On my radar: Romola Garai’s cultural highlights
Kathryn Bromwich
The Observer
April 19, 2025
Culture
The actor on her love of sad songs, history podcasts and cemeteries with mysterious gravestones
Retro paradiso: a lakeside home in Italy is now a nostalgic haven
Deborah Piana Agostinetti
The Observer
April 19, 2025
Life and style
A 1960s house has been brought back to its former glory, with a contemporary twist
You are descending into populist frustration. Thank you for continuing to hold
John Naughton
The Observer
April 19, 2025
Opinion
Neverending calls to automated customer service lines aren’t just frustrating – new research suggests they may be quietly radicalising as well
Idris Ackamoor Ankhestra, Rhodessa Jones, Danny Glover: Artistic Being review – powerful live set from the Afrofuturist and friends
Neil Spencer
The Observer
April 19, 2025
Music
This San Francisco session released for Record Store Day sets spoken word to Ackamoor’s uncompromising but joyous spiritual jazz
Outrage as Trump’s coal expansion coupled with health cuts: ‘There won’t be anyone to work in the mines’
Jessica Glenza
theguardian.com
April 19, 2025
US news
Agencies protecting coal miners from hazards such as ‘black lung’ among those gutted by government cuts
‘There were no warning signs’: what happens when your partner falls into the ‘manosphere’?
Maya Oppenheim
The Observer
April 19, 2025
Society
More and more men are being sucked into parts of the internet that circulate misogynist content, leaving their families to deal with the wreckage
Dabbagh sends Aberdeen past nine-man Hearts and into Scottish Cup final
Ewan Murray at Hampden Park
The Observer
April 19, 2025
Football
Aberdeen will face either St Johnstone or Celtic in the Scottish Cup final after a 2-1 win in extra time over Aberdeen
‘I saw cars on fire. People were lying at my feet’: Ukrainian survivors describe Russia’s attack on Sumy
Luke Harding in Sumy
The Observer
April 19, 2025
World news
Alla Shyrshonkova was on a bus when Russian missiles hit the city. Now a toy bear and hippo mark the spot where 35 people, including two children, were killed
Arsenal 1-2 Lyon: Women’s Champions League semi-final, first leg – as it happened
Xaymaca Awoyungbo
theguardian.com
April 19, 2025
Football
Goals from Kadidiatou Diani and Melchie Dumornay give Lyon the advantage heading into the second leg
‘Zohran Mamdani represents the future New York’: socialist riding high in bid to be mayor
Edward Helmore in New York
The Observer
April 19, 2025
US news
The progressive Democrat from Queens is the son of a famous film-maker and poised to take on frontrunner Andrew Cuomo