River charters part of wider movement establishing ‘moral’ framework to protect nature and hold institutions to account

My dad has come to an arrangement with the public pool in Nottinghamshire where he swims: after everyone else has got out of the pool, he is permitted to do a somersault before he gets changed.

My dad has come to an arrangement with the public pool in Nottinghamshire where he swims: after everyone else has got out of the pool, he is permitted to do a somersault before he gets changed.

Old Nabs Wood I emerge in a remembrance woodland of bluebells, ramson and dog’s mercury, in the shadow of oak, sycamore branch ash and beech, a children’s cemetery. I carry their memory…

Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover

Photographers from all over the world entered more than 24,000 images into the world’s largest bird photography competition, with an image of a northern gannet bursting through the ocean’s surface tak...

Theatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism

Cast members from landmark Scottish films Gregory's Girl and Local Hero are reunited.

Just when Sheeran probably thought things couldn't get any worse.

Research finds many in England lack proximity to green and blue spaces as Wildlife Trusts call on Labour to speed up manifesto promise

There has been a lot of reporting in the last year or two about the problems facing the ‘night-time economy’: pubs and clubs.

‘Do you ever run out of ideas’? a relative asked me recently.  I answered honestly: ‘No’. I rarely suffer from writer’s block, my problem is more usually whether a piece of writing is any good…

‘Do you ever run out of ideas’? a relative asked me recently.  I answered honestly: ‘No’. I rarely suffer from writer’s block, my problem is more usually whether a piece of writing is any good…

Rebecca Howard spent two years visiting projects and painting landscapes that feature in West Sussex exhibition

Global shift towards clean electricity could trigger ‘cascade’ of progress, helping reduce air pollution, cut waste and revive oceans

Exclusive: London mayor accuses council of ‘ignoring’ responses to a consultation

The late director’s sensitive and detailed adaptation of Stephen King’s novella has an authenticity that so many imitators could never replicate

Jeremy Brett wore dressing gowns like no other Sherlock, but the actor also had a penchant for them in real life.

Don’t believe everything you read. Just some of it.

National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding

Before he went on to Hollywood fame, film director John Boorman (Deliverance, Excalibur, Point Blank) worked at BBC Bristol where he made many films about the city. Last year South West Silents show...

While canals are found widely throughout UK and Irish cities, reflecting the legacy of the Industrial Revolution, their role in combating urban heating had been largely unknown

This multi-layered portrait is a fitting tribute to the man behind Ways of Seeing

Helena Nelson considers the pros and cons of the ‘after’ epigraph, poetry’s exclusive codes, and the necessary art of bluffing.

Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach

From the Odyssey to conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, we can see how poetry fills the gap when ordinary ways of writing or speaking aren’t enough, says Guardian chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins

Sadiq Khan criticises Westminster council’s ‘anti-growth policies’ after it recommends stopping ‘vertical drinking’

Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys

Do not go to Romania for Georgina Harding, who cycled through Romania in 1988 Éva says to her. You know there is no food? No petrol? She shrugs, no petrol she can brave. Ferenc weighs in: Hungarian…

As parks turn brown and paddling pools go unfilled, exemptions mean sports pitches can stay lush – even in school holidays

Campaigners urge government to introduce right of access to water, particularly as heatwaves become more common