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OPINION - Improv comedy is cool in London again (yes, really)

Comedy’s nerdy little brother is having a moment — here’s why

Evening Standard

I never wash our bread knife – and I won’t let the internet shame me into changing my ways

Apparently the mostly British habit of not cleaning your bread knife after use is ‘gross’ and unhygienic. If that’s true, then call me disgusting, writes Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK

Troops on the streets, a polarized country and climbing prices: welcome to Trump’s ‘golden age’

The president has repeatedly proclaimed a shining moment. Meanwhile, he’s taking a wrecking ball to truth and democracy

The Guardian - US

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It’s still killing people, and the government has yet to act: Britain’s hidden asbestos epidemic

Asbestos was banned in 1999, but as materials left in our buildings deteriorate, thousands of lives are being lost every year, says writer and education worker Tom White

The Guardian - UK

In Gaza, and now Ukraine, Donald Trump may be peace activists’ greatest ally. That deserves our backing

It’s a fool’s game trying to understand the president’s true motives, but do our misgivings matter if the outcome is a speedy end to war, asks Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Tony Abbott’s argument about Australian democracy is Trumpian in intent and based on half-truths

Former PM’s new book reads like a style manual for March for Australia types, weaving together evidence and myth, history and ideology

The Guardian - AU

America, there is still so much to love about you but we have to break up. This is why I’m renouncing US citizenship

A menacing portrait of Donald Trump at the US consulate in Sydney is the final push. I know I am making the right choice

The Guardian - AU

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The loss of Prince Andrew’s titles is a turning point for the monarchy

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: With the former Duke of York having been purged from the royal fold, the House of Windsor can now look towards its future role

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on hybrid cars: profitable for carmakers but not very green

Editorial: Plug-in hybrids pollute more than their manufacturers claim – and delay the real shift to electric and shared mobility

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on childbirth and medical negligence: rising payouts highlight the urgency of maternity improvements

Grave shortcomings in the care offered to mothers and babies are well documented. But it is not clear that the right lessons have been learned

The Guardian - UK

Spirituality isn’t rigid dogma. It’s a living, breathing practice that helps make sense of an incomprehensible world

I grew up in Kabul and Karachi. In both, I learned the value of the quiet rituals observed while no one is watching

The Guardian - AU

Bravo to the judges standing up to Trump in Chicago and Portland

District courts are speaking truth to power over troop deployments. If only the supreme court would do the same

The Guardian - US

The lavender marriage is back – but why?

People are taking many new and unexpected approaches to matrimony, and it is surprisingly exciting, says Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK

A waiting list of thousands, and just five new homes for social rent: this city shows the depth of Britain’s housing crisis

Liverpool was once praised for its tolerance, but housing shortages are driving fearful, unsettling behaviours – and people are blaming outsiders, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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Xi Jinping is preparing to go toe to toe with Donald Trump – and there will only be one winner

Beijing has realised that reckless America First policies are alienating old and new friends alike, creating a vacuum it can fill, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK

Spare us from romcom Austen. Give me the dark side of 19th-century life any day

Why sanitise or sugarcoat the classics? New adaptations of Austen and Brontë could explore everything from slavery to death in childbirth, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The Guardian - UK

My dad cursed our family and left us. But after his death, he followed me everywhere

His absence shaped me. But as my father lay dying in a Stockholm nursing home, I longed to hear him explain, says Swedish novelist Jonas Hassen Khemiri

The Guardian - AU

My essay about childhood heroes was in this year’s HSC English exam – it made me rethink who mine really were

Everyone warned me against choosing humanities-heavy subjects – but these classes opened my mind and excited me in ways that still affect me today

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The Guardian - AU

Albanese faces the diplomatic test of his political life to attract, and hold, Trump’s attention

Dealing with the US president requires nose holding; and the PM must navigate the delicate balance between getting Trump’s attention and attracting too much

The Guardian - US

A congressman’s ex got a protective order against him. His boss has little to say about it

This isn’t the first time Cory Mills has faced allegations of misconduct – but the House speaker wants to talk about ‘serious’ things

The Guardian - UK

Gaza’s children needed a ceasefire. Now they desperately need the aid that will keep them alive

The youngest and most vulnerable have suffered extreme mental and physical trauma. We can help – but we must be granted immediate access, says Alison Griffin of Save the Children UK

The Guardian - UK

Shows such as Stranger Things and Yellowjackets have become bloated. I’m all for the one-and-done series

Fans who moan when a show is axed after its first season should be careful what they wish for. If only my TV obsession had ended a long time ago, says arts writer Priya Elan

The Guardian - UK

A prophetic 1934 novel has found a surprising second life – it holds lessons for us all

Sally Carson’s Crooked Cross was written and set during the rise of nazism. It shows both how extremism takes hold, and the moral certainty needed to resist it, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins

The Guardian - AU

Critical thinking is one of the most important aspects of being human, according to Stoicism. So why are we handing it over to a machine?

All of us, no matter what our circumstances, have the ability to be more wise, more just, more courageous and more moderate

The Independent UK

Israeli football fan ban is a huge own goal

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The decision to bar fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv from England’s second city is a mess, but we must take care not to let this disgrace become a disaster

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