Man arrested after stabbing near British Museum in London (www.theguardian.com)
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Forgotten fantasy: after 11 years, Dragon’s Dogma makes an unlikely return (www.theguardian.com)
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The indie publishing mavericks shaking up the UK books world (www.theguardian.com)
Last year, all of literature’s big prizes went to small publishers. In a risk‑averse climate, edgy debuts and ‘tricky-to-sell’ foreign titles have found a home at the likes of Fitzcarraldo Editions and Sort Of Books – and the gamble has paid off.
Remember the child mannequin being run over by a Tesla? Now Musk obsessives are putting their actual, living children in front of moving Tesla cars just to prove a point (www.theguardian.com)
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The Bystanders review – British parallel-universe comedy of invisible guardian angels (www.theguardian.com)
Peter (Scott Haran) is a former child chess prodigy who these days excels at nothing much in particular, except perhaps his ability to blend into the background. A birthday card at his office is handed to him to sign – for his own birthday. None of his colleagues know who he is, and the card is crammed with polite, anodyne...
Police to launch inquiry into maternity failings at Nottingham hospitals trust (www.theguardian.com)
Officers say they are preparing criminal investigation into services at Nottingham university hospitals trust and will meet families
‘Times change’: what authors think about rewriting older books (www.theguardian.com)
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Chinese zoo denies its sun bears are humans dressed in costumes (www.theguardian.com)
Review: What About Men? by Caitlin Moran (The Guardian) (www.theguardian.com)
What About Men? by Caitlin Moran review – bantz gone badA tendentious take on masculinity that takes unoriginal thoughts and confirms them in the echo chamber of TwitterStuart Jeffries Wed 12 Jul 2023 09.00 BST...
How Europe’s far right is marching steadily into the mainstream (www.theguardian.com)
Elon Musk unveils Grok, an AI chatbot with a ‘rebellious streak’ (www.theguardian.com)
Boss of X said tech being tested is inspired by Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Israel-Hamas war live: Israel says it launched ‘limited raids’ into Gaza Strip as it says Hamas is holding 222 hostages (www.theguardian.com)
UK lockdowns were a policy ‘failure’, health expert tells Covid inquiry (www.theguardian.com)
Life on board a British nuclear submarine (2012) (www.theguardian.com)
UK budget deficit falls in June but experts say tax cuts are unlikely (www.theguardian.com)
The UK’s spending deficit fell unexpectedly last month, helped by higher income tax revenues on the back of a flurry of wage rises earlier in the year and a jump in VAT receipts....
Finland coalition in chaos as far-right minister quits over ‘climate abortion’ remark (www.theguardian.com)
The good people of Finland decided to elect the most right wing government in the history of the country just a couple of months ago. The government is a coalition of an extreme right wing party, a right wing christian party, and a "fiscally conservative" party – ie. they mostly leave saying the bigoted shit out loud to the...
Super-rich warned of ‘pitchforks and torches’ unless they tackle inequality (www.theguardian.com)
Nottingham in shock after three die in early morning attacks (www.theguardian.com)
*Two 19-year-old students and a man in his 50s were stabbed to death, and a further three people injured when a stolen van was driven into them, in an early morning rampage across Nottingham....
Biden expected to meet with Xi Jinping next month for ‘constructive’ talks (www.theguardian.com)
Sam Bankman-Fried living off bread and water in prison - lawyer says (www.theguardian.com)
Jacqueline Wilson says rewriting children’s books can be justified (www.theguardian.com)
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The Ultimate-Rare story: 40 years of brilliant British games, from Jetpac and GoldenEye to Sea of Thieves (www.theguardian.com)
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UFO hearings: whistleblower David Grusch says ‘non-human biologics’ found at alleged crash sites – as it happened (www.theguardian.com)
Sixty women at MoD complain of widespread ‘toxic’ and ‘hostile’ behaviour (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Senior civil servants make serious allegations, including sexual assault, harassment and abuse, in leaked letter
EU carmakers urge Von der Leyen to delay post-Brexit tariffs on electric vehicles (www.theguardian.com)
