31 h. ago Outdoor string lights that are 'UK weather proof' get 42% discount at Amazon

The lights can be changed to any colour you like.

Politics

6 d. ago Students rushed to hospital in critical condition after being struck by lightning at university campus

The Teerthanker Mahaveer University has issued a statement following a lightning strike at the campus, saying: "the university administration acted with remarkable speed and care"

Culture

2 w. ago Red Bull change colour of car for Yuki Tsunoda's debut at Japanese Grand Prix

Oracle Red Bull Racing are throwing it back to 1965 for Sunday's Japanese GP at the Suzuka Circuit, with stunning red and white livery in tribute to their long-standing partnership with Honda

Sport

3 w. ago March design news: Maurzio Cattelan goes Greek, art teapots and house paint that changes colour

Exhibitions at this year’s Milan Furniture Fair, a guide to green wood carving and funeral urns by AlessiThis is the final monthly design news round-up, so we’ve made it a bumper edition. As well as previewing some shows that will be this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan, there’s pyjamas from Grayson Perry and Greek mythology reinterpreted by conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan. Enjoy. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Undiagnosed entertainment: how Hollywood awkwardly dodges autism

Eccentric, blunt-speaking characters who present as being on the spectrum are everywhere on our screens – but why are their creators so reluctant to state it openly?I received my autism diagnosis about a decade into my career as a comedian and about three decades into being alive. In the eyes of some of the frothier comment section trolls, being a comedian means that I can’t be autistic, despite the likes of Fern Brady and Stewart Lee proving otherwise. This is because people are keener on stereotypes than admitting they know nothing about autism – why is the general level of knowledge so poor?With Elon Musk and Robert F Kennedy Jr doing their best to make autism terrifying again, either by implying that it causes sieg heiling or by bringing back the MMR autism panic of the 1990s (along with actual measles), it struck me that we autistic people don’t have a lot of reliable representation to fall back on. There’s Rain Man, of course, and Ben Af...

Events

3 w. ago Comedian's eyes changed colour after she was struck by lightning and paralysed for nine hours

Carly Electric, 30, from Queensland in Australia said the near-death experience has gone on to help with her dating life as men are 'intrigued' to hear about what happened

Politics

3 w. ago Small but feisty: the clever cuttlefish that changes colour to bedazzle predators

The flamboyant cuttlefish flashes patterns and psychedelic colours and waves its arms in a hypnotic displayMore fantastic invertebrate nominations hereIf you love a feisty rebel, look no further than the flamboyant cuttlefish, on the 10-strong shortlist for the Guardian’s invertebrate of the year 2025. It is small, smart, capable of spectacular displays and has fought against the odds to become the deadliest of its kind.This creative creature is small for its class of cephalopods, which includes octopus, squid and nautilus, at just 6-8cm. Due to the relatively reduced size of its air-filled cuttlebone, a unique internal shell used for buoyancy that lends these molluscs their unique, rather alien-spaceship way of swimming, it cannot float or hover as well as its cousins.Between 24 March and 2 April, we will be profiling a shortlist of 10 of the invertebrates chosen by readers and selected by our wildlife writers from more than 2,500 nominations. The voting for our 2025 invertebrate o...

Politics

4 w. ago Gardeners urged to add one £1 vegetable to help hydrangeas bloom pink

If you want pink hydrangeas in your garden, then this one easy-to-find vegetable can change them to your desired colour while also allowing them to grow healthily

Economics