4 h. ago The best films of 2025: Alistair Harkness picks his highlights

From Scott Cooper’s take on Springsteen to an animation about a cat trying to survive a flood, Alistair Harkness names his top ten films of the year

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20 h. ago It's a been a bumper year for biographies and memoirs: here Ysenda Maxtone Graham has picked out the best ones of 2025

Dive into the lives and loves of some of the world's most eminent people through the best memoirs and biographies of the year

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24 h. ago Celebrity astronauts, pig lungs and cyborgs: the biggest tech and science stories of 2025

From pop stars in space to the woolly mammoth revival, Will Rogers-Coltman picks 2025’s science milestones

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26 h. ago The best theatre shows of 2025: Joyce McMillan picks her highlights

Stages across Scotland were blessed with some powerful productions in 2025 but these were the cream of the crop, writes Joyce McMillan

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48 h. ago Rome set to introduce fee to famous attraction that has been free for hundreds of years

With more than 5.3million people descending on the landmark in the first half of 2025, many visitors have recalled overcrowding, long queues and pickpockets targeting tourists.

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49 h. ago Rome could introduce fee to famous attraction that has been free for hundreds of years

With more than 5.3million people descending on the landmark in the first half of 2025, many visitors have recalled overcrowding, long queues and pickpockets targeting tourists.

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52 h. ago The best classical recordings of 2025: Ken Walton picks his highlights

Scotsman critic Ken Walton names his top five classical albums of the year

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3 d. ago The best jazz albums of 2025: Jim Gilchrist picks his highlights

It’s been a vintage year for Scottish jazz records, writes Jim Gilchrist

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6 d. ago Starmer to pick new US ambassador as relations with Trump tested

Exclusive: A trio of candidates have been interviewed by the PM, but he could still decide to directly appoint someone elseKeir Starmer is poised to choose a new ambassador to Washington from a shortlist of three as relations with the US are tested over Ukraine and Donald Trump’s attacks on European leaders.The prime minister held interviews with three finalists for the role this week, the Guardian has learned, with Downing Street preparing to make an appointment before the end of the year. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago So which of these jingle your bells? Our reviewers pick the best fiction books of 2025

Want to find the perfect present for the book lover in your life? Our expert reviewers have done the work so you don't have to and picked out the best novels for readers of all tastes.

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2 w. ago 34 actually good Black Friday deals a shopping editor thinks are worth spending on

Our head of shopping hand-picks the 2025 deals with the most savings, from top brands like Shark, Dyson, ghd, New Balance, Lego and more

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3 w. ago 31 real Black Friday deals a shopping editor thinks are worth spending on

Our head of shopping hand-picks the 2025 deals with the most savings, from top brands like Shark, Dyson, ghd, Oura, The Perfume Shop and more

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3 w. ago 'I'm a beauty editor and this is what I'd buy in today's Lookfantastic Black Friday sale'

Bag big discounts on brands like Olaplex, ghd, Color Wow and more with these Lookfantastic Black Friday 2025 deals – here are our top picks

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3 w. ago Pick up your Royals’ Christmas OK! Collector’s Edition for 2025

Don't miss your chance to pick up this festive, royal spectacular at all good newsagents

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3 w. ago We found the biggest savings on hair dryers this Black Friday including Dyson and ghd

Save up to £130 on your next hair dryer with our beauty team’s pick of the best Black Friday 2025 deals, including big name brands such as BaByliss, Dyson and ghd

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3 w. ago I'm A Celebrity 2025 final date and start time confirmed as former star picks top three

EXCLUSIVE: The I'm A Celebrity 2025 final is just days away and a former jungle campmate has shared her top three

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3 w. ago Black Friday 2025 deals picked by Mirror money team with up to 60% off

UK consumers are expected to splash the cash and spend £9.52billion across Black Friday weekend, according to latest analysis from VoucherCodes

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3 w. ago Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for spiced paneer puffs with quick

These excellent little puff pastries are really just a case of fill, fold and bakeThese moreish little pastries are as lovely for a snack as they are for dinner, and they take just minutes to put together. I like to fill squares of pastry and fold them into little triangular puffs, but if you prefer more of a Cornish pasty look (*food writer cancelled for suggesting paneer is an appropriate pasty filling!*), by all means stamp out circles, fold into half-moons and crimp the edges. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Best premium beauty calendars still available to buy for December including Boots

From hauls worth over £1,000 to edits containing 35 luxury products behind its doors - here are our top picks of the luxury festive beauty countdowns for 2025

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3 w. ago Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for gochujang and tofu ragu with gnocchi and pickled cucumber | The new vegan

A comforting and filling mix of Korean and Italian flavours and textures that’s ideal for weeknight dinnerShare your questions for Meera Sodha, Tim Dowling and Stuart Heritage for a special Guardian Live event on Wednesday 26 November.I am a ragu-fancier and akheema fanatic. Unlike with most foods, however, it doesn’t do to rationalise this love for ragu, because it is a mash of things chopped up so small that they all lose their texture. This might sound a bit woo-woo, but the joy of ragu comes from feeling your way through it, from the chopping and standing with your thoughts, to stirring a bubbling pot and the smell creeping under the door. A ragu isn’t just a ragu, it’s a coming-together of good things: thoughts, feelings, ingredients, time and effort.Join Meera Sodha at a special event celebrating the best of Guardian culture on Wednesday 26 November, hosted by Nish Kumar and alongside writers Stuart Heritage and Tim Dowling, with Georgina Lawton hosting You Be The Judge live. ...

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