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Cutting a dash

Scissor Sisters are reuniting to celebrate 20 years since their debut album. They talk fans, Elton John and connecting with the UK's weird’ energy

How art led resistance to Pakistan's dictatorship

A dazzling exhibitionin Qatar reveals how the repressive regime of Zia-ul-Hag led prompted a powerfulcreative defiance

The death of the middleclass professional spells danger for Labour

What does it mean to have a middle-class, white-collar professional job?

I love travelling Europe by train, but a joined-up approach is needed

Last August, I took the train from Trieste to Ljubljana, following a route once used by the Orient Express.

How will 2025 turn out? The life of Jimmy Carter offers us a clue Jonathan Freedland

How will we look back on 2025? Or, if that seems too absurd a question to ponder just a few days into the new year, how might we view the first quarter of the 21st century? As it happens, the answer to both questions is the same and it was confirmed by an event that came as the old year faded and the new one began.

15 ways to overcome overwhelm

Readers and wellbeing experts share tips on corralling chaos and avoiding anxiety, from journalling to cherishing nature

Overwhelmed? Here's how to fix it

Modern life is exhausting. Here, Guardian writers explain what they have given up to make space in their schedules and lives from social media to makeup to news addiction. Then, readers and experts offer tips on how to navigate the demands and pressures we all face. First, Emine Saner examines why we are so overwhelmed

Seoul standoff Impeached president fights on despite arrest attempt

South Korean anticorruption officials attempting to arrest the country's suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, must know by now what he meant by his repeated vows to \"fight to the end\".

'Don't feed the troll': European leaders hit back at Musk

When the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, was asked in an interview about the barrage of insults being directed at him and other German leaders by Elon Musk, the world's richest man, his reply was: \"Don't feed the troll.\"

History lessons The two steps that could stop societal collapse

Academic Danilo Brozović says studies of failed civilisations all point in one direction-the need for radical transformation to survive

"Trail angels' The locals offering help and hope to weary hikers

Donna Barkley was weeks into walking New Zealand's longest hiking trail when her strength started to falter. Starting at the northern tip of the country in mid-October, the American hiker had trudged south along vast empty coastlines, over farmland and through dense forests thick with mud.

Community lifeline for millions displaced by civil war

Each day, bowls are set down on the ground in a line outside the community kitchen in Sururab, 40km north of Sudan's capital, Khartoum, for the 350 families who eat there.

Attempt to tackle 'shoebox housing' runs into trouble

Authorities are seeking to fix the problem of tiny, overcrowded housing but critics say new regulations fail to address the worst offenders

Persecuted social media activist on his lucky escape

As he trekked through the mountains on China's border with Laos, Lu Yuyu felt exhausted.

Sea level rise 'will overwhelm oil ports'

Rising sea levels driven by the climate crisis will overwhelm many of the world's biggest oil ports, analysis indicates.

Great whales can live for well beyond 100 years - if we let them

Researchers have found that industrial hunting of these huge beasts has masked their ability to survive for centuries

Waiting game Kyiv urges dealmaker Trump to end Putin's war

A new year in Ukraine began in much the same way as the old one finished: with deadly Russian drone attacks across the country.

Fun, games laughter and - a 'snow-in' at Britain's highest pub

'Do you want a shot?\" asked Katy Sherrington from Durham, offering a tiny glass of a pink liquid. Nobody was going anywhere at this point, so it would be rude not to accept.

'We have proved we can do anything'

Women's rights campaigners forced to work for equality underground now hope they will get aseat atthe table

Social order in Gaza could soon collapse, warns Unrwa

Social order in Gaza is likely to collapse further if Israel goes ahead with its threat this month to end all cooperation with the UN refugee agency for Palestinians (Unrwa), Louise Wateridge, its senior emergency officer, has warned.

'A civil war' Palestinian Authority raid has West Bank in fear

PA battles militant groups as it seeks to prove it could handle governing the Gaza Strip when the war there ends

Pressure point Why has Trudeau quit now, and what is likely to happen next?

A rose fter nearly a decade in power, Justin Trudeau has said he intends to step down as prime minister.

Mixed legacy Trudeau promised change but failed to fulfil ambitions

He swept into parliament on a surprise majority, promising change, hope and \"sunny ways\" as he charmed Canadians and the world with a brand that sought to embrace feminism, welcome refugees and reset Canada's relationship with Indigenous peoples.

Warning signs Islamic State threat grows amid online calls for jihad

The Islamic State (IS) threat on the US homeland has caused renewed concern as more details emerged about the man allegedly behind what the FBI is calling an \"act of terrorism\" in New Orleans on New Year's Day that killed 14 and injured scores more.

New Orleans, Las Vegas, Palm Beach ...The new frontier of US political violence

After a horrific start to 2025, America is facing the biggest rise in terror threats since the 1970s

No 298 Bean, cabbage and coconut-milk soup

Deep, sweet heat. A soup that soothes and invigorates simultaneously.

Cottage cheese goes viral: in reluctant praise of a food trend

I was asked recently which food trends I think will take over in 2025.

I'm worried that my teenage son is in a toxic relationship

A year ago, our almost 18-year-old son began seeing a girl, who is a year older than him and is his first \"real\" girlfriend.

BOOKS OF THE MONTH

A roundup of the best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror

Dying words

The Nobel prize winner explores the moment of death and beyond in a probing tale of a fisher living in near solitude