Does anyone on board know how to fly a plane? Labour’s captain has lost control | Marina Hyde
You never change the pilot halfway through a flight, says a clearly rattled David Lammy. Can’t he see that his party is in a tailspin? A couple of days ago…
Trump’s looming defeat in Iran is a personal and political crisis | Robert Reich
Trump’s ego cannot accept a humiliating loss, and we are already seeing the effects of his failure playing out We are witnessing what happens to a person who is consumed…
The Guardian view on Britain’s fractured politics: a revolt against the status quo | Editorial
Sir Keir Starmer faces a deepening crisis of authority as election losses suggest disappointment with Labour has already curdled into cynicism If you are Sir Keir Starmer, the results of…
AI-powered surveillance company Palantir created a chore coat. Great, now I have no choice but to burn mine | Van Badham
The gentle French garment is now as cursed as the infamous megacorp, which has accumulated $80m in government contracts in Australia alone It’s taken me years to find a chore…
The children of IS-linked families must not be treated as extensions of their parents – but individuals shaped by years of trauma | Peta Lowe
Islamic State committed extraordinary brutality. But how Australia treats the children returning from Syria is a test of our humanity The return of Australian women and children from Syrian detention…
Soft armour, pert nipples: how London design team made Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala breastplate
Duo Whitaker Malem worked with pop art sculptor Allen Jones and a car bodyshop in Kent to create gala’s biggest jolt At Monday’s Met Gala, it inevitably fell to Kim…
I didn’t think I could get addicted to weed. I was wrong – and I’m not alone
There are misconceptions about the addictiveness of cannabis and many users are struggling with dependency Amy knew it wasn’t great. But there she was, at the bottom of a dumpster,…
From Smashing Pumpkins to Ferris Bueller: new Australian indie video game Mixtape is a blast of nostalgia
In the game by Melbourne-based Beethoven and Dinosaur, you play as a teenage girl the night before moving to New York – drinking, skateboarding and getting into trouble, all soundtracked…
Split Enz tease new album ahead of first tour in 17 years: ‘We’d make a really good record now’
Always one step ahead, the new wave innovators are not done yet – and their hair is bigger than ever Many things can kill you in the music business. For…
Punching the light: Sydney’s 90s raves – in pictures
At the age of 17, Simon Burstall documented the burgeoning underground rave scene of 1990s Sydney. Armed with borrowed school cameras and stealing away from home in the early hours…