What’s behind the worrying rise in anti-LGBTQ+ laws across Africa? Rooted in colonialism, legislation backed by governments eager for popularity is obstructing real progress for queer minorities

What’s behind the worrying rise in anti-LGBTQ+ laws across Africa?

Kanye West headlining Wireless festival is ‘deeply concerning’, says Keir Starmer PM says antisemitism is ‘abhorrent’ after booking of West, who has song called Heil Hitler and last year advertised swastika T-shirt Keir Starmer has said it is “deeply concerning” that Kanye West, the US rapper who has made a series of antisemitic comments, is to appear at a British music festival. The prime minister joins others who have criticised Wireless festival for booking the musician, also known as Ye, to headline all three nights of the forthcoming event in London. Continue reading...

Kanye West headlining Wireless festival is ‘deeply concerning’, says Keir Starmer

Clyde Best: ‘I got used to racism. I was playing for ever... Ahead of the release of a film about his life, the inspirational Clyde Best discusses blazing a trail for Black players in England despite the abuse

My feature with Clyde Best, West Ham’s first Black player, in today’s @theobserveruk.bsky.social ahead of a new film about his life showing this month.
We talked about:
-Humble beginnings in Bermuda
-Playing for those coming after him
-Getting the best of Gordon Banks
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Clyde Best: ‘I got used to racism. I was playing for ever... Ahead of the release of a film about his life, the inspirational Clyde Best discusses blazing a trail for Black players in England despite the abuse

My feature with Clyde Best, West Ham’s first Black player, in today’s @theobserveruk.bsky.social ahead of a new film about his life showing this month.
We talked about:
-Humble beginnings in Bermuda
-Playing for those coming after him
-Getting the best of Gordon Banks
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

Muslim Leeds fans ‘hurt’ by Elland Road Ramadan booing - Hyphen Play during Saturday’s Premier League match against Manchester City stopped briefly so players could break the fast

A Leeds United Muslim fan group is calling for unity after players were booed while breaking their fast during a weekend Premier League match.

@morgankofori.bsky.social reports⬇️
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‘I really believe in revivals of Black work’: why a director brought back Chadwick Boseman’s play Deep Azure The late actor’s writing was overshadowed by roles in blockbusters. Now, Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu is giving his play about grief the audience it deserves

Tristan Fynn- Aiduenu, the director of Deep Azure on bringing back the late Chadwick Boseman’s play, winning trust of his loved ones and staging grief in this week’s Guardian Long Wave newsletter

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‘I really believe in revivals of Black work’: why a director brought back Chadwick Boseman’s play Deep Azure The late actor’s writing was overshadowed by roles in blockbusters. Now, Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu is giving his play about grief the audience it deserves

‘I really believe in revivals of Black work’: why a director brought back Chadwick Boseman’s play Deep Azure

Feels like we need a momentum shifting result like Newcastle away was. City lost there like we lost at Anfield, feels like the group needs signs they can finish the job. Yesterday was always going to be a coin toss without Havertz or Merino’s physicality.

Thanks for sharing Chris, sorry to learn you also suffer from them!

Full-blown agony: my battle against the mysterious pain of cluster headaches They can hurt more than broken bones or pancreatitis. But with the right drugs and therapies, relief is possible from this debilitating and often misunderstood condition

Oh, hai. I suffer - as do about 1 in every 1000 of you - from a condition called Cluster Headaches. Nobody EVER knows what these are, or how horrific. This article is super useful in explaining it all. If you can, do please give it a read.

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Jim Ratcliffe, a tax resident of Monaco who has legally avoided an estimated £4 billion in UK taxes, says,

"The UK is being colonised by immigrants, isn't it?"

Ed Conway, "You met recently with Nigel Farage, didn't you?"

Jim Ratcliffe, "I did"

Get Ready for This Year’s Undemocratic, Debt-Ridden, and Mobster-Infused Winter Olympics ICE thugs in the streets, Mafia meddling, and billions in waste—seems like the Games are off to a great start.

The opening ceremony for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics is tomorrow. In my latest with @edgeofsports.bsky.social we press past the five-ring spectacle to shine a light on the underbelly of these politically charged Games. For @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

‘When a match is going well, smile’: inside the scheme helping ethnic minority referees The Core X programme is working to elevate match officials from underrepresented communities into the professional game

Spent time in Loughborough a few weeks ago at a Core X camp, a programme designed to elevate talented officials to the elite level of refereeing for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Inside the magic and chaos of the Africa Cup of Nations While Senegal’s victory in the chaotic final has made the headlines, we look at five other big takeaways from the tournament – from the strong diaspora representation to the floor-filling tunes

For the Long Wave newsletter @guardian I went out to Morocco for the Africa Cup of Nations. Here are some reflections 🙏🏿

www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ja...

Sign up for The Long Wave newsletter: our weekly Black life and culture email Nesrine Malik delivers your weekly dose of Black life and culture from around the world

You can subscribe for it to land in your inbox every week!

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Inside the magic and chaos of the Africa Cup of Nations While Senegal’s victory in the chaotic final has made the headlines, we look at five other big takeaways from the tournament – from the strong diaspora representation to the floor-filling tunes

For the Long Wave newsletter @guardian I went out to Morocco for the Africa Cup of Nations. Here are some reflections 🙏🏿

www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ja...

Full-blown agony: my battle against the mysterious pain of cluster headaches They can hurt more than broken bones or pancreatitis. But with the right drugs and therapies, relief is possible from this debilitating and often misunderstood condition

Full-blown agony: my battle against the mysterious pain of cluster headaches

So horrible

Full-blown agony: my battle against the mysterious pain of cluster headaches They can hurt more than broken bones or pancreatitis. But with the right drugs and therapies, relief is possible from this debilitating and often misunderstood condition

Happy New Year. Non-sport klaxon.
For the @theguardian.com, I wrote about Cluster Headaches, a rare neurological condition, and my treatment journey. It’s in today’s paper.

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Full-blown agony: my battle against the mysterious pain of cluster headaches They can hurt more than broken bones or pancreatitis. But with the right drugs and therapies, relief is possible from this debilitating and often misunderstood condition

Happy New Year. Non-sport klaxon.
For the @theguardian.com, I wrote about Cluster Headaches, a rare neurological condition, and my treatment journey. It’s in today’s paper.

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Best way I can describe the Caicedo Rice conversation is that both give you the feeling you have two players in one but with Rice, both those players are at Ballon d’or standard.

Zohran Mamdani has upended US politics. Now he should take on Fifa | Jules Boykoff New York’s mayor-elect has taken on powerful institutions. With the World Cup taking place in his city, he should challenge Fifa next

My latest @theguardian.com: As a genuine soccer fan & generational political talent, freshly elected NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani might be able to achieve the unthinkable: force the FIFA behemoth to share its lucre by targeting its tax exemptions & extreme privilege www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Video shows the aftermath of the Israeli strike on a tent for media workers that assassinated five Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza City.

Euros win one of the most magnificent heists in the history of English sport | Jonathan Liew The lionesses are escapologists who have secured what no other football team from these islands have before: a dynasty

so nice, they had to do it twice

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Michelle Agyemang burnishes her credentials as the ‘savio... The 19-year-old Arsenal forward’s crucial equalisers have marked her out as a bright hope for the future

Piece for @theobserveruk.bsky.social on the wonderful emergence of Michelle Agyemang for the Lionesses with input from Eartha Pond and award winning Black women-led podcast Goaldiggers before England face Spain in today’s Euros final

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Michelle Agyemang burnishes her credentials as the ‘savio... The 19-year-old Arsenal forward’s crucial equalisers have marked her out as a bright hope for the future

Piece for @theobserveruk.bsky.social on the wonderful emergence of Michelle Agyemang for the Lionesses with input from Eartha Pond and award winning Black women-led podcast Goaldiggers before England face Spain in today’s Euros final

observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

Only Agyemang could overcome Chiellini and Baresi incarnate. You’re not going to be able to ignore her now

Medaasɛ🙏🏿

Happy birthday to me and Forest Whitaker.🎈

The IOC handed LA the Olympics. Now Trump is weaponizing them | Jules Boykoff As the IOC ushers in new leadership, Donald Trump’s second term is already wreaking havoc on LA 28 – and turning a global celebration into a national security crackdown

My latest @theguardian.com "The IOC handed LA the 2028 Olympics. Now Trump is weaponizing them." Trump has a secret weapon to turn the Games into a national-security crackdown—the National Special Security Event designation, (NSSE)—& we need to be talking about it www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...