A book about Bob Marley, told by everyone but Bob Marley – in the vein of Gay Talese or James Ellroy, Marlon James’s Booker winner brings in a dozen competing voices

Guardian Book Blog

29.11.2022

Bookshop.org is what the publishing world has been waiting for | Books | The Guardian

Following its success in the US, the ethical platform Bookshop.org has arrived in the UK, marking an exciting new chapter for independent stores online

UK economy returned to growth in November, driven by services – business live | Business | The Guardian

GDP rose by 0.1% following October’s 0.1% decline

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18.01.2025

FTSE 100 share index hits record high; relief for Rachel Reeves as UK borrowing costs fall – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as Britain’s blue chip share index hits new peak of 8533 points

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21.01.2025

David Beckham urges World Economic Forum to fight for girls’ rights – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Former footballer collects Crystal Award for work on children’s rights, as World Economic Forum begins in Davos

Guardian Book Blog

22.01.2025

Davos day one: German chancellor Scholz says Putin must not win Ukraine war, as Greenpeace protesters disrupt WEF – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Rolling coverage of the first full day of the World Economic Forum in Davos

Education & Personal Development

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21.01.2025

Richard Rathbone obituary | Soas | The Guardian

Other lives: Professor of African history at Soas who delighted in his membership of a local choir in Wales

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21.01.2025

Former M&S boss says working from home is ‘not doing proper work’ | Working from home | The Guardian

WFH has harmed employee productivity, says Stuart Rose, who was also executive chair of Asda

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22.01.2025

I set out to study which jobs should be done by AI – and found a very human answer | Allison Pugh | The Guardian

Much of the power of work such as counselling lies in a relationship where we properly see each other. And tech just can’t do that, says sociology professor Allison Pugh

Guardian Book Blog

22.01.2025

Harvard agrees to controversial definition of antisemitism in legal settlement | Harvard University | The Guardian

University agrees to observe definition that critics say is designed to protect Israel by punishing legitimate criticism

Halt illegal imports of conflict minerals from DRC, campaigners urge EU | Global development | The Guardian

Law to stop armed groups profiting from trade in gold, tin, tungsten and tantalum is being breached, rights groups say

Guardian Book Blog

15.01.2025

‘Don’t allow you to go to the bathroom’: big tech’s call center workers in Greece on strike | Call centres | The Guardian

Workers at Teleperformance, customer support company for Apple, Google and Netflix, accuse it of union busting and surveillance

Guardian Book Blog

18.01.2025

Apple suspends AI-generated news alert service after BBC complaint | Apple | The Guardian

Inaccurate notices branded with broadcaster’s logo sent to iPhone users but tech firm works on improvements

Guardian Book Blog

19.01.2025

Steve Bannon says inauguration marks ‘official surrender’ of tech titans to Trump | Steve Bannon | The Guardian

Former Trump White House adviser says supplication akin to Japanese surrender to allied forces in September 1945

Is a brain-stimulation headset the answer to depression? | Depression | The Guardian

The makers of a device that delivers small electrical impulses to the brain are hailing the technology as a groundbreaking mental health treatment, but others are sceptical

Guardian Book Blog

14.01.2025

‘Listen my soul to the glad refrain’: poetry prescriptions to beat the January blues | Books | The Guardian

If the dark nights and bleak days are getting you down, Poetry Pharmacy founder Deborah Alma has treatments available from Philip Larkin, Imtiaz Dharker, Edward Thomas and more

Guardian Book Blog

15.01.2025

Scientists find hundreds more genetic risk factors for depression | Depression | The Guardian

Wider sample used data from across 29 countries and 5m people, with a quarter from non-European ancestries

Guardian Book Blog

20.01.2025

Brain implant that could boost mood by using ultrasound to go under NHS trial | Neuroscience | The Guardian

Devices may have potential to help patients with conditions such as depression, addiction, OCD and epilepsy

Google investigated by UK watchdog over search dominance | Google | The Guardian

CMA to look at impact on consumers, businesses, advertisers and publishers, as well as collection of data

Guardian Book Blog

18.01.2025

Everton shirt sponsor Stake under investigation over social media posts | Everton | The Guardian

The gambling company’s logo has been superimposed on disturbing images and the Advertising Standards Authority is assessing the posts

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19.01.2025

Labor MPs worried Albanese government may sideline gambling reform until after election | Gambling | The Guardian

Exclusive: Labor MPs worried government’s election focus on cost-of-living pressures will leave no room to act on gambling ad reform

Guardian Book Blog

21.01.2025

Oliviero Toscani obituary | Fashion | The Guardian

Photographer and art director who oversaw a series of controversial ad campaigns for the Benetton fashion brand

Letters: Jimmy Carter obituary | John Keenan and Tom Stubbs | The Guardian

John Keenan writes: Jimmy Carter, accompanied by Dizzie Gillespie and Max Roach, performed (what else?) Salt Peanuts

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21.01.2025

‘Why would an orchestra exist in this hell?’ Inside The Lost Music of Auschwitz | Television | The Guardian

As the Red Army closed in on the concentration camp, the Nazis tried to destroy every bit of evidence – but they didn’t manage to burn all the music written there. Ahead of a new film, we meet the man who’s spent eight years piecing those extraordinary scraps of music back together

Guardian Book Blog

21.01.2025

Claire van Kampen, theatre director and composer, dies aged 71 | Stage | The Guardian

Wife of actor Mark Rylance worked in various roles at Shakespeare’s Globe and had been diagnosed with cancer

Guardian Book Blog

21.01.2025

Elgar Howarth obituary | Conducting | The Guardian

Conductor of contemporary opera and and trailblazing force in the tradition-bound world of brass band music

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21.01.2025

Japan aquarium cheers up lonely sunfish by taping photos of human faces to its tank | Japan | The Guardian

Staff had noticed that the sunfish was showing signs of distress after the aquarium was closed for refurbishment

Guardian Book Blog

21.01.2025

‘We ask to be recognised’: small fishers claim €12bn EU fund favours big players | Fishing industry | The Guardian

Artisanal shellfish farmers face ruinous losses but money meant to help is going to the powerful fishing industry, say critics

Guardian Book Blog

21.01.2025

Licensed release of beavers has many benefits | Wildlife | The Guardian

Letters: Bob Ward points to the flood prevention and ecosystem recovery benefits, while John Varley says beavers can be a nuisance too

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21.01.2025

Alaska to resume ‘barbaric’ shooting of bears and wolves from helicopters | Alaska | The Guardian

Renewed program would allow hunters to eliminate up to 80% of the animals on 20,000 acres of state land

Science

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27.12.2024

Hubris by Johannes Krause and Thomas Trappe review – learning from the Neanderthals | Science and nature books | The Guardian

Why did we succeed when other hominins didn’t, and can lessons from our evolutionary past help rein in our destructive impulses?

Guardian Book Blog

28.12.2024

‘We need dramatic social and technological changes’: is societal collapse inevitable? | Climate crisis | The Guardian

Academic Danilo Brozović says studies of failed civilisations all point in one direction – today’s society needs radical transformation to survive

Guardian Book Blog

03.01.2025

Biggest trackway of dinosaur footprints found in Oxfordshire quarry | Dinosaurs | The Guardian

Cetiosauruses and a megalosaurus are thought to have left prints at trackway dating to nearly 166m years ago

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15.01.2025

Are ultra-processed foods changing the shape of our jaws? | Ultra-processed foods | The Guardian

Study has linked a soft and liquid diet to smaller jaw size in children, but others say evolution is more likely the cause

Software

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05.11.2024

Is your air fryer spying on you? Concerns over ‘excessive’ surveillance in smart devices | Smart homes | The Guardian

UK consumer group Which? finds some everyday items including watches and speakers are ‘stuffed with trackers’

Guardian Book Blog

23.11.2024

Wire cutters: how the world’s vital undersea data cables are being targeted | Telecoms | The Guardian

Carrying 99% of the world’s international telecommunications, the vulnerable lines are drawing nefarious interest

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30.11.2024

Alder Hey children’s hospital explores ‘data breach’ after ransomware claims | Data and computer security | The Guardian

Screenshots purporting to be from systems of Liverpool NHS health facility have been posted on dark web

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24.12.2024

‘Security through obscurity’: the Swedish cabin on the frontline of a possible hybrid war | Sweden | The Guardian

Amid claims of sabotage of undersea cables, a small wooden structure houses a key cog in Europe’s digital connectivity

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05.01.2025

How I learned to fly-fish on the banks of the Thames | Fishing holidays | The Guardian

A fly-fishing session in London strips the pastime of its elite connotations and delivers an object lesson in mindfulness

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06.01.2025

Away with Zan Rowe: ‘I cried every day in Greece, it was that beautiful’ | Travel | The Guardian

In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about travel, the TV and radio presenter reveals the pasta dish that took her to ‘heaven’ – and the holiday ritual that resets her

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11.01.2025

A love letter to Patmos: the most serene of all the Greek islands | Greece holidays | The Guardian

Saint John lived in a cave here and wrote about the Apocalypse, but these days the quiet shores of beautiful Patmos nurture happier thoughts

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12.01.2025

Blue sky thinking: six sun-drenched seaside getaways in southern Europe | Travel | The Guardian

From a secret harbour in Crete to the wild beaches of Portugal, our writers share the summer haunts they can’t wait to return to

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02.01.2025

Manchester United, Ryder Cup and Lions tour: 12 sport storylines for 2025 | Sport | The Guardian

Everton’s new stadium, Women’s Rugby World Cup and potentially close Ashes series – the new year has much to offer

Guardian Book Blog

07.01.2025

Lewis Hamilton at 40: F1 trailblazer has it all to prove again at Ferrari | Lewis Hamilton | The Guardian

A jet-set lifestyle has riled critics who too easily forget the social endeavour and drive to overcome all obstacles on an unlikely journey from Stevenage to Monaco

Guardian Book Blog

09.01.2025

Spa-Francorchamps dropped from F1 schedule in 2028 and 2030 | Formula One | The Guardian

The Spa-Francorchamps race – among the most recognisable circuits in F1 – will be omitted from the calendar in 2028 and 2030

Guardian Book Blog

21.01.2025

Lewis Hamilton ‘realises his dream’ after first day with Ferrari | Lewis Hamilton | The Guardian

Lewis Hamilton said he is realising his dream and starting a ‘new era’ for Ferrari as he arrived at Maranello for his first official day with the team

Food

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08.12.2024

Hachi Japanese BBQ, London: ‘Proper fun’ – restaurant review | Japanese food and drink | The Guardian

Japanese grill fans will love Hachi in Soho, especially those rich enough to indulge in the wagyu beef offering

Guardian Book Blog

31.12.2024

The kindness of strangers: a knight in dining armour scored me a seat at a Michelin star restaurant | Australian lifestyle | The Guardian

On my last night in Japan, I had a front-row seat to a beak-to-tail feast – then a surprise was waiting when I went to pay

Guardian Book Blog

05.01.2025

Lucky Yu, Edinburgh: ‘An amiable, relaxed kind of chaos’ – restaurant review | Japanese food and drink | The Guardian

On a dark winter’s night this place glows a deep and welcoming pink

Guardian Book Blog

12.01.2025

Lara Lee’s recipe for Japanese curry, bangers and mash | Food | The Guardian

An unexpected comfort food combo for a chilly evening

Football (Soccer)

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16.01.2025

Sevilla defender Kike Salas under investigation over yellow cards | Sevilla | The Guardian

The Sevilla defender Kike Salas has been arrested by police for allegedly deliberately getting booked so that his friends could win bets

Guardian Book Blog

19.01.2025

European football: Atlético Madrid’s winning run ended by lowly Leganés | European club football | The Guardian

The Atlético Madrid manager, Diego Simeone, praised his team despite a 1-0 loss by Leganés, while Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich beat Wolfsburg 3-2

Guardian Book Blog

20.01.2025

European football: Mbappé double elevates Real; Dele Alli joins Como | European club football | The Guardian

Kylian Mbappé scored twice as Real Madrid beat Las Palmas 4-1 to go two points clear of city rivals Atlético at the top of La Liga while the former Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli joined the Serie A side Como

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21.01.2025

Old, humble and perfect: lovable lump Kike García gives Alavés hope | La Liga | The Guardian

Praise rarely comes striker’s way but after match-winning hat-trick at Betis, cult hero was showered with it

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Have you been using the pandemic to catch up on long classic novels? | Books | The Guardian

NaNoWriMo: how to make best use of the annual writing month | Books | The Guardian

A Brief History of Seven Killings: unwieldy, occasionally tedious – and magnificent | Marlon James | The Guardian

Bookshop.org is what the publishing world has been waiting for | Books | The Guardian

Economy

UK economy returned to growth in November, driven by services – business live | Business | The Guardian

FTSE 100 share index hits record high; relief for Rachel Reeves as UK borrowing costs fall – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

David Beckham urges World Economic Forum to fight for girls’ rights – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Davos day one: German chancellor Scholz says Putin must not win Ukraine war, as Greenpeace protesters disrupt WEF – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Education & Personal Development

Richard Rathbone obituary | Soas | The Guardian

Former M&S boss says working from home is ‘not doing proper work’ | Working from home | The Guardian

I set out to study which jobs should be done by AI – and found a very human answer | Allison Pugh | The Guardian

Harvard agrees to controversial definition of antisemitism in legal settlement | Harvard University | The Guardian

Technology

Halt illegal imports of conflict minerals from DRC, campaigners urge EU | Global development | The Guardian

‘Don’t allow you to go to the bathroom’: big tech’s call center workers in Greece on strike | Call centres | The Guardian

Apple suspends AI-generated news alert service after BBC complaint | Apple | The Guardian

Steve Bannon says inauguration marks ‘official surrender’ of tech titans to Trump | Steve Bannon | The Guardian

Health

Is a brain-stimulation headset the answer to depression? | Depression | The Guardian

‘Listen my soul to the glad refrain’: poetry prescriptions to beat the January blues | Books | The Guardian

Scientists find hundreds more genetic risk factors for depression | Depression | The Guardian

Brain implant that could boost mood by using ultrasound to go under NHS trial | Neuroscience | The Guardian

Marketing

Google investigated by UK watchdog over search dominance | Google | The Guardian

Everton shirt sponsor Stake under investigation over social media posts | Everton | The Guardian

Labor MPs worried Albanese government may sideline gambling reform until after election | Gambling | The Guardian

Oliviero Toscani obituary | Fashion | The Guardian

Music

Letters: Jimmy Carter obituary | John Keenan and Tom Stubbs | The Guardian

‘Why would an orchestra exist in this hell?’ Inside The Lost Music of Auschwitz | Television | The Guardian

Claire van Kampen, theatre director and composer, dies aged 71 | Stage | The Guardian

Elgar Howarth obituary | Conducting | The Guardian

Nature & Animals

Japan aquarium cheers up lonely sunfish by taping photos of human faces to its tank | Japan | The Guardian

‘We ask to be recognised’: small fishers claim €12bn EU fund favours big players | Fishing industry | The Guardian

Licensed release of beavers has many benefits | Wildlife | The Guardian

Alaska to resume ‘barbaric’ shooting of bears and wolves from helicopters | Alaska | The Guardian

Science

Hubris by Johannes Krause and Thomas Trappe review – learning from the Neanderthals | Science and nature books | The Guardian

‘We need dramatic social and technological changes’: is societal collapse inevitable? | Climate crisis | The Guardian

Biggest trackway of dinosaur footprints found in Oxfordshire quarry | Dinosaurs | The Guardian

Are ultra-processed foods changing the shape of our jaws? | Ultra-processed foods | The Guardian

Software

Is your air fryer spying on you? Concerns over ‘excessive’ surveillance in smart devices | Smart homes | The Guardian

Wire cutters: how the world’s vital undersea data cables are being targeted | Telecoms | The Guardian

Alder Hey children’s hospital explores ‘data breach’ after ransomware claims | Data and computer security | The Guardian

‘Security through obscurity’: the Swedish cabin on the frontline of a possible hybrid war | Sweden | The Guardian

Travel

How I learned to fly-fish on the banks of the Thames | Fishing holidays | The Guardian

Away with Zan Rowe: ‘I cried every day in Greece, it was that beautiful’ | Travel | The Guardian

A love letter to Patmos: the most serene of all the Greek islands | Greece holidays | The Guardian

Blue sky thinking: six sun-drenched seaside getaways in southern Europe | Travel | The Guardian

Other Sports

Manchester United, Ryder Cup and Lions tour: 12 sport storylines for 2025 | Sport | The Guardian

Lewis Hamilton at 40: F1 trailblazer has it all to prove again at Ferrari | Lewis Hamilton | The Guardian

Spa-Francorchamps dropped from F1 schedule in 2028 and 2030 | Formula One | The Guardian

Lewis Hamilton ‘realises his dream’ after first day with Ferrari | Lewis Hamilton | The Guardian

Food

Hachi Japanese BBQ, London: ‘Proper fun’ – restaurant review | Japanese food and drink | The Guardian

The kindness of strangers: a knight in dining armour scored me a seat at a Michelin star restaurant | Australian lifestyle | The Guardian

Lucky Yu, Edinburgh: ‘An amiable, relaxed kind of chaos’ – restaurant review | Japanese food and drink | The Guardian

Lara Lee’s recipe for Japanese curry, bangers and mash | Food | The Guardian

Football (Soccer)

Sevilla defender Kike Salas under investigation over yellow cards | Sevilla | The Guardian

European football: Atlético Madrid’s winning run ended by lowly Leganés | European club football | The Guardian

European football: Mbappé double elevates Real; Dele Alli joins Como | European club football | The Guardian

Old, humble and perfect: lovable lump Kike García gives Alavés hope | La Liga | The Guardian

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