17 h. ago From water pollution to stained cushions: Edith Pritchett’s week in Venn diagrams – cartoon

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31 h. ago "London Marathon speaks the language of the Olympic spirit" – Eliud Kipchoge after finishing 2025 edition

"London Marathon speaks the language of the Olympic spirit" – Eliud Kipchoge after finishing 2025 edition  Olympics.com

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53 h. ago London Marathon 2025: Race chief expects records to fall in iconic 2025 edition

London Marathon 2025: Race chief expects records to fall in iconic 2025 edition  RUN247

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3 d. ago Iconic Scottish distilleries to release special edition whiskies for Fèis Ìle 2025

Lagavulin and Caol Ila are set to wow whisky fans at Fèis Ìle 2025 (The Islay Festival) with two bold limited-edition releases

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4 d. ago London Marathon weather: Runners face 21C heat and sunshine as mini

Temperatures of up to 21C are predicted for 2025 edition of the iconic race

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5 d. ago Keith Haring, Kanagawa and Georgia O’Keeffe: highlights from NYC’s Photography Show – in pictures

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6 d. ago London Marathon weather: Met Office forecasts glorious sunshine and warm weather for race with 20C expected

Temperatures of up to 20C are predicted for 2025 edition of the iconic race

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6 d. ago ‘You can let go now’: inside the hospital where staff treat fear of death as well as physical pain

In a Danish palliative care unit, the alternative to assisted dying is not striving to cure, offering relief and comfort to patients and their families• This article is nominated for the 2025 edition of the European Press Prize in the Distinguished Reporting category. Originally published in Danish by PolitikenRené Damgaard, 67, lies in a hospital bed in the palliative care unit at Hvidovre hospital outside Copenhagen. It’s the first evening of May, and the window is open, letting mild air and the sound of a blackbird singing into the room.“This is the kind of weather you love the most. When you usually stand and fish at the sandbank,” says his niece, 53-year-old Mette Damgaard. She is leaning over the bed, her face very close to his. She has been sitting like this for a long time. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Wisden calls World Test Championship a ‘shambles’ and makes case for reform

WTC format ‘as if designed on the back of a fag packet’New 2025 edition includes tributes to Graham ThorpeWisden hits the shelves this week and, as well as unveiling its latest batch of award winners, it has trained its sights on the International Cricket Council. The World Test Championship, the book argues, is a “shambles masquerading as a showpiece”.The publication of the sport’s annual bible is timely, with the future of the WTC discussed recently at ICC meetings in ­Zimbabwe. In typically opaque fashion, the sport’s governing body is yet to announce the outcome of the debate. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Making a group plan over WhatsApp – a series: the Edith Pritchett cartoon

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1 week ago Seth Rogen attack on Trump edited out of science awards show coverage

Presenting an award at the Breakthrough prize ceremony, the actor and writer allegedly accused the president of destroying American scienceA pointed criticism of President Trump’s policies on science by Seth Rogen was edited out of the filmed coverage of an annual science awards show, it has emerged.According to the Hollywood Reporter, which was one of the sponsors of the event, Rogen was one of the presenters at this month’s Breakthrough prize ceremony, a high profile and lavishly funded awards programme recognising “outstanding scientific achievements” co-founded by, among others, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and which describes itself as “the Oscars of science”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago What 40 years as Observer science editor has taught Robin McKie – podcast

Robin McKie reflects on his 40 years as science editor for the Observer and tells Madeleine Finlay about the game-changing discoveries and scientific controversies that he’s reported on during that time. He describes how the discovery of the structure of DNA revolutionised science, what he learned about misinformation from the HIV/AIDS pandemic and why cold fusion and the millennium bug failed to live up to their hype.What I’ve learned after 40 years as the Observer’s science editorSupport the Guardian: theguardian.com/sciencepod Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Lady Gaga, Green Day and Enhypen: 2025 Coachella festival – in pictures

After its slowest sales to date last year the 2025 edition of the California music festival was being viewed by some as an unofficial comeback with headliners Lady Gaga, Green Day and Post Malone Continue reading...

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2 w. ago From US tariffs to no more Netflix: Edith Pritchett’s week in Venn diagrams – cartoon

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2 w. ago Wordle today: Answer and hints for popular word game on Thursday April 10, 2025

Here are some tips and tricks to help you find the answer to the Wordle edition of Thursday April 10, 2025 - the popular word game was played some 4.8 billion times in 2023 alone

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2 w. ago Wordle today: Answer and hints for popular word game on Wednesday April 9, 2025

Here are some tips and tricks to help you find the answer to the Wordle edition of Wednesday April 9, 2025 - the popular word game was played some 4.8 billion times in 2023 alone

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3 w. ago From polling to pasta quantities: Edith Pritchett’s week in Venn diagrams – cartoon

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3 w. ago Biologist whose innovation saved the life of British teenager wins $3m Breakthrough prize

Prof David Liu is among the winners of 2025’s ‘Oscars of science’, with honours also going to researchers for landmark work on multiple sclerosis, particle physics and ‘skinny jabs’For the past five years, David Liu – a professor at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, a biomedical research facility in Massachusetts – has marked Thanksgiving by handing over his entire annual salary, after taking care of taxes, to the staff and students in his laboratory.It started as the pandemic broke and Liu heard that students who wanted to cycle instead of taking public transport could not afford bicycles. Given how hard they worked and how little they were paid, Liu stepped in. He couldn’t unilaterally raise their incomes, so emailed them Amazon eGift cards. This ran into problems too, however. “Everyone thought they were being scammed,” he recalls. And so he switched to writing cheques. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Wordle today: Answer and hints for popular word game on Saturday April 5, 2025

Here are some tips and tricks to help you find the answer to the Wordle edition of Thursday April 3, 2025 - the popular word game was played some 4.8 billion times in 2023 alone

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3 w. ago Noel Clarke allegations had ‘high public interest’, Guardian editor tells court

Bafta endorsement could have escalated actor’s allegedly abusive behaviour towards women, Kath Viner saidThe editor-in-chief of the Guardian, Katharine Viner, has told the high court there was a “very high public interest” in reporting allegations made against Noel Clarke after he received a special Bafta award.In a witness statement, Viner said she believed it was conceivable that the actor’s endorsement by the British academy film awards could lead to an escalation of his allegedly abusive behaviour towards women. Continue reading...

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