A feast of photography: the AOP awards 2023 The Association of Photographers has revealed the winners of its 38th annual awards. Images of delectable dishes inspired by the excesses of Marie Antoinette, overflowing rubbish bins and reimagined historical events were among the victors Continue reading... #press

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A feast of photography: the AOP awards 2023

Winning images from the annual awards of the Association of Photographers

Haunting of the Queen Mary review – tap-dancing horror ride aboard the big ship With a gory plot that unfolds across two timelines, this feels like a rebranding exercise for the grand ocean liner, turning it into a horror-themed adventure experienceThis horror feature takes place largely on the RMS Queen Mary, the grand ocean liner built in... #press

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Haunting of the Queen Mary review – tap-dancing horror ride aboard the big ship

With a gory plot that unfolds across two timelines, this feels like a rebranding exercise for the grand ocean liner, turning it into a horror-theme...

Monica by Daniel Clowes review – a thrilling kaleidoscopic journey A woman sets out to uncover the truth about her mother’s disappearance in this genre-hopping celebration of visual storytellingThe title suggests that Daniel Clowes’s latest is a work of biographical fiction – and, to a degree, it is. A woman called Monica features in most of the nine... #press

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Monica by Daniel Clowes review – a thrilling kaleidoscopic journey

A woman sets out to uncover the truth about her mother’s disappearance in this genre-hopping celebration of visual storytelling

Makeup is out, grey hair is in: the week it became cool for women to look their age The pro-ageing beauty revolution is here – as shown by the barefaced Pamela Anderson and proudly grey Helen Mirren and Andie MacDowall at Paris fashion weekParis fashion week usually celebrates youth, artifice and maximum effort in the department of... #press

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Makeup is out, grey hair is in: the week it became cool for women to look their age

The pro-ageing beauty revolution is here – as shown by the barefaced Pamela Anderson and proudly grey Helen Mirren and Andie MacDowell at Paris f...

Hilton sisters and the physics Nobel prize: Tuesday’s best photos The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading... #press

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Hilton sisters and the physics Nobel prize: Tuesday’s best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world

Stevie Nicks says Fleetwood Mac won’t tour again after death of Christine McVie Singer says ‘we really can’t go any further with this – there’s no reason to’ when asked about future of bandStevie Nicks has said Fleetwood Mac will not tour again after the death of Christine McVie in November 2022.In an interview with Vulture, she referred to the... #press

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Stevie Nicks says Fleetwood Mac won’t tour again after death of Christine McVie

Singer says ‘we really can’t go any further with this – there’s no reason to’ when asked about future of band

Greggs keeps prices on hold as sales leap and it opens new shops Britain’s biggest bakery chain says cost inflation is easing, although staff costs are risingBusiness live – latest updatesGreggs, Britain’s biggest bakery chain, said it had no plans to raise its prices before Christmas after its own cost inflation eased, as sales soared over the last three... #press

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Greggs keeps prices on hold as sales leap and it opens new shops

Britain’s biggest bakery chain says cost inflation is easing, although staff costs are rising

Slovakia’s pro-Russia former PM Robert Fico invited to form coalition Three-time former prime minister, who promised to end military aid to Ukraine, expected to seek deal with two other partiesSlovakia’s president has asked Robert Fico, a populist, pro-Russian three-time former prime minister who campaigned on a promise to end military aid to... #press

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Slovakia’s pro-Russia former PM Robert Fico invited to form coalition

Three-time former prime minister, who promised to end military aid to Ukraine, expected to seek deal with two other parties

Chancellor chooses plane over train to get from London to Manchester Exclusive: Jeremy Hunt selects most carbon-intensive transport to make meeting ahead of Tory conferenceJeremy Hunt flew to Manchester from London rather than taking the train or a more sustainable form of transport, the Guardian can reveal.Flying is the most carbon-intensive... #press

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Chancellor chooses plane over train to get from London to Manchester

Exclusive: Jeremy Hunt selects most carbon-intensive transport to make meeting ahead of Tory conference

Panathinaikos fans’ ‘Free the boys’ banner a stark reminder of dark forces A shocking affront to their neighbours AEK Athens is further evidence of rising far-right activity at football across EuropeThe boos that echoed from three-quarters of Leoforos Alexandras Stadium could not blank out the message held up by the small but inescapable... #press

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Panathinaikos fans’ ‘Free the boys’ banner a stark reminder of dark forces

A shocking affront to their neighbours AEK Athens is further evidence of rising far-right activity at football across Europe

Labour optimistic in ‘huge’ byelection in Rutherglen and Hamilton West Activists say feedback from the doorsteps bodes well for a result that they hope will herald a revival for the party in ScotlandLabour insiders have described the Rutherglen and Hamilton West byelection this week as the biggest vote since the last election, amid notable... #press

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Labour optimistic in ‘huge’ byelection in Rutherglen and Hamilton West

Activists say feedback from the doorsteps bodes well for a result that they hope will herald a revival for the party in Scotland

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Simone Lia: Unsung hero – cartoon

You know there’s someone who’s helped open doors for you throughout your life?

‘On stage, I could escape’: Sir Patrick Stewart on childhood trauma and acting success Sir Patrick Stewart is one of our most admired actors, a master of Shakespeare – and the universe. But his start in life was anything but starry. Here, he talks about writing his memoir, his violent father – and why he’d love to do more comedyPatrick Stewart grew up in a... #press

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‘On stage, I could escape’: Sir Patrick Stewart on childhood trauma and acting success

Sir Patrick Stewart is one of our most admired actors, a master of Shakespeare – and the universe. But his start in life was anything but starry....

Congress scrambles to avoid shutdown; California’s Feinstein dies at 90 – US politics live With less than 48 hours before a potential shutdown, there’s no sign of a deal to keep the government open; Dianne Feinstein, the longest-serving female senator in US history, has died at age 90Dianne Feinstein was on the Senate floor... #press

Senate to vote on stopgap bill on Saturday after House Republican measure fails – as it happened | Republicans | The Guardian

House leadership announces votes expected for Saturday after McCarthy suffers another blog when lawmakers rejected short-term funding bill

Helen Bauer: Grand Supreme Darling Princess review – cartoonishly confident comedy Soho theatre, LondonThe standup’s loud and proud show about female self-sufficiency presents her as an attention-hogging misfit parading her indignities for our delightAged 32, Helen Bauer has never had a boyfriend and her “empath” friends think they know why. Men like to... #press

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Helen Bauer: Grand Supreme Darling Princess review – cartoonishly confident comedy

The standup’s loud and proud show about female self-sufficiency presents her as an attention-hogging misfit parading her indignities for our delight

Prix Prictet Human at the V&A review: an exhilarating, scary photographic journey V&A, LondonThe Indian photographer Gauri Gill took the top prize with some indelible desert images, but there’s a lot to savour, and to mourn, in the work of her fellow contendersHumans have done a lot of horrifying things. But now the tables have turned, and... #press

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Prix Pictet Human at the V&A review: an exhilarating, scary photographic journey

The Indian photographer Gauri Gill took the top prize with some indelible desert images, but there’s a lot to savour, and to mourn, in the work o...

Transactions involving Bernard Arnault investigated over suspected money laundering Paris public prosecutor’s office examining ski resort deal but Russian businessman Nikolai Sarkisov denies personal involvementThe Paris public prosecutor’s office is investigating financial transactions allegedly involving the French billionaire Bernard Arnault and a Russian businessman.The... #press

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Transactions involving Bernard Arnault investigated over suspected money laundering

Paris public prosecutor’s office examining ski resort deal but Russian businessman Nikolai Sarkisov denies personal involvement

UK economy makes stronger recovery from pandemic than first thought Revisions to figures show stronger performance than Germany and France but momentum starts to stallBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK economy made a faster recovery from the Covid pandemic than previously estimated, according to revisions to official figures... #press

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UK economy makes stronger recovery from pandemic than first thought

Revisions to figures show stronger performance than Germany and France but momentum starts to stall

Villa-Lobos: Suite Floresta do Amazonas review | Andrew Clements’s classical album of the week Provenzale/Philharmonia Zurich/Menezes(Alpha)Villa-Lobos’s last major work is a vivid and exuberant evocation of the Amazon filled with moments of intense beautyIn 1958 Heitor Villa-Lobos was commissioned by MGM to provide the music for Green Mansions, a film version of the 1904... #press

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Villa-Lobos: Suite Floresta do Amazonas review | Andrew Clements’s classical album of the week

Simone Menezes conducts a concert suite extracted from Villa-Lobos’s last major work: a vivid and exuberant evocation of the Amazon filled with m...

Every time a project like HS2 becomes a costly fiasco, we wonder why. So let me tell you: it’s clientelism The relationship between those profiting from these big projects and those in power is such that no one truly costs or controls them In 2010, when a high-speed rail line from London to the north – HS2 – was proposed by the outgoing Labour government, I wrote an... #press

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Every time a project like HS2 becomes a costly fiasco, we wonder why. So let me tell you: it’s clientelism

The relationship between those profiting from these big projects and those in power is such that no one truly costs or controls them, says Guardian...