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Slasher Terror, Cartel Nightmares and a British Folk Monster Join Black Mandala’s New Horror Slate (EXCLUSIVE)
New Zealand sales company Black Mandala has added five horror films to its international sales slate, spanning slasher, survival, anthology, giallo and British folk-creature horror. The announcement matters because it strengthens the company’s position in the genre market and gives buyers a clearer view of the kinds of horror projects it is backing across different…
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Before the gold rush: a South African story – in pictures
The Guardian gallery highlights *Mapalakata*, the debut publication by South African photographer Robin Bernstein, which explores the layered history of Mpumalanga on the border with Mozambique and Eswatini. Using portraits, landscapes and historical traces, the project examines how different waves of outsiders have moved through, occupied and reshaped the region long before and after European…
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The harshness of holding back: Pem on creating art through chronic illness
The article is an interview-led profile in which Pem reflects on making art while living with chronic illness, focusing on how illness changes not just output but the whole process of creating. She describes the frustration and emotional strain of having to hold back, pace herself and work within physical limits, rather than following inspiration…
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Academies ‘must’ engage with knife crime discussion
The mother of Harvey Willgoose has welcomed a government promise to look at making it easier for schools to work with anti-knife crime campaigns, after she said some academies had resisted taking part in awareness work. Harvey, 15, was fatally stabbed at his Sheffield school in February 2025, and his mother Caroline has since campaigned…
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Tragedy after woman paid doctor $2,000 for ‘clarity’ ceremony that saw her take cocktail of ketamine and MDMA
The article reports that a woman died after taking a combination of ketamine and MDMA during a so-called “clarity” ceremony for which she had paid a doctor $2,000. It matters because it raises concerns about the safety, supervision and regulation of privately run drug-assisted wellness or therapeutic-style sessions, particularly when powerful psychoactive substances are involved.…
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TV tonight: an eye-popping account of Katie Price in the Playboy mansion
This Guardian “TV tonight” column highlights the evening’s television picks for 15 July 2026, led by the second part of *Katie Price: Nothing to Hide* on Sky Documentaries. The article presents the programme as a candid look at Price’s life, including her time at the Playboy mansion, her experience of becoming a single mother under…
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Paramount Skydance Agrees to Link Merger Antitrust Case to Pre-Existing Paramount+ Subscriber Suit
Paramount has agreed to a request from 12 US states to link their new federal antitrust challenge to its proposed $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery to an existing lawsuit brought by Paramount+ subscribers. If the cases are formally related, they will probably be handled by Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin in California, who is already…
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“I don’t think he ever got over being fired from King Crimson… but he went on to bigger, more financially successful things”: Peter Sinfield, the prog poet who gave voices to ELP, Roxy Music and many others
Peter Sinfield, the lyricist and creative collaborator best known for shaping the words and imagery of early King Crimson, has died aged 80 after retiring because of ill health. The article presents him as a major figure in progressive music whose work helped define the tone and ambition of bands such as King Crimson, Emerson,…
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Inmate who killed teenager at New Year’s Eve party becomes oldest ever executed in Florida as his final words are revealed
A Florida inmate convicted of murdering a 14-year-old boy at a New Year’s Eve party in 1982 has been executed, becoming the oldest person ever put to death in the state. The case matters because it closes one of Florida’s longest-running death penalty cases and draws attention to the continued use of capital punishment decades…
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‘The world wasn’t ready for me’: Del LaGrace Volcano on photographing S&M scenes, leather-clad lesbians and a drag king self-portrait
The Guardian interview profiles Del LaGrace Volcano, a US-born photographer whose once-controversial images of LGBTQ+ communities, drag kings and sexual desire are now entering museums. Volcano reflects on a career shaped by defiance of gender and sexual norms, arguing that public fascination with their intersex identity often overshadowed the artistic quality of their work. The…