All About Me!, to be published on 30 November, will cover everything from the film director’s military service to his long comedic partnership with Carl ReinerAt the age of 95, the comedian and film-maker Mel Brooks has written his first memoir. All Ab…
Discrimination based on your name alone is a stubborn reality in Britain today | Nasar Meer
Until society confronts institutional and cultural racism, such inequalities will be immune to changes in the lawWhat’s in a name? A great deal it would seem, including perhaps a diminished chance of being shortlisted for a job, offered a university pl…
Not the way to do it: Punch and Judy professors decry aggressive audiences
Bad behaviour at shows no longer confined to characters as people refuse to pay for watchingUgly quarrels, outbreaks of unacceptable violence and a sense of anarchy have traditionally been a feature of one of the British seaside’s most curious theatric…
Why are low-risk countries on the Covid travel ‘red list’? | Letters
Dr Peninah Murage says the unjust traffic light system penalises poor countries even though some have relatively low numbers of cases. Plus Dot Mornington-West on being under house arrest after returning from FranceCan the Guardian please investigate t…
After my miscarriages I didn’t need to talk – I needed access to better care | Jennie Agg
Until we shift the culture around baby loss, women will still feel abandoned, no matter how many times we say the taboo is being brokenTaboo is an overused word in the media, isn’t it? Miscarriage, in particular, is often described as one of the “last …
The Egton Bridge gooseberry show – in pictures
Giant berries arrive in egg boxes and the champion wins by a fraction of a gram at the 220-year-old Yorkshire competitionYorkshire gooseberry competition returns with 85-year-old taking top prize Continue reading…
Allegations of ‘toxic’ working environment at top London school
Holland Park school governors launch investigation after 26 former teachers’ claimsGovernors at Holland Park school, a top London academy, have launched an independent investigation into allegations about the school’s “toxic” working environment under …
Flamingos, fires and a former lake: Wednesday’s best photos
The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading…
I visited the migrant detention centre in Dover. What I saw was unacceptable | Diane Abbott
At the holding facility for those who have crossed the Channel, I saw scores of vulnerable people being held in one small roomMigrants trying to enter the UK by crossing the Channel in small boats have created a huge political furore. To hear governmen…
A decade after Mark Duggan’s killing, police-community relations are at boiling point | Stafford Scott
Lessons have not been learned. I saw what sparked the Tottenham riots, and the same could happen againI can still recall the phone call on 4 August 2011, informing me that police officers had been involved in the shooting of an “armed gangster” who had…