From sea swimming to painting, doctors are ‘prescribing’ hobbies – but you don’t need a doctor’s note to get startedIn 2020, the year Amanda lost her mother, husband, job and pre-pandemic normalcy, she was diagnosed with major depressive disorder. “My life was just spiraling down and down and down,” she…

With run-times hitting three hours, you will probably need to take a bathroom break during this season’s blockbusters. Here’s a handy guide for your urination calculations• ‘An intermission is a must’: why Greek cinemas are adding a loo break to The OdysseyYou will almost certainly need to urinate during…

Donald Trump has declared a breakthrough in negotiations over the disarmament of Hamas in Gaza and the withdrawal of Israeli forces, but IsraelI government officials have voiced scepticism over the deal.Lucy Hough speaks to Julian Borger, the Guardian’s senior international correspondent Continue reading...

English player’s actions called ‘extremely cruel’Shiho Kuwaki sets early halfway lead at six-underNews that Charley Hull had slept for only three hours before her second round at the Women’s Open fuelled an obvious conclusion. With noisy fallout continuing from the 30-year-old’s prank on her caddie, it was…

In 1995, US film-maker Tamra Davis travelled to Australia to capture the one-off Summersault tour on her camcorder. Thirty years on she has made The Best Summer, an intimate snapshot of an era that can never be repeatedThere are only a few shots in Tamra Davis’ documentary The Best Summer that were filmed this…

You could say we’re in a polycrisisSee more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading...

The former tennis No 1 on the current dearth of top Australian players, the excitement surrounding Cruz Hewitt, and a newfound love of padelPat Rafter is Australian sporting royalty. A man whose genuine friendliness still radiates into mid-life and whose looks once made him an underwear model, with a tennis career…

The vogue for celebrity ancestors can be traced back to Robert Pattinson descending from Dracula and Benedict Cumberbatch being related to just about everyoneTo mark Marilyn Monroe’s 100th birthday, a short film will premiere at this year’s Venice film festival. Entitled Flesh Impact, the film has been written and…

Calling it an ‘illegal, unlicensed gambling operation’, state seeks to halt Kalshi’s operations and force it to forfeit profitsNew York officials sued prediction market platform Kalshi on Friday, calling it an “illegal, unlicensed gambling operation” as the state seeks to halt its operations and force the…

Scientists and sky gazers will watch intently as rocket’s upper stage slams into lunar surface on WednesdayA drifting SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after launching a pair of lunar landers more than a year ago.The rocket’s upper stage will unintentionally slam into the moon on Wednesday…