It’s being sculpted for fashion parties, collected by tourists and hoarded in freezers. There are even entire shops devoted to it. What’s behind the revival of the much-maligned foodstuff?

Researchers looked at pain around the world and across the human lifespan, finding steepest rise happens before age 55

One of the best strikers in the world, the Scot talks about her career in blind football and the Euros

Where’s Fred Rogers when you need him?

Opposition lawmakers join forces to defeat proposals made by Socialist-led coalition after eviction of 87-year-old

Slipknot sharing their stage with a man accused of wrongdoing by more than a dozen women is the antithesis of everything the genre should stand for, even if he denies it

As a new book on the Paisley Park polymath is released, author John McKie explains why Prince’s 1987 album is the ultimate showcase of his genius

In a new book, German artist and writer Philipp Ruch argues that viewing the ascent of Hitler’s NSDAP through the prism of the Third Reich has distorted our understanding of fascism’s electoral breakt...

From making life hell for a young teacher to doubting the motives of a caring foster mother, Olivia Petter, Derek Owusu, Annie Lord and other writers repent for past bad behaviour

Rantzen announced lung cancer diagnosis in 2023 and became a vocal assisted-dying campaigner

The theory of parental alienation is a ‘harmful pseudo-science’, according to recent official guidance in England and Wales. Yet it led to Sarah’s two daughters being taken away six years ago – and ne...

If more cities start regulating outdoor lighting, we humans could make the environment better for all living creatures

At 18, Christa Pike was sentenced to death for murder. What if the jury knew she had suffered years of sexual abuse as a child?

Images of Maricarmen Abascal being forcibly removed from her home sparked protests and a reckoning over the country’s soaring real estate market

Alexander Millington-Cotes is concerned for welfare of the 82-year-old, who hasn’t been seen in public for two years

Group calls for proper enforcement of ICC rulings as Trump administration widens attacks on court

Most stars, and especially women, are endlessly expected to explain the past, with lessons learned and all the regrets. But not Tom – it’s Hollywood’s free pass, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Cole, described as an ‘extraordinary talent’, also appeared in Waiting for God, Tenko and had an extensive theatre career

A woman in the queue said she was happy to drive an hour, pick up the vacuum, then bring it to Mum’s house. I was worried – but how wrong I was!

Testimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian

Arnold Dix, an Australian engineer and geologist who worked at Ground Zero after 9/11, says finding two workers alive in Trishuli 3A ‘gives us hope’

The star of Man About the House scored an unprecedented run of hit series during the 70s and 80s, bringing a youthful vitality that audiences – and tabloids – loved

It’s always thoughts and prayers and please don’t politicise this horrible disaster

Since it was stripped of planetary status, Pluto’s defenders have been fighting the decision – and they’re only getting more passionate

According to official figures only 1,811 cuttlefish turned up to mate this year, down 97% on last year.

A prolific performer across stage, screen and TV, the actor starred in Legend, Clue and It, but will always be associated with the flamboyantly camp rock’n’roll musical in which he made his breakthrou...

Songwriter of I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 also invested millions in child literacy, Covid-19 vaccine development and other causes

Five years on, the regime’s chokehold has left Afghan women with almost nothing, but many are still bravely fighting for their freedom, writes Tala Elissa

Engineers warn lifting a ban on PEN switches could cause fatal electric shocks.

Delay to rainy season in forest already damaged by human-driven heating could trigger powerful ‘Godzilla’ El Niño

Twenty-one birds released on Bodmin Moor where it is hoped they will one day return to produce their own young

Forty hectares of Oaken Wood could be razed after it was identified as potential site of expansion by Reform-run council

There were 470 women killed in such circumstances across the country last year, with rights groups saying the true toll will be even higher, reflecting a system that still protects the accused

Allowing use of pesticides to combat crop-ruining disease will kill bees and reduce harvests, union says

Government-backed investigation finds risks are normalised amid ‘a narrowing of the public conversation’

Outreach workers on the frontline of England’s homelessness crisis react to PM’s flagship policy pledge

Olivia Rodrigo, Noah Kahan and Morgan Wallen have all dealt with audience effluence in recent weeks – but that’s only one part of a fearsome subculture that has built up around fandom, endurance and ‘...

England World Cup winner died in 2020 but his death was never reported by authorities to the coroner’s office

Five years after the ultra-conservative Islamists retook Afghanistan, students describe male pupils being beaten for minor rule breaches and inexperienced teachers struggling to deliver lessons