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Cardiff hopeful of Faletau return for start of URC
Cardiff head coach Corniel van Zyl is hopeful that Wales number eight Taulupe Faletau will be fit to start the 2026-27 United Rugby Championship season, with the 35-year-old building towards a return in training after a difficult run of injuries. Faletau, who signed a one-year contract extension with Cardiff in July, suffered a season-ending shoulder…
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‘I didn’t know if I’d ever have sex again’: inside Sharon Horgan’s excruciating post-divorce comedy
Sharon Horgan has created a new HBO comedy series, Youth, which follows Alex, a divorced woman in her 50s navigating the “sandwich generation” experience of caring for a teenage son and ageing parents while re-entering the dating world. The show, pitched and greenlit within a week, draws heavily on Horgan’s own post-divorce experiences and those…
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‘Men calling us woke need our show more than most’: punks Piss on finding strength in visceral confrontations of sexual violence
The Vancouver hardcore band Piss have built a devoted following through gruelling, uncompromising live shows that confront singer Taylor Zantingh’s experiences of sexual violence, and are now preparing to release their debut album on the influential US label Sub Pop. The band’s approach matters because it inverts expectations set by their provocative name, forcing audiences…
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Lego Skylines’ devs want your city’s problems to be visible without digging into a stats screen, which means finding a “family friendly” version of showing homelessness
Developers at Iceflake Studios want problems in their upcoming Lego-themed city builder, Lego Skylines, to be visible directly in the game world rather than buried in menus and statistics screens, as is often the case in Cities: Skylines. Speaking to Rock Paper Shotgun, game director Lasse Liljedahl and producer Joanna Ronkanen explained that issues such…
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Japan Is Launching a Probe to Collect the First-Ever Samples From a Martian Moon
Japan’s space agency, JAXA, is preparing to launch its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) probe on a mission to collect the first-ever samples from Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, and return them to Earth. The mission could help settle a long-standing debate about how Phobos and Deimos formed, either from debris after a massive collision…
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Bluetti launches ‘e-generator’ to take on noisy, stinky, polluting gas generators
Bluetti has unveiled the Pioneer 5000, a rugged, high-capacity battery power station the company is pitching as an “e-generator” alternative to noisy, polluting petrol generators. Aimed at job sites, events, emergency responders and homes, it aims to deliver comparable power output to a fuel generator while running quietly and without emissions, though it still needs…
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Jason Isbell and other musicians file lawsuit against AI software Suno, alleging it copies artists’ identity and style without consent
Musicians including Jason Isbell have filed a lawsuit against AI music platform Suno, alleging that the software lets users copy an artist’s identity and musical style without their consent. The 84-page suit, lodged in a Massachusetts federal court, argues that rather than infringing on specific songs, Suno’s core design allows users to type an artist’s…
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The must-see Bayeux masterpiece, Colombia’s chronicler and a Manchester odyssey – the week in art
This week’s Guardian art roundup highlights the arrival of the Bayeux tapestry at the British Museum from 10 September, showcasing the medieval masterpiece’s vivid depiction of battle, betrayal and everyday medieval life, alongside a National Gallery comparison with Francesco Pesellino’s 15th-century painting The Story of David and Goliath. Other exhibitions featured include a retrospective of…
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Nightclub ‘raves’ at St Paul’s Cathedral are ‘an insult to Lord Nelson’s memory’, says naval commander’s family
St Paul’s Cathedral has agreed a four-year partnership with London nightclub Fabric, making it the exclusive partner for music events at the cathedral until 2030, prompting criticism from descendants of Lord Nelson, who is buried there. Peregrine Hood, president of the Nelson Society and a descendant of Nelson’s brother, called the plans “an insult” to…