Liverpool academic’s scent workshops help prisoners remember their past
Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent
The Guardian
April 20, 2025
Society
After smelling fragrances inmates create poems, prose or drawings that recall holidays, park walks and sweet shops
Barry Hoban, British cycling legend and Tour de France icon, dies aged 85
William Fotheringham
The Guardian
April 20, 2025
Sport
Barry Hoban, the Yorkshire-born road sprinter and eight-time Tour de France stage winner, has died aged 85
Kevin De Bruyne ‘a bit surprised’ not to be offered new Manchester City deal
Jamie Jackson
The Guardian
April 20, 2025
Football
Kevin De Bruyne was shocked to not be offered a new Manchester City deal as he feels he can still perform at the highest level
Moscow may gain key role in Iran nuclear deal as US talks progress
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
The Guardian
April 20, 2025
World news
Russia touted as possible destination for Iran’s uranium stockpile and could also act as arbiter of deal breaches
The Trump-Harvard showdown is the latest front in a long conservative war against academia
Adam Gabbatt
theguardian.com
April 20, 2025
US news
President’s attack on universities echoes efforts by Reagan and McCarthy – but experts say ‘we’re seeing much worse’
Go-to author on White House reverses take on Biden and slams former president
Lloyd Green
theguardian.com
April 20, 2025
Books
Chris Whipple’s third book, Uncharted, hits Biden and aides like a bludgeon, with key sources who speak on the record
Overnight: Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark by Dan Richards review – night owls of all feathers
Hephzibah Anderson
The Observer
April 20, 2025
Books
This immersive exploration of how we experience the nocturnal world is beautifully illuminating
The end of WeightWatchers? How the dieting club lost out to slimming drugs
Donna Ferguson
The Observer
April 20, 2025
Life and style
As the global enterprise grapples with reported debts of $1.4bn, its calorie-counting formula may have had its day
Parents must make tough choices on smartphones, says children’s commissioner for England
Rachel Hall
The Guardian
April 20, 2025
Technology
Dame Rachel de Souza says parents should look to their own smartphone use and not try to be their children’s friend
Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story review – richly bittersweet portrait of an Irish literary great
Wendy Ide
The Observer
April 20, 2025
Film
The dizzy highs and bitter lows of the late writer’s life are laid bare in Sinéad O’Shea’s moving documentary