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Bottoms up! English wine is finally coming into its own
As a fully signed-up member of the Guardian-reading, tofu-eating wokerati, I’m not especially nationalistic, but I’m more than ready to champion our best food and drink traditions. We can...
UK forces board sanctioned Russian oil tanker in English Channel for the first time, says Keir Starmer – UK politics live
British forces intercept Russian shadow fleet vessel in English ChannelGood morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. The British armed forces intercepted a Russian shadow fleet...
English Green party leader Zack Polanski tells Australian colleagues to ‘connect with anger’ to counter rightwing populism
Zack Polanski, the leader of the Green party of England and Wales, has told his counterparts in Australia that they need to start “connecting with people’s anger” and learn...
Aaron Rai becomes first English golfer to win US PGA Championship since 1919
There’s never been a PGA Championship quite like the one that’s played out at Aronimink this week. At the start of the last day, there were 21 players within...
The Guardian view on Middlemarch: the greatest novel in the English language | Editorial
Virgina Woolf declared Middlemarch “one of the few English novels written for grown-up people”. Henry James said that some of its scenes were the most intelligent in English fiction. Even...
Typical English roast dinner potentially ‘drenched’ in 102 pesticides, says report
It is a beautiful early summer Sunday afternoon and you have stopped for a pub lunch. A waiter sets down a roast served with carrots, peas, parsnips, potatoes and...
Local election campaigning enters final week as forecaster warns Labour could lose 1,850 English seats –UK politics live
Good morning. We are now into the final week of campaigning for the Scottish parliament, Welsh Senedd and English local elections. Keir Starmer had been planning a big speech...
The Shadow of the Object by Chloe Aridjis review – one of the boldest writers at work in English today
The Shadow of the Object, the new novel from Mexican-American author Chloe Aridjis, opens with an eruption of violence: Flora, a fortysomething woman, is visiting her mother and stepfather in...
English councils need to hire 1,400 more educational psychologists, says report
Councils in England need to hire 1,400 more educational psychologists at a cost of £140m to meet demand from children with special needs such as autism, according to a...
‘Excessive’ financial risks threaten survival of many English universities, report warns
Many English universities are taking excessive financial risks that threaten not only their own survival but that of others in the sector, a thinktank has warned.High levels of borrowing...