Our writers gaze into their crystal balls and deliver their predictions for the Premier League season ahead Continue reading...

Christopher Nolan’s epic has achieved $1.35bn at the global box office, overtaking 2024’s Deadpool & WolverineThe Odyssey has overtaken Deadpool & Wolverine to become the highest grossing R-rated film of all time.According to figures compiled by the Numbers, Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s…

The Red Book of Farewells by Pirkko Saisio; Short Circuit by Wolf Haas; Cosmos by Lucia Odoom; The Fallen Trees Are Also the Forest by Alejandra KamiyaThe Red Book of Farewells by Pirkko Saisio, translated by Mia Spangenberg, Penguin Classics (£14.99)Following Lowest Common Denominator and Backlight, this book…

The LA-based powerpop project’s triumphant debut is a celebration of low-stakes creativity in the slacker-skater traditionFrom Los AngelesRecommended if you like the Lemonheads, Sugar, the MuffsUp next Secret to Spare released 18 SeptemberMaybe it’s to do with getting older, maybe it’s to do with the…

Optimism abounds that De Zerbi and new signings can lead to a big improvement after two 17th-place finishesGuardian writers’ predicted position: 6th (NB: this is not necessarily John Brewin’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips)Last season’s position: 17th Continue reading...

The tabloid boasted in a now-deleted article that they found White and promised to reveal her ‘secret new life’ The Daily Mail newspaper secretly tailed and photographed a woman in Detroit and then published an article and photographs falsely accusing her of being former The White Stripes drummer Meg White, even…

PC, Nintendo Switch/Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X/S; KonamiThis second collection remasters another three titles from the illustrious stealth espionage series, but their world has changed little since the original releases‘War has changed,” claims Old Snake in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Back in 2008…

Exclusive: Planning documents show datacentre in North Ockendon would be incompatible with UK net zero targetsA “hyperscale” datacentre in outer London would generate more than 1m tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, equivalent to the carbon footprint of 27,000 flights from London to New York, planning documents…

The author and academic explains how an open, questioning mindset can bring people with opposing views closer together – and even change historyAsking a question can change your mood, and having a questioning mindset can change your life – or, as the philosopher Lani Watson, an honorary fellow at the University of…

Authorities believe handguns found in forest near Berlin were ⁠to be used ⁠to ​carry out assassinations for Russian intelligence, Sueddeutsche reportsGerman security authorities discovered handguns stashed in ⁠a forest near Berlin last year that they believe were ⁠to be used ⁠to ​carry out assassinations…