What's Trump going to do when he finds out America was named after an Italian?
David Scourfield
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Classicist and Modernist, Em. Prof. Working on a monograph on E. M. Forster and Classics, and a new edition of his novel The Longest Journey for Cambridge UP. Welsh/Irish.
Good to see an cool, balanced, informed view on this important matter. Can Burnham justify giving the go ahead to oil drilling? Yes, but these must be the conditions | Michael Jacobs www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Can Burnham justify giving the go ahead to oil drilling? Yes, but these must be the conditions | Michael Jacobs
Carbon capture and storage could make the Rosebank site compatible with UK net zero commitments – if its owners are willing to pay the price, says economist Michael Jacobs
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"Reform are not even the official opposition and the plans have less credibility than Count Binface. Will BBC News do the same for Lib Dem and Greens policy two years out from an election?" Of course they won’t - Lib Dems with >70 MPs barely get a mention www.thenational.scot/news/2646829...
Former BBC News director slams broadcaster's 'bizarre' Reform coverage
A FORMER BBC News director has criticised the broadcaster's coverage of Reform UK's latest welfare plans branding it "bizarre".
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Important article, which the Burnham-critical headline does not fairly reflect. Andy Burnham has barely acknowledged the climate crisis. If only Britain’s workers had that luxury | John Harris www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Andy Burnham has barely acknowledged the climate crisis. If only Britain’s workers had that luxury | John Harris
Nurses collapsing, builders with heatstroke, bus drivers in cabs that reach 44C. The new PM wanted to spend the summer talking about the cost of living – he should change his plans, says Guardian colu...
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market."
Bill Nighy's red line: wearing a toga. Excellent. ‘I ran away to Paris to be a writer and ended up begging’: Bill Nighy on dashed dreams, golf emojis and playing a cranky novelist www.theguardian.com/film/2026/au...
‘I ran away to Paris to be a writer and ended up begging’: Bill Nighy on dashed dreams, golf emojis and playing a cranky novelist
As his new film & Sons hits the screen, the actor turned podcast agony uncle relives his ‘cliched’ ambitions, deplores working lunches – and yearns to do the splits like Prince
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Very good sense of the eclipse here in the east of Ireland just now, the sun reducing to just a narrow crescent on the image.
A good story. Well done, Stephen. ‘I’m giving people a happy space’: the man clearing gardens for free – and letting light into strangers’ lives www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
‘I’m giving people a happy space’: the man clearing gardens for free – and letting light into strangers’ lives
When he saw a messy yard being criticised on social media, Stephen Jalland grabbed his trimmer and decided to help. An overgrown garden, he discovered, often hides an overwhelmed owner
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Nobly, nobly Cape Saint Vincent to the North-West died away ...
An investigation by Nation Cymru has found that Reform politicians in Wales are regularly interacting with far-right social media accounts, including amplifying disturbing content and posts that target a prominent female Plaid Cymru figure with abuse ✍️Emily Price
Investigation: Reform figures in Wales linked to far-right social media networks
Emily Price An investigation by Nation.Cymru has found that Reform politicians in Wales are regularly interacting with far-right social media accounts, including amplifying disturbing content and pos...
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Phrases I would like to see removed from political discourse: 1. 'Common sense'
'America rewards the corrupt.' Guy Haines in Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train (1950).
Saturday morning in Cardiff Bay. From my favourite café.
A wonderful story. All minority languages should be supported and encouraged.
NationCymru@nation.cymru · last mo.A former asylum seeker who arrived in Wales without knowing the country had its own language is celebrating his graduation from Swansea University with a master’s in Welsh
Terrific piece. If you have been listening to Suella Braverman and think Britain has gone bonkers, let me explain | Nels Abbey www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If you have been listening to Suella Braverman and think Britain has gone bonkers, let me explain | Nels Abbey
The idea that former colonies should pay reparations makes perfect sense to the new right. But have they got the telescope the right way round, asks author and broadcaster Nels Abbey
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The critical point: Wales needs proper financial powers. In Wales, I've seen what happens when devolution isn't done right. Here's what Andy Burnham must know | Will Hayward www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In Wales, I've seen what happens when devolution isn't done right. Here's what Andy Burnham must know | Will Hayward
In my country, devolution has been the equivalent of giving someone a new electric car without the capacity to charge it. That can’t be the model for the whole UK, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
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How embarrassing that the people's favourite to win the Clacton by-election will have to stand on stage next to a joke candidate like Nigel Farage.
Very good from Polly. Sleaze is back and children are hungry – for Project Burnham, these have to be top priorities | Polly Toynbee www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sleaze is back and children are hungry – for Project Burnham, these have to be top priorities | Polly Toynbee
Our new PM will be hit by multiple crises when he enters No 10. Success or failure will depend on the decisions he makes in first 100 days, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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The Williams sisters, 'whose combined age is 90': how daft a comment is that? Serena Williams in race against time to be fit for Wimbledon doubles with sister Venus www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
Serena Williams in race against time to be fit for Wimbledon doubles with sister Venus
Serena Williams’ Wimbledon appearance in women’s doubles with sister Venus is in doubt because of a knee injury
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For the first time ever, our Phormium (New Zealand flax) has produced a tall flowering stalk this year!
Yes. England are a mess in this Test: isn’t it about time the Brendon McCullum era ended? | Andy Bull www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
England are a mess in this Test: isn’t it about time the Brendon McCullum era ended? | Andy Bull
Head coach seems to have led a charmed life since finishing his playing career but England are currently shambolic off the field as well as on it
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