39 m. ago ‘The risk was worth it’: All Fours author Miranda July on sex, power and giving women permission to blow up their lives

The artist and author’s hit book had so much in common with her own life that even her friends forgot it wasn’t real. How did this revolutionary portrayal of midlife desire come to inspire a generation of women?When Miranda July’s All Fours was published in May last year, it triggered what felt like both a spontaneous resistance movement and the sort of mania last experienced when the final Twilight book dropped, except this time for women in midlife rather than teenage girls. Two friends separately brought it to my house, like contraband dropped out of a biplane. Book groups hastily convened, strategically timed for when the men were out of the picture.The story opens with a 45-year-old woman about to take a road trip, a break from her husband and child and general domestic noise. She’s intending to drive from LA to New York, but is derailed in the first half hour by a young guy, Davey, in a car hire place, to whom she is passionately attracted. The next several weeks pas...

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39 m. ago Voices: Starmer and Reeves are back from the brink – here’s what they must do next

After a spending review that came as a relief to many Labour backbenchers, the government must now start making the case for the ‘inevitable’ tax rises in the autumn that will be needed to deliver better public services, says Andrew Grice

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4 h. ago Billionaire who was convicted of hiding his wife's body in a barricaded room for two months becomes a Sir

Hans Kristian Rausing was so distraught by the passing of his first wife in 2012 that he could not 'confront the reality' of her death and 'could not cope' without her.

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5 h. ago The key to being happier, smarter and ageing better, by leading neuroscientist DR JOSEPH JEBELLI. An extraordinary scientfic breakthrough shows what part of modern life is destroying our brains

You're sitting at your desk, trying to look busy, and your work isn't going well. OK, it's time to double down and try a bit harder... but for some reason your brain fails to ignite.

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6 h. ago US marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles – live

Marcos Leao, a 27-year-old army veteran, told reporters after he was released that the marines who detained him were ‘just doing their job’With Donald Trump’s deployment of more troops in response to protests in LA, and as plans come together for a military parade in Washington DC on the president’s birthday, journalist Judith Levine tells Jonathan Freedland why she believes the US has entered a new era of authoritarianism in this week’s edition of US Politics Weekly. You can listen here.With predictions of as many as 200,000 attendees at tomorrow’s Washington parade, the Secret Service is preparing for protests by erecting 18 miles of anti-scale fencing and deploying drones to the city’s skies to keep watch. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Love Island fans convinced they've rumbled secret feud after 'unnecessary' jibe

Love Island viewers are starting to suspect one Islander doesn't like one of their co-stars after some 'unnecessarily rude' comments made behind their back on the ITV2 series

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8 h. ago Trump's parade will see Secret Service 'triple check troops are MAGA to their toenails'

EXCLUSIVE: A top security expert believes it's hard to see how Trump could be more protected and more secure from a sniper's attack on Saturday, but one of the thousands of soldiers may pose a threat

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8 h. ago Drunk Karen learns harsh lesson after forcing entire plane to disembark because of her entitled antics

A woman named Alicia could barely keep her eyes open as she refused to get off a plane from Dallas to Boston.

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8 h. ago Surprising age gap between Kerry Katona, 44, and her new hunky boyfriend is revealed

It was revealed on Thursday that the former Atomic Kitten star, 44, had moved on from her ex Ryan Mahony with Paolo Magaglione after meeting during the filming of Celebs Go Dating.

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9 h. ago Touching moment Sam Thompson breaks down in tears and is comforted by best friend Pete Wicks during agonising 260

The 32-year-old raised more than £1.5million for Unicef as he battled through an agonising calf injury to deliver the Soccer Aid match ball to Old Trafford ready for the match this Sunday.

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9 h. ago Scott McTominay shared a secret about Napoli with me while in Naples and his Serie A impact is no surprise

The Scotland star is already a hero at his new club alongside international colleague and pal Billy Gilmour

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10 h. ago US tourist 'hit accelerator rather than brake in fatal crash' near Giant's Causeway

A court heard US tourist Cathy Stewart, 67, hit a woman who was sitting on a bench near the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland with her vehicle - the woman later died

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11 h. ago Emmerdale star Natalie J Robb shares secret to 'happiness' after 'upsetting' loss

The actress suffered a sad loss last year and said it was 'awful' for her before finding a new love

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11 h. ago BBC EastEnders' Kat drops 'secret meaning' behind wedding comments to Alfie

Soap fans think they've uncovered the 'secret meaning' behind a poignant quote Kat Slater made in her wedding vows to Alfie Moon, with Chris Clenshaw's era concluding.

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11 h. ago About 200 marines to move into Los Angeles, says official, as law enforcement continues patrolling California streets – live

Neither marines nor national guard troops in Los Angeles have temporarily detained anyone, Maj Gen Scott Sherman says; marines to protect federal buildings and personnelWith Donald Trump’s deployment of more troops in response to protests in LA, and as plans come together for a military parade in Washington DC on the president’s birthday, journalist Judith Levine tells Jonathan Freedland why she believes the US has entered a new era of authoritarianism in this week’s edition of US Politics Weekly. You can listen here.With predictions of as many as 200,000 attendees at tomorrow’s Washington parade, the Secret Service is preparing for protests by erecting 18 miles of anti-scale fencing and deploying drones to the city’s skies to keep watch. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago ‘They entrusted me with their daughter’s memory’: Women’s prize winner Rachel Clarke on her story of a life

The Story of a Heart, which won this year’s award for nonfiction, tells how one child saved the life of another. The author talks about the amazing families involved, campaigning for a better NHS, and how being a doctor frames the way she writesTo read Rachel Clarke’s The Story of a Heart, which has won this year’s Women’s prize for nonfiction, is to experience an onslaught of often competing emotions. There is awed disbelief at the sheer skill and dedication of the medical teams who transplanted the heart of nine-year-old Keira, who had been killed in a head-on traffic collision, into the body of Max, a little boy facing almost certain death from rapidly deteriorating dilated cardiomyopathy. There is vast admiration for the inexhaustible compassion of the teams who cared for both children and their families, and wonder at the cascade of medical advances, each breakthrough representing determination, inspiration, rigorous work, and careful navigation of newly emerging ethical territ...

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12 h. ago The sinister truth about what's REALLY happening in Area 51... that the CIA is desperate to keep secret

For some, it's a test site for cutting-edge military gear. For others, it's where US scientists study alien cadavers and flying saucers, and brainstorm space lasers and time machines.

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12 h. ago Parklife 2025 age restrictions and how old you need to be to get in

There is an age limit on who can attend the Heaton Park music festival

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12 h. ago The Guardian view on Israel’s shock attack on Iran: confusing US signals add to the peril | Editorial

The recklessness of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and the incoherence of Donald Trump’s deepen the crisis in the Middle EastUS presidents who thought they could easily restrain Benjamin Netanyahu have quickly learned their lesson. “Who’s the fucking superpower?” Bill Clinton reportedly exploded after his first meeting with the Israeli prime minister.Did Donald Trump make the same mistake? The state department quickly declared that the devastating overnight Israeli attack on Iran – which killed key military commanders and nuclear scientists as well as striking its missile capacity and a nuclear enrichment site – was unilateral. Mr Trump had reportedly urged Mr Netanyahu to hold off in a call on Monday, pending US talks with Iran over its nuclear programme due this weekend. The suspicion is that Israel feared that a deal might be reached and wanted to strike first. But Israeli officials have briefed that they had a secret green light from the US, with Mr Trump only claiming to oppos...

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12 h. ago Woman, 55, Headed To London For Daughter's Delivery Dies In Air India Plane Crash

Woman, 55, Headed To London For Daughter's Delivery Dies In Air India Plane Crash  NDTV

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