The Brutalist Report

The Guardian

• The Digger disaster: what an epic movie flop means for Tom Cruise and Hollywood [54m]
• The ESPN producer who quit over gambling – and the stories she says went untold [1h]
• ‘Is there any value in writing a story in a time of chaos?’: novelist Elif Shafak on her creative crisis [1h]
• ‘I know I can do anything’: new archive of AS Byatt’s papers looks inside the writer’s extraordinary mind [1h]
• Manchester City in action, Premier League buildup, and more – matchday live [2h]
• Wallabies humiliated as ruthless All Blacks claim 13th straight Bledisloe Test victory [2h]
• ‘We had won a World Cup for heaven’s sake’: Chris Woakes on the curfew that killed England’s party [2h]
• Houthi conflict casts shadow as Saudi Arabia scales back sporting pipe dreams [2h]
• ‘I cannot carry all of this alone’: the couples kept apart by the war in Gaza [2h]
• Why Michael Gove worries about Britishness | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty [2h]
• Which coffee chain was founded in London in 1971? The Saturday quiz [3h]
• Why does my crisp packet puff up when I climb up a mountain? The kids’ quiz [3h]
• The Audacity: this witty tech-bro takedown from a Succession writer is packed with glorious one-liners [3h]
• A Greece for all seasons: my autumn roadtrip through the Peloponnese [3h]
• The Guide #265: Your favourite record labels, from Motown to Flying Nun [3h]
• Jackson Boxer’s vegan recipe for poached leeks with pickled pear and hazelnuts [4h]
• Caring is sharing – baby’s first cold: the Edith Pritchett cartoon [4h]
• James McClean: ‘Wearing the poppy was just never going to happen’ [4h]
• Russell Brand’s trial: what we’ve heard and seen so far [4h]
• The Letby case inquiry will lead to more blame and suspicion in the NHS – and patients will be less safe | Mark McDonald [4h]
• Blind date: ‘Most awkward moment? When I accidentally called her Melissa’ [4h]
• Brexit’s back – but are British voters ready to contemplate a reversal? [4h]
• Muscles, metrosexuals and male tears: the 39 pictures that changed the way we see men (for good and for bad) [4h]
• As King Charles heads to the Caribbean, he should know that Winston Churchill admitted to imperial plunder 90 years ago | Kenneth Mohammed [4h]
• Australia v New Zealand: Bledisloe Cup rugby union international – live [4h]
• Not cool: who hacked France’s supermarket fridges? [5h]
• French schoolchildren have been treated like violent criminals – for telling the truth | Rokhaya Diallo [5h]
• Women just want to work out in peace. Why all the thigh-rubbing lechery? | Emma Beddington [5h]
• Child sex abuse charges against actor Timothy Busfield dismissed by judge [6h]
• Trump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold amid deepening row with Ukraine [6h]
• Mexican judge sentences three men to 158 years in prison for murders of Australian and US surfers​ [6h]
• From piercings to purification: Thailand’s 2026 vegetarian festival – in pictures [7h]
• Red Roses’ unbeaten streak ends in a thriller with last-gasp try to Canada [7h]
• Uncovering the secrets of New Zealand’s elusive ‘jungle penguins’ [9h]
• China’s tourists flock to experience a pretend typhoon as ‘dark tourism’ flourishes [9h]
• Decluttering your online life: how to get your digital house in order and protect your data from AI [10h]
• Gunman in fatal Bend, Oregon, school shooting was former student there [10h]
• Five Great Reads: cocaine nation, a 28-year walk home, and Americans give their verdict on Trump [11h]
• Battling Gloucester hold champions Bordeaux to kick off Champions Cup in style [12h]
• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs moved to new prison after reports of a luxury lifestyle behind bars [12h]
• Bystander who killed Oregon shooter identified as father of girls at elementary school [12h]
• Family of US man who died on Six Flags ride question if death was preventable [12h]
• Masterplan review – Stanley Tucci is wasted in Amazon’s smooth-brained heist caper [13h]
• ‘It’s really not a drama’: Carrick sticks to the script after Martínez storm [14h]
• Brazilian Amazon deforestation falls to lowest on record as pivotal vote looms [14h]
• No 10 leaves option open to impose Chinese EV tariffs if UK joins EU scheme [14h]
• Katie Zacharia fired after five days as White House press secretary – reports [15h]
• The week around the world in 20 pictures [15h]
• British Cycling under scrutiny over allegations of ‘toxic culture’ in leadership team [15h]
• The Guardian view on the banks: too big to fail cannot mean too big to tax | Editorial [16h]
• The Guardian view on Winnie-the-Pooh: now we are 100 | Editorial [16h]
• Look Back review – Kore-eda’s ode to friendship, manga and artistic success [16h]
• Brazil’s Lula says he now backs lowering age of criminal responsibility to 16 [16h]
• Barack Obama pays tribute to Manchester cotton workers and cites them as an inspiration [16h]
• The Florian Wirtz mystery: why has he not found Leverkusen form at Liverpool? [16h]
• Game, set and tache: Carlos Alcarez joins growing trend for a stylish top lip [16h]
• India’s Cockroach Janta party leader detained amid crackdown on protests [16h]
• Why is Lena Dunham reviving Girls a decade on? - The Latest [16h]
• ‘Tough to watch, impossible to ignore’: what the reviewers say about NAZA documentary [17h]
• Starlink access still not fully restored for Ukraine’s military, says Zelenskyy [17h]
• Of course Trump is helping Russia in Ukraine – he’s a master of the art of betrayal | Jonathan Freedland [17h]
• Power plant attacks reflect Russian blueprint to make Ukrainian cities unlivable [17h]
• Wardley predicts ‘crazy night’ in fight for redemption against Dubois [17h]
• Russell Brand was ‘wild-eyed maniac’ when trying to drag woman into toilets, court told [17h]
• Mikel Arteta defends job cuts at Arsenal to help club ‘evolve and create success’ [18h]
• Always on pointe: the bold and beautiful Ballet Black – in pictures [18h]
• Katie Zacharia admits she never passed legal exam as scrutiny mounts over her past claims of being a lawyer – live [18h]
• Israeli settlers attack olive farmers and Washington Post journalist in West Bank [19h]
• Since my daughter moved out of home, my household has shrunk. A yearly tradition brings us together | Nova Weetman [19h]
• California brush fires force evacuations and tens of thousands of power shutoffs [19h]
• Burnham says ‘too much time is wasted in those dramas’ when asked about Scottish independence – UK politics live [19h]
• The ultra-rich are spending one million dollars a day fighting California’s proposed billionaire tax [20h]
• Norwegian teenager hired as hitman by Iranian crime gang jailed for 20 years [20h]
• Rugby player found dead at Lions team hotel before Champions Cup game against La Rochelle [20h]
• British food and drink exports to EU collapse by more than a third since Brexit [20h]
• Student protests, rowers and a velodrome crash: photos of the day – Friday [20h]
• WNBA finals 2026 predictions: Is Angel Reese about to win a Dream title? [20h]
• Zelenskyy defends himself after Trump’s claim he is more difficult to deal with than Putin – Europe live [20h]
• How to dress a tech oligarch: The Social Reckoning’s costume designer on Zuckerberg’s style evolution [21h]
• I’ve debated with Israel’s most fervent defenders – NAZA debunks their talking points | Mehdi Hasan [21h]
• An open book: how make a great film adaptation, from The Shining to Trainspotting [21h]
• Cocktail of the week: Àclèaf’s PX martini – recipe | The good mixer [21h]
• ‘I didn’t know I was a screamer. Turns out I am’ – the spooky secrets of Last One Laughing: Halloween [21h]
• Elon Musk reveals ‘world’s first flying car’ at Tesla event [21h]
• England’s World Cup test against Tonga will show where power really lies in league [21h]
• Australia cruise past Samoa in women’s Rugby League World Cup opener [21h]
• PatKop & Say album review – playfulness and beguiling delicacy in mix of new and old [21h]
• The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup [22h]
• The last thing I did for my mother was illegal [22h]
• ‘I’m bored when I’m not riding’: Billy Loughnane on drive that made him champion jockey at 20 [22h]
• Fiery speeches, LED hats and infighting: inside an Alberta separatist conference [22h]
• ‘We should all be worried’: calls grow to limit London rollout of robotaxis [22h]
• Add to playlist: the buzzy bildungsromans of boy wonder Superfan and the week’s best new tracks [22h]
• Is JD Vance campaigning for the midterms – or 2028? | Politics Weekly America [22h]
• Digested week: No Nobel again for Trump but he looks a cert to retain Fifa peace prize | John Crace [22h]
• Museum releases historical photos of island where Amelia Earhart may have crashed [22h]
• Issy Wood: Self-Portraits review – suffocatingly revealing works from the ultimate zillennial painter [22h]
• British man fined €3,000 for causing two-year-old son’s death in Cyprus [23h]
• Sod’s law: what can two turf swaps 40 years apart tell us about Britain’s biodiversity crisis? [23h]
• Trump wants more Afrikaner refugees while others are stuck due to his ‘cruel’ policies [23h]