2 h. ago The Guide #222: From Celebrity Traitors to The Brutalist via Bad Bunny – our roundup of the culture that mattered in 2025

In this week’s newsletter: Not exhaustive, not definitive and unapologetically subjective: our annual tour of the best TV, music, films, podcasts, games and books of the last year• Don’t get The Guide delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIt’s time to look back on a year of Traitors and Sinners, of Bad Bunnies and Such Brave Girls, with the Guide’s now annual roundup of the year’s best culture. As ever, the Guardian is already knee-deep in lists – of films (UK and US), albums (across rock and pop, and classical), TV shows, books and games, and theatre, comedy and dance. Some of those have already counted down to No 1, others will reach their respective summits in the coming days, so keep an eye on the homepage.Our list meanwhile is entirely, unapologetically partial, and definitely not as comprehensive as The Guardian’s many top 50s: there are numerous albums we never got around to hearing, and TV shows we’re still only halfway through. (Pluribus, Dope Thief and Blue Lights, I will r...

Politics

23 h. ago 'I scooped £97,000 on the lottery but lost it all just 15 minutes later'

The CEO of the company resigned a day after thousands were wrongly told they had won large sums, with some believing they were millionaires.

Economics

23 h. ago 'I won £97,000 on the lottery but 15 minutes later had lost everything'

The CEO of the company resigned a day after thousands were mistakenly told they had won large sums, with some believing they were millionaires

Economics

27 h. ago Mark Bonnar's rise from panto cow to Celebrity Traitors has a message for us all

Mark Bonnar started his acting career at the archetypically lowest rung of the ladder in the theatrical world

Politics

42 h. ago Kate Garraway in high spirits as she hits Winter Wonderland with male friend and her kids

Getting in the mood for Christmas, Celebrity Traitors' Kate Garraway treated her children Darcey and Billy and their friends to an evening out at Hyde Park's Winter Wonderland

Events

65 h. ago Reeves’s rejection of North Sea job cuts claim a ‘new low’, say Flynn

The Chancellor said she does not believe 1,000 jobs are being lost every month in the oil and gas sector.

Politics

65 h. ago Reeves dismisses claim 1,000 jobs lost a month in North Sea due to windfall tax

The Chancellor said job losses pre-dated the windfall tax

Politics

66 h. ago Wales rugby legend wants to sign up for Celebrity Traitors and I'm A Celeb

One of Welsh rugby's most colourful characters admits he would relish the challenge of taking on the popular reality shows

Politics

67 h. ago Rachel Reeves denies 1,000 North Sea oil and gas jobs being lost every month

Industry leaders have blamed a windfall tax on the profits earned by energy giants for thousands of lay-offs in Scotland.

Society

3 d. ago Celebrity Traitors star Ruth Codd's health update after having second leg amputated

Celebrity Traitors star Ruth Codd stayed true to her trademark dark humour as she gave her fans a health update after having her left leg amputated below the knee

Politics

3 d. ago Celebrity Traitors star Ruth Codd shares a health update from her wheelchair after revealing she underwent a second leg amputation

The Irish actress had one leg amputated when she was 23, eight years after sustaining a football injury that did not heal properly.

Society

4 d. ago Celebrity Traitors' Kate Garraway is spitting image of Claudia Winkleman in host's trademark fringe and eyeliner as stars recreate the year's most iconic snaps for Heat's annual feature

The presenter, 58, joined a slew of stars who dressed up as other famous faces to recreate the most iconic images of the year.

Politics

4 d. ago Florida man says his wife ‘wants a divorce’ after he lost $45,000 on an AI

The 69-year-old was reportedly targeted after he posted in a Facebook group advertising Elon Musk car giveaways

Politics

5 d. ago The 20 best TV shows of 2025, from Adolescence to The Celebrity Traitors

Nick Hilton and Patrick Smith count down the greatest television this year had to offer, from poignant documentaries to agenda-setting dramas and irresistible reality TV

Culture

5 d. ago The Celebrity Traitors and Oasis feature in this year’s best cracker jokes

In the crackers given to the winners are the top six jokes in the competition.

Politics

5 d. ago Celebrity Traitors’ winner Alan Carr gives new players a stern warning in teaser trailer

Alan Carr has issued a stern warning to the faithfuls and traitors set to take part in the upcoming series of The Traitors.

Events

5 d. ago The Traitors season 4 trailer as Alan Carr return to castle to warn players of 'big plans'

The Celebrity Traitors star returned in his cloak to issue a warning to the new players

Events

6 d. ago The Traitors winner Alan Carr gives his successors a cryptic warning in first look at series four

Alan Carr has given the new traitors a cryptic warning in the first look of season four. In the teaser trailer, the Celebrity Traitors legend walks through wearing the iconic green robe.

Events

6 d. ago Celebrity Traitors winner Alan Carr wishes ‘good luck’ to traitors on new series

The first episode of the new series will air at 8pm on BBC One and iPlayer on January 1, with the second airing on January 2.

Politics

6 d. ago Alan Carr reveals moment explosive Celebrity Traitors feud with Paloma Faith 'got out of hand'

'I knew she didn't want to go out first, I genuinely felt awful. But throwing her under the bus like that did save me. And her death was iconic.'

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