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Rawdogging, brat and looksmaxxing: Guardian’s breakthrough words of 2024
If, in 2024, you rawdogged a flight, wore brat green, indulged in some looksmaxxing or called someone babygirl … you are right on trend, as all of these words and terms broke through this year.
However, if the above sentence makes no sense to you, you may still be in …
Myanmar junta to free about 6,000 prisoners in annual amnesty, including 180 foreigners
Myanmar’s military government will release about 6,000 prisoners and has reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a mass amnesty on Saturday marking the 77th anniversary of independence from Britain.
There was no sign that the prisoner release would include Aung San Suu Kyi, 79, who has been held virtually …
From Nosferatu to Patience: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment in the UK
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Director Robert Eggers has been carving out a niche for himself in the shadows for quite some time, with films such as The Witch and The Lighthouse taking a dark, artistic approach to both character and subject matter. Now he’s turned his hand to cinema’s …
Dark Noon: the reimagining of American history that provoked acclaim – and walkouts – comes to Australia
Luke Littler thrashes Michael van Gerwen to claim historic world title
Tonight the Palace; tomorrow the planet. Whatever Luke Littler goes on to achieve in the fields of darts, celebrity or world peace, nothing will ever quite match the crystalline beauty of this moment. Champion of the world for the first time, the culmination and fulfilment of a dream that has …
German artists sign open letter against TV show host accused of sexism
More than 100 prominent German writers and artists have signed an open letter refusing to appear on one of the country’s top culture programmes on public television after it announced a new host accused of sexism and racism in his writing.
Broadcaster ARD said in late December it had picked …
‘A look into the future’: TV drama about Danish climate refugees divides opinion
Featuring scenes of huge crowds boarding ferries, protest and desperation as six million Danes become climate refugees and life as they know it rapidly collapses, the new TV series by the Oscar-winning director Thomas Vinterberg is a potential “look into the future”, he says.
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(Families Like …‘Just a dishonest window cleaner’? Britain’s history of audacious cat burglars
It was one of the stories of Christmas: the
audacious theft of more than £10m
in jewellery, designer handbags and cash from a mansion in St John’s Wood, north London.The heist was carried out by a man who climbed in through a second-floor window and “moved …
There was a long-running joke that Bethesda’s Skyrim had become so ubiquitous that it would run on anything. Starting life on the humble Xbox 360, it found its way on to Nintendo Switch, virtual reality headsets, PS5 and even Amazon’s Alexa. After more than 13 years, its sequel is still …
Friday briefing: Why Keir Starmer hopes this is the year to end the Channel crossing crisis
Good morning.
The number of people crossing the Channel to the UK in small boats rose by 25% in 2024 compared with the previous year, according to official figures. Over the past seven years, the numbers have risen dramatically – from 299 people arriving in 2018 to 36,816 migrants risking …