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Pakistan contributed to a brilliant first Test and the next two promise more of the same even if England have selection problems to ponder, although no longer behind the stumpsWe had no right to expect such enthralling drama in what we…

The 19-year-old brushed off prejudice during her ascent through England’s golf scene. Now she plans to blaze a trail for others Georgia Oboh doesn’t bother with mediocre ambitions. Should the 19-year-old hit even a fraction of…

When a picture of Kano was used in place of Wiley, readers asked to know how it happened – and how it can be preventedAt 6am on Wednesday 29 July, an opinion piece by Owen Jones was published on the Guardian’s website. In…

Car driven by friend of ex-minister pulled over, with officers subsequently admitting they made a mistake Dawn Butler, the Labour MP and former shadow equalities minister, has described being stopped by the police while driving with a…

Hole-by-hole updates from the last day at Harding ParkJohnson leads as Woods begins to accept time is running outOfficial live PGA leaderboardWhy not email your thoughts to Scott? 2.04pm BST This could be redemption time for Dustin Johnson.…

After 15-year absence, Shallow Grave and Our Friends in the North actor will reprise role that relaunched series to global success The actor Christopher Eccleston is set to reprise his role as Doctor Who 15 years after he last played the…

Lewis Hamilton finishes second, Valtteri Bottas thirdHamilton equals record of podium finishesMax Verstappen won the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone in a virtuoso performance for Red Bull. Pulling off a real shock, he banished…

Director general admits mistake following complaints and Radio 1Xtra presenter’s resignationThe BBC’s director general, Tony Hall, has apologised after the N-word was used in a TV news broadcast, following mass complaints and…

(4AD)The Australian-Zimbabwean’s third offering hits the sweet spot between hip-hop and breezy popNot so long ago, outside of Oz itself, you might have thought “Australian hip-hop” and pictured Iggy Azalea whipping her…

Born in Rio’s favelas, Anitta became Brazil’s biggest pop star. Then a political awakening made her even more influential. She talks Bolsonaro, Black Lives Matter and bisexualityAnitta had imagined that this summer would be a…

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The release was a condition for peace talks agreed by the US and the TalibanAfghanistan agreed on Sunday to release 400 “hardcore” Taliban prisoners, paving the way for peace talks aimed at ending almost two decades of war.Under…

America leads the world by quite some way in cases of the deadly virus‘This is unstoppable’: midwest braces for a Covid-19 surgeDr Deborah Birx: voice of scientific reason or apologist for Trump? Trump signs order for…

Live coverage of the 4.30pm kick-off at Rugby ParkEdouard’s hat-trick starts Celtic’s bid for 10th title Get in touch with Daniel via email or @DanielHarris 3.50pm BST Please could someone commission me to write 6400-6500 words…

• England all-rounder will fly to New Zealand this week• Stokes to miss two remaining Tests in SouthamptonBen Stokes has withdrawn from the remainder of England’s Test series against Pakistan for unspecified family reasons,…

The Thelma & Louise and A League of Their Own star wanted to be an actor from the age of three. She discusses sexual harassment, improving representation, and why she’s so glad she had kids in her 40s“Are you in your bed…

The old Tory exhortation won’t get manufacturing back on its feet if there’s no investment in jobs we need for the futureI recently spent a weekday afternoon in the centre of Bristol, chasing the small comforts of retail…

Developer seeks to cash out of investment in John Nash-designed mansion with views of Regent’s ParkDevelopers have stuck an asking price of £185m on a house overlooking Regent’s Park in central London in what would be the…

Another 151 people made trip in small boats on Saturday, including families with childrenMore than 4,000 people have reached UK shores this year by risking the dangerous journey across the Channel in small boats after another significant…

Demonstrators allied to Evo Morales say authorities are using Covid-19 to delay voteDemonstrators in Bolivia have dynamited Andean passes, scattered boulders across highways and dug trenches along rural roads to protest against repeated…

With ‘don’t kill granny’ warnings and talk of an over-50s lockdown, there are fears unity is fraying in the UKCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOn a Saturday evening in mid-July, Michael…

(Acony)Spare yet perfectly formed, these discarded demos from Welch and David Rawlings – with more to come – offer riches galoreFans of Gillian Welch and her longtime foil David Rawlings’s reimagining of early country and…

UK’s B4 level not recognised by the Paralympic movementKarina Lang and Adam Knott call for more inclusive approachVisually impaired athletes say they are being left in limbo by a classification system that means many who are…

Lap-by-lap coverage of the fifth race of the seasonFrom Moss to Button: seven epic races over seven decadesGet in touch with John via email or @JohnBrewin_ 1.19pm BST Bit of pre-race controversy with the Racing Point team penalised 15…

Official measure to be declared this week as coronavirus lockdown shrinks GDP by 21% in second quarterBritain’s economy will be officially declared in recession this week for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis, as the…

Donmar Warehouse, LondonJosé Saramago’s timely, sinister story of a world in chaos reopens the theatre after lockdown and is narrated with savage rage by Juliet StevensonAfter four months in darkness, the Donmar Warehouse has…

Designed for practicality, the Speedo has delighted and dismayed in equal measure. Now the swimwear classics are back in fashion – but would you dare?Back in the 1950s, the lifeguards of Bondi Beach, Sydney, were not only charged with…

Gomes will head on loan to Boavista for the 2020-21 seasonPhil Jones ruled out of Europa League squad with knee injuryFormer Manchester United youngster Angel Gomes has completed a move to Lille but will spend next season on loan with…

Contact tracing must improve to prevent resurgence in England, say care chief and top scientistCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOne of the government’s most influential scientific advisers is warning…

Li’s novel tracing the roots of a daughter’s tragic death has hard-nosed insights but sometimes lacks momentumSeven months after Yiyun Li published her 2017 memoir of suicidal depression, Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You…

Shareholder payout to stay despite 73% fall in quarterly profits due to impact of Covid-19Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant still plans to pay $75bn (£57bn) to its shareholders this year even as the impact of the coronavirus…

There are shades of Lynne Ramsay in writer-director Eva Riley’s lyrical feature debut, about a teenage gymnast’s battle with griefFifteen-year-old Leigh (Frankie Box) has channelled her grief over her mother’s death into…

Leading cartoonists share exclusive artwork to help us get through the pandemic – and other disasters – with humourStaff cartoonist with the Times Literary Supplement. Lives in London Continue reading... Leading cartoonists…

Contemporary meets historic in a towering design achievement on the Norfolk coastI remember the first time we saw this place, it looked terrible,” says Julian Vogel, owner of a restored 18th-century lighthouse in Winterton-on-Sea,…

The king of New York’s downtown restaurant scene has survived a stroke and coronavirus but is not optimistic about the health of his industryKeith McNally, 69, has created more than a dozen magnetic restaurants. In New York, where he…

Music tycoon and entertainer having surgery but his spokeswoman says he is ‘doing fine’ Simon Cowell is having surgery after breaking his back while testing out an electric bike in California, it emerged on Sunday.The…

The coordinator of the White House coronavirus taskforce built her reputation fighting Aids but is she compromising it by indulging the president’s whims?Months of frustration with Donald Trump’s denial of the coronavirus crisis…

Inspirational figures are hard to find, but perhaps the Daily Mail columnist Sarah Vine could be one of them...Two dozen young people, their hair unkempt, their face masks filthy, stood on the rolling route of the Ridgeway at Overton,…

Donations to support the president’s re-election have flooded in from a fossil fuel industry that has enjoyed three years of energy deregulation and tax cutsIn mid-June the oil pipeline billionaire Kelcy Warren hosted a fundraising…

Serve the fruits of summer’s bounty with a bit of crunchI had come back from the shops with fruit: gooseberries for a crumble-topped cake, cherries to eat with a log of Scottish goat’s milk cheese and a paper bag of passionfruit…

(Sub Pop) He’s a master of mood and melody, but a more pop-facing Ernest Greene needs to let rip a littleCraftsmanship can be underrated. We want musicians to be unfettered geniuses with lightning at their fingertips, not digital…

Depicted as a warmonger, the future PM had a very modern dislike of media criticism, reveals new bookIt is one of the earliest examples of a politician accusing the media of fake news. And it illustrates that, despite having been a…

Inspired by the author’s unconventional love life, thousands of men and women wrote to ask for her advice on sex and sexuality, hidden correspondence revealsShe was the feminist icon made famous by her 1949 seminal treatise, The…

The explosion that devastated the city was no accident and anger is boiling overMy eyes fly open and the horror is already there. The full range of it: what happened, and how, and who is responsible. It’s 4am. My heart is pounding so fast I…

An unexpected journey from celebrity interviewer to single mother is never less than candid and funnyJournalist Sophie Heawood has written columns about life as a single mother and her memoir, The Hungover Games, provides the backstory.…

A superbly stylish Anaïs Nin adaptation promises welcome escapism. Elsewhere, Cuba 60 years on and a sobering look at the realities of everyday British racismLittle Birds (Sky Atlantic) | sky.comCuba: Castro vs the World (BBC Two) |…

Suburbs are becoming more progressive, valuing diversity, and Trump is promoting a caricature of what they really are, strategists saySpeaking on a hot, windy afternoon during a visit to the fracking fields of west Texas last month, Donald…

The failure to suspend the Tory MP accused of rape is a mark of dire Commons’ standardsWith Johnsonism no longer a matter for speculation but ever more clearly definable as an expression of the prime minister’s needs and…

Seth Rogen stars as both a modern Jewish New Yorker and his miraculously revived great-grandfather in this affable fish-out-of-water tale The British food writer and fermentation expert Thom Eagle writes that “crunch, heat – but…

This is one fight we can all do without right nowSometimes your past leaves you poorly equipped for the present: mine has left me intensely conflict-averse. I grew up in frictionless harmony with my single mother, later joined by my…