Tim Robinson’s acclaimed Netflix sketch show is back for more weird and wonderful set-pieces that feel both unsettling and deeply relatableThere is a sketch from the first season of I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson (Tuesday, Netflix) that is etched permanently on to my brain. I mean, actually, there are several etched on to my brain: the hotdog car crashing into a clothes shop, for example, or the multi-part epic that ends with a man singing sombre yacht rock at his mother’s funeral. Or “you flinched, and now you have to marry your mother-in-law”.Related: The Guide: Staying In – sign up for our home entertainment tips Continue reading...
She has written for some of the best TV shows in recent years – but as Pritchett’s comic, self-deprecating memoir comes out, she explains why she doesn’t get work in the UK
Tolani Shoneye, Audrey Indome and Milena Sanchez’s frank and filter-free advice podcast has taken the world by storm. ‘We come from a place of tough love’, they sayThe trio behind The Receipts podcast never imagined they would reach such heights. But surely no one starts a new venture without some small glimmer of hope? “I mean,” Tolani Shoneye replies, “I personally don’t do anything I think will be a flop.”Covering pop culture, sex, relationships, friendship and gossip with absolutely no filter, The Receipts is a podcast like no other. Its hosts Shoneye, Audrey Indome and Milena Sanchez have amassed tens of thousands of listeners, won awards, sold out live shows, had their faces plastered on billboards, and are now publishing a book. They are the new voices of British podcasting – and agony-aunting, too. Continue reading...
The actor on being close to Jack Nicholson, missing his brother and his most unappealing habitBorn in Atlanta, Georgia, Stephen Dorff, 47, started acting as child. His films include The Power Of One, Blade and Somewhere. He also co-starred in the third series of True Detective. His latest film, Embattled, is released on 5 July. He lives in Tennessee.When were you happiest?
Not regular fish’n’chips, but seeded cod with curry; not doughnuts, but dunkable parmesan beignets; less Mr Whippy, more mango and lime ice-cream sandwichesOh, I do like to be beside the seaside! How true this is. I’ve lived in the UK for a long time but, for me, the joy of going to the seaside will always be about sitting on the beach, beside the sea, rather than having to get in the actual water: you can take the boy out of the Mediterranean, and all that. Being beside the seaside, though, still whets the appetite for certain seaside classics: ice-cream sandwiches, battered cod, curry sauce, fried doughnuts. Oh yes! I do like to be beside the sea! Continue reading...
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Seven years after the referendum, writers including Val McDermid and William Boyd capture the mood of their country, and ask what it would mean to leave the UKVal McDermid
After a slow start playing ‘the sixth guy chasing Denzel’, the Stranger Things star is now building on his action-hero rebirth with Marvel’s Black WidowBy the end of filming series three of Stranger Things, David Harbour knew that he was destined for a Russian jail. He knew that the season would end with the not-so-subtle hint that as police chief-cum-supernatural-monster-battler Jim Hopper, he would be captured by Soviet spies. And he was also aware that he would face years of fan theories breathlessly trying to predict how his stretch as an inmate would play out.Related: The Guide: Staying In – sign up for our home entertainment tips Continue reading...
Heading for the beach? So are huge blooms of jellyfish. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...It was a blazing hot summer’s day in central Queensland when Rachael Shardlow’s family – her older brother Sam, their parents, Ruth Macklin and Geoff Shardlow, and their dogs – decided to head for the water. But which water: lake, river, ocean? Ten-year-old Rachael pushed for the dam, at Lake Awoonga. Someone had told her there were crocodiles at Calliope River, and she was scared. But the lake was a wildlife sanctuary: no dogs allowed.Rachael would not budge – so her family called her bluff, bundling into the car and driving off without her. They had only reached the end of the street before Rachael caved, calling them to come back and get her. Continue reading...
James Cameron’s show-stopping follow-up to his surprise sci-fi hit was a spectacular display of both stunts and soul but its major strides caused others to trip upHow do you kill the man who has everything? In broad strokes, this was the quandary facing James Cameron as he formulated plans for a sequel to The Terminator, the little action picture that rocketed him and star Arnold Schwarzenegger into the ranks of the industry’s most sought-after names.Related: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves at 30: a joyless hit that should stay in the 90s Continue reading...
Saturday’s quarter-final has revitalised a sense of community and identity, though some are torn about who to supportNine-year-old Luca Mullaney was over the moon when Ukraine beat Sweden on Tuesday. The half-Ukrainian boy from Bradford did a series of victory jumps but then stopped dead. “I’ve got a big problem, Grandad,” he said. “Who do I support on Saturday?”His family are now putting their heads together ahead of the team’s Euro 2020 quarter-final against England. Luca’s mother, Sonia, is thinking she might sew him a top with Ukraine’s colours on one side and England’s on the other. Luca’s cousin has suggested he wear his Ukraine shirt for the first half of the match and his England shirt for the second. Continue reading...
Spread of the Delta variant blamed for significant rise in cases that have threatened to overwhelm the medical systemStanding outside the glass wall at one of the emergency installations in a hospital in Tangerang, Benten, Uta Verina Maukar, 26, looked at her mother as she lay resting on a bed. She texted her mother, telling her that she was standing outside. Her mother looked at her from across the room, and with an oxygen mask on her face, tried to sit up so she could see her better. They both looked at each other like that for a while. That was the last time Uta saw her mother’s face.She died from Covid the following day. She was 51. Continue reading...
Flames that raged near a Pemex oil platform took more than five hours to extinguishA fire on the ocean surface west of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula has been extinguished, state oil company Pemex said, blaming a gas leak from an underwater pipeline for sparking the blaze captured in videos that went viral.Bright orange flames jumping out of water resembling molten lava was dubbed an “eye of fire” on social media due to the blaze’s circular shape, as it raged a short distance from a Pemex oil platform early on Friday. Continue reading...
Female troops were photographed practising for a parade wearing high heels, sparking outrage among lawmakersUkrainian authorities have found themselves buried in controversy after official pictures showed female soldiers practising for a parade in heels.Ukraine is preparing to stage a military parade next month to mark 30 years of independence following the Soviet Union’s breakup, and the defence ministry on Friday released photographs of fatigue-clad women soldiers marching in mid-heel black pumps. Continue reading...
Another 1.8 million people are on the brink, officials say, and 33,000 children are severely malnourishedTop UN officials have warned the Security Council that more than 400,000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray are now in famine and that there was a risk of more clashes in the region despite a unilateral ceasefire by the federal government.After six private discussions on Friday, the Security Council held its first public meeting since fighting broke out in November between government forces, backed by troops from neighbouring Eritrea, and TPLF fighters with Tigray’s former ruling party. Continue reading...
British Columbia reports jump in number of ‘sudden and unexpected deaths’ and links them to extreme weatherNearly 500 people may have been killed by record-breaking temperatures in Canada’s westernmost province, as officials warn the grim toll from “heat dome” could rise again as more deaths are reported.On Friday, British Columbia’s chief coroner said that 719 “sudden and unexpected deaths” had been reported over the past week – triple the number during a similar period in a typical year. Continue reading...
In her new book, the lawyer, artist and women’s advocate turns family trauma into something extraordinary, far-reaching and ultimately hopefulThe day after Amani Haydar’s father murdered her mother, the rewriting of her life’s story began.Her childhood, her memories, her beliefs, her ideas about her parent’s relationship – they were all up for reassessment after “the night everything happened”. In those first few days in 2015, that phrase were the only words Haydar could find for such an appalling trauma. Then, slowly, more words came. Continue reading...
Prince William and son George join trend of famous parents and their children wearing matching outfitsAny public appearance by the Duchess of Cambridge typically dominates the fashion headlines the next day.But, for England’s Euro 2020 match against Germany this week, the duchess was overshadowed by her companions – Prince William and seven-year-old Prince George. Continue reading...
by Jonathan Wilson at Football Arena Munich on (#5KTKK)
Farewell then, to Belgium’s golden generation, who perhaps were doomed to futility as soon as they had been burdened with the name. Who knows what they might have been achieved if they hadn’t wasted so much time under the management of Marc Wilmots. At least with Roberto Martínez there has been the sense of them groping towards something like their potential. And they’ll always have Kazan, and one of the great World Cup performances, beating Brazil in a World Cup quarter-final.The likes of Kevin De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku, Youri Tielemans and one or more Hazards still have more to give, and there is great promise in Jérémy Doku, but Vincent Kompany, Marouane Fellaini and Radja Nainggolan had gone already and nine outfielders in this squad are over 30. A wholesale clear-out, especially at the back is needed. But when all what remained was the fall, they fell gallantly, mounting a great late surge that proved this Italy can defend as well as attack, and produced probably the highest quality game of the tournament so far. Continue reading...
Boy, 15, arrested in Brighton after incident in south London on Thursday morningA 15-year-old has been arrested in Brighton after a teenage boy was stabbed to death in south London on Thursday morning.Detectives had been called to reports of a disturbance at a house in the Shrublands area of Croydon in the early hours. Continue reading...
Rejections are also increasing, with Australian Border Force knocking back more than 10,000 applicants in JuneDownload the free Guardian app; get our morning email briefingThe number of Australians applying to travel overseas is surging, leading to an increase in exemptions despite efforts to crack down on unnecessary travel.According to a Guardian Australia analysis of Australian Border Force statistics, 34,616 exemptions were sought in June, up from 23,836 in May. Continue reading...
Can New Zealand escape the resurgences that have hit other ‘elimination success story’ countries?Last week was a sharp reminder for Dr Siouxsie Wiles, one of New Zealand’s most prominent pandemic communicators, of how close the country’s recent brush with Covid was. A Sydney tourist, infected with the Delta variant of Covid-19 had visited more than a dozen busy Wellington cafes, museums and eateries over the course of a weekend. As contact tracers went to work, Wiles’s own phone pinged: she was a potential contact, having stayed, like the tourist, at the Rydges Hotel.In Wiles’s case, it emerged she had checked in hours after the man had checked out. The rest of the city has also emerged unscathed so far: despite 2,600 contacts identified, no infections have been reported. But the experience brought home once again, Wiles says, what a careful tightrope New Zealand is walking. Continue reading...
Body set up to choose roadmap to elections beset by divisions with process described as ‘out of control’Efforts to set the terms for presidential and parliamentary elections in Libya on 24 December are mired in chaos, as UN officials are accused of breaching their mandate by facilitating efforts to prevent them going ahead.The UN admitted it was facing difficult splits among the 75-strong body it set up last year to choose an interim government and agree the roadmap to the elections. Continue reading...
by Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent on (#5KTDZ)
Extra cost of permission for British temporary staff to work in resorts likely to be prohibitive for firmsSchool skiing trips that rely on British personnel to staff their EU winter camps could be wiped out by Brexit after it emerged they are facing the same obstacles as the music and theatre sectors.Just like rock bands and music artists, instructors who work on the slopes of France, Italy or elsewhere in the EU are now required to have visas if they work in Europe, even if it is for just one week at a time. Continue reading...
by Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent on (#5KTE0)
Celebrated chef launches independent investigation after anonymous social media claims of ‘toxic workplace’Tom Kitchin, one of the UK’s most celebrated TV chefs, has suspended two members of staff and launched an independent investigation after a string of anonymous allegations from former staff that include historic claims of bullying and physical assault in his restaurants.Former staff have complained on social media that they faced a “toxic workplace”, with accounts including allegations that members of staff had been assaulted by senior chefs – including a case that resulted in a burn. Continue reading...
by Vincent Ni China affairs correspondent on (#5KTCG)
Tech firm, which just launched its IPO in New York, is latest online giant to be targeted by Chinese authoritiesChina’s internet regulator has launched an investigation into one of the country’s biggest ride-hailing services, Didi, two days after the company’s massive initial public offering (IPO) in New York.Some observers believe the move against Didi is part of a continuing crackdown by the Chinese authorities on what was once a loosely regulated technology sector. It follows government actions in recent months aimed at the online marketplace Alibaba, and social networks Tencent and Bytedance, the parent company of TikTok. Continue reading...
Residents recovering from record-breaking temperatures face a new threat, with more than 100 fires burningOn the heels of an unprecedented heatwave that left hundreds dead in British Columbia, Canada’s westernmost province is now battling a fresh threat.More than 100 wildfires are burning across the province, as of late on Thursday, 86 of which started in the past two days. Evacuation orders and alerts have gone out in a dozen communities. The province’s premier, John Horgan, suggested that the crisis could become dire enough to see the Canadian military deployed. Continue reading...
Analysis: when the German chancellor steps down in September, her departure will leave a gaping holeAngela Merkel, now on an affable UK farewell tour including tea with the Queen, leaves a paradoxical legacy for many British.She is often hailed as the upholder of a liberal Europe that faced a populist onslaught from Donald Trump. But she is also the woman who refused to throw David Cameron a lifeline on immigration ahead of the Brexit referendum, judging it not in the national interest. But for Merkel’s stance then, her jocular host now might not have been Boris Johnson, who leaves her cold, but an ageing Cameron in his 11th year in office. Continue reading...
Decision to halt prosecution for murder of two British veterans is likely to affect other casesWhy have prosecutors dropped Troubles-era murder charges against former soldiers who served in Northern Ireland?A technicality, and a whole lot of history, lie behind Friday’s decision to halt the prosecution of two veterans. Soldier F had been charged with two murders and five attempted murders during Bloody Sunday in Derry in January 1972. Soldier B was charged with killing a teenager in the city in July 1972. Continue reading...
David Stirrup and James Mackay on Britain’s responsibility for systematic abuse and mistreatment of Indigenous childrenYour editorial on the atrocities against First Nations children in Canadian residential boarding schools (1 July) bore the subheading: “The discovery of hundreds of graves of Indigenous children is forcing a deeper reckoning with the country’s past.”I have to ask why you are fixing only on Canada’s history. All of the schools where human remains have been found were set up when Canada was a British dominion within the empire. The project of illegally expropriating Indigenous lands previously guaranteed under treaty goes back at least as far as the 1783 treaty of Paris, and one can draw a direct line from that act of dispossession to the eventual formalisation of the project of genocide in the boarding schools. Continue reading...
No laws were broken but brands failed to ensure workers were paid properly during the pandemic, says Clean Clothes CampaignCampaigners claim to have found evidence of “wage theft” in the supply chains of Primark, Nike and H&M in a report that outlines the devastating consequences of the pandemic on garment workers in Indonesia, Cambodia and Bangladesh.Research by the Clean Clothes Campaign found that, while none of the brands had broken any laws, they had failed to ensure that their workers were properly paid throughout the pandemic. Continue reading...
Mixed reaction to revelation by governor who hopes to challenge far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro next yearOne of Brazil’s leading politicians, the presidential hopeful Eduardo Leite, has announced he is gay – a rare move celebrated by many as a triumph over prejudice in a country whose president has declared himself a proud homophobe.Leite, the 36-year-old governor of the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, made the announcement on Thursday night during an interview with the country’s top broadcaster, TV Globo. Continue reading...
German rescue group issues video of Libyans’ ‘brutal attack’ on boat of migrant families in MediterraneanFootage has emerged that appears to show the Libyan coastguard firing on a boat in distress carrying migrant families in the Mediterranean Sea.Rescue workers from the German organisation Sea-Watch recorded the coastguard patrol vessel apparently trying to ram the small wooden boat and firing shots in an attempt to force the people onboard back to Libya. Continue reading...
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Bessemer Trust, approved last year to be added as co-conservator, wants out after singer’s testimony that she opposed arrangementA wealth management firm that had been tapped as co-conservator of singer Britney Spears’ estate, has asked a Los Angeles court to withdraw from the case after the pop superstar’s testimony that she opposed the arrangement.Related: Trump legal troubles escalate after company charged with tax crimes – live Continue reading...
We’d like to hear from those in Australia, and relatives living in the UK or elsewhere, about their experiencesThe Australian government has announced a four-stage exit plan for coronavirus, which will see the weekly cap on international passenger arrivals into Australia tighten from 6,070 to 3,035 by 14 July. It comes as cases of the more infectious Delta variant of the virus have risen across the country.We’d like to speak to those in Australia about their experiences, and also relatives in the UK and elsewhere, about how they’re affected by the situation. Continue reading...
International Swimming Federation rejects use of Soul Cap, saying it does not ‘fit the natural form of the head’Swimming caps designed for natural black hair created by a black-owned brand will not be allowed at the Olympics.The hats, made by Soul Cap, which previously partnered with Alice Dearing, who last week qualified to become the first female black swimmer to represent Team GB at the Olympics, have been rejected by the International Swimming Federation (Fina). Continue reading...
Investigation finds UK Aid and USAid money went to centres where ‘condemned’ practice is routinely offered to LGBTQ+ peopleThe UK government is among major aid donors to have funded clinics in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania that offer so-called “conversion therapies”, which pressurise gay people to “quit” same-sex attraction, an investigation has found.In a six-month undercover investigation of the centres, reporters from global news website openDemocracy were told being gay is “evil”, “for whites” and a mental health problem. Among them were facilities funded by some of the world’s biggest aid donors, including USAid and the British government’s fund, UK Aid, run by organisations such as UK-based MSI Reproductive Choices (formerly Marie Stopes International) and Swiss-based Global Fund. Continue reading...
He played through extreme drug-taking on Bowie’s Station to Station, and with Yoko Ono weeks after Lennon’s death. The guitarist explains why he’s great at backing legends – and terrible at selling timesharesIt’s not surprising that Earl Slick was in the middle of a tour when the first Covid lockdown began. The guitarist is, by his own account, “the biggest roadhog on the planet”, one of rock’s most celebrated sidemen: his association with David Bowie stretched over five decades; he has played with everyone from John Lennon to the Cure to Carl Perkins. This time, he was playing in the UK with his friend Glen Matlock, which meant he spent the first six months of lockdown living not at home in New York but in the former Sex Pistol’s spare room in London, an experience he winningly likens to the 1968 comedy The Odd Couple. Apparently, Matlock was the neat-freak Jack Lemmon character and Slick the more laissez-faire Walter Matthau figure. They put on shambolic Facebook live performances, which, Slick notes, “probably had more comedic than musical value”. Between songs, there was certainly a lot of peering at the camera and discussing whether or not it was switched on.Video-calling from his home in New York, he says he “lost a lot of gigs and a lot of dough” as a result of the pandemic, but at least he had time to put the finishing touches to a solo album, Fistful of Devils, his first in 18 years. It’s instrumental – a stark contrast to 2003’s Zig Zag, which featured Bowie, Robert Smith and Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott among its supporting cast. “But when I go out live,” he notes, “I always go out with a singer. When I’m on stage with a singer, all my sideman tools get pulled out the box. Even if my name’s on the marquee, the main focus should be on the vocalist.” Continue reading...
WA nears the scheduled end of a four-day lockdown for people in Perth and the Peel region, while the Northern Territory announced some restrictions for Darwin and Alice Springs post-lockdown, and South Australia introduced new restrictions for at least one week. What are the reasons you can leave home? Is mask-wearing compulsory? Is travelling permitted? Here’s what you can and can’t do.
by Peter Walker Political correspondent on (#5KSK1)
Senior party figures tell attorney general there is ‘clear evidence’ of breach of distancing rulesLabour has formally sought an explanation from the government as to why there has been no investigation into whether Matt Hancock broke the law during his relationship with an aide, despite what the party called “clear evidence” of a breach.The Labour request, in a letter to the attorney general, Michael Ellis, comes as a political thinktank argued that Hancock’s behaviour highlighted the need for the ministerial code to be underpinned by law. Continue reading...
Attorney general orders temporary pause following historic use of death penalty under Trump administrationThe US attorney general has imposed a moratorium on all federal executions while the justice department reviews its policies and procedures on capital punishment. Civil rights and criminal justice advocates have been pushing for a halt following a wave of controversial executions under the Trump administration.Citing the disproportionate impact of capital punishment on people of color, and deep controversy over the drugs used to put people to death, the attorney general, Merrick Garland, ordered a temporary pause on scheduling executions. Continue reading...
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