The Guardian Articles

The distinguished economist Manmohan Singh, who has died aged 92, was one of India’s longest serving prime ministers (and the first Sikh to hold the office), yet he never won a direct parliamentary election. After nearly two decades as an economic bureaucrat, Singh was often seen as more of a …

No one knows for certain what caused Jeju Air flight 7C2216 to crash,

killing all but two

My husband, Colin Robson, who has died aged 89, pioneered the degree of behavioural sciences, combining psychology and sociology, in the 1970s. The fifth edition of his textbook

Real World Research

Born in the village of Almondbury, near …

While he was vicar of St Peter’s, St Helier, Morden, in south London,

the Rev Donald Reeves

This sought to reinvigorate the Church of England’s understanding of “left behind” places and …

The poor state of school buildings is exposing pupils to “irreparable” harm, the UK’s children’s laureate has said, after a Guardian investigation revealed that more than 1.5 million students in England were being taught in dilapidated schools.

The award-winning screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce said the Conservative party’s decision to

Almost 170,000 retail workers lost their jobs during another challenging year for the UK high street, data suggests.

The collapse of big chains such as

Homebase

After working from home, now comes working on the go. The post-pandemic surge in

hybrid working

Footfall at transport …

The science of happiness has spawned hundreds of thousands of studies, surveys, books and reviews, but what reliably lifts the spirits, to what extent, and who benefits most are still far from nailed down.

Now, psychologists have drawn up plans for the world’s largest happiness experiment to thrash out once …

Rik Van Looy, who has died aged 90, was the most dominant one-day cycle racer of the 1950s and 60s, nicknamed “the Emperor of Herentals” (after the Belgian city in which he lived) or “the Wheel Breaker”. He ended his 18-year career with a tally of 371 professional road race …

The arrest of a renowned Italian journalist in Iran is reportedly in retaliation for the detention of a Swiss-Iranian businessman and suspected arms dealer in Italy three days earlier, according to media reports quoting the US state department.

Cecilia Sala, 29, a war correspondent and reporter who works for the …