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Thunderbirds was far more than puppets on strings – it was a strikingly optimistic view of humanity

The British TV show followed five brothers and their wealthy father in the year 2065 as they go on valiant rescue missions – with no strings attached

Paul F Verhoeven29 Sept

England’s national museums to remain free to overseas visitors

Government decision comes in response to Margaret Hodge review that proposed charging international tourists

Caroline Davies29 Sept

Do the British Museum’s links with Palantir and BP bring it into disrepute?

Letter: Dr Chris Garrard responds to an article about George Osborne assuming that Palantir founder Peter Thiel’s visit to view the Bayeux tapestry would remain secret

28 Sept

‘We wanted it to be a battlecry’: how Republica made 90s anthem Ready to Go

‘The day Saff came into the studio with red hair, I said, “We’re gonna be massive!” It was the missing link’

Interviews by Chris Lord28 Sept

MTV VMAs 2026: full list of winners

Taylor Swift and Madonna were the big winners, with Swift now the recipient of the most MTV VMAs in history

Guardian music28 Sept

Sex, drugs and floral fabrics: Celia Birtwell relives her wild times – and wilder outfits – with Ossie Clark

They dressed – and partied with – the innermost in-crowd. As a swirling new show celebrates their fashion creations, Birtwell recalls her happy days with Clark and her sorrow at the loss of David Hockney

Jess Cartner-Morley28 Sept

MTV VMAs 2026: Taylor Swift and Madonna win at awards dominated by female artists

Madonna and Swift take home four of six prizes given out during ceremony telecast, alongside K-pop star Lisa and British newcomer Sienna Spiro

Adrian Horton28 Sept

Sammy J: ‘Wouldn’t it be fascinating to see an earthworm the size of a border collie?’

The comedian on his lonely obsession with the Phantom, his love of Tom Lehrer, and his early life as a piracy criminal

Emma Joyce26 Sept

Raye’s I Know You’re Hurting urged me to confront a lifetime of depression

I had always ignored my anguished mental state or tried to push it aside, and CBT didn’t work for me – then one song seemed to articulate my pain

Jake Jackson; as told to Olivia Ladanyi26 Sept

The Guide #262: Why laughing at the movies isn’t always funny

From A Space Odyssey to The Exorcist II, audiences can turn a serious film into an accidental comedy – but where does the line fall between laughing with a film, and laughing at it?

Gwilym Mumford26 Sept

From Sense and Sensibility to Kill Jackie: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Daisy Edgar-Jones dons the bonnet in Georgia Oakley’s take on the Jane Austen classic, and Catherine Zeta-Jones battles assassins in a madcap action caper

26 Sept

From Youth to Heart of the Beast: the week in rave reviews

Sharon Horgan takes on divorce in a new series about life as a single fiftysomething, while Brad Pitt makes his way across Alaska with a loyal hound. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews

26 Sept

Arts Council England doesn’t need ‘swagger’, it needs reform

Letters: Reader Chris Hodgkins proposes a dual‑pillar system that safeguards national institutions while establishing a dedicated body for grassroots arts and music

25 Sept

Jimmy Kimmel: ‘The only thing more unwelcome in the Oval Office than CNN is a salad’

Late night hosts discussed the overturning of Trump’s White House media ban and Xi Jinping’s visit

Guardian staff25 Sept

Always a joker: Magda Szubanski reveals Heath Ledger asked to play her stalker on Kath and Kim

In her new memoir, I Can’t Tell You But I Will, Szubanski recalls how Ledger enjoyed their improvised kiss so much that he asked to be on the sitcom

Sian Cain25 Sept

Seth Meyers on Trump’s praise of Xi Jinping: ‘Not even Chinese citizens gush this much about Xi’

Late-night hosts discussed Donald Trump’s unusually lavish state reception for the visiting Chinese leader

Guardian staff24 Sept

George Bush, murder and nautical infidelity: the Chicks’ 20 greatest songs – ranked!

As the country trio once known as Dixie Chicks celebrate 20 years of their album Taking the Long Way, we count down the best of their catchy, sometimes controversial catalogue

Alexis Petridis24 Sept

Dance Monkey v the NRL: did Tones and I really turn down $90,000 a minute because she hates her own song?

For the first time in recent history there’ll be no pre-game entertainment at the NRL grand final. But everyone has a different story about what actually went down

Emma Joyce explains it to Steph Harmon24 Sept

Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s approval rating: ‘somewhere between Ebola and Ed Sheeran’

Late-night hosts discussed the decreasing popularity of the US president and how his latest attack on the press continues to backfire

Guardian staff23 Sept

Have you got a question for Judi Dench?

Perhaps you want to know her favourite Shakespeare sonnet or what is was like working on Bond

Guardian community team22 Sept

Billy Teare obituary

Other lives: Storyteller who specialised in recounting tales from Northern Irish folklore

Kathleen O'Sullivan22 Sept