beyond the regionAmid the immense confusion surrounding the US strikes on Venezuela, the seizure of the president,ā¦
The Guardian view on Zohran Mamdaniās task: a high-stakes test case for progressive ambition | Editorial
Published: January 4, 2026 18:11
New Yorkās new mayor will face headwinds as he attempts to carry out a programme of civic renewal. But his affordability agenda speaks to the timesThe multiple firsts achieved by New Yorkās new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, have been well chronicled: he is theā¦
The government probably took too much of your paycheck this year ā hereās how to get it back
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/04/taxes-refunds-workers-seniors-overtime
Published: January 4, 2026 15:00
Trumpās tax bill carved out several areas for tipped workers and older adults, among others, to lower their tax billsUS taxpayers will have a āgigantic refund year in the first quarterā of 2026, the treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, recently said in anā¦
Caroline felt she was doomed to dating failure. Learning to sit with sadness was part of overcoming her loneliness | Ahona Guha
Published: January 4, 2026 14:00
Building a life aligned with your values, with or without a partner, starts with naming them. It can also help to set boundaries while datingThe modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in their workCaroline* cameā¦
After Trumpās illegal Venezuela coup, there are two dangers: he is emboldened, but has no clue what comes next | Rajan Menon
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/04/donald-trump-usa-venezuela-coup-maduro-iran
Published: January 4, 2026 13:00
The US president used largely fictitious charges to seize control, but canāt know how Venezuelans will react. He may also overstep now as regards IranDuring his presidential campaigns, Donald Trump pledged to end āforever warsā, abandon ānation-buildingāā¦
The electric vehicle revolution is still on course ā donāt let your loathing of Elon Musk stop you joining up | Zoe Williams
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/04/electric-vehicle-elon-musk-tesla-sales
Published: January 4, 2026 10:00
Other firms are taking advantage of Teslaās sales slump, while technological advances mean that glitches are being left in the rear-view mirrorIn another era, before Elon Musk bought Twitter, changed its name to X to mark the spot of its descent intoā¦
In 2026, remember this: Britain is much better than it was in so many ways. Donāt swallow the rightās lies | John Harris
Published: January 4, 2026 08:00
Populists rewrite the history of this nation because they were complicit in much of its ugliness. The progressive fightback must start nowA couple of the more disruptive boys in the class put red laces in their Dr Martens, because someone had told themā¦
Today, Trumpās target was Caracas. What tomorrow? | Stephen Wertheim
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/03/today-trumps-target-was-caracas-what-tomorrow
Published: January 4, 2026 06:27
He took office promising to annex Greenland and take back the Panama Canal. Now that he has ousted Maduro, other countries could be nextāThis is genius,ā Donald Trump enthused. It was February 22, 2022. Vladimir Putin had just declared parts of easternā¦
The hill I will die on: Films and TV shows are better if you read the spoilers first | Jason Okundaye
Published: January 4, 2026 06:00
Please note, this piece absolutely includes spoilers for Cruel Intentions, a film made 26 years ago. Do read onI love spoiling the plot for myself. Itās something I do fairly regularly. Before watching a film, I tend to open Wikipedia and read the entireā¦
In his last days, I couldnāt bear to tell my dying husband what had happened at his beloved Bondi | Julianne Schultz
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/04/dying-husband-dementia-last-days
Published: January 3, 2026 19:00
In 2025 it felt as thought the world itself had dementia. But though incurable, itās a disease that can be treatedA few days before he took his last, mercifully peaceful, breath, my husband, Ian Reinecke, looked at me intently and asked, āIs there anythingā¦
Today an illegal coup in Venezuela, but where next? Donald Trump talks peace but he is a man of war | Simon Tisdall
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/03/illegal-coup-venezuela-donald-trump-peace-war
Published: January 3, 2026 14:40
The world will be anxious, and rightly so. For a man so bent on a peace prize, Trump appears to revel in conflictThe overthrow and reported capture by invading US forces of Nicolas Maduro, Venezuelaās hardline socialist president, will send a shiver ofā¦
Tennessee actually just did something amazing for women | Arwa Mahdawi
Published: January 3, 2026 11:00
The state has created the first registry in the US to track repeat domestic violence offendersLetās say youāre going on a first date and you want to make sure the person youāre meeting up with isnāt a registered sex offender. If you live in the US, you canā¦
Migrants are at the heart of our art, our music, our whole history. Thatās what the right wonāt admit to you | Rowan Williams
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/03/migrants-history-art-music-right-britain
Published: January 3, 2026 10:00
From Britainās medieval buildings to western pop and contemporary art, these creations showcase our interwoven storiesWe are repeatedly sold a painfully two-dimensional picture of the motivations of those seeking shelter in Britain. According to thisā¦
Iām not sure a bakery needs a branded condom ā can any business resist selling merch now? | Elle Hunt
Published: January 3, 2026 08:00
From Trader Joeās totes to Greggs jewellery, swag mania reveals how small businesses can promote their ābrandsā ā and how we use stuff to signal our tribeFor all its many charms, Norwich tends to lag behind London on internet-buzzy trends (personally, Iā¦
At Zohran Mamdaniās block party, I observed a simple truth: people want more politics, not less | Samuel Earle
Published: January 3, 2026 07:00
Years of scandal and disappointment have left a void in our politics. But New Yorkās new mayor offers an alternative to more apathy: hope On 1 January, to mark his inauguration as mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani threw a block party. As he was sworn inā¦
The hill I will die on: Fan fiction is real literature, whatever the snobs say | Urooj Ashfaq
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/03/hill-die-on-fan-fiction-real-literature
Published: January 3, 2026 06:00
Yes, itās messy, derivative and occasionally incomprehensible ā but so is lifeFan fiction is democracy in its purest, most chaotic form. Itās the people seizing the means of production. Every āwhat if?ā is a tiny revolution. What if the side character gotā¦
The Guardian view on Gazaās winter: the world must take heed as Palestinian suffering deepens again | Editorial
Published: January 2, 2026 18:07
Families are struggling to survive amid the devastation. Israelās ban on international NGOs will worsen this disasterAs Gaza enters the bleakest period of winter, children are dying of hypothermia, drowning in flooded camps and burning to death as theirā¦
From Donald Trump to Benjamin Netanyahu, let 2026 be a year of reckoning | Jonathan Freedland
Published: January 2, 2026 17:11
These malign figures will do anything to avoid paying for the harm they have done, but accountability must eventually come to bothItās not quite a new year resolution, and itās certainly not a prediction. Think of it instead as a hope or even a plea forā¦
Bondi is where I have felt safe all my life. How could anyone want to destroy this monument to humanity and joy? | Alice Fraser
Published: January 2, 2026 14:00
I canāt bear to view this postcard of Australia, layered with a thousand memories, with untrusting eyes, to feel the air changed and warped by horrorI keep taking the bus through Bondi with my children. Approaching the stop on Campbell Parade, I want toā¦
Australiaās stance on Afghan cricket is flawed ā and deeply painful for people like me. There is another path | Shadi Khan Saif
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/03/australia-stance-afghan-cricket
Published: January 2, 2026 14:00
When I arrived in Australia after the fall of Kabul, seeing Rashid Khan in the BBL eased my grief and reminded me that pride and belonging were possibleThe scenes at Brisbane airport that summer a few years ago did not feel real. The terminal was almostā¦
Hereās a pick-me-up for the January blues: this could well be Nigel Farageās last year on top | Simon Jenkins
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/02/nigel-farage-january-year-reform-uk-voters
Published: January 2, 2026 12:37
Thereās no doubting the charisma of its leader, but Reform UK lacks the depth and experience needed to govern ā and voters are quickly realising thatI fear for Nigel Farage. This should be his big year, the make-or-break 2026. Last year his Reform partyā¦
The hill I will die on: PDAs on the morning commute are never acceptable | Michael Akadiri
Published: January 2, 2026 08:00
Spare me the hugging, kissing, sitting on each otherās laps. Whatās the excuse so close to breakfast?First and foremost, let me say: I love love. Iām in love ā Iām happily married with two boys. Iām surrounded by love, because most of my friends andā¦
Islamophobia has surged since the Bondi attack. Australiaās Muslim community should not have to endure this abuse | Aftab Malik
Published: January 2, 2026 07:09
No Muslim leader wants to diminish the suffering of the Jewish community or be seen as engaging in competitive victimhood. We must stand in solidarity with each otherWhile many Australians remain in a state of anger, grief and reflection due to theā¦
What if floods left your home unsellable? Thatās the reality facing more and more people in Britain | Kirsty Major
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/02/flood-home-unsellable-britain
Published: January 2, 2026 06:00
Christine wanted to enjoy her retirement, but then the banks of a local brook burst and turned her and her neighboursā lives upside-downWhen I visited Christineās bungalow in Trowell, Nottinghamshire, and asked if I should take my shoes off, she joked: āIā¦
From bon appetit to Uber Eats: why Franceās beloved restaurants are in crisis | Paul Taylor
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/02/france-restaurants-crisis
Published: January 2, 2026 05:00
When I started as a reporter in Paris in the 1970s, long, boozy lunches were the norm. Now only fast food and fine dining are thrivingSpare a thought for the poor French restaurateur. Once the iconic image of a sybaritic nation that loved nothing more thanā¦
Ignore the sceptics: with this new vaccine, chickenpox could become a thing of the past | Wes Streeting
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/02/chickenpox-vaccine-nhs-varicella-virus
Published: January 2, 2026 04:00
Thousands develop serious complications from the varicella virus. Today the NHS rolls out a new jab, alongside measles, mumps and rubellaWes Streeting is secretary of state for health and social careAs any parent knows, there are few things more disruptiveā¦
The worldās gone barking mad. In this era of canine exceptionalism, can humanity stage a comeback? | Farhana Dawood
Published: January 1, 2026 23:07
From pawdicures to designer rainwear, the cult of the dog is expanding with impressive speed. Why must we tolerate it?Iām becoming concerned that we as a species have gone to the dogs ā quite literally. Somewhere between the rise of boutique pet groomingā¦
The Guardian view on mRNA vaccines: they are the future ā with or without Donald Trump | Editorial
Published: January 1, 2026 17:30
Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we examine how the White Houseās war on vaccines has left the future of a key technology uncertain and up for grabsThe late scientist and thinker Donaldā¦
The best way to get round a difficult problem? Do nothing about it | Gaby Hinsliff
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/01/difficult-problem-do-nothing-agatha-christie
Published: January 1, 2026 15:51
From Agatha Christie doing the dishes to the cancer surgeon inspired at the theatre, an idling brain suddenly seems able to join the dotsIf you really want to solve a problem, try doing nothing about it. Fold some laundry. Stir a risotto. Go for a run,ā¦
At 51, Iām about to start work as a junior doctor. Itās been a wild ride to get here | Ben Collins
Published: January 1, 2026 14:00
My transformation was most apparent the day I realised that a digital rectal examination can be life-savingFor the last four years Iāve been breaking every rule of appropriate, normal behaviour. Iāve poked, probed, inserted, stabbed and cut people in theirā¦
They tried to smear him as an antisemite ā but Mayor Zohran Mamdani walks in a rich Jewish tradition | Molly Crabapple
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/01/zohran-mamdani-new-york-mayor-antisemitism
Published: January 1, 2026 13:00
When I look at Mamdani, I donāt see some radical departure. I see him an heir to the Yiddish socialism that helped build New YorkBillionaires raised fortunes against him. The president threatened to strip his citizenship. Mainstream synagogues slanderedā¦
At the turn of the year, Iām facing a pivot point. Midlife crisis? No thanks | Emma Brockes
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/01/new-year-midlife-crisis-50-kids
Published: January 1, 2026 12:00
At 50, I find myself in a gazing-up-at-trees phase. What does it all mean? Itās not completely clear ā but itās certainly bothering my kidsAccording to research undertaken by Stanford Medicine in 2024, adult human beings are subject to two āmassiveā¦
The hill I will die on: Enough of the āHey you!ā faux-friend nonsense. Youāre a business, not my mate | Max Fletcher
Published: January 1, 2026 10:00
No, your communications donāt make me feel valued as an individual. A āDearā or āSirā wouldnāt hurt once in a whileHow do you feel when big corporations address you directly? (In other words, when they use the second-person pronoun āyouā in theirā¦
Iāve been a New Yorker for 23 years. Today Zohran Mamdaniās swearing-in makes this city a real home | Mona Eltahawy
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/01/new-york-zohran-mamdani-swearing-in-mayor
Published: January 1, 2026 08:00
The new mayor embraces social justice, and rejects hate and nationalism. Thatās why weāre so excited to see what heāll do in officeOn a cold Saturday morning, a little over a week before the New York City mayoral election in November, I was at a park inā¦
Trump is wrong: āwokeā policies arenāt the real threat to Europe | Nouriel Roubini
Published: January 1, 2026 07:00
The continentās problems are not caused by immigration or cultural politics but by economic and technological declineDonald Trumpās new national security strategy offers a misguided assessment of Europe, long regarded as the USās most reliable ally.ā¦
When racists shout āGo homeā, and you come from 15 places, what to do? | Hugh Muir
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/01/racist-go-home-place-dna-test-countries
Published: January 1, 2026 06:00
A DNA test showed me that theoretically I have links to a long list of countries ā and that the way we look at belonging makes little senseWhile accepting that David Lammy, the deputy prime minister and justice secretary is, for many, the human embodimentā¦
Cecilia GimĆ©nezās botched Monkey Christ became a global meme. The real marvel was the humble, graceful woman behind it | Sam Jones
Published: January 1, 2026 05:00
The restorer, who died on Monday, brought unwanted attention to herself ā and her small Spanish town. Then, slowly, a small miracle took placeVery few of us find fame quite as late, or quite as brutally, as Cecilia GimĆ©nez did in the summer of 2012. Theā¦
Yes, womenās rights are under threat around the world. But weāve found hope in unlikely places | Rahila Gupta
Published: December 31, 2025 14:00
From El Salvador to Russia, Iceland and Syria, women are pushing back against the rise of regressive forces. Letās support their fightRahila Gupta is an anti-racist feminist activist and the co-author, with Beatrix Campbell, of Planet Patriarchy In 2025,ā¦
The one trick to nailing parenting this summer? Delete Instagram | LĆ©a Antigny
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/01/parenting-social-media-use-delete-instagram
Published: December 31, 2025 14:00
Every time I open the app Iām bombarded with reels from accounts I donāt follow, promising theyāve cracked the code One afternoon, on a quiet coastal holiday with my family, I lay down for a nap. The day up until then had been full of the simplestā¦
The WHO learned to love āanti-obesityā jabs in 2025. I donāt fully agree, but I get it | Devi Sridhar
Published: December 31, 2025 13:13
While GLP-1 drugs promise an easy fix, our bodies still need what they have always needed: healthy food and regular exerciseProf Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of EdinburghIf there has been a hot topic in health in 2025,ā¦
A polycrisis has shattered our world this year. But with care, we can put it back together | Elif Shafak
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/31/polycrisis-world-care-challenge-2025-courage
Published: December 31, 2025 12:00
The challenges and strains have been almost too much to take. But in 2025, words of depth and courage have been an antidote to numbnessI once saw a young glassblower in Istanbul, still new to his craft, shatter a beautiful vase while taking it out of theā¦
Lububus, Taylor Swift and Sydney Sweeney: hereās the deluge that was 2025 | Dave Schilling
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/31/2025-pop-culture-look-back
Published: December 31, 2025 11:00
It was a tough year (again) and we met it all with a shrugItās the end of another year, which means a deluge of dire looks back on the various atrocities of the last go around the sun. As is my duty, I have to add to the pile. But does it all have to beā¦
Bad cops prey on the public ā and their fellow officers. To stop them, we must break the culture of silence | Mukund Krishna
Published: December 31, 2025 10:00
The rape and murder of Sarah Everard by an off-duty officer should have led to cultural change. Without it, neither communities nor officers are safeMukund Krishna is chief executive of the Police Federation of England & Wales Last year, part one of Elishā¦
The hill I will die on: That stone-cold classic you love isnāt a party starter ā itās a party destroyer | Nels Abbey
Published: December 31, 2025 08:00
Cameoās Candy is one of the all-time great funk records, but after a six-minute dance formation everyone is heading for the doorItās that moment at a Black party you either love or hate. Cameoās Candy, one of the all-time great funk records, comes on andā¦
Alaa Abd el-Fattahās tweets were wrong, but he is no āanti-white Islamistā. Why does the British right want you to believe he is? | Naomi Klein
Published: December 31, 2025 06:00
I have no interest in defending his social media posts, but calls to strip the newly freed activist of British citizenship pile torment on top of tortureWhat is the proper punishment for hateful social media posts? Should you lose your account? Your job?ā¦
I could not forgive the father who left me. Until a chance encounter changed my outlook | Carolin WĆ¼rfel
Published: December 31, 2025 05:00
In 2025 I learned that reconciliation is less about a grand apology than a shift in perspectiveForgiveness isnāt a destination. Itās a journey. Mine began on an escalator at Berlin Brandenburg airport. It was a Sunday afternoon. I was heading up to theā¦
The Guardian view on the new Monroe doctrine: Trumpās forceful approach to the western hemisphere comes at a cost | Editorial
Published: December 30, 2025 17:30
Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today, how US foreign policy has dramatically ā and alarmingly ā turned towards Latin America and the CaribbeanDonald Trump is not generally noted as a student ofā¦
TThe royal family is edging toward modernity ā but in 2026, the public will expect yet more transparency | Anna Whitelock
Published: December 30, 2025 16:21
Despite Charlesās welcome openness about his cancer, polls show declining support for the monarchy. To survive, the royals now need to lift the curtain on their financesAnna Whitelock is a professor of the history of modern monarchy at City St Georges,ā¦
Youāll never defeat us in Iran, President Trump: but with real talks, we can both win | Seyed Abbas Araghchi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/30/iran-donald-trump-real-talks-both-win
Published: December 30, 2025 14:00
The US president has been fooled into seeing Israel as a reliable ally and Tehran as the enemy. We say he should consider the evidence and rethinkSeyed Abbas Araghchi is the Iranian foreign ministerReport: Trump should defy Netanyahu over nuclear talksā¦
Snap decisions: why crowding into a photo booth with friends is still a magical experience | Nova Weetman
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2025/dec/30/photo-booth-with-friends-magical
Published: December 30, 2025 14:00
Whenever Iām out late with friends and we pass a photo booth, I drag them in so I can add to the gallery of faces I love seeing each dayLast New Yearās Eve, I was out with a friend. We had no plans, so we met at a local cinema and then wandered the longā¦
Psst: wanna buy a new year's honour? Once it was simple. And now? Well, donāt rule it out | Stephen Bates
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/30/buy-new-year-honours-list
Published: December 30, 2025 12:00
Iām fascinated by Maundy Gregory, who sold honours for Lloyd George. He wouldnāt be tolerated today, but donāt assume our system is flawlessAnd so the new year honours list is out. The people ā some of them at least ā have spoken: here comes a freshā¦
As we prepare for 2026, remember we have the power to make our future | Rebecca Solnit
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/30/power-future-politics-trump-2026
Published: December 30, 2025 11:00
We enter 2026 with radical uncertainty about the fate of the US ā but also with the clarity that people have the power to determine what it will beWhen we talk about opposition in politics, sometimes itās just a policy disagreement ā but in the currentā¦
Why is the Democratic party hiding its 2024 autopsy report? | Norman Soloman
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/30/democratic-party-autopsy-report-2024-election
Published: December 30, 2025 11:00
If the DNC isnāt open and transparent about why they lost, then how can we be sure they will learn their lesson this time?The Democratic National Committeeās decision to block the release of its own autopsy report on the 2024 election is stunning but notā¦
2025 was the year we grew tired of celebrity for celebrityās sake | Nadia Khomami
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/30/2025-celebrities
Published: December 30, 2025 10:00
Being blasted into space or taking over Venice no longer cuts it. The rich and famous are being punished for their conspicuous vacuityWhen Katy Perry and five other women were launched into space in Jeff Bezosās Blue Origin rocket, no doubt they expectedā¦
Conditions may feel rife for a coup within Labour ā but a change of leader alone isnāt going to fix things | Polly Toynbee
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/30/labour-keir-starmer-successor-election-plan
Published: December 30, 2025 08:00
For all the talk of coups, this much is clear: without a strong vision, Labour will face a fresh crisis of legitimacyWill he still be there to see in the next new year? Noise about Keir Starmerās durability quietens with MPs being away from Westminsterāsā¦
The hill I will die on: Never decline an invitation on the day of the event. Ghosting is the humane option | Phineas Harper
Published: December 30, 2025 06:00
Either say you canāt make it well in advance or keep stummAs New Yearās Eve looms, I implore you to heed this party etiquette advice. There are only two correct times to decline a party invitation: well in advance or not at all. The last thing anyā¦
The Louvre is the pride of France ā and itās on the verge of collapse. Can we rescue it in time? | AgnĆØs Poirier
Published: December 30, 2025 05:00
From a jewel heist to crumbling galleries, itās been a dire year for the worldās most visited museum. At least France has woken up to its predicament Long before Versailles dazzled the world, the Louvre rose from the banks of the Seine as a royalā¦