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A sandwich a day could shrink your waist, cut cholesterol and slash risk of heart attack, major study finds
A major review of existing research has found that eating wholegrain foods daily, roughly equivalent to two large slices of wholegrain bread, is linked to a range of heart health benefits, including weight loss, a smaller waist and lower cholesterol. Researchers combined data from 87 clinical trials involving more than 6,500 people across Asia, Europe,…
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When did football fans first start wearing replica kits? | The Knowledge
The Guardian’s football trivia column The Knowledge tackles a reader’s question about when fans first began wearing replica kits, tracing the murky origins of a now-ubiquitous football tradition. While there is no single definitive answer, the piece credits Leeds United and kit manufacturer Admiral with producing the first official replica kit in 1973-74, following a…
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Neagley review – this violent Reacher spinoff is a glorious hour off from normal life
The Guardian’s TV review looks at Neagley, an Amazon Prime Video spin-off from the hit action series Reacher, which puts Frances Neagley – Jack Reacher’s former colleague – at the centre of her own violent, plot-light adventure. The reviewer argues the show succeeds precisely because it doesn’t try to reinvent what makes Reacher popular, offering…
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Meta unveils Luna smart glasses without camera amid privacy row
Meta is developing a new model of smart glasses called Luna without a camera, planning to ship from October onwards. This move represents the company’s attempt to address significant privacy concerns surrounding its current smart glasses models, which have faced widespread criticism over their potential to secretly record individuals without consent. The Luna model is…
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SARAH VINE: Harry and Meghan’s new life is already starting to unravel. What a pair of quitters… and these are the real poor victims of their behaviour
Daily Mail columnist Sarah Vine criticises the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after reports that Prince Harry and Meghan withdrew their children, Archie and Lilibet, from a new prep school in the Cotswolds after just two days, reportedly over security concerns. Vine argues the episode reflects a pattern of impulsive, poorly planned decisions by the…
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Redwood by Ben Macintyre review – a superbly wrought tale of cold war defection
Ben Macintyre’s latest true-espionage book, Redwood, tells the story of Vladimir Kuzichkin, a KGB officer stationed in Tehran shortly after Iran’s 1979 revolution, and his relationship with Ian McCredie, the young MI6 officer who becomes his handler. The reviewer praises it as a page-turning masterpiece, arguing it transcends Macintyre’s reputation for “dadlit” spy nonfiction and…
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Mythos has made 2026 patching hell. It might make 2027 a breeze
Gartner analyst Craig Lawson believes 2026’s surge in security patches, driven partly by AI bug-hunting tools such as Anthropic’s Mythos, could lead to a marked easing of workloads for security teams in 2027. Speaking at Gartner’s IT Symposium in Australia, he argued that this year’s unusually high volume of vulnerabilities being uncovered, including in traditionally…
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TV tonight: Bafta-winning documentary makers follow far-right protesters
Tonight’s TV picks are led by ‘Til I Die on Channel 4 (10pm), a documentary from the Bafta-winning team behind Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods and the pulled BBC film Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone. It follows Liam Tomsett, who became an anti-immigration figurehead in Crowborough, East Sussex, after the government said a nearby…
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Shark attack survivor Leah Stewart reveals her heart stopped after great white mauling: ‘I couldn’t breathe’
Leah Stewart, a 35-year-old Sydney teacher, has revealed that her heart stopped as paramedics rushed her to hospital following a suspected great white shark attack at Coogee Beach on 13 June. She spent two weeks in a coma and had part of her arm amputated below the elbow, but was determined to survive for the…
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‘We weren’t shy. We were queers in leather!’ Sunil Gupta on his momentous photographs of gay life
Photographer Sunil Gupta, who has documented queer life since the 1970s across India, Canada, the US and the UK, reflects on five decades of work ahead of a retrospective at Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge. His photography has explored intimacy, public and clandestine spaces, and the political forces shaping queer identity, sometimes at real personal risk…