My favourite Ishiguro: by Margaret Atwood, Ian Rankin and more
BooksAuthors choose the Kazuo Ishiguro novels closest to their hearts, including Never Let Me Go, The Buried Giant and The Remains of the Day
Read an exclusive of extract from Klara and the Sun Ishiguro interview: ‘AI, gene-editing, big data ... I worry we are not in control of these things any more’ Never Let Me GoMargaret Atwood
A Kazuo Ishiguro novel is never about what it pretends to be about, and Never Let Me Go is true to form.
Rick Morton found writing his memoir painful enough. Then he had to read it aloud
BooksWith One Hundred Years of Dirt a runaway success, the author talks about class in Australia and why his book hit a nerve
When Rick Morton wrote One Hundred Years of Dirt – the most talked about Australian memoir this year – he had no idea that five months later he would be trapped in a claustrophobic studio with no air conditioning, reading his own words for hours on end.
Small farms vanish every day in Americas dairyland: There aint no future in dairy | Food
Ron and Lori Wallenhorst in their empty barn in Cuba City, Wisconsin. ‘It’s quiet, eerily quiet, for the first time in 50-some years. It’s pretty strange,’ Ron said. Photograph: Greg Kahn/The GuardianFarming families are facing a choice: compete with high-production outfits, if they can, or abandon generations of dairy farming
by Summer Sewell in Monroe, Wisconsin“Look at that sweet heifer, high, tight udder, in her first lactation, idn’t she sweet?
Thora Birch: how Hollywood's darling disappeared | Film industry
Film industryInterviewThora Birch: how Hollywood's darling disappearedHadley FreemanOnce a rising star in films such as American Beauty and Ghost World, Thora Birch says she found herself discarded by the studios when she wouldn't conformHollywood has never been kind to its young. It is an industry that famously venerates youth and, infamously, has casually destroyed so many young people, used them up then discarded them, that to list them all would fill this entire article.
Zombie deer disease epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to h
The age of extinctionWildlifeWarnings that ‘slow-moving disaster’ in North America raises chances of fatal mad cow-type disease jumping species barrier
When the mule deer buck died in October, it perished in a place most humans would consider the middle of nowhere, miles from the nearest road. But its last breaths were not taken in an isolated corner of American geography. It succumbed to a long-dreaded disease in the backcountry of Yellowstone national park, north-west Wyoming – the first confirmed case of chronic wasting disease in the country’s most famous nature reserve.
Best writers' sheds in pictures | Books
Best writers' sheds – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email As JK Rowling gets planning permission to construct a summer house inspired by Hagrid’s hut, we round up five of the best writer’s sheds. Take a look inside the hideouts which have inspired writers from Virginia Woolf to Henry David Thoreau
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Paul Dufour obituary | Pop and rock
Other livesPop and rockObituaryPaul Dufour obituaryMy brother, Paul Dufour, who has died aged 74 from cancer of the brain and lungs, was a sought-after musician, who, in his 50s, became the original drummer with the rock band the Libertines, fronted by Pete Doherty and Carl Barât.
Paul joined the Libertines in 1997 before they became famous. As a new, unrecorded teenage band, they needed a drummer, and the recording engineer/producer Gwyn Mathias, a friend of Paul’s, suggested him to them.
Portugals top 10 hidden beaches
Hidden gold … Praia da Adraga, north of Lisbon, Portugal. Photograph by Ariane Lohmar. Unless indicated, all other photos by Edwina PitcherHidden gold … Praia da Adraga, north of Lisbon, Portugal. Photograph by Ariane Lohmar. Unless indicated, all other photos by Edwina PitcherHoliday guidesPortugal holidaysCatch some late summer sun on Portugal’s stunning coast. The author of the new Wild Guide to the country, picks 10 beaches for adventure and solitude Beach mapNEAR PORTO1.
Rare Roman boxing gloves found near Hadrian's Wall | Roman Britain
Roman Britain This article is more than 5 years oldRare Roman boxing gloves found near Hadrian's WallThis article is more than 5 years oldLeather bands dating from AD120 are thought to be only known surviving examples
Roman boxing gloves have been discovered near Hadrian’s Wall, thought to be the only known surviving examples, even though the sport was well- documented on Roman wall paintings, mosaics and sculptures.
With a protective guard designed to fit snugly over the knuckles, the gloves were packed with natural material which acted as shock absorbers.
Red Caesarism is rightwing code and some Republicans are listening | The far right
The far rightAnalysis‘Red Caesarism’ is rightwing code – and some Republicans are listeningJason WilsonArgument for a ‘red Caesar’ to rule US may seem esoteric but conservative thinktank behind idea has connections to Trump
In June, the rightwing academic Kevin Slack published a book-length polemic claiming that ideas that had emerged from what he called the radical left were now so dominant that the US republic its founders envisioned was effectively at an end.