He has published more than 100 novels, gives his work away, and his surrealist books have a massive cult following. Now Argentina’s favourite rule-breaker is tipped for the Nobel prize

Bob Olley’s unsettling vision of clash between miners and police is part of 40th anniversary show in Bishop Auckland

Engineer living in Liverpool says he fears being arrested at any moment after receiving deportation notice

Erin Patterson to be heard in Supreme Court after case fast-tracked

Pulitzer prizes awarded to best in journalism from 2023 and also in arts categories focused on books, music and theatre

Tories will crow about falling inflation and Britain’s waning recession. But the public sees the reality in its shopping basket, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

With the world’s humanitarian system in crisis, many NGOs now recognise that local charities can deliver much more at far less cost

The low-budget romcom about Britain’s upper middle classes launched the careers of its writer Richard Curtis and Grant. Cast and crew share their stories – from Liz Hurley in that dress to Amber Rudd’s role as an ‘aristocracy coor ...

Die Linke party is among those calling for a Dönerpreisbremse or price cap on the hugely popular street food

French-Luxembourgish performance artist Deborah de Robertis says she organised the stunt, after which two people were arrested

Fish welfare campaigners say Defra decision facilitates greenwashing and will mislead consumers

Commuter routes in and out of London hit as train drivers begin three days of rolling strikes amid six-day overtime ban

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology retook a barricaded encampment, those at the Rhode Island School of Design occupied a building, and Columbia University said its university-wide commencement ceremony will not ...

Hamas accepted an Egyptian-Qatari brokered ceasefire deal which Israel rejected as ‘unacceptable’

Rafah, with a population of 1.4 million, was initially a safe haven for Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza

Pulitzer prizes awarded to best in journalism from 2023 and also in arts categories focused on books, music and theatre

Making a breakthrough in Tamil Nadu and Kerala is crucial to the BJP’s ambitions to gain an even larger parliamentary majority – but it won’t be easy

The theme was JG Ballard’s 1962 short story, The Garden of Time, which meant references to decay, lots of florals and more than one look that seemed to have nothing to do with anything

Countdown halted hours before liftoff in latest delay for long-planned flight, with no word on next attempt

The 40-year-old founder of biotech company Theranos, was convicted in January 2022 on four counts of fraud and conspiracy, and sentenced to 11 years behind bar