‘I dealt with everyone at a distance’: what do Joan Didion’s therapy diaries reveal about guilt, motherhood and writing?
Alex Clark
The Guardian
April 19, 2025
Books
The writer’s previously unpublished notes from her sessions with a psychiatrist offer an incredibly intimate insight into her relationship with her daughter, depression and creativity
Carrot-shaped lights, bunny wreaths and beauty boxes – forget Easter, welcome to ‘Eastermas’
Amelia Tait
The Guardian
April 19, 2025
Opinion
Social media is turning the spring festival into yet another opportunity for lavish spending. What’s in your #EasterBasket? asks writer Amelia Tait
NBA playoffs 2025 predictions: the winner, key players and dark horses
Claire de Lune, Bryan Armen Graham, Andrew Lawrence, David Lengel and AR Shaw
theguardian.com
April 19, 2025
Sport
Our writers made their predictions with the NBA postseason tipping off in proper on Saturday afternoon
Trump has found in El Salvador a model for the repressive state he wants to build – and he’s just getting started
Jordana Timerman
theguardian.com
April 19, 2025
Opinion
Nayib Bukele has shown how brutal control can be sustained not just through force, but by raising the cost of speaking out, says journalist Jordana Timerman
Ipswich hope doomed Premier League return won’t derail upward trajectory
Nick Ames
The Guardian
April 19, 2025
Football
There is little sullenness about the prospect of immediate relegation because of club’s improved long-term prospects
Peri-peri patron: how Nando’s amassed a huge collection of South African art
Rachel Savage in Johannesburg
The Guardian
April 19, 2025
Art and design
Chicken chain has been buying up art since 2004, which it displays on walls of its restaurants
‘It will be beautiful to see our kids grow up with this’: how communities around the world are planting trees
Olivia Lee
theguardian.com
April 19, 2025
Environment
City residents are working out how to fill their streets with trees as evidence grows of their benefits
UK banks expected to win shareholder approval for big pay rises for bosses
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent
The Guardian
April 19, 2025
Business
Proxy advisory firms back plans for hikes in maximum payouts 18 months after removal of banker bonus cap
No, you’re not fine just the way you are: time to quit your pointless job, become morally ambitious and change the world
Rutger Bregman
The Guardian
April 19, 2025
Life and style
Most working people can be put into one of three categories, from idealistic yet unambitious to greedy and immoral. But there is another option …
Chelsea get deja vu as imposing Barcelona await in semi-final trilogy
Tom Garry
The Guardian
April 19, 2025
Football
Sonia Bompastor has her shot at ending the European champions’ reign and moving Chelsea a step closer to history