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4 February 2026

  • Social epidemiologist Kate Pickett.

    The ideas interview
    ‘I think we feel stuck’: Kate Pickett on how to build a better, fairer, less stressed society

  • A Roman mosaic of a centaur fighting a tiger.

    On the Future of Species by Adrian Woolfson review – are we on the verge of creating synthetic life?

  • The Crystal Vase (detail)

    Tantrums, rancid meatloaf and family silver stuffed into underpants: the delicate art of the Holocaust comedy

  • person straddling giant boulders in California

    Book of the day
    Crux by Gabriel Tallent review – a passionate portrait of teenage climbers

  • ‘She thought it was too sexy!’: portraits of Kate Moss, Grace Jones and a tea-drinking chimp – in pictures

    Gallery13

  • The Guide newsletter
    The Guide #228: Against ​my ​better ​judgment​,​ A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms ​has ​me ​back in Westeros

    Newsletter

3 February 2026

  • A fujifilm printer, Caudelie gift set, and sleep mask displayed as part of a gift guide

    The Filter US
    26 sentimental and practical US Valentine’s Day gifts for her in 2026

  • Joint effort … Birthday by Daisy Lafarge, which incorporates her kinesiology tape.

    ‘Pain is a violent lover’: Daisy Lafarge on the paintings she made when floored with agony

  • Marwan Barghouti

    Marwan Barghouti, ‘Palestine’s Mandela’, to publish book from prison

  • Young father reading with his daughter

    Australia's best children's picture book
    Don’t let nostalgia cloud your judgment: some of the best picture books are actually the newest

    Kate Temple

  • Jilly Cooper made everyone feel special – and her memorial was the perfect tribute

    Zoe Williams

  • White River Crossing by Ian McGuire review – colonial greed drives a doomed hunt for gold

  • Sham review – Takashi Miike revisits infamous ‘murder teacher’ trial in unflinching courtroom drama

  • Book of the day
    The Good Society by Kate Pickett review – the Spirit Level author takes stock

  • Abandoned houses! Cows stuck in trees! The place full of secrets – in pictures

    Gallery14

2 February 2026

  • The Dalai Lama gesturing with his hands as he smiles while wearing red and yellow robes, with yellow and white curtain in background

    Beijing condemns Dalai Lama’s Grammy win as ‘anti-China political manipulation’

    Buddhist spiritual leader wins best audiobook and says he sees win ‘as a recognition of our shared universal responsibility’
  • Stormzy sitting on a chair wearing a pale jumper

    Stormzy calls reading a ‘superpower’ as he backs accessible books campaign

    The musician is championing the annual Quick Reads initiative, which will release six short, digestible titles for ‘nonreaders and lapsed readers’ in April for £1 each

    • Neil Gaiman claims sexual assault allegations are result of ‘smear campaign’

    • Australia's best children's picture book
      Inside the idyllic studio of Alison Lester: ‘Everything I do looks a bit like a stuffed toy’

    • Carol Rumens's poem of the week
      Poem of the week: The Secret Day by Stella Benson

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