Posted by The Guardian | Aug 18, 2026 | AI (artificial intelligence), Internet, Life and style, Technology, The Guardian |
There are many tech irritants that are a scourge of modern life, yet we have lacked the vocabulary to describe them … until nowThe “dickover” is the scourge of the modern age. Coined in May by John Gruber, a tech writer,...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 18, 2026 | #MeToo movement, Black Lives Matter movement, Inequality, Protest, Protest (US), Race, Social media, The Guardian, Universities, US news, World News |
A movement with safety, dignity and equality at its heart may now be blamed for the rightwing backlash. But within it were principles worth carrying forwardsEvery once in a while, the discourse gods send a tablet down to the...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 18, 2026 | Art and design books, Books, Culture, The Guardian, Ukraine |
A vivid and hopeful study of how culture endures in the midst of extreme violenceTowards the end of her subtly piercing book about art in wartime, Charlotte Higgins recounts an autumn visit to Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city, in...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 18, 2026 | Civil service, Keir Starmer, Labour, Politics, The Guardian, UK news |
Chris Wormald received unprecedented payment after serving as cabinet secretary for just 14 monthsThe former head of the civil service Chris Wormald received a record payout, in the region of £500,000, when he was forced out of...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 18, 2026 | Andy Burnham, Conservatives, Kemi Badenoch, Labour, Nigel Farage, Politics, Reform UK, The Guardian, UK news |
Burnham has announced a range of policies aimed at relieving pressure on financially squeezed households and businessesDisabled bus pass holders in England will be able to travel for free at all hours from April next year, the...
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