Category Archives: Art

2025.11.13

Worried you’ll burn your potatoes or leave your turkey in the oven too long this Thanksgiving? Then check out one of the several restaurants serving up the classics. Bring Me The News has a list of Twin Cities eateries open on the holiday. Via MinnPost
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/where-to-get-thanksgiving-dinners-at-twin-cities-restaurants-in-2025

Despite misses, ‘Purple Rain’ has enough hits to honor Prince’s remarkable legacy
Actor Kris Kollins succeeds musically more than theatrically, but is lifted by a strong supporting team.
by Sheila Regan
https://www.minnpost.com/artscape/2025/11/despite-misses-purple-rain-has-enough-hits-to-honor-princes-remarkable-legacy/

‘Whatever it takes’: Starbucks workers launch US strike and call for boycott
Unfair labor practice strike on ‘red cup day’ in over 25 cities comes amid stagnant negotiations with coffee chain
Michael Sainato
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/13/starbucks-workers-launch-strike

Alan Rickman’s personal scripts and mementoes up for auction
Lots include the annotated shooting script for Die Hard and a hand-drawn Halloween card from his Harry Potter co-star Rupert Grint
Andrew Pulver
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/nov/13/alan-rickman-scripts-mementoes-auction-die-hard-harry-potter

Mexico takes action to combat sexual abuse after president publicly groped
Secretary for women presents plan, including prison sentences, after Claudia Sheinbaum was groped on street
Oscar Lopez in Mexico City
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/13/mexico-sexual-abuse-president-groped

‘What, no ziti now?’: US pasta lovers fear Trump tariffs will cause shortage
A potential 107% tariff on Italian pasta imports could cause companies to withdraw from US market – and for US producers to raise their prices
Alaina Demopoulos
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/nov/13/pasta-italian-imports-trump-tariffs

Review
The Beast in Me review – Claire Danes’s astonishing new thriller is instant top–tier TV
This taut psychological two-hander between Danes and Matthew Rhys will surely win awards. You cannot look away
Lucy Mangan
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/nov/13/the-beast-in-me-review-claire-danes-thriller-netflix

Whoopi Goldberg at 70: her 10 best films – ranked!
The actor and comedian was Oscar-nominated for her film debut 40 years ago, then won an Academy Award just five years later. As she turns 70, we rate Goldberg’s greatest hits
By Ryan Gilbey
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/nov/13/whoopi-goldberg-at-70-her-10-best-films-ranked

James Van Der Beek to sell Dawson’s Creek ‘treasures’ to pay for cancer treatment
Actor, 48, who revealed colorectal cancer diagnosis last year, to also auction memorabilia from Varsity Blues
Gabrielle Canon
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/nov/12/james-van-der-beek-dawsons-creek-memorabilia

2025.06.29

‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis
Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them
Oliver Milman
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/29/lone-star-ticks-increase-climate-crisis

‘Lidar is lame’: why Elon Musk’s vision for a self-driving Tesla taxi faltered
The company’s rollout of its new driverless cars has gotten off to a wobbly start – and rival Waymo remains well ahead
Nick Robins-Early, Dara Kerr and Johana Bhuiyan
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/29/elon-musk-tesla-robotaxi

Tens of thousands defy Hungary’s ban on Pride in protest against Orbán
Crackdown on Pride is part of effort to curb democratic freedoms ahead of a hotly-contested election next year
Lili Rutai in Budapest, and Ashifa Kassam
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/28/tens-of-thousands-defy-hungarys-ban-on-pride-in-protest-against-orban

‘Proud to be gay’: K-pop star on coming out to the world
Yvette Tan BBC News Reporting fromSingapore
Juna Moon BBC Korean
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5kx7wn1nzo

Modern marvel or concrete ‘blob’? Inside LA’s divisive $700m art gallery
Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new building has been a decade in the making and has long vexed critics, but its CEO hopes to turn things around
Lois Beckett in Los Angeles
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/28/lacma-new-art-gallery-tour

Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Thai-style tossed walnut and tempeh noodles
Rice noodles topped with a rubble of tempeh and walnuts and tossed in garlic oil and a sweet, salty and tangy hot sauce
Meera Sodha
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/jun/28/vegan-thai-walnut-and-tempeh-noodles-recipe-meera-sodha

America’s dive bars are disappearing. Montana didn’t get the memo
The state boasts cozy venues featuring buffalo mounts, barbecue and bras on the wall – but the mark of a great bar is always the people
Janie Osborne
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/jun/28/montana-dive-bars

2025.06.28

From soul food to Little Mekong Market to Pride, a jam-packed Twin Cities weekend
Twin Cities events will celebrate Pride, Indigenous fashion, and food from the African and Southeast Asian diasporas this weekend.by Myah Goff
https://sahanjournal.com/arts-culture/things-to-do-twin-cities-pride-soul-food-little-mekong-night-market/

Bringing back the ‘gayborhood’ in Loring Park: New Pride Cultural Arts Center debuts
Sam Stroozas
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/06/27/twin-cities-pride-cultural-arts-center-opens-in-minneapolis

Sven Sundgaard: Heat dome loosens its grip; several rounds of severe storms possible
Cooler air arrives in the East and Midwest, but repeated rounds of storms will continue on the northern edge of the retreating heat dome.
Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-weather/sven-sundgaard-heat-dome-loosens-its-grip-several-rounds-of-severe-storms-possible

Sudden loss of key US satellite data could send hurricane forecasting back ‘decades’
Scientists left scrambling amid hurricane season after defense department says it will drop irreplaceable program
Eric Holthaus
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/28/noaa-cuts-hurricane-forecasting-climate

Federal agents blast way into California home of woman and small children
Security footage shows agents setting off explosive device and shattering window of family home in Huntington Park
Dara Kerr
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/27/california-home-raid-huntington-park

Killed ex-Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman lies in state alongside husband and dog
Minnesotans lined up outside the state capitol to pay their respects to the house speaker assassinated in her home
Rachel Leingang in St Paul, Minnesota
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/27/melissa-hortman-lies-in-state-minnesota

Wall Street shivers over ‘hot commie summer’ after Mamdani’s success
New York’s financial elite compare the city to crime-riddled Gotham after democratic socialist bests Cuomo in Democratic mayoral primary
Edward Helmore in New York
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/28/hot-commie-summer-zohran-mamdani

Beautiful, isolated and expensive: US expats on life in New Zealand
Americans are showing renewed interest in moving to NZ. Those who have made the leap love its free healthcare and natural beauty, but warn fleeing is not a ‘golden parachute’
Eva Corlett in Wellington
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/28/beautiful-isolated-and-expensive-us-expats-on-life-in-new-zealand

Summer sizzlers! It’s the 20 hottest TV shows of the season
Steamy love affairs! Joanna Lumley as the Addams Family gran! Liz Hurley’s big cash giveaway! Here are all the best shows coming your way
Kate Abbott and Alexi Duggins
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/27/summer-sizzlers-its-the-20-hottest-tv-shows-of-the-season

From mochi ice cream to strawberry sandos, Japanese sweet treats are tickling UK tastebuds
These small, joyful indulgences are ‘an antidote to life’s uncertainties’, food trend watchers say
Mabel Banfield-Nwachi
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/jun/28/mochi-ice-cream-strawberry-sandos-japanese-sweet-treats-uk

2025.06.24

Old and corrupt vs young and Islamic — you decide!
New Yorkers vote in mayoral primary as poll shows Mamdani leading Cuomo
Leftwing Zohran Mamdani sees surging support in race against former governor for Democratic nomination
Adam Gabbatt
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/new-yorkers-mayoral-primary-mamdami-cuomo

Get earplugs – and never remove wax at home: 16 ways to protect your hearing, chosen by audiologists
Turn the volume down, don’t use cotton buds and get your hearing tested before it’s too late. Here’s what experts recommend to keep your ears healthy
Sarah Phillips
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/24/get-earplugs-and-never-remove-wax-at-home-16-ways-to-protect-your-hearing-chosen-by-audiologists

Three-hundred-year-old painting in the Uffizi damaged after visitor trips while trying to ‘make a meme’
The Uffizi Gallery in Florence is considering imposing restrictions on visitor behaviour after the incident, which follows a similar mishap earlier this month
Dee Jefferson
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/24/300-year-old-painting-in-the-uffizi-damaged-after-visitor-trips-while-trying-to-make-a-meme-ntwnfb

Why it’s good to admit when you’re wrong – and how to improve
Admitting to being wrong can be difficult. But ‘intellectual humility’ is a trainable trait that deepens relationships
Hannah Seo
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/jun/23/admitting-youre-wrong-relationships-intellectual-humility

Thailand bans tourists from going to Cambodia as border dispute
Koh Ewe
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2ezgjlzggyo

The Archdruid of Stonehenge’s guide to Pagan Glastonbury
Samuel Firman
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250623-the-archdruid-of-stonehenges-guide-to-glastonbury

US safety regulators contact Tesla over erratic robotaxis
Charlotte Edwards
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg75zv4gny2o

2025.06.18

New York City mayoral candidate Brad Lander arrested by Ice agents
Lander, who has been released, was arrested at courthouse, where he said he intended to ‘accompany’ immigrants out of the building
Jenna Amatulli
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/brad-lander-arrested-new-york-city-comptroller

‘Ice raids while the wealthy party next door’: the migrants living in the shadow of Mar-a-Lago
Five residents of Lake Worth Beach – just 10 miles from Trump’s Maga fortress – share their stories of survival as an immigration crackdown takes its toll
Clare Considine
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/18/lake-worth-beach-immigration-crackdown-trump

Tough, whip-smart and selfless: Melissa Hortman, ‘singular force for democracy’, remembered
Colleagues speak of Hortman’s legislative accomplishments, a ‘steely negotiator’ who went into politics ‘to do something, not to be something’
Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/18/melissa-hortman-remembered

New Orleans archdiocese bond investors accuse church of ‘securities fraud’
Catholic church says it won’t make nearly $1m interest payment but calls fraud accusation ‘extreme stretch’
Ramon Antonio Vargas and David Hammer of WWL Louisiana
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/18/new-orleans-archdiocese-church-securities-fraud

Bali flights cancelled after Indonesian volcano spews 10km-high ash tower
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on the island of Flores, east of Bali, erupted on Tuesday afternoon, leading to several airlines cancelling flights
Agence France Presse and Nick Visser
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/18/bali-flights-cancelled-volcano-eruption-indonesia

Pragmata, the quirky science-fiction game that’s back from the dead
Originally meant to release in 2022, Capcom’s futuristic game – featuring an astronaut and a mysterious blond-haired little girl – has just re-emerged from stasis; and it looks like it will be worth the wait
Alyssa Mercante
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/jun/17/pragmata-quirky-science-fiction-game-capcom

From Joyce’s death mask to Bono’s sunglasses: a look around the Little Museum of Dublin’s grand curiosities
This people’s museum is crammed with curios donated by Dublin residents. A major facelift has added a library, archive and exhibition on ‘fearless women’
Fergal McCarthy
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/jun/18/the-little-museum-of-dublin-reopens

Tight Lotus? Patrick Schwarzenegger reacts to White Lotus parody
The actor, who played Saxon on The White Lotus season 3, has had some “weird experiences” with fans.
Mey Rude
https://www.out.com/gay-entertainment/white-lotus-patrick-schwarzenegger-reaction-tight-lotus-gay-adult-film

Deliver Me From Nowhere: first trailer for Oscar-tipped Bruce Springsteen biopic
The hotly anticipated music drama stars The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White as the rocker with Jeremy Strong and Stephen Graham also starring
Benjamin Lee
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/18/bruce-springsteen-deliver-me-from-nowhere-trailer

Celebrated pianist and writer Alfred Brendel dies aged 94
Widely regarded as the ‘musicians’ musician’ Brendel was the first pianist to record all of Beethoven’s piano works during a much-garlanded career spanning 60 years
Imogen Tilden
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/17/celebrated-pianist-and-writer-alfred-brendel-dies-aged-94

2025.06.15

‘Her mirthful eyes, her sharp humor’: Colleagues remember Melissa Hortman, assassinated at age 55
Hortman reshaped education, environment and health care through years in Minnesota House leadership.
by Matthew Blake
https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2025/06/her-mirthful-eyes-her-sharp-humor-colleagues-remember-melissa-hortman-assassinated-at-age-55/

Flood of tributes for Minnesota Democrat killed in ‘targeted violence’
Governor Tim Walz calls Melissa Hortman, state speaker shot dead along with husband Mark, ‘dearest of friends’
Edward Helmore in New York and Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/14/minnesota-democrat-melissa-hortman-tribute

Manhunt continues for suspect in shootings of Minnesota lawmakers
Gunman believed to have left Minneapolis region after killing one legislator and wounding another
Victoria Bekiempis and agencies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/15/minnesota-shooting-suspect-manhunt

Manhunt after two Minnesota state politicians targeted, one of them killed
Mike Wendling in Brooklyn Park and Danai Nesta Kupemba
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgj83q2e562o

Millions across US turn out for ‘No Kings’ protests against Donald Trump
Protesters demonstrate at about 2,000 sites nationwide on day US president holds military parade in Washington
Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis, Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles and Melissa Hellmann in Philadelphia
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/14/no-kings-protests-trump-military-parade

Trump, Netanyahu and Khamenei – three angry old men who could get us all killed
Simon Tisdall
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/15/trump-netanyahu-khamenei-three-angry-old-men

A £2.5m dud? Fresh doubt cast on authenticity of National Gallery Rubens
Former curator’s comments, later withdrawn, reignite debate over attribution of Samson and Delilah painting
Dalya Alberge
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/15/claim-casts-doubt-on-origin-of-national-gallery-rubnes

It’s Estimated Tax Day, well, almost. Due Tomorrow.

Last night the valet at Orchestra Hall could drive a stick and was excited at the chance. There went my private parking! They tried to pawn off a new car on me when I went to pick it up, but I resisted.

2025.06.12

The Minneapolis Courthouse Gets Corny
A new crop art exhibit, Seeds of Justice, is on display at the Diane E. Murphy U.S. Courthouse, featuring 17 pieces that depict significant figures and events about U.S. democracy.
by Madeline Cisneros
https://mspmag.com/arts-and-culture/the-minneapolis-courthouse-gets-corny/

From the Minnesota Star Tribune: “Federal searches conducted in eight places across the Twin Cities metro area last week were sparked by the discovery of more than 900 pounds of methamphetamine in a Burnsville storage unit, according to an indictment filed Tuesday. Via MinnPost

Minnesota lawmakers grit teeth, pass state budget in crammed special session
Legislators voiced ambivalence and frustration with spending bills as the 2025 session finally wrapped.
by Matthew Blake
https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2025/06/minnesota-lawmakers-grit-teeth-pass-state-budget-in-crammed-special-session/

First crash of Boeing’s 787 model comes weeks after $1.1bn 737 Max payout
Air India tragedy comes after firm agreed US justice department payment to avoid prosecution over 2018 and 2019 crashes
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/12/air-india-first-crash-of-boeing-787-model-comes-weeks-after-1bn-dollar-737-max-payout

Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’
Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was unnecessary
Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/12/los-angeles-national-guard-troops-marines-morale

Newsom calls Trump a ‘stone cold liar’ and says president didn’t speak to him about sending troops to LA
Joanna Walters
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jun/12/la-protests-los-angeles-california-curfew-ice-immigration-marines-national-guard-donald-trump-latest-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-684ad0638f0814dfee5fe986#block-684ad0638f0814dfee5fe986

Families arrested in LA Ice raids held in basements with little food or water, lawyers say
Agents confiscated belongings and rushed deportees to California’s high desert or Texas, saying local facilities had not prepared for influx
Maanvi Singh in Los Angeles
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/la-ice-raids-immigration-conditions

‘This isn’t an isolated incident’: Trump’s show of military force in LA was years in the making
The president had been waiting for this made-for-TV clash that allows the administration to ‘manufacture’ a crisis
Rachel Leingang and Lauren Gambinoin Los Angeles
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/trump-military-force-plotting

Judge rules Trump administration can no longer detain Mahmoud Khalil on claims he’s a threat to foreign policy
But Columbia University graduate can be held for inaccurately filling out green card application, says judge
Maya Yang and Dani Anguiano
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/judge-trump-administration-mahmoud-khalil

Boos, cheers and a heavy dose of irony as Trump takes in Les Mis against backdrop of LA protests
The tuxedo-clad US president promised a ‘golden era’ for the US at his first Kennedy Center production in Washington
David Smith in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/12/boos-cheers-and-a-heavy-dose-of-irony-as-trump-takes-in-les-mis-against-backdrop-of-la-protests

David Hogg to exit Democratic National Committee after months of turmoil
Vice-chair and Parkland survivor, 25, to leave after members voted to hold elections that could have led to his ouster
Lauren Gambino
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/david-hogg-dnc-democrats

New species of dinosaur discovered that ‘rewrites’ T.rex family tree
Victoria Gill
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8dzv3vp5jo

Tamara de Lempicka’s ‘remarkable nude’ of lover Rafaëla to be auctioned
La Belle Rafaëla by ‘revolutionary’ art deco painter to go on sale at Sotheby’s with estimate of £6m-£9m
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jun/12/tamara-de-lempicka-rafaela-portrait-sale

My unexpected Pride icon: The Green Roasting Tin, a cookbook no lesbian vegetarian can be without
Sure, Rukmini Iyer’s recipes are not specifically aimed at queer people, but the first time I cooked one, it was with my girlfriend – and she is now my wife
Lucy Knight
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2025/jun/12/my-unexpected-pride-icon-the-green-roasting-tin-a-cookbook-no-lesbian-vegetarian-can-be-without

How Pakistan fell in love with sushi
Once upon a time, Pakistanis scorned raw fish. Now sushi is everywhere from Ramadan meals to wedding buffets – and it all started with one man and a dream
By Sanam Maher
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jun/12/how-pakistan-fell-in-love-with-sushi

‘The quality of Lebanese wine is absolutely incredible’
Lebanon is one of the most ancient wine-producing regions of the world, so it’s well worth our attention
Hannah Crosbie
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/jun/12/lebanese-wine-musar-hannah-crosbie

Scientists develop methanol breathalyser that could prevent thousands of poisonings each year
Prototype is able to detect small concentrations of the toxic substance in alcoholic drinks or on someone’s breath
Petra Stock
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/11/scientists-develop-methanol-breathalyser-that-could-prevent-thousands-of-poisonings-each-year

BYD launches cheapest UK model in bid to overtake Tesla as biggest electric carmaker
Dolphin Surf will start at £18,650 – among the cheapest new vehicles on sale in Britain
Jasper Jolly
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/12/byd-dolphin-surf-cheapest-uk-model-electric-carmaker-tesla

From Dubai to the Parthenon: the ‘strawberry moon’ around the world – in pictures
The strawberry moon, so named because it traditionally denoted the start of strawberry picking in the northern hemisphere was viewable on 10-11 June
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2025/jun/12/from-dubai-to-the-parthenon-the-strawberry-moon-around-the-world-in-pictures

2025.06.10

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell sticks by false 2020 election claims in defamation trial
Lindell took the stand for the first time during the trial in Denver.
by Colleen Slevin Associated Press
https://www.minnpost.com/national/2025/06/mypillow-founder-mike-lindell-sticks-by-false-2020-election-claims-in-defamation-trial/

From Bring Me The News: “Anxiety over current U.S. border and LGBTQ policies under the Trump administration has led a Canadian group to scrap the Minnesota leg of its annual cross-border Pride parade. Borderland Pride has announced that its cross-border Pride March will not start in International Falls this year. The event will instead take place entirely within Fort Frances on the Canadian side of the border.” Via MinnPost

Sumer is icumen in: From MPR News: “Our weather pattern will take a more typical summery and thundery June turn this week. Tuesday brings plenty of sunshine and warmer temperatures in the 80s to much of Minnesota. Then a warm front will stall across southern Minnesota along the Interstate 90 corridor between Wednesday and Friday. That front will be the focus of a few rounds of thunderstorms.” Via MinnPost

‘They tell you every minor inconvenience’: bartenders on which generation has the worst behavior
Gen Z patrons have stopped opening bar tabs and can’t order quickly, but older customers’ etiquette isn’t perfect either
Alaina Demopoulos
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2025/jun/10/gen-z-bar-tabs-etiquette

Compare the courage of Greta Thunberg’s Gaza aid mission with the inaction and complicity of western governments
Owen Jones
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/10/greta-thunberg-gaza-aid-mission-madleen

New blood test for coeliac disease can diagnose autoimmune condition without need to eat gluten
Australian researchers hope test is a ‘game-changer’ for diagnosing those following a strict gluten-free diet
Natasha May Health reporter
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/10/new-blood-test-for-coeliac-disease-can-diagnose-autoimmune-condition-without-need-to-eat-gluten

Mythica: Stormbound review – new chunk of swords and sorcery tale ripe for avid franchise audience
The sixth instalment in this low-budget series has a meagre plot and shonky visual effects but the director and cast clearly care about the franchise’s audience
Leslie Felperin
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/09/mythica-stormbound-review-new-chunk-of-swords-and-sorcery-tale-ripe-for-avid-franchise-audience

‘It makes me sick!’ How the French impressionists went from ‘lunatics’ to luminaries
The National Gallery of Victoria’s new show, French Impressionism, celebrates the likes of Monet, Renoir, Degas, Morisot and Pissarro, who painted in the face of public outrage
Sian Cain
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/09/it-makes-me-sick-how-the-likes-of-the-french-impressionists-went-from-lunatics-to-luminaries

Frederick Forsyth, Day of the Jackal author and former MI6 agent, dies aged 86
Writer used his experience reporting on De Gaulle’s France to plot his thriller, and continued to draw on real-world research for subsequent bestsellers
Richard Lea
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/09/frederick-forsyth-day-of-the-jackal-author-and-former-mi6-agent-dies-aged-86

Sly Stone obituary
Funk and soul musician whose band, Sly and the Family Stone, had a profound effect on US music in the 1960s and 70s
Garth Cartwright
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/10/sly-stone-obituary

2025.06.08

Kristi Noem: the made-for-TV official executing Trump’s mass deportations Noem has played a starring role in the second Trump administration with her goal to ‘Make America Safe Again’ – derided by critics as ‘cosplay’ with cruel consequences Lauren Gambino https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/07/kristi-noem-trump-secretary-homeland-security

Stop bending the knee to Trump: it’s time for anticipatory noncompliance David Kirp https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/08/trump-anticipatory-noncompliance

52 tiny annoying problems, solved! (Because when you can’t control the big stuff, start small) Experts, Guardian readers and writers share ingenious solutions to life’s everyday irritations, from wobbly tables to persistent hiccups Compiled by Sarah Phillips https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/08/tiny-annoying-problems-solved

Doctors trialling ‘poo pills’ to flush out dangerous superbugs
James Gallagher
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyge290l4xo

An ancient writing system confounding myths about Africa
Penny Dale
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ye50xgw8vo

Local officials defend role following chaotic federal sting in Minneapolis
Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt said the enforcement action was one of eight search warrants carried out against a “transnational criminal organization.”
by Alfonzo Galvan, Katelyn Vue and Andrew Hazzard
https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/minneapolis-lake-street-federal-sting-protest-response/

Dragonfly review – haunting, genre-defying drama of lonely city living Tribeca film festival, New York Brenda Blethyn and Andrea Riseborough, along with a very alarming dog, are superb as two neighbours thrown together by their neglected circumstances Peter Bradshaw https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/07/dragonfly-review-andrea-riseborough-brenda-blethyn-tribeca-festival

Fancy some iconic celeriac? New Nordic cuisine, now a blockbuster exhibition Twenty years ago, a group of Scandinavian chefs announced a culinary revolution. But as Norway’s National museum celebrates the New Nordic manifesto’s impact on dining and the arts, has the movement betrayed its own ambitious ideals? Dan Hancox https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/08/fancy-some-iconic-celeriac-new-nordic-cuisine-now-a-blockbuster-exhibition

The week around the world in 20 pictures Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, wildfires in Canada, the first day of Eid al-Adha, and the Champions League final in Munich: the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Warning: this gallery contains images that some readers may find distressing Jim Powell https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/jun/06/the-week-around-the-world-in-20-pictures

2025.06.07

Outrage after Republican representative disparages Sikh prayer in the US House
Mary Miller had first mistaken Giani Singh for a Muslim and said it was ‘deeply troubling’ he was allowed to lead prayer
Maya Yang
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/06/us-house-prayer-republican-mary-miller

Money can’t buy him love: Republicans give Elon Musk the cold shoulder
Robert Tait in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/06/trump-elon-musk-reaction

Trump bill set to add trillions to US debt pile – can America stop it climbing?
Economists are concerned, politicians are angry – but the national debt keeps growing, no matter who’s in charge
Callum Jones in New York
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/07/trump-bill-us-national-debt

The Trump-Musk feud shows danger of handing the keys of power to one person
Nick Robins-Early
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/07/trump-musk-feud-power

Musk and Trump are enemies made for each other – united in their ability to trash their own brands
Jonathan Freedland
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/06/donald-trump-elon-musk-enemies-trash-twitter-tesla

Neo-Nazi group ‘actively seeking to grow in US’ with planned paramilitary training event
The Base is emerging from shadows and ramping up its ranks as White House turns blind eye to the far right
Ben Makuch
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/07/the-base-neo-nazi-group-paramilitary-training

RFK Jr’s report calls farmers ‘backbone’ of US – but cuts leave workers lacking support
Small farmers face ‘two personalities’ as Trump team slashes $1bn in resources despite Kennedy’s vow to protect them
Jessica Glenza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/07/farmers-trump-cuts-rfk-jr

Russia is at war with Britain and US is no longer a reliable ally, UK adviser says
Government defence expert Fiona Hill warns UK to respond to threats by becoming more cohesive and resilient
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/06/russia-is-at-war-with-uk-and-us-no-longer-reliable-ally

International Pride Orchestra plays outside DC in rebuff to Trump snub at Kennedy Center
LGBTQ+ ensemble was to appear at performing arts center but moved to Maryland after president reorganized venue
Guardian staff and agency
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/06/international-pride-orchestra-kennedy-center

Key takeaways from world’s largest cancer conference in Chicago
Experts announce findings on immunotherapy, a breast cancer breakthrough and the value of exercise
Andrew Gregory in Chicago
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/06/key-takeaways-from-worlds-largest-cancer-conference-in-chicago

Alzheimer’s blood test can spot people with early symptoms, study suggests
New test accurately picks up on memory problems by examining two proteins in blood plasma, US researchers find
PA Media
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/07/alzheimers-blood-test-can-spot-people-with-early-symptoms-study-suggests

It’s my goal to live to 100 – and it’s not just diet and exercise that will help me achieve it
Devi Sridhar
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/07/live-to-100-diet-exercise-long-life

Jantelagen: Why Swedes won’t talk about wealth
A high income is a badge of success in many countries, but in Sweden a deep-rooted cultural code called Jantelagen stops many from talking about it.
Video by Maddy Savage and Benoît Derrier
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p07qgx5d/jantelagen-why-swedes-won-t-talk-about-wealth

If books could kill: The poison legacy lurking in libraries
Pauline McLean
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g2y9xq58no

Lost Turner oil painting found after 150 years
Leigh Boobyer
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyzp4r70m8o