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The long-weekend lifestyle: is it ‘pointless’ to work on Fridays? | Life and style -

The long-weekend lifestyle: is it ‘pointless’ to work on Fridays? | Life and style - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Name: The long-weekend lifestyle. Age: 144 years, or brand new if you’re Simon Cowell. Appearance: Simon Cowell, just having a lovely time of it. Why are you going on about Simon Cowell so much? Didn’t you hear? He’s just invented the long weekend. But there have already b...

Russia-Ukraine war live: US defense secretary says support will continue ‘for the long haul’ on surprise trip to Kyiv | Ukraine -

Russia-Ukraine war live: US defense secretary says support will continue ‘for the long haul’ on surprise trip to Kyiv | Ukraine - Groucho Spread the loveTweet US defense secretary vows support to Ukraine ‘for the long haul’ on surprise trip to Kyiv US secretary of defense, Lloyd Austin, met with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and has said that American support to Kyiv would continue “for the long haul”, the Associ...

We smashed the windows of a major bank. A jury acquitted us. This is why | Gully Bujak -

We smashed the windows of a major bank. A jury acquitted us. This is why | Gully Bujak - Groucho Spread the loveTweet In 2021, I was arrested with eight other women for breaking the windows at HSBC’s headquarters in London. On Thursday, after just two hours of deliberation, a jury of our peers found all nine of us not guilty of nearly half a million pounds in criminal damage. Although the thr...

Patrick Vallance tells Covid inquiry science advisers were ‘wrong’ about when to push for lockdown – UK politics live | Politics -

Patrick Vallance tells Covid inquiry science advisers were ‘wrong’ about when to push for lockdown – UK politics live | Politics - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Patrick Vallance gives evidence to Covid inquiry It is a big week for government economic policy, but it is also a big week for the Covid inquiry, where the government’s two most important scientific advisers during the pandemic – Sir Patrick Vallance and Prof Sir Chris Whit...

‘It’s part of our psyche’: why Ireland sides with ‘underdog’ Palestine | Ireland -

‘It’s part of our psyche’: why Ireland sides with ‘underdog’ Palestine | Ireland - Groucho Spread the loveTweet The video clips have pinged around the world on social media eliciting applause, anger and a puzzled question: why are Irish politicians so outspoken about Israel’s bombardment of Gaza? The taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, described the assault as “approaching revenge”, the foreig...

Europe’s far right welcomes victory of Argentina’s Javier Milei – live | World news -

Europe’s far right welcomes victory of Argentina’s Javier Milei – live | World news - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Vox leader celebrates far-right candidate’s win in Argentina Santiago Abascal, the leader of Spain’s far-right Vox party, has congratulated the far-right libertarian Javier Milei on his victory in Argentina’s presidential election. “Today a path of future and hope opens ...

Microsoft hires Sam Altman to lead advanced AI research team after OpenAI ousting – business live | Business -

Microsoft hires Sam Altman to lead advanced AI research team after OpenAI ousting – business live | Business - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Microsoft hires Sam Altman to lead advanced AI research team Newsflash: Microsoft has sensationally hired Sam Altman and Greg Brockman to lead a new advanced AI research team, just days after the pair left OpenAI. Microsoft’s chief executive, Satya Nadella, has announced the s...

Israel and Hamas appear close to hostage release deal, say officials | Israel-Hamas war -

Israel and Hamas appear close to hostage release deal, say officials | Israel-Hamas war - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Israel and Hamas appear to be edging towards a deal that would see the release of a significant number of hostages, possibly in return for a limited ceasefire and the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails. Senior US and Israeli officials, as well as the Qatari prim...

Iliza Shlesinger: ‘I’m thinking what many women are thinking – but saying it out loud’ | Stage -

Iliza Shlesinger: ‘I’m thinking what many women are thinking – but saying it out loud’ | Stage - Groucho Spread the loveTweet How did you get into comedy?I was always into watching funny shows – what was on TV that I could sneakily watch after my mom went to bed. I would put on Comedy Central or MTV, Monty Python reruns, Kids in The Hall, The State, In Living Color, Absolutely Fabulous and, of...

Albanese accuses China of ‘dangerous, unsafe and unprofessional’ behaviour in naval ship altercation | Australian politics -

Albanese accuses China of ‘dangerous, unsafe and unprofessional’ behaviour in naval ship altercation | Australian politics - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Anthony Albanese has accused a Chinese naval ship of “dangerous, unsafe and unprofessional” behaviour after an altercation with an Australian vessel left one person injured. But the prime minister has declined to confirm whether he raised the issue face-to-face with Chinese ...

Israel-Hamas war live: Israel claims hostages taken to Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital on day of Hamas attacks | Israel-Hamas war -

Israel-Hamas war live: Israel claims hostages taken to Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital on day of Hamas attacks | Israel-Hamas war - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Opening summary Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s continuing live coverage of the Israel-Hamas war with me, Adam Fulton. Israel’s military has released security camera footage it says shows hosta...

The families stuck living in Britain’s unlicensed bedsits - podcast | UK news -

The families stuck living in Britain’s unlicensed bedsits - podcast | UK news - Groucho Spread the loveTweet “A few Saturdays ago, I had a meltdown,” Leah* tells Hannah Moore. “I woke up, the children had to get ready for their online lessons and they waited ages to use the bathroom, and I thought I can’t do this any more. It’s so unfair on the children.” Leah lives in one....

‘There are no crops to celebrate’: climate crisis wipes out a way of life in Taiwan’s mountains | Taiwan -

‘There are no crops to celebrate’: climate crisis wipes out a way of life in Taiwan’s mountains | Taiwan - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Halfway up Taiwan’s central mountain ranges, two young women were working a shift at the town’s service station in August when the landslide hit. As torrent of water, mud and rocks gushed down they ran next door for shelter, a decision that probably saved their lives. Moment...

Suzanne Shepherd, GoodFellas and The Sopranos actor, dies aged 89 | Film -

Suzanne Shepherd, GoodFellas and The Sopranos actor, dies aged 89 | Film - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Suzanne Shepherd, an actor who appeared in GoodFellas, The Sopranos, Mystic Pizza and Lo**ta, has died aged 89. Shepherd died at her home in New York City on Friday, her agent confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter. In an acting career that spanned six decades, Shepherd appeared in...

Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says | Greenhouse gas emissions -

Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says | Greenhouse gas emissions - Groucho Spread the loveTweet The richest 1% of humanity is responsible for more carbon emissions than the poorest 66%, with dire consequences for vulnerable communities and global efforts to tackle the climate emergency, a report says. The most comprehensive study of global climate inequality ever undertake...

Zelenskiy calls for operational changes to Ukraine military after sacking commander | Volodymyr Zelenskiy -

Zelenskiy calls for operational changes to Ukraine military after sacking commander | Volodymyr Zelenskiy - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Volodymyr Zelenskiy has demanded rapid changes in the operations of Ukraine’s military and announced the dismissal of the commander of its medical forces. The Ukrainian president’s move was announced on Sunday as he met defence minister, Rustem Umerov, and coincided with deb...

Ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman ‘in talks to return at firm’s HQ’ | OpenAI -

Ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman ‘in talks to return at firm’s HQ’ | OpenAI - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Sam Altman is being lined up for a surprise return as the chief executive of the ChatGPT developer OpenAI amid pressure from investors to reverse his shock ousting. Altman was fired by the company board on Friday, citing a failure to be “candid in his communications”, in a m...

Joss Ackland: a beacon of power on British stage and screen | Stage -

Joss Ackland: a beacon of power on British stage and screen | Stage - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Joss Ackland, who has died at the age of 95, was a fine actor: part, you might say, of the dependable backbone of the British entertainment industry. With more than 130 film and TV roles to his credit, he was constantly in work. And even if he was rarely the star –...

Fabio Di Giannantonio wins in Qatar as Francesco Bagnaia nears MotoGP title | MotoGP -

Fabio Di Giannantonio wins in Qatar as Francesco Bagnaia nears MotoGP title | MotoGP - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Gresini Racing’s Fabio Di Giannantonio stormed to a maiden MotoGP victory at the Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday, denying the championship leader, Francesco Bagnaia, in the dying stages while title contender Jorge Martín finished a lowly 10th. Di Giannantonio, who does not have a ...

Scotland v Norway and more: Euro 2024 qualifying clockwatch – live | Euro 2024 qualifying -

Scotland v Norway and more: Euro 2024 qualifying clockwatch – live | Euro 2024 qualifying - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature From those earlier results, Serbia have joined the finalists. 🇷🇸 Serbia will play at EURO 2024! Home draw against Bulgaria was enough for Serbia to qualify to EURO for the first time since 2000. ...

WSL roundup: Foord helps Arsenal sink Brighton, Daly nets late Villa winner | Women's Super League -

WSL roundup: Foord helps Arsenal sink Brighton, Daly nets late Villa winner | Women's Super League - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Arsenal made it five consecutive wins in the Women’s Super League, and six in all competitions, with a convincing 3-0 away victory over Brighton. Stina Blackstenius opened the scoring in the 12th minute with a shot into the top left-hand corner of the net. The visitors had to ...

Manchester United v Manchester City: Women’s Super League – live | Women's Super League -

Manchester United v Manchester City: Women’s Super League – live | Women's Super League - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Half-time: Manchester United 1-2 Manchester City A breathless half of the first women’s derby played at Old Trafford. City have attacked so well, and scored two fine goals while United have retained ...

ATP World Tour Finals: Jannik Sinner v Novak Djokovic in the final – live | ATP Finals -

ATP World Tour Finals: Jannik Sinner v Novak Djokovic in the final – live | ATP Finals - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Will Sinner repeat the feat of earlier in the week and beat Djokovic a second time? Or will the Serb grind his precocious opponent into the dust? You can email me with your predictions. This final, by....

Bedsit Britain: 160,000 people in England crammed into unlicensed housing | Housing -

Bedsit Britain: 160,000 people in England crammed into unlicensed housing | Housing - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Nearly 160,000 people are living in hidden, often overcrowded and sometimes dangerous bedsit-style accommodation across England, analysis has found. Intelligence compiled by councils suggests there are almost 32,000 unlicensed large houses in multiple occupation (HMOs). These ar...

A heatwave, snow and a celebrity selfie: photos of the weekend -

A heatwave, snow and a celebrity selfie: photos of the weekend - Groucho Spread the loveTweet The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading…

Jeff Bezos wore a cowboy hat again. Real cowboys are rolling their eyes | Hats -

Jeff Bezos wore a cowboy hat again. Real cowboys are rolling their eyes | Hats - Groucho Spread the loveTweet There’s something comforting in the fact that no matter how much money Jeff Bezos makes, or how many lunches he attends with Vogue’s editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour, the third-wealthiest man in the world continues to have absolutely no drip. Especially when he puts on a cowboy...

Shakira faces eight years in jail over Spanish tax fraud claims | Shakira -

Shakira faces eight years in jail over Spanish tax fraud claims | Shakira - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Shakira, the Latin Grammy-winning singer, is due in court in Barcelona on Monday on charges of defrauding the Spanish tax authorities of €14.5m (£12.7m). The 46-year-old Colombian musician, who lives in Miami with her two children, faces eight years in jail and a €24m fine ...

Russia-Ukraine war live: wave of drone attacks on Kyiv for second night | Ukraine -

Russia-Ukraine war live: wave of drone attacks on Kyiv for second night | Ukraine - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Ukrainian army pushes Russians ‘3 to 8 kms’ away from Dnipro River The Ukrainian army said on Sunday that it has pushed Russian forces back “three to eight kilometres” from the banks of Dnipro ...

Israel-Hamas war live: 15 dead in central and southern Gaza attacks, say Palestinians | Israel-Hamas war -

Israel-Hamas war live: 15 dead in central and southern Gaza attacks, say Palestinians | Israel-Hamas war - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Opening summary This is the Guardian’s continuing coverage of Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. As we open this blog, there has been a Washington Post report that a tentative deal has been struck for Israel to pause its attacks for five days, in return for Hamas ...

Notes on chocolate: sweet snacks to match your festive mood | Christmas -

Notes on chocolate: sweet snacks to match your festive mood | Christmas - Groucho Spread the loveTweet I did warn you that there would be many mentions of Christmas and I hope you’ve so far not been disappointed. Every day when I log off work I like to watch some cheesy but pleasey Christmas movies with my youngest. There are various criteria that need to be met to make...

India v Australia: Cricket World Cup final 2023 – live | Cricket World Cup 2023 -

India v Australia: Cricket World Cup final 2023 – live | Cricket World Cup 2023 - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Do send me your thoughts – my email is [email protected], I don’t think the link is working – apologies, will fix. Teams: Australia Australia: David Warner, Travis Head, Mitc...

Las Vegas Grand Prix: F1 – live | Formula One -

Las Vegas Grand Prix: F1 – live | Formula One - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Lap 38/50: So Verstappen leads, Leclerc in second, Perez in third, Piastri still needing to pit in fourth, Ocon in fifth, Gasly is sixth, Stroll seventh, Albon at eight, Russell is ninth, and Sainz rou...

Pedro Sánchez is back … now Spain’s PM must make his daring gamble pay off | Spain -

Pedro Sánchez is back … now Spain’s PM must make his daring gamble pay off | Spain - Groucho Spread the loveTweet At the end of an investiture debate that had been fraught, savage and bizarre, even by recent standards, the defeated leader of Spain’s conservative opposition offered his triumphant socialist rival a handshake. It was not accompanied by his warmest wishes. “This was a mista...

Taiwan reports increased Chinese military drills nearby | Taiwan -

Taiwan reports increased Chinese military drills nearby | Taiwan - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Taiwan has reported renewed Chinese military activity including nine aircraft crossing the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait and warships carrying out “combat readiness patrols”. Democratically governed Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has complained...

Coldplay review: Music of the Spheres tour brings fireworks, aliens and radical optimism to Perth | Coldplay -

Coldplay review: Music of the Spheres tour brings fireworks, aliens and radical optimism to Perth | Coldplay - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Through the darkness, a familiar melody rings out across the arena. But it’s not the opening track the 60,000-strong audience was expecting. To the soaring Flying Theme from the classic 1982 film ET, Coldplay charges ceremoniously on to the stage, like a crew of astronauts pre...

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 634 | World news -

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 634 | World news - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has sanctioned 37 Russian groups and 108 people including a former prime minister and a former education minister and said he aimed to fight wartime abductions of children from Ukraine and other “Russian terror”. Ukrainian official...

Sam Altman ‘was working on new venture’ before sacking from OpenAI | OpenAI -

Sam Altman ‘was working on new venture’ before sacking from OpenAI | OpenAI - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Sam Altman, the recently sacked boss of OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT bot, was telling investors he planned to launch a new company before his shock departure, it was claimed. The former OpenAI president, Greg Brockman, is also expected to join Altman after he quit the....

We Love: fashion fixes for the week ahead – in pictures | Fashion -

We Love: fashion fixes for the week ahead – in pictures | Fashion - Groucho Spread the loveTweet The art of style Fashion illustrator David Downton has captured the theatrics of fashion for over two decades with his distinctly fluid style. His exhibition, Théâtre de la Mode, showcases his Haute Couture sketches made backstage at everything from Valentino and Christian Lac...

Teddy boys: fluffy dad-core fleeces are making a comeback | Fashion -

Teddy boys: fluffy dad-core fleeces are making a comeback | Fashion - Groucho Spread the loveTweet Like Crocs and Birkenstocks, fleeces are enjoying a golden era. Designers from Off-White to Hermès and Dior have propelled the outdoor-only aesthetic into a more desirable streetwear item. The once fusty dad-core piece has come a long way since the late 70s when Patagonia’s f...

Rare 1926 Macallan whisky becomes world’s most expensive bottle at £2.1m | Whisky -

Rare 1926 Macallan whisky becomes world’s most expensive bottle at £2.1m | Whisky - Groucho Spread the loveTweet The record for the world’s most expensive bottle of whisky has been broken after a bottle of Macallan 1926 went for £2.1m at a Sotheby’s auction in London. The sale set a new record for any bottle of spirit or wine sold at auction, the auction house told the AFP news agency...