U.S. Women’s National Team star Naomi Girma has become the first million-dollar female soccer player after English club Chelsea paid a record transfer fee and signed the American defender to a long-term contract. British media reported the club agreed to pay roughly 900,000 pounds ($1.12 million) to acquire Girma, who was under contract with the…
Gay bars have traditionally been the most visible queer-inclusive spaces in Australia for LGBTQ+ people to gather. But with dim lighting, loud music and a focus on alcohol, they aren’t always conducive to genuine connection – or welcoming to all. And with dating apps blamed for the closure of gay bars and a trend towards…
All the overwhelming opposing emotions that Adrian Chiles went through happened to me too when I casually looked at our street on Google Maps (My dad died a year ago – and a photo of him on Google Street View brought me up short, 19 February). There was the palliative care nurse at our front…
UK lenders paid “advance commissions” to car dealers that may have encouraged them to push costlier loans on to consumers, legal filings linked to the motor finance scandal reveal. Court documents seen by the Guardian show that lenders, including Lloyds Banking Group, have paid commission to individual dealerships in lump sums upfront, which campaigners say…
In the fifth episode of The Deep End, Jon Nelson describes depression as a “no-casserole disease,” one that people are often afraid to acknowledge because of the stigma around mental health disorders. This episode lets listeners into the experience of having a disease that’s often misunderstood, and why that can be so harmful for people…
