After years of trying to slim down, Guardian reporter Madeleine Eggeler did a 180 and decided to ‘bulk’. Gaining weight, or gaining weight for the purpose of getting stronger, challenged everything she had been taught about her body, and changed her relationship with food. Madeleine talks to Carter Sherman about her body image struggles, and
We’re raiding the Guardian’s long-read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years gone by, along with new introductions from the writers. From this week, 2021: How Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker became one of the world’s most controversial thinkers By Alex Blaisdell. Read by Christopher Ragland
Each day, my dog Helgi and I walk about eight miles. We started on Wymore Street, in the middle of Elliott, my neighborhood, and passed by the city workers’ fuel station and dump, with the odd hint of a baseball field, where the same old boats had been parked for months, rained on and loose.
IIn 1988, the late Ghanaian writer and filmmaker Kwesi Owusu edited Storms of the Heart: An Anthology of Black Arts and Culture, a collection of writings and images by black artists in Britain, including Ben Okri on Shakespeare, Shobhana Jayasinghe on Indian dance theatre, Jacob Ross on decolonizing language, an interview with Ntozek Shange, and
All summer blockbuster hopes are pinned on Christopher Nolan’s odyssey, and all promise – as the trailers have shown – of spectacular effects, shocks and thrills. You will be taken inside the cave of the terrifying one-eyed giant Cyclops Polyphemus, who loves to dine on human flesh. You will visit the dim and murky shores
Xabi Alonso is focused on reinforcing Chelsea’s winning culture: “The team is always the most important thing” Xabi Alonso has made a strong entrance as Chelsea’s new manager, vowing to elevate the club’s already powerful culture and demanding full commitment from his squad. The Spanish tactician made his philosophy crystal clear in his first official
Author Isaac Butler explains how the religious right embraced the culture wars, which began with banning schoolbooks in the 1970s and now continues with the Trump administration’s efforts to discredit the NEA.
The Chernobyl Museum in Kiev, which was recently renovated to mark the 40th anniversary of the disaster, stands as an important site of memory for an independent Ukraine. But just weeks after its reopening, a massive missile attack left its halls in ruins. Charlotte Higgins, The Guardian’s chief culture writer explains annie kelly This tragic
A high-energy, free fan experience blending soccer, music, creators and Miami culture in celebration of the Colombia vs. Portugal soccer match, one of the biggest international soccer matchups of the summer. At La Canita Bayside in Miami’s Bayside district on June 27, 2026 As Miami becomes the global epicenter of soccer this summer, DAZN will
In an age when entertainment is increasingly defined by algorithms, content libraries, and audience retention metrics, a new company is positioning itself as a direct response to the status quo. Rendezvous is more than a production company, media enterprise or film fund. It is the foundation of a new entertainment ecosystem built on the belief