The Brutalist Report

The Guardian

• Aston Villa to take legal action against Jamie Carragher for ‘unacceptable insults’ [7d]
• Red Roses put defeats behind them by crushing USA to extend 35-year streak [7d]
• Retired Michigan teacher released from Russian prison believed he would never be freed [7d]
• Australia’s best photos of the month – October 2026 [7d]
• Alex de Minaur hits career milestone in Vienna to book semi-final date with Zverev [7d]
• Teen boy from Ghana chased and fatally shot on way to school in New York City [7d]
• Carrick tells players ‘hard truth’ in attempt to turn Manchester United’s season around [7d]
• British people can’t be made to pay for the wrongs of slavery – but we must confront our complicated history | Andy Burnham [7d]
• Andy Burnham open to calls for formal apology for Britain’s role in slave trade [7d]
• Five Great Reads: Elections, eugenics and high school reunions [7d]
• Suspicious bets returning £149,000 for predicting Ballon d’Or under investigation [7d]
• Arteta can take inspiration from George Graham to expunge painful Anfield memories [7d]
• Fiesta awaits in Mexico City as Kimi Antonelli speeds towards F1 history [7d]
• How can playing for Manchester City fit into Marc Guéhi’s moral universe? | Barney Ronay [7d]
• I read Anthropic's 92-page risk factor document, so you don't have to – video explainer [7d]
• FBI arrests North Carolina man for allegedly posting classified information on social media [7d]
• Shakespeare to Star Trek: Patrick Stewart’s extraordinary life - The Latest [7d]
• ‘Deepest possible partnership’: Canada and EU announce new alliance [7d]
• Early voting soars in Senate battlegrounds as Trump set to rally in Florida, Kansas and Iowa – live [7d]
• Tech sell-off drives US markets down by nearly $1tn after subpar earnings reports [7d]
• The week around the world in 20 pictures [7d]
• Men accused of sexually assaulting woman drugged by husband describe being invited to couple’s home [7d]
• Russell Brand trial: accusers have ‘nothing to gain’ and were not led by media, court told [7d]
• Twice as many plants and animals sold in wildlife trade as previously thought, says report [7d]
• The Guardian view on 50 years of The Selfish Gene: flawed, outdated, yet still a model of truly popular science writing | Editorial [7d]
• Breeders’ Cup 2026: Folsom Blues set to go off as favourite in Juvenile Turf, day one – live [7d]
• Evacuation of civilians begins in besieged Ukrainian city of Oleshky [7d]
• How do you bounce back from Liz Truss-level public failure? Don’t be shameless; do show remorse | Gaby Hinsliff [7d]
• Grealish could have been Everton’s poster boy of a new era. Now his career is in limbo [7d]
• Australia set 288 to win after South African centurions turn the tide [7d]
• Putellas provides mindset change as London City bid to upstage champions [7d]
• Bay City Roller can prove top of the pops in fascinating Breeders’ Cup Turf [7d]
• I wrote a book about death. Here’s what people really think about dying [7d]
• ‘We are not in Disneyland’: Arteta warns Dowman of Arsenal’s demands [7d]
• Football Daily | Newcastle’s Jaissle wants to scream while Grealish leaves Moyes speechless [7d]
• ‘It really was the idiots in charge’: inside the TV sketch show that launched a generation of stars [7d]
• This is the hard lesson from Israel’s election: to stop national populists, you can’t play by gentlemen’s rules | Jonathan Freedland [7d]
• Perfume bottle and child’s necklace among treasures found in Pompeii wardrobe [7d]
• Dripping with style: what fashion insiders wear in the rain – plus we pick the best raincoats and accessories [7d]
• Ghost in the machine: how AI is haunting the search for the supernatural [7d]
• Cost of living protests to spread to Germany and reignite in France on Halloween [7d]
• Dancing for King Charles and a misty morning deer: photos of the day – Friday [7d]
• Christa Pike makes first public comments since failed execution: ‘There is pain in my mind and in my soul’ [7d]
• Spain’s trust in high-speed rail ‘broken’ after second deadly crash this year, says PM [7d]
• ‘Amateur morons’: Flávio Bolsonaro’s short-lived ‘president-elect’ claim met with mockery [7d]
• Andreas Malm condemns UK travel ban as ‘drift into authoritarianism’ [7d]
• Serbia, Brazil … US midterm elections? Global glimmers of hope for people power | Jess Harwood [7d]
• ‘His honesty gave courage to survivors’: domestic abuse charities praise Patrick Stewart’s legacy [7d]
• Serial killers, set designers, and hordes of skeletons: welcome to the Halloween capital of America [7d]
• Mercury, lead and methanol found in counterfeit beauty products seized across UK [7d]
• ‘Ceilidh renaissance’ lures gen Z offline in search of real-life joy [7d]
• ‘I felt bad for my exes’: Awkwafina on making deeply personal TV – with her grandma [7d]
• Cocktail of the week: Ayllu’s sakura no hana – recipe | The good mixer [7d]
• Man who ran over cyclist and dragged him under car for a mile convicted of murder [7d]
• To baldly go: Patrick Stewart was an icon for bald men everywhere [7d]
• James Comey lawyers seek to have third criminal case dismissed [7d]
• Packers’ Josh Jacobs says hands-behind-back TD celebration was not mocking recent arrest [7d]
• Gulf states must rethink trillion-dollar defence in light of US-Iran war, says report [7d]
• Final countdown to the make-or-break midterms – podcast [7d]
• The week’s best new tracks and the act you need to know: Dutch squat-punks Bombstrap’s uncompromising racket [7d]
• The best recent translated fiction – review roundup [7d]
• The academy system needs a refresh but now is the time for Carrick to trust in youth [7d]
• Basketweavers get in a twist over Alexander Skarsgård’s Wicker Husband [7d]
• England need miracle to stay in World Cup after failing to crush Papua New Guinea [7d]
• Everyone is thin and we’re not allowed to say so: the toxic legacy of body positivity [7d]
• Tell us: have you been affected by the Binance hack? [7d]
• Beijing Queer film festival cancelled after harassment from authorities [7d]
• Forget water features – a tiny pond will bring wildlife to your garden [7d]
• ‘Swift justice’: Student List supporters focus on cleaning up Serbia’s rotten institutions [7d]
• After 50 years of playing video games, I’m finally starring in one [7d]
• Television gets treacherous … the Stephen Collins cartoon [7d]
• Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez says train crash victims may include people of 27 different nationalities – Europe live [7d]
• Police Scotland says it has received information on Jeffrey Epstein visit to Balmoral with Andrew [7d]
• Share your tributes and memories of Patrick Stewart [7d]
• Foreign firms that win defence contracts will have to invest in UK under new policy – UK politics live [7d]
• The world needs the United Nations more than ever. It needs a new lease on life | Alex Rondos and Mark Medish [7d]
• Government corruption a top issue for US midterm voters, exclusive poll finds [7d]
• Democrats – finally – embrace Abdul El-Sayed amid extreme attacks from Trump and allies [7d]
• Philippa Gregory: ‘I read 100 of the best 18th century novels – the perfect author’s apprenticeship’ [7d]
• Fifa to miss equal Women’s World Cup prize money ambition set by Infantino [7d]
• South Africa v Australia: third men’s cricket Test, day four – live [7d]
• Oh to Believe in Another World review – William Kentridge’s amazing animated ballet of black comic pain [7d]
• Premier League news, Carabao Cup and WCL reaction and more – football live [7d]
• Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta to close [7d]
• I’m a gen Z voter. Content creators have far less power than politicians think | Alex Bronzini-Vender [7d]
• Houthis sending Taiz ‘back to the stone age’, governor of besieged Yemen city says [7d]
• ‘I left shellshocked’: writers on their scariest non-horror movies [7d]
• ‘It’s been a whirlwind’: the Essex lawyer who quit her job and became voice of Netflix’s hit show Spike [7d]
• Radie Peat: No Human Tongue Can Tell review – Lankum singer’s solo debut is the year’s best folk album [7d]
• ‘It’s just USA, blah, blah, blah’: Rising rugby star Bella Vogel out to catch wounded England napping [7d]
• Roster rifts, police raids and Son’s uncertain future leave South Korea at a crossroads [7d]
• Kali Malone: Burning Song review – drone composer wields Bach’s organ to breathtaking effect [7d]
• Andy Burnham admits he would have liked more radical first budget [7d]
• BP profits jump as Middle East conflict drives up oil refining margins [7d]
• Trump’s foreign policy, from Ukraine to Iran, raised fears of world war three. Americans are about to have their say [7d]
• The hill I will die on: Dumplings are the ultimate proof of our common humanity | Joseph de Weck [7d]
• ‘I saw the script and went: oooh!’ Olivia Colman and Alexander Skårsgard on their steamy folk-horror movie Wicker [7d]
• Week in wildlife: a fishing anhinga, a northern nutcracker and cuddling seals [7d]
• Sports quiz of the week: last goodbyes, ill-judged jokes and golden balls [7d]
• ‘Elite North Korean hackers’ blamed for $6.3bn Binance hack – business live [7d]