science
Can you solve it? Are you a match for the world’s smartest teen?
silverguide.site – A genius puzzle from a teenage genius…
Sydney Swans’ tears flow after AFL football’s week in the sewer | Jonathan Horn
silverguide.site – The Swans beat North Melbourne at the SCG, but the result mattered little at the end of a a week that has been a wake-up call for all connected to club…
world
Hide the Pain Harold and Rubik’s Cube creator among social media’s picks for Hungarian president
silverguide.site – Newly elected Tisza party asked public to put forward names, which have ranged from the sensible to the bizarre…
tv-and-radio
Comically chaotic chat with no boundaries: best podcasts of the week
silverguide.site – Fern Brady and Alison Spittle return for natter with no rules. Plus, the viral red phone is back on the bridge…
travel
10 of Britain’s best piers for dining, nightlife and good old seaside fun
silverguide.site – From Blackpool to Bournemouth, these quintessentially British institutions celebrate a lot more than fish and chips and amusement arcades…
film
Atlas of Disappearance review – forensic quest for thousands of forgotten victims of the Spanish civil war
silverguide.site – Researchers employ technology in a bid to identify and retrieve remains in Spain’s Valley of the Fallen, in Manuel Correa’s emotional documentary…
football
On the spot: 50 of the most famous – and infamous – Panenka penalties of all time
silverguide.site – The 50th anniversary is the perfect time to remember 50 of the most famous – and infamous – attempts at the Czech’s chip…
books
The August Coup by Robert Service review – the drink-soaked collapse of the Soviet Union
silverguide.site – This brilliant account of attempts by the old guard to take back control captures the ludicrousness of it all beautifully…
money
I was fined £500 after putting a coffee cup in a rubbish bag next to a full bin
silverguide.site – Reader expresses consternation after enforcement officer issues penalty notice outside station in London…
world
Monday briefing: An (almost) comprehensive guide to Nigel Farage’s many scandals
silverguide.site – In today’s newsletter: With allegations stretching back decades, here’s a compendium of controversies of (alleged) sleaze, schoolday trouble and more…
tv-and-radio
TV tonight: Strictly’s Amy Dowden and Carlos Gu join Celebrity Hunted
silverguide.site – The hit survival show returns with a group of famous faces. Plus: Sally Magnusson remembers Mastermind. Here’s what to watch this evening…
australia-news
Teenager didn’t tell anyone Alan Jones allegedly kissed and touched him as he feared losing financial help, trial hears
silverguide.site – Former 2UE and 2GB radio broadcaster is facing 22 charges. Jones, 85, has pleaded not guilty…
society
NHS mental health trust plans £25m in cuts to jobs and services
silverguide.site – Body providing care in east London and Bedfordshire accused of ‘unfathomable and unacceptable’ move…
science
Starwatch: Mercury to reach farthest point from the sun
silverguide.site – Morning sky offers rare opportunity for a glimpse at solar system’s innermost world…
commentisfree
Finally, we have a PM for the digital age. But real change requires more than just being good on camera | Nesrine Malik
silverguide.site – Connection with voters on screen only pays off when it’s matched with bold policies in the real world – as it has for Zohran Mamdani in New York, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik…
world
Why has Trump stepped in to prop up Japan’s currency?
silverguide.site – The US has bought up yen to strengthen the currency for the first time in almost 30 years, with the moves raising questions about America’s motives…
australia-news
Ralph Carr, entertainment industry and AFL figure, revealed as Melbourne businessman guilty of raping former staffer
silverguide.site – Suppression order lifted over 66-year-old, who also goes Ralph Carnovale-Carr, after he was found guilty of two counts of rape and one of sexual assault…
environment
Country diary: Down an old lead mine, an explosion of colour | Susie White
silverguide.site – Garrigill, Cumbria: The abandoned Tynebottom mine is alive with vivid orange, raspberry-ripple pink and sulphurous yellow. But it’s the cave pearls that captivate me most…
world
New Zealand legislation making English an official language ridiculed as ‘pathetic’
silverguide.site – Passing of bill gives English same status as Māori and sign language but, with it already spoken by 95% of country, critics call it ‘a pointless exercise’…
world
Is Ireland’s unprotected ocean the weak link in European defence?
silverguide.site – Russian presence in Irish waters underscores the fact that, rather than being out of sight and out of mind, the country is on the frontline…
global-development
‘It’s not about the Qur’an, it’s about the money’: how boys of five are forced to beg on Senegal’s streets
silverguide.site – An old west African practice of sending children away to study is being used as a cover for trafficking, say human rights groups…
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