For decades my life was soundtracked by comedy duos, mostly male, discussing their friendships. When I gave them up, I felt as if I was having a mental rebootI have always loved podcasts. The genre of audio I have come to think of as Two Men Talking (In Excessive Detail About Their Lives) has been one of my favourite…

Concern among staff that fragile artwork’s scarce ‘light hours’ given to someone with no known interest in museumThe British Museum privately hosted the Donald Trump-supporting tech billionaire Peter Thiel in the exhibition space of the Bayeux tapestry earlier this month, the Guardian understands.The museum’s…

US targets Iran’s Larak Island in first exchange of fire in more than a month, sparking reprisals against US forces in the regionUS strikes Iranian launchers in strait of Hormuz, prompting Iranian retaliatory attacksThe US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, is due to host meetings of the G20 finance ministers in…

Al-Hilal’s signing from Villa is thrown straight into big game against Al-Ahli and faces the highest of expectationsOllie Watkins and Ivan Toney spent 33 minutes on the pitch together a few weeks ago in Miami as England beat France 6-4 in a game for third place at the World Cup. They will be reunited on Tuesday in…

Men’s transfer interactive | Women’s transfer interactiveGet in touch: email Dominic and follow us on BlueskyThe end of a long summer of transfers is nigh: but not before a final, desperate, scrap for signings ensues in the final couple of days of the window. It never ceases to amaze us how and why clubs allow…

Organisers say people must revive spiritual relationship with food amid double threat of climate crisis and conflictMending the broken food system under the threat of climate-driven weather extremes will require more than economic fixes and intensive agriculture, and the world must revive its spiritual relationship…

Kenin wins 6-2, 7-6 (6) in late-night contestWilliams loses 15th straight tour-level matchFirst-round clash finally begins at 12.13amSunday had become Monday by the time Venus Williams finally emerged beneath the closed roof of Arthur Ashe Stadium, her entrance pushed deep into the night after Novak Djokovic’s…

Today’s chatter is talking about its dreams againElite football clubs splash out millions on their scouting efforts these days, gather reams of data and spend countless meticulous hours assembling their recruitment plans, yet somehow the final days of the transfer window remain a desperate scrap, for some, to…

Beldina Odenyo alchemised the pain of exile, loss and racism into music as Heir of the Cursed before her death in 2021, as this attentive tribute exploresInstead of an artist in a booth, a lone amplifier plays the music of singer-songwriter Beldina Odenyo for a cluster of microphones to pick up during the posthumous…

Global crises are tightly linked to how we treat each other at the local level, argues this optimistic book In times of crisis, there is one person to whom the left still turns for guidance.More than a decade and a half after leaving government, Gordon Brown has mellowed into the Labour party’s favourite wise elder…