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‘I don’t know what could top that’: debut author Jem Calder on being discovered by Sally Rooney
Jem Calder’s writing career had a fairytale start. Sally Rooney emailed him, impressed with a short story he’d submitted to the literary magazine she was editing soon after Conversations with Friends came out. It was the first story he’d ever completed. Calder was already “a huge fan” of Rooney’s, so …

‘It’s about recognising our role in history’: Bradford exhibition to revisit live Somali display
It was, the posters said, a rare chance to see a “little known but interesting people”: a live display of 57 Somali men, women and children who cooked, weaved and danced for the entertainment of hundreds of thousands of Edwardians who flocked to Yorkshire to see them.More than 120 years …

The Muslim Vote: Democratic threat or Islamophobic myth? | On the Ground
Politicians and pundits in the UK are fuelling a moral panic around “the Muslim vote." Once seen as a reliable base for the Labour Party, the Muslim community’s growing support for independent candidates and the Green Party is now being framed as a threat to democracy. As the country heads …

‘People crave friendship’: thousands flock to resurgence of centuries-old south Asian board game
On a Monday evening in the upstairs room of Dishoom Permit Room in Notting Hill, the atmosphere is already crackling before the games night begins. Chai is poured and passed around, chalk is dusted across wooden boards, and the sharp click of counters striking the surface cuts through the noise …

Barrister in Palestine Action trial facing contempt of court proceedings
A leading human rights barrister is facing contempt of court proceedings after he was accused of defying a judge’s orders during a trial of Palestine Action activists.Rajiv Menon KC is accused of breaching the judge’s directions while giving his closing speech in the trial of six people in relation to …

British Gaza flotilla activists say they needed hospital care after Israeli forces’ abuse
Alice Chapman and Zak Khan say they were beaten, kicked and spat on after detention near Crete last week

Strength in numbers: what have 50 years of labor union documentaries shown us?
“We better start pulling together or, by God, they’re going to bury us,” says a meat packer during a union meeting in Barbara Kopple’s 1990 documentary American Dream. It’s a desperate plea for survival; “they” are the Hormel Foods Corporation, who took advantage of union disorder to replace a huge …



Ifrah F Ahmed’s debut cookbook is a love letter to Somali cuisine, history and people
On a video call from Brooklyn, between stops on her book tour, Ifrah F Ahmed is drinking ginger-root tea. The smell transports her to her childhood kitchen, where her mother often baked aromatic cardamom cake.“That’s a core childhood memory for me,” she said.For Ahmed, food isn’t just about sustenance. It …

Baby died after NHS trust failed to warn mother of ‘unsafe’ home birth, coroner finds
Seven-day-old Poppy Hope Lomas died after complications during home birth encouraged by midwives at Barnet hospital.


‘Muslim kids are really underrepresented’: the animated movie where medieval maths meets eager young minds
‘Some people said it doesn’t exist – that it’s a fantasy.” So says Flordeliza Dayrit of the silk road, the vast network of trade routes that once connected Asia, Africa and Europe – and the starting location for Time Hoppers: The Silk Road, the animated feature she co-created with her …

‘It’s a powder keg’: Romania leads EU measles cases as vaccination rates collapse
Bottlenecks in the system and parents’ suspicions mean doctors expect another serious outbreak soon.

US states drop Medicaid coverage of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs as demand rises
Faced with high demand for GLP-1 drugs, some American cities and states that previously covered the cost of the weight-loss medication for low-income residents and public employees have now started to restrict or eliminate coverage. The pullback stems from the dramatic increase in public spending on drugs such as Ozempic …

Can the Punk Rock Flea Market Save the Soul of Seattle?
A feature about Seattle's Punk Rock Flea Market for the Guardian, the world's largest nonprofit media org.


The brilliant students the UK doesn’t want - podcast
In early March, with little warning, the UK announced a ban on student visas for four countries: Sudan, Afghanistan, Myanmar and Cameroon.It came as devastating news to Afra Elmahdi (pictured), an exceptional student from Sudan. Having survived civil war and been exiled to the United Arab Emirates, she hoped to …

Delaney Rebernik
Delaney Rebernik is an independent journalist and editor covering death and digital life


‘It can spare people so much pain’: what is an advance directive and should you get one?
My parents died three years and two ICU rooms apart. Both were still in their 60s. Neither had a finished will, much less an advance directive – a set of care instructions someone prepares in case they become incapacitated – that could have guided my sister and me. In our …


Two dead and 11 seriously ill in meningitis outbreak at University of Kent
Students in Canterbury given antibiotics for fast-acting and invasive meningococcal disease, says UKHSA




How the ‘Galápagos of west Africa’ is plundered by floating fish factories
The only ice factory on Bubaque, an island in west Africa’s Guinea-Bissau, is out of service. Local fishers, such as Pedro Luis Pereira, are forced to source ice from factories on the mainland, about 70km away – a six-hour round trip by boat.“The machines have been broken for months,” Pereira …

How the ‘Galápagos of west Africa’ is plundered by floating fish factories
The only ice factory on Bubaque, an island in west Africa’s Guinea-Bissau, is out of service. Local fishers, such as Pedro Luis Pereira, are forced to source ice from factories on the mainland, about 70km away – a six-hour round trip by boat.“The machines have been broken for months,” Pereira …

How the ‘Galápagos of west Africa’ is plundered by floating fish factories
The only ice factory on Bubaque, an island in west Africa’s Guinea-Bissau, is out of service. Local fishers, such as Pedro Luis Pereira, are forced to source ice from factories on the mainland, about 70km away – a six-hour round trip by boat.“The machines have been broken for months,” Pereira …