Kristen Bell’s sex podcaster and Adam Brody’s hot rabbi return with more romcom angst, while the Smile singer’s new record is a sharp autopsy of marital betrayal. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews Continue reading...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
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Cameron Norrie hails ‘biggest win’ after roaring back to beat Carlos Alcaraz in Paris
- .theguardian Too many want to do Britain down – Labour will defy the doomsayers and beat the forecasts | Rachel Reeves
- .theguardian Quelling public disquiet worth extra cost of housing refugees in barracks, says No 10
- .theguardian Man who won damages over Richard III film calls for more regulation of fact-based drama
- .theguardian The Guardian view on press freedom in Italy: at a low ebb on Giorgia Meloni’s watch | Editorial
- .theguardian The Guardian view on state failure: Britain’s crisis is not just one of investment, but also of upkeep | Editorial
- .theguardian Man charged with rape of woman in Walsall after ‘racially aggravated’ attack, say police
- .theguardian ‘Perfection’: how Prunella Scales’s Sybil Fawlty is one of TV comedy’s best characters
- .theguardian Reform wheels out Danny Kruger, the ‘brains’ of Nigel Farage’s operation | John Crace
- .theguardian Journey, bond, quiet strength... 14years and counting : Gautam Gambhir pens down anniversary message for wife
- newzealandnews Some of the earliest written notes in western musical history discovered in Pennsylvania
- .theguardian Period Parrrty review – angst, fumbling and turmoil for a non-binary Tamil British teen
- .theguardian Physical: Asia review – some of these super-strong contestants look like barrels wrapped in muscles and hair
- .theguardian Hurricane Melissa: a visual guide to the strongest storm to hit Jamaica in almost two centuries
- .theguardian Middle East crisis live: Benjamin Netanyahu orders immediate ‘powerful strikes’ on Gaza
- .theguardian Brendan Rodgers and Celtic were heading for divorce but acrimony was avoidable | Ewan Murray
- .theguardian ‘Dangerously outdated’: high court overturns ruling implying domestic violence would not affect children
- .theguardian Who is Lily Allen’s Madeline about? Wait, I don’t actually want to know – pop needs its mysteries
- .theguardian Trump’s third term? Don’t laugh. He’s never let the rules stop him before | Arwa Mahdawi
- .theguardian ‘I spoke complete twaddle for four minutes’: Meera Syal, Larry Lamb and more on the terror of stage fright
- .theguardian What will Labour sacrifice for its housing targets? A standoff in south London is putting it to the test | Anna Minton
- .theguardian Australia names Ben McDermott as standby for T20Is against India after Short undergoes surgery
- newzealandnews Tattoo fixers on removing Nazi symbols: ‘You don’t know if they’re changing or hiding’
- .theguardian Celebrate this Halloween with Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and an evil iceman on a train
- .theguardian Marine wildlife fleeing to poles due to global heating as Australian oceans face ‘uncharted’ future
- .theguardian AI psychosis is a growing danger. ChatGPT is moving in the wrong direction | Amandeep Jutla
- .theguardian The Piper Alpha oil rig exploded and collapsed – and I made a desperate 175ft jump into the sea
- .theguardian Trump and new Japanese prime minister share praise and vow to strengthen ‘remarkable’ relationship – US politics live
- .theguardian ‘I flew to Luxembourg to see the gig there instead!’: music fans on how they cope with high UK ticket prices
- .theguardian It s the noblest battle of our new free-speech age: Sarah Pochin s anti-woke couch crusade | Marina Hyde
- .theguardian Kindling review – all-female ‘anti-friendship’ play gets boozy and primal in the woods
- .theguardian Kenny Dalglish review – Liverpool’s everyman football hero who took the city’s woes on his shoulders
- .theguardian Elon Musk launches encyclopedia ‘fact-checked’ by AI and aligning with rightwing views
- .theguardian House of Dynamite writer ‘respectfully disagrees’ with Pentagon’s complaints about nuclear missile thriller
- .theguardian Palestine 36 review – impassioned epic set during the Arab revolt against British colonial rule
- .theguardian Want to go to a UK university? Don’t ask me to help you write your personal statement | Zoe Williams
- .theguardian Some tenants can now force landlords to make their home liveable. What about the thousands who can’t? | Kwajo Tweneboa
- .theguardian How do you move a village? Residents of France’s last outpost in North America try to outrun the sea
- .theguardian An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’
- .theguardian The Breakdown | Farrell’s return boosts Ireland for Autumn Nations Series with plenty at stake
- .theguardian Woman in her 80s found dead on Great Barrier Reef’s Lizard Island after failing to return to cruise ship
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Down Cemetery Road to Jimmy Carr’s Am I the A**hole? The seven best shows to stream this week
- .theguardian‘The Rushmore story is hard to tell’: how an Indigenous park leader revealed the monument’s dark side
- .theguardianTrump plans to send federal agents to San Francisco ‘right out of dictator’s handbook’, says Newsom – US politics live
- .theguardian‘It sounds like witchcraft’: can light therapy really give you better skin, cleaner teeth, stronger joints?
- .theguardian‘Quiet as a whisper’: German firm launches campaign after lift was used in Louvre heist
- .theguardianWe like to keep it pretty simple : Pratika Rawal on her 212-run stand with Smriti Mandhana
- newzealandnewsThe Rest of Our Lives by Benjamin Markovits audiobook review – an American road trip with a twist
- .theguardianSilly inflatable costumes are taking over anti-Trump protests. What are they actually saying?
- .theguardianKing Charles becomes first British monarch to pray with pope in 500 years – Europe live
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Dutch volleyballer and convicted child rapist Steven van de Velde denied Australian visa
- .theguardian Forget diplomatic niceties: it s beyond time Europe denounced Trump s trashing of democracy in the US | Paul Taylor
- .theguardian Jimmy Carr’s Am I the A**hole? review – the idea for this comedy panel show is one of TV’s laziest
- .theguardian ‘DeepSeek is humane. Doctors are more like machines’: my mother’s worrying reliance on AI for health advice
- .theguardian Why young women are having facelifts: ‘I couldn’t even open my eyes. That’s how swollen I was’
- .theguardian Donald Trump and Japan’s Sanae Takaichi sign agreement to ‘secure’ rare earths supply
- .theguardian Ukraine war briefing: Russian drones hunt civilians in crime against humanity, UN inquiry finds
- .theguardian Trump news at a glance: president floats a third term as Democrats vow ‘no way in hell’
- .theguardian Trump and Xi talks: what will be on the agenda when US president meets China’s leader?
- .theguardian Cyclist fitted with printed 3D face after drunk driver left him with third-degree burns
- .theguardian More than a million people every week show suicidal intent when chatting with ChatGPT, OpenAI estimates
- .theguardian It: Welcome to Derry review – the demonic, liver-eating baby in this Stephen King prequel is horrifying
- .theguardian Once Upon a Time in Space review – the fascinating, intimate tales of the people who climbed inside the shuttle
- .theguardian Vogue World 2025: Hollywood stars turn out to raise money for LA wildfire victims – in pictures
- .theguardian At least 174 racehorses died from racing or training injuries in past 12 months in Australia, report finds
- .theguardian F1 title run-in: Who will win the drivers’ championship in three-way tussle? | Giles Richards
- .theguardian Immigration system in crisis: sky-high hotel bills and a convict on the loose – podcast
- .theguardian Nige thinks Pochin’s comments were ugly and unpleasant. But he agrees with them | John Crace
- .theguardian The Guardian view on global aid cuts: a malaria resurgence could be the canary in the coalmine | Editorial
- .theguardian The Guardian view on Labour’s new deputy leader: Lucy Powell can help a floundering government reconnect | Editorial
- .theguardian IASV Triveni docks at Fremantle as India s all-women Tri-Service sailing expedition reaches Australia
- newzealandnews Women s World Cup: Agenbag, Redfern named on-field umpires for India s semi-final clash against Australia
- newzealandnews Nigel Farage defends MP’s complaint about TV adverts as ‘ugly’ but not ‘deliberately’ racist
- .theguardian Milei’s win in Argentina had Trump’s fingerprints all over it. But just how long will their friendship last? | Jordana Timerman
- .theguardian Referees at Manchester United and Brentford got heat but there is much to learn from the decisions
- .theguardian Rage against the Lamine: Real Madrid revel in clásico win after cheap talk | Sid Lowe
- .theguardian ‘All roads lead to Grace Jones’: visual artists on the music that fires them up in the studio
- .theguardian Jack DeJohnette was more than a jazz drummer – his staggering range made him a superhuman force in music
- .theguardian At least 49 relatives and colleagues of Afghans in data leak have been killed, study suggests
- .theguardian NHS trust pleads guilty after teenage girl absconded from 24-hour care and killed herself
- .theguardian The one change that worked: I adopted a one-in, one-out wardrobe policy and rediscovered my love of clothes
- .theguardian Linh giới gọi tên Dịch Dương! Kẻ ác thách 100 triệu người! VML được đề cử ‘100 nam nhân cuốn hút nhất’; Trình Thanh Tùng hóa thân trong game ‘đập chuột’!
- dkn Sananda Maitreya review – the former Terence Trent D’Arby returns in astonishing vocal form
- .theguardian ‘We were fitted with remote control penises’: Harry Enfield and Kathy Burke on Kevin and Perry Go Large
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