With Throbbing Gristle, P-Orridge inadvertently helped invent an entire genre – industrial musicFor someone who occasionally purported to hate rock music – it was, a homemade T-shirt s/he was fond of wearing in the 1970s proclaimed, “for arselickers” – Genesis Breyer P-Orridge ended up having a vast influence on it. Read more
Experts warn that European Medicines Agency membership would have had advantages Via: Brexit 'will slow down coronavirus vaccine availability in UK'
The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world, including global reactions to the coronavirus outbreak Continue reading… Via: Empty churches and elbow shakes: the weekend's best photos
Urgent repatriation efforts under way after French mountain resorts closed to tackle coronavirusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageUrgent efforts to repatriate 30,000 British tourists from ski resorts in France are under way amid warnings of “widespread failures” in the travel sector in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.French Read more
Sporting tournaments postponed as Netflix halts productions and studios push back film releases Via: Coronavirus: Main events cancelled in UK and around the world
Warnings come as report finds official data on global prevalence of FGM ‘woefully’ underestimates nature and scale Via: FGM survivors recount horror of practice: 'I was sobbing, it was brutal'
Sir Mark Walport says vaccine for this round of epidemic ‘unlikely’ Via: Coronavirus vaccine may take up to a year, government's research chief says
Nurses say they are having to tie bottles of hand gel to patients’ beds to stop thefts Via: Coronavirus: Healthcare workers urge public not to rip hand sanitiser off hospital walls
In a district once ranked bottom for reading, the revamped attraction aims to awaken children to the joy of storytellingFor fans of children’s literature, it is an unmissable sight: Philip Pullman’s own alethiometer, a detailed realisation of the magical symbol reader described in Northern Lights, gleaming with secrets – or Read more
A titillating new ad campaign proves that there is no movement – in this case female empowerment – that can’t be commodifiedWhat a time for female empowerment. The day after International Women’s Day, shortly before Harvey Weinstein was handed his 23-year jail sentence, and days before Kate Beckinsale outlined a Read more