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The Guardian is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as The Manchester Guardian, and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers The Observer and The Guardian Weekly, The Guardian is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust.

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Emmanuel Ayamga

Hey, welcome! If you’re here, it probably means you’re a big fan of my work. And that makes me so humbled. This is a catalogue of everything my storytelling career …

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Manik Miazee

Manik Miazee Investigative Journalist & Political Correspondent | Dhaka, Bangladesh Manik Miazee is a Dhaka-based, award-winning investigative journalist with more than a decade of experience covering politics, governance, human rights, …

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Aaron Smith

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Latest Articles

‘She changed the beauty industry’: how Charlotte Mensah brought black hair into the spotlight

When Charlotte Mensah was a young child growing up in Accra, Ghana in the 1970s, she would spend hours watching her aunties having their hair intricately threaded, an ancient African technique where hair is wrapped tightly using yarn or thread. She didn’t know then that she would go on to …
By Sinéad Campbell
• The Guardian

The Guardian podcast - ‘Drought is on the verge of becoming the next pandemic’

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2023: While the world becomes drier, profit and pollution are draining our resources. We have to change our approachBy Tim Smedley. Read by Sid …
By Tim Smedley
• The Guardian

Modern cowboys are saddling up in the US West. And they’re on a whole new mission

For most people, the word “cowboy” still summons a figure from Western folklore – a rough rider with a weathered face and a steely gaze, a self-reliant loner who answers to nobody, is fearless in the face of danger, and protects his lands from predators – animal and human alike.But …
By Jessica Baltzersen
• The Guardian

‘Unprecedented’ rain kills five in Japan as thousands stranded at airport

At least five people have died in eastern Japan after “unprecedented” heavy rain that left nearly 7,000 stranded at Tokyo’s Narita airport and forced thousands to take refuge in government buildings.The torrential rains hit Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Thursday night, triggering landslide warnings and power outages. Evacuation orders …
By Lysia Wright
• The Guardian

Love me, love my bruised ego: what the narcissist-artist film tells us about the fear of ageing

Entertainment culture is so preoccupied with nowness that last month we were inundated with speculation about how directors under 30 topping the box office would change the industry. The flipside of a youth obsession is the conviction that age will increase irrelevance, and this is something that a new crop …
By Rory Doherty, film writer
• The Guardian

'Gold pits have become tombs': mining leaves a tragic legacy in Cameroon

Gold prices have risen and informal mining has spread widely across the African continent where Cameroon has one of the richest subsoils. But within the space of two years, at least 115 children and adults drowned or were buried alive by landfalls in the mostly abandoned pits in the eastern …
By Inna Lazareva
• The Guardian

Can Mamdani’s plan for city-run stores deliver cheap food for New Yorkers?

Carlos Collado, a Dominican immigrant who owns five independent grocery stores in the Bronx and Manhattan, has succeeded over the last three decades despite obstacles that he blames on local and state governance.His stores have faced an increase in shoplifting, he said. The city has provided tax benefits to big …
By Eric Berger
• The Guardian

Palestine Action activists face being sentenced as terrorists over bank damage

Five Palestine Action activists face being sentenced as terrorists for breaking windows and throwing red paint at a branch of Barclays Bank in Lancashire.Brendon O’Hagan, 28; Amanda Kelly, 31; Hmeera Atiqnisar, 31; Mohammed Malik, 28; and Alma Yaniv, 70, were found guilty of causing £212,000 of damage during a direct …
By Alex Blair
• The Guardian

Children’s literature festival criticised after requests that comments on diversity be deleted

Bath children’s literature festival is facing criticism after its founder emailed authors asking them to delete social media posts about the festival’s lack of diversity in its 2026 programme.Authors said that their comments criticising the festival for its lack of representation under a post on its Instagram page were deleted, …
By Liv Facey
• The Guardian

Palestine Action barrister’s prosecution criticised as ‘chilling’

The prosecution of a leading human rights barrister for contempt of court over his closing speech during a trial of Palestine Action activists has left lawyers fearful of doing their job, the chair of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has said.Rajiv Menon KC, who was acting for the defence, is …
By Alex Blair
• The Guardian

Burnham hails Hillsborough law as ‘rewiring of the state’ as MPs approve bill

Andy Burnham has hailed a power shift from the state to the people as MPs finally passed the stalled Hillsborough law, a rare moment of Labour unity with the bill set to be a key legacy of Keir Starmer’s government.In his first intervention in the Commons since returning as an …
By Alex Blair
• The Guardian

Back to the future as young England fans embrace fashion of the noughties

The Carpet Shop nightclub in Peckham, south London, is ordinarily packed with rowdy crowds at the weekend. But Saturday night’s liveliness was not congregated around the DJ on the dancefloor, the crowd was at the sold-out venue for England’s victorious quarter-final game at the 2026 World Cup, and the young …
By Sinéad Campbell
• The Guardian

The missing scientists at the centre of a UFO conspiracy

In the last few years, 11 people allegedly tied to top secret US research have died or mysteriously disappeared, sparking a conspiracy that a clandestine operation is silencing those who know too much.As Phil Tinline explains to Nosheen Iqbal, what began as a series of unrelated tragedies has morphed into …
By Hana Williams
• The Guardian

Blind woman ‘livid’ after Wetherspoons pub asks for guide dog’s ID

A blind woman felt compelled to leave a Wetherspoon pub after staff demanded proof that her guide dog, Rosie, was a genuine guide dog.Joanne Hewitson, 31, said she was “livid” and “shaking” after her experience going for breakfast at a pub in Hartlepool. The pub chain has apologised for the …
By Demi Koutouzi
• The Guardian

Taylor Swift’s wedding: Madison Square Garden, NDAs and a princess castle – The Latest

The US superstar golden couple Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are finally tying the knot in a rumoured major event in New York’s Madison Square Garden. The couple – who got engaged 10 months ago, announced via an Instagram post that received 14m likes in its first hour online – …
By Hana Williams
• The Guardian

‘It opened my eyes to the city’: the artist drawing every single pub in London

On the pavement outside a London pub, 32-year-old Lydia Wood is sitting in the sunshine at her easel, peering up at the building and sketching with a pencil. Passersby pause to catch glimpses of her work, but what they might not know is that for the artist, this isn’t just …
By Heather Gosling
• The Guardian

Wednesday briefing: After two powerful earthquakes, what is the reality on the ground in Venezuela?

The shaking seemed to come from nowhere. In a moment captured by fishers off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast, two earthquakes struck seconds apart. Plumes of dust appear where buildings once stood in the recording as the camera rises and falls with the swell. The men rapidly head for the shore in …
By Clavel Rangel
• The Guardian

Nearly 25% of UK pubs and restaurants lose money, research shows

Nearly a quarter of UK pubs, bars and restaurants are losing money, according to new survey data that came as a group of celebrity chefs and business owners stepped up their campaign for a sector-specific VAT cut.Spearheaded by chef Tom Kerridge, leading figures in the hospitality sector are calling for …
By Charlotte Smith
• The Guardian

Hospitality VAT cut: can it help the sector and at what cost to UK taxpayer?

Nearly a quarter of hospitality businesses are losing money, new data has shown, reigniting calls among chefs, pub owners and restaurateurs for their sector to be handed a reduced rate of VAT.It may seem like a no-brainer because the measure would ease pressure on the ailing sector and put the …
By Charlotte Smith
• The Guardian

‘Tonnes of rubble’: 58,000 buildings estimated destroyed in Venezuela earthquakes

More than 58,000 buildings may have been damaged and destroyed by the twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela last week, according to a preliminary analysis of satellite data that suggests the scale of the destruction could dwarf official estimates.Last Wednesday’s back-to-back quakes – which measured magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 – killed …
By Clavel Rangel
• The Guardian

‘A very good gadget’: taking delivery from the robots of Milton Keynes

Driving down an endless string of identical roundabouts in the dead heat with hardly a human in sight, you see robots roving around on grassy pavements, whizzing past obstacles to hurriedly reach their final destination. This isn’t a scene from a Philip K Dick novel, however, but an average Thursday …
By Charlotte Smith
• The Guardian