Blackouts, hyperinflation, dissent: Iran considers perilous prospect of peace
Conditions that led to bloody prewar protests have been made worse, commentators say
Readers’ top 100 novels of all time
After authors and critics chose their top 100 novels, we asked for your favourites. From Uruguay to the Isle of Skye, 3,000 readers cast their votes. Here are the titles that made your list – topped by a new entry at number 1
Move over Middlemarch! Readers’ top 100 novels
After critics and authors picked their top 100 novels of all time, we asked readers to choose their favourites. Thousands of votes came in from around the world ... which books did you choose that were missing from the original list, and what has pushed George Eliot off the top spot?• See the top 100 here
How a Starbucks marketing stunt spiralled into mass boycotts in South Korea
A botched tumbler promotion on the anniversary of a pro-democracy massacre unleashed a boycott, police investigation and political firestorm
‘Mogging’ is suddenly everywhere. Is that a problem?
This word for outdoing or outshining others originated in the manosphere, but is now thoroughly mainstream. Why is it so popular – and should we be worried about slang that arises from toxic subcultures?
Predator or prey? The confounding case of the missing sea eagle
The UK’s biggest bird of prey has been compared to a flying barn door. So how can one fitted with a satellite tracker disappear near a hunting estate?
‘I knew it was over for us’: the bands who got left behind when punk exploded
Fifty years ago this week, the Sex Pistols played their first Manchester gig and caused a sonic revolution. What happened to the other bands that were tipped for big things that year – and why did the rock’n’roll dinosaurs survive?
Man dies after shark attack off Western Australia coast near Albany
Government department says man was in the water around Michaelmas Island, near Albany, when he was bitten by a suspected 4.5-metre shark
Leaked WhatsApps, embarrassing emails: it’s bad for British politics that privacy is now dead
The principle underlying the release of the Mandelson papers is that officials are always ‘on the record’ – but our leaders must be able to speak their minds freely, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Country diary: A plough, a haybale – who would live in a house like this?
Hungerford, Berkshire: In a nearby farm, ever-resourceful birds and bees are getting creative with where they build their nests
Australian snow season begins amid El Niño fears
Webcams showed snow blanketing the ground in some areas. In others, it was patchy or nonexistent
When I claim my black Britishness in this age of intolerance, here is the music that goes with it
A wonderful thing happened on a visit to the new V&A East: a very public, taxpayer-funded soundtrack of my life, says Hugh Muir, executive editor, Opinion
How the ‘Picasso of ponds’ went from shaping golf courses to making freshwater homes for wildlife
Shaun Hancox has created scores of ponds for rewilding projects across Britain – and he says there’s a lot more to it than digging a hole
Australian housing was already cooling before the budget – but how cold it gets depends on two key factors
Most economists believe the chronic undersupply of homes will eventually push prices higher once interest rates ease and the tax changes are priced in
Getting into your comfort zone: easy steps to an electric, snug and sustainable abode
Australians are world leaders in rooftop solar and home batteries - but greater energy efficiency could make them a triple threat
From G-Flip to Tame Impala: why Australian music is soundtracking so much TV right now
From Off Campus to the Summer I Turned Pretty, it seems like Australian artists are everywhere right now – but what does the exposure actually mean?
Best Australian books out in June: a buzzy novel, gripping nonfiction and an extremely unusual debut
Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on