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Walter Koenig, actor best known as Chekov on Star Trek, dies aged 90

The actor appeared in the cult 1960s show as well as many of the films but also worked as a writer

Adrian Horton19h ago

‘My death was reported in Rolling Stone’: how the Zombies made Time of the Season

‘A year after we broke up, we heard that two bands had started touring the US as the Zombies. One group said they were the originals but with a new singer – because I’d been killed in a car crash’

Interviews by Chris Broughton23h ago

Eric Bauza, award-winning Looney Tunes voice actor, dies aged 46

Bauza voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, along with hundreds of other characters. He died at home from hypertensive cardiovascular disease

Emma Joyce1d ago

Twelve-year-old wins Australian slam competition prize with poem about ChatGPT: ‘It’s totally unnecessary’

Written the day before Sunday’s grand final, Blake Mackenzie’s poem covers brain rot, loneliness and environmental degradation in the age of AI

Emma Joyce1d ago

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The Stone Roses showed me the power of being an introvert

At boarding school in the early 90s, quietness was seen as weakness. But then I saw the band’s guitarist John Squire making a vast noise while hiding behind a fringe – and learned the strength of understatement

Henry Yates3d ago

Lime bike jousts? Why youth culture is embracing the medieval era

From chainmail-wearing pop stars to high-fashion catwalks, the spirit of the middle ages is erupting into the zeitgeist

Ellie Violet Bramley3d ago

The Guide #266: The knives are out at Netflix – maybe now it will make something worth watching

In this week’s newsletter: Stalling subscriber numbers have led to a corporate bloodbath, but the streaming giant has an inherent quality problem that will be a lot harder to fix

Gwilym Mumford3d ago

From Wildwood to John Legend: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Anination studio Laika takes flight with a grownup stop-motion tale, while the Grammy-, Oscar- and everything-winner returns with a Pharell-produced 11th album

3d ago

Which is really England’s oldest pub? Tree-ring dating helps settle debate

Historic England archaeologist says some inns’ claims to date back 1,000 years are inaccurate and oldest dates from 1400s

Helena Horton3d ago

Seth Meyers on Trump’s fixation on men’s bodies: ‘Why are you so weird?’

The late-night host discussed Trump’s ramblings at rallies and expressed disdain for a controversial Republican ad

Guardian staff3d ago

Seth Meyers on JD Vance: ‘The integrity of a used-car salesman and the charisma of a wet ham’

Late-night hosts discussed Trump’s seeming cognitive decline and Vance’s rock-bottom approval ratings

Guardian staff4d ago

Judi Dench says sight loss means she can no longer perform but she is still ‘besotted by’ Shakespeare’s sonnets

Age-related macular degeneration has also left actor, 91, unable to read or recognise faces any more

Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent5d ago

Blackpool, Sheffield, Milton Keynes and Wrexham shortlisted for UK city of culture 2029

The winner will receive £10m and each shortlisted city will be given £125,000

Mark Brown North of England correspondent5d ago

Seth Meyers on Elon Musk: ‘Nobody likes him’

Late-night hosts discussed Donald Trump’s praise for Elon Musk as well as the physical appearance of several male US Senate candidates

Guardian staff5d ago

The little-known friendship between Nina Simone and Langston Hughes

A new book charts how a 1949 meeting between the renowned poet and the legendary musician, then a 16-year-old girl, sparked enduring ties and fruitful collaboration

Adria R Walker6d ago

Jon Stewart on JD Vance’s rhetoric on immigrants: ‘cornerstone and intentional strategy’

Late-night hosts discussed Vance’s apology for ‘imperfect’ comments on immigrants, and Katie Zacharia’s brief tenure as press secretary

Guardian staff6d ago

Spielberg’s War of the Worlds forced Americans to look in the mirror – and see the real monster

Starring a smooth-sprinting Tom Cruise at the top of his game, Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi thriller shows the scales falling from his own country’s eyes

Tim Byrne6d ago

RJ Mitte obituary

Film and TV actor with cerebral palsy who played Walter White Jr in Breaking Bad and was a staunch disability rights campaigner

Michael Carlson20 Oct

RJ Mitte’s story offers insight into life with cerebral palsy and mental health issues

Letter: Dr Denise Al Mari-de Waal and Aaron Hume call for lifelong support and an integrated care pathway that recognises the physical and mental health impacts of cerebral palsy

18 Oct

Scholars conclude ‘beyond doubt’ that Shakespeare was main author of Edward III

Exclusive: Play anonymously published in 1596 was collaboration between Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe, according to computer analysis

Dalya Alberge18 Oct

Ali G answers his critics: ‘Me ain’t the first intellectual to get haterz’

Staines’s finest nailed the zeitgeist of the late 90s and early 00s, and now he’s back – but how does he fit into 2026? He discusses the backlash against his return, his worst ever interviewee and how he’s going to prevent world war two

Rich Pelley18 Oct