My chocolate obsession has been through many phases. The most ridiculous was the bean-to-bar period when, over three sleep-deprived days, I tried to fashion a chocolate bar using a large bowl, a hairdryer and a pair of blenders. It taught me it’s possible for home cooks to make chocolate that’s both delicious and interesting, but…
Judge says Trump officials have done ‘nothing’ to return wrongly deported man to US despite order Hugo Lowell The justice department will have to prove it tried to comply with a federal judge’s order to facilitate the release of Kilmar Ábrego García from a Salvadorian prison, after the Trump administration claimed it was powerless to…
The Guardian’s Saturday magazine is looking for people who declared their love after being inspired by a certain song, book, TV show or film. Did you confess your feelings for your best friend after watching When Harry Met Sally? Did you propose after seeing Four Weddings and a Funeral? Did you decide to have a…
World Series champions LA Dodgers visit White House The Los Angeles Dodgers visited the White House to celebrate their 2024 World Series win against the New York Yankees. In the nearly three decades since Major League Baseball has turned April 15 into a de facto industry holiday, there have been years in which celebrating Jackie…
The largest education union in the country says Reform is as a ‘racist and far-right’ party The largest education union in the country, the National Education Union (NEU), has called Reform UK a “racist and far-right” political party. Reform – led by Nigel Farage – has been neck and neck with Labour and ahead of…
I walked the Pennine Way in August 1970 at the age of 16 with a school friend (The Guardian view on the Pennine Way: a pioneer of long-distance soul therapy, 9 April). Wainwright’s guide and a stack of Ordnance Survey maps were in our metal-frame rucksacks. Kitted out from the Army & Navy store, clumpy…