Def LeppardReviewBramall Lane, Sheffield
On this co-headline tour, Mötley Crüe are crass and limp, and then shown up all the more by the triumphant power of Def Leppard’s homecoming
“Do you wanna get rocked?” Joe Elliott asks, engaging 23,000 partisan fans with a mischievous glint in his eyes. It’s entirely rhetorical. Introducing Let’s Get Rocked, Def Leppard are so bone-shakingly loud that the football stadium’s hospitality staff are scrambling around to source more earplugs for their flummoxed VIP guests.
Liberal Privilege review: Donald Trump Jr, Maga porn and the future of the Republican party
2024-06-08
Donald Trump JrReviewShamelessly attacking Joe Biden, feeding red meat to the base, the president’s son shows again he is one to watch for 2024
Donald Trump Jr will be a fixture in Republican politics in the years to come, regardless of whether his father wins re-election. Already, speculation runs rampant that the president’s oldest son will be on the presidential ballot in 2024.
Wicked Game review: a fascinating but flawed memoir by Trump's jailed associateRead moreTriggered, Don Jr’s first book, was a better campaign autobiography than most.
South CarolinaCross-currents of denialism, boosterism, broken governance systems and deep-seated racism will meet with rapidly accelerating sea level rise
Predictions about how much water is coming vary greatly. Some scientists say we should be planning on three feet of rise by 2050, six feet by 2070 and 10 feet by 2100. Someday, not too long from now, the stories of many current coastal and riverside cities across the US will include sudden plot twists as well as new beginnings, as edges that had seemed solid liquify and become indistinguishable from the seas around them.
Ultimate summer readsBooksFrom classic romance to steamy romps, your beach reads are sorted courtesy of Guardian Australia’s staff and critics
This is part of a new series of summer reading guides, arranged by genre. Please share your own picks in the comments See out lists for funny books, crime books and sci-fi and fantasy books 1. Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonPan Macmillan ($26.99)
Royally implausible romcom
We want to see it back in its glory: can the Kingston Harbour cleanup be a model for the world
2024-06-08
Kingston schoolchildren celebrate Global Recycling Day at the Kingston Harbour Cleanup Project.Kingston schoolchildren celebrate Global Recycling Day at the Kingston Harbour Cleanup Project.Southern frontlines: Latin America and the CaribbeanGlobal developmentWaste from the Jamaican capital has for years poured into the sea – but now a partnership between Dutch technology and local expertise is offering a solution that could go global
Kingston, Jamaica, boasts the world’s seventh largest natural harbour, at nearly 10 miles long by two miles wide.
The historic lifeguard station in Fuseta, Portugal. Photograph: Tamas Gabor/Getty ImagesThe historic lifeguard station in Fuseta, Portugal. Photograph: Tamas Gabor/Getty ImagesEurope holidaysWhere to go on holiday this year: 23 great travel ideas for 2023From Croatia’s dramatic sinkhole lakes to rewilded glens in Scotland, our travel writers pick fun and sustainable adventures for the coming year
1Fuseta, Portugal
Holiday peace in eastern AlgarveIf you’re longing for a desert island, head to Fuseta, an almost empty spit of white sand in a turquoise sea that could be in the Indian Ocean (just a little more bracing).
Books This article is more than 1 year oldBook prices set to rise as production costs soar, say UK publishersThis article is more than 1 year oldFirms aim to minimise rises by using cheaper paper and increasing print runs as raw material and energy cost hikes hit sector
The price of books is likely to go up, say publishers – which are acting to avoid steep rises for readers.
Some presses are exploring printing on cheaper and thinner paper, postponing reprints for older books and publishing fewer titles to reduce costs and avoid increasing recommended retail prices.
The faddy eaterSpiritsThe collagen-infused spirit won backing in the Dragons’ Den, but trying to direct protein towards the skin with a drink is like trying to divert the Nile with a spoon Part of my job involves making up new words. The world is changing rapidly, so it is helpful to find new ways to describe it. But if I have learned one thing, it is that a made-up word only works if you are using it to describe something that already exists but for which words have, historically, failed.
Stylist: Chloe Hartstein. Set design: Andrea Huelse. Hair: John Novotny at Opus Beauty. Makeup: David Razzano at Opus Beauty. Set design assistant: Henry Harper. Dress, byRachel Gilbert. Photograph: Erik Madigan/The GuardianAfter a wild and troubled young life growing up in New York, the actor came out of nowhere to become the breakout star of indie hit Uncut Gems. Then – after a month dating the controversial rapper – her life somehow got even weirder