The Guardian Articles

Ni, 61, holds court in Paris

You hear all sorts of whispers at the Olympics; my favourite this year was about the 61-year-old grandmother Ni Xialian, who had an outside shot in the women’s table tennis. She won world titles for China in the early 1980s, then fell in love …

Tashi Dorji – Begin From Here

“Strumming in opposition to the towers” is how the Bhutan-born, US-based guitarist Tashi Dorji describes his abstract, improvised music. His song and album titles are equally poetic evocations of resistance and decay – his new album is called We Will Be Wherever the Fires …

At the age of 47, diehard AC Milan fan Ninni Licata has hung up his football boots in exchange for a tennis racket.

Like thousands of Italians in recent years, Licata has been unable to resist the lure of a game that for years had been relegated to the sidelines …

I first became aware of Camila Batmanghelidjh through the disrupting influence of Kids Company. It was on the frontline of childcare in London, and everybody will remember the strong, vivacious, articulate woman at its head. There was something about her – how she dressed and the words she spoke – …

If 2024 was defined by anything, it was a distinct feeling of deja vu. Donald Trump ran and won, Death Cab and Janet Jackson

headlined music festivals

Go fetch a cup of tea and your best arguments, it’s time for the Guardian’s 10th annual men’s Test XI of the Year. This year’s selection panel included Vic Marks, Ali Martin, Emma John, Rob Smyth, Jonathan Liew, Adam Collins, Geoff Lemon, Daniel Gallan, Tim de Lisle, Taha Hashim, Tanya …

“Melancholy men, of all others, are the most witty,” said Aristotle, in an observation that will resonate with anyone who spent time with Maggie Smith.

At the turn of the century, I wrote a play,

The Breath of Life

Of all the lessons I learned from Quincy, one that always stays with me is something I read in his memoir,

Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones

Amid an aggressive campaign to roll back diversity and inclusion programs, which could bring a more forceful implementation of the banning of African American history in some public schools, a new book seeks to do the opposite.

Picturing Black History: Photographs and Stories That Changed the World, released last month, …

The former ABC Indonesia correspondent Tim Palmer says the sight of dozens of tiny bodies lined up was the most heartrending scene he witnessed in the aftermath of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.

“Family after family had their children sucked from their grasp; they were actually holding them and holding …