How Republican efforts to redraw congressional maps ‘failed epically’

As co-writer of new thriller Hunting Alice Bell, our film critic entered the hallowed Room – and was struck by its support, buzz, abrasion and chocolate snacks. He asks legendary showrunners about their experience ‘Write, write, write until your fingers break!” That was Chekhov’s advice to writers. Until I started writing for television I thought I understood what he meant. I thought I knew what writing was: the solitude, the making yourself do it, the finger-shattering pain of doing it seriousl

Nicholas Jordan and a hive mind of judges tasted 27 brands of honey and found that while the best were ‘perfumed as hell’, others were as basic as reality TV Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email I’ve bought a lot of honey in my life. I purchased kilos of the stuff back when I used to make unmanageably large batches of bootleg muesli. But I don’t think I’ve ever purchased honey and thought about what I’m buying. I couldn’t even name the brands in my cupboard, let alone describe my thought

Exclusive: Party’s strategy questioned as campaigner says One Nation is not ‘capitalising on the groundswell’ Get our daily political email, free app or daily news podcast One Nation candidates in a number of winnable Victorian seats say they have been left to fund their own campaigns, with several questioning the party’s strategy ahead of the election. Six candidates and campaigners, unauthorised to speak publicly, have told Guardian Australia their campaign material – including pamphlets, corf

Jensen Huang is many things. A billionaire, CEO of the world’s second most valuable company, and now, a man who had an affair with a woman accused by US intelligence of being a Chinese spy. Tech reporter and US editor Johana Bhuiyan speaks to Matilda Boseley about the global consequences of the cheating scandal, what this means for US national security, and whether Huang’s time at Nvidia is up Continue reading...