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Painter's progress

Before being anointed as agenius of the Renaissance relatively recently, Botticelli had few fans and his works were treated roughly

Partners in crime

Mandy Matney and Hedley Thomas have seen the subjects of their crime podcasts jailed. But can the legal system keep up with these sort of investigations?

Superheroes, jazz, queer art

Freed from the shadow of 9/11, Pakistan's artists are earning international acclaim by building on and confronting their country’s rich heritage

Vivienne Westwood The rebel who was never without a cause

Dame Vivienne Westwood, who died last week aged 81, was a very British kind of genius. She was as down to earth as she was flamboyant, a former primary school teacher who came to shape punk culture. Her clothes were bracingly modern - rips and safety pins, latex and androgyny - but steeped in a love of history. (She had a particular weakness for kilts and corsets.) Her clothes were worn by everyone from Theresa May to Chrissie Hynde, from Princess Eugenie to Pharrell Williams.

Reclaiming the narrative

Chinonye Chukwu's film about a notorious 1950s lynching is the latest example of Black American directors claiming the right to retell such stories

Pelé set the standards by which footballing greatness is judged

In the final seconds of the 1958 World Cup final, with Brazil already 4-2 ahead, Pelé, then just 17 years old, received a long ball near the Swedish penalty area. He caught it on his chest, stunning it so smartly that the ball dropped at his feet. He stepped over the ball and effortlessly back-heeled it to a teammate.

The world can't stay silent as Taliban take away women's rights

Last month, the Taliban announced that they will ban women from attending university or teaching in Afghanistan. It is a decision that did more in a single day to entrench discrimination against women and girls and set back their empowerment than any other single policy decision I can remember.

The Twitter Files are a wake-up call to protect freedom of speech

Half the room is jumping up and down, screaming, \"Gotcha!\". The other half shrugs its shoulders, muttering, \"So what's new?\". Welcome to the war over the so-called Twitter Files.

All well and good

It's not easy being a 'good' person. What can we learn from the people who have thought about it the most?

Land grab

In a pristine forest in central India, the multibillion-dollar mining giant Adani has razed trees - and homes- to dig for coal. How does this kind of destruction get the go-ahead?

With Senate majority, Biden sets his sights on the judiciary

US federal courts look quite different than they did two years ago. Since taking office, Joe Biden has made it a top priority to appoint a diverse slate of judicial nominees, who have helped change the face of the nation's court system.

In the open Congress lifts the lid on Trump's tax returns

Six years of Donald Trump's tax returns were made public by a congressional committee last Friday, ending the former president's long-running effort to break precedent and keep them secret.

Under pressure?

Stress isn’t always bad for us it can also strengthen immune systems, improve mental performance and build resilience

Paradise lost

A year spent bearing witness to the destruction of the Amazon forest

Girl power Women take on a high wire act

A groundbreaking line school is expanding the workforce and challenging attitudesin amale-dominated field

Digging it Archaeology pioneers break new ground

Young African excavators want to bury the notion that uncovering their past is awhite, western, male job

Fury at plan for real-term pay cut for NHS staff next year

NHS strikes could continue for many months amid anger at UK government plans to raise staff salaries by only 2% next year, which health unions have condemned as more \"real-terms pay cut misery\".

Benedict's death eases way for retirement of Francis

Pope Benedict XVI, who served as leader of the Catholic church from 2005 until his resignation in 2013, died last Saturday aged 95, three days after his successor, Pope Francis, warned the world that he was gravely ill. His funeral was due to be held this week.

Bugged out: What can we expect after Beijing ends Covid rules?

After long pursing a zero-Covid policy, China has relaxed many restrictions including quarantine rules for travellers. But some experts have raised concerns the U-turn may cause problems. We take a look at why.

As hospitals overflow, Xi fights to save face over Covid U-turn

China's leader Xi Jinping told his country it stands on \"the right side of history\" in a new year address last Saturday, but experts have warned that the president starts 2023 diminished by his chaotic U-turn on Covid strategy.

What To Expect In 2023

A near-inevitable global recession sparked by a lengthening war in Europe's frozen east; an energy crisis coupled with soaring inflation Covid-19 running rampant in China... predictions for 2023 are grim. Still, there are reasons to be hopeful. The energy crisis has spurred an unprecedented demand for renewables, which are expected to boom. In Brazil, a new president has sworn to protect the Amazon. Repressive regimes, meanwhile, will be nervously looking at Iran, where hardline clerics are locked in a struggle with a pro-democracy uprising that threatens to overwhelm them. Guardian correspondents around the world share their takes on what to watch out for in 2023...

Election ID laws are voter suppression and an attack on the young

It slipped out quietly last month in the brouhaha of the approaching budget.

THEY/THEM ... she/her, he/him - the quiet revolution over pronouns

The way we address people is changing, and behind it lies a surprising linguistic, social and political history...

Humans versus nature

The story of biodiversity loss is a tale of decline spanning thousands of years. This month, the world will get a chance to change the narrative at Cop15 in Montreal

Covid leaves labourers with less money and fewer rights

When Ram Yadav fled India's strict countrywide lockdown imposed in March 2020, he was one of the lucky ones, managing to hitch rides from Delhi on trucks going in the direction of his village near Kanpur, 400km away.

Horse power

The streets echo again to the sound of hooves

Search for evidence of lost Amazon civilisation falls flat

Deforestation backed by government damages the environment and obliterates archaeological remains

Gold diggers

The fight to protect forests from mining

Migration hits record high with jump in student levels

Net migration to the UK has reached a record level of 504,000 after the arrival of Ukrainians and Hongkongers under government schemes and a jump in the number of international students.

'My heart is already dead' Hope meets despair in Calais camps

A year after 27 people died trying to cross the Channel, people are still drawn by the dream of a better life in Britain