‘We’ve sanitised strategy’: how much should business leaders trust their gut? Data drives today’s corporate world, but experts from Warwick Business School believe intuition still has a vital role The Guardian - UK · Oct 9
AI has made it to the boardroom – can companies make the most of it? With board members now asking generative AI to bring insights to the table, experts from Warwick Business School are questioning where its influence should begin and end The Guardian - UK · Oct 9
Soil in need of some TLC? Then it’s time to make room for legumes Crops such as vetch, field beans and forage peas can improve soil if you use them as a mulch The Guardian - UK · Oct 9
Isaias strengthens to become first Atlantic hurricane of 2026 season Storm expected to make landfall on US’s northern Gulf coast with risk of flash floods and isolated river flooding The Guardian - UK · Oct 9
‘How we cut our annual energy bills from £2,000 to £100’ Solar panels and batteries are helping a family slash their bills as they embrace a smarter, greener lifestyle The Guardian - UK · Oct 9
‘Self-imposed irrelevance’: why the EU is failing to act on growing public criticism of Israel While Israel’s actions against Palestinians intensify public anger, the bloc remains paralysed along familiar fault lines The Guardian - UK · Oct 9
AK Blakemore: ‘The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt was extremely silly and bad’ The poet and author on F Scott Fitzgerald’s perfect novel, losing faith in Ernest Hemingway – and the recent debut that blew her away The Guardian - UK · Oct 9
Bragging rights for Burnham, blues for Farage: conference season winners and losers While the Labour and Conservative leaders will be delighted with their showing, Nigel Farage, Ed Davey and Zack Polanski have less reason for cheer The Guardian - UK · Oct 9
Labour chair of housing committee calls for urgent funds for affordable homes in England Exclusive: Abena Oppong-Asare urges chancellor to unlock billions of pounds, as housing associations say they could build 41,000 homes in 10 years The Guardian - UK · Oct 9
European FAs pushing for three-week international break to be abandoned Europe’s football associations have raised serious concerns about the impact of the extended break and will ask Uefa to push for a reversion to the previous scheduling The Guardian - UK · Oct 9
Branford Marsalis Quartet and Dianne Reeves: Dedicated to You review – eloquent Coltrane tribute This elegant contemporary reinvention of 1963 album John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman pairs Marsalis’s post-bop sax with Reeves’ agile vocals, to time-stopping effect The Guardian - UK · Oct 9
Maresca says Manchester City titles not tainted; Liverpool’s Isak and Gakpo injured – as it happened Enzo Maresca faced the media for the first time since Manchester City were found guilty by the Premier League of over 100 financial rule breaches The Guardian - UK · Oct 9
OpenAI projected to bring in $20bn less in revenue than expected Questions raised over AI growth as ChatGPT maker forecasts this year’s revenue at $50bn, way below the $70bn signalled before The Guardian - UK · Oct 9
‘Is death necessary?’: why Peter Greenaway’s assisted dying drama is stuck in post-production hell Exclusive: Three years after filming began on the contentious Lucca Mortis, starring Dustin Hoffman, the British director is still in dispute with producers over which version to release, and a battle over rights rumbles on The Guardian - UK · Oct 9
The Guardian - UK · Oct 9 Matchbox the Movie to Poor Things: the seven best films to watch on TV this week Another toy adaptation hits the screen – and it’s a fun, breezy ride. Plus, Emma Stone shines in Yorgos Lanthimos’ deeply weird and delightful comedy
The Guardian - UK · Oct 9 A promising future now looks perilous for election loser Zack Polanski. He sowed, now he reaps There was a real chance of a Green byelection win in Holborn and St Pancras. He made bad decisions and cost his party dear, says Guardian columnist John Harris
The Guardian - UK · Oct 9 Everton owner The Friedkin Group exploring sale of club after two years Everton’s owner, The Friedkin Group, is exploring the ‘sale of a controlling interest’ in the club
The Guardian - UK · Oct 9 US imposes sanctions on ICC, hours after former judge Pillay wins Nobel peace prize – as it happened The ICC’s deputy prosecutor condemned the sanctions and said they would not halt the tribunal’s work
The Guardian - UK · Oct 9 Jess Williamson: A Mile South of Heaven review – alt-country singer’s love-hate affair with LA Following 2023 breakout Time Ain’t Accidental, the best songs here are when Williamson strips back country music, rebuilding it as something familiar yet different
The Guardian - UK · Oct 9 Palantir’s Tom Watson says ‘mob rule’ must not dictate awarding of government contracts Former Labour deputy leader says tech firm would work with a Reform UK government on immigration crackdowns
The Guardian - UK · Oct 9 You have a higher chance of getting cancer at a younger age than your parents. So what went wrong? Some change in our lifestyles and environments over a generation has caused this increased risk. What, exactly, is a mystery, says chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh Devi Sridhar
The Guardian - UK · Oct 9 Chess: France and US dominate rapid and blitz at Pall Mall Masters The Chess England event was a rare test of UK skills against strong foreign opposition
The Guardian - UK · Oct 9 Oliver Glasner: ‘There was no plan for me to be Nottingham Forest manager’ On Sunday, the Austrian will take his team to Crystal Palace, the club he left in the summer after taking them to unprecedented heights at home and abroad, and he accepts there could be ‘booing’, he tells Ben Fisher
The Guardian - UK · Oct 9 Shostakovich Symphony No 8 album review – composer’s cry of despair in a remarkable and resonant new recording Conductor Alain Altinoglu brings weight and purpose while the instrumental solos are piquant and precise.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 9 Please, sir, can I have a walk? Dickens biographer finds likely inspiration for Oliver Twist Exclusive: Theresa Musgrove unearths newspaper archives showing one Alice Shepherd was severely punished in 1836 for similarly innocent request