Alfie Packham is a Guardian journalist. Twitter @AlfiePackham
August 2024
Edinburgh unplugged: fire alarms and outages send fringe shows on to the streets
The art of improv is in the air as comedians have battled blackouts and other interruptions – with the result of rekindling the festival’s spirit
July 2024
‘Looks like £400 a month. That can’t be right!’ Readers on their music spending
Are you keeping an eye on spending thanks to expensive vinyl and concert tickets? Guardian readers explain how they’re keeping fandom alive in a cost of living crisis
Business live
Windows IT outage: CrowdStrike CEO ‘deeply sorry’ for global chaos caused by update and warns fix may take time to work – as it happened
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike says fix has been issued to software update responsible – but impact of that will not be immediate
‘I think we’re peaking’: England fans in high spirits before Euro 2024 final
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Millions go to the polls in general election – as it happened
Medieval LOLs to Miss Me? Your favourite podcasts of 2024 so far
June 2024
Doctor Who to Clarkson’s Farm: your best TV of the year so far
You’ve loved Ncuti Gatwa making the Doctor fun again, lapped up the sexiest season of Bridgerton – and discovered the new Mighty Boosh. Here are Guardian readers’ top TV shows of 2024 to date
D-day 80th anniversary: ‘let us have their courage,’ says Macron of veterans as he warns of war returning to Europe – as it happened
World leaders attend international commemorative ceremony as French president draws comparisons with Ukraine conflict
Stories of D-day veterans: ‘They feared they had lost the war’
Five people share what they know of their relatives’ experiences in June 1944 and their lives afterwards
May 2024
‘People are forfeiting meals’: musicians on the struggle to financially survive
‘I made curtains on the train’: the commuters livening up their journeys
April 2024
‘Like eating too much chocolate’: Guardian readers on Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department
‘Bland’ or ‘absolutely breathtaking’? Our readers are divided over Swift’s epically long, richly detailed new album
January 2024
‘Mr Bean’s car would be a conversation starter!’ Readers on the TV props they’d like to own
Guardian and Observer charity appeal 2023
‘Refugees should be treated with care’: readers say why they donated £1.3m to charity appeal
December 2023
‘Spending seems out of place’: how Britons are reining in Christmas gifts
From giving up sending cards to family secret Santas, people are trying a variety of ways to reduce festive excess
November 2023
‘Best sandwich in the world!’ Nine rolls, hoagies and sarnies worth crossing oceans for – picked by readers
‘I organised coach trips to see them’: readers on the forgotten musicians of their home towns
‘Dull and unremarkable’ or ‘just fab’? Readers on the Beatles’ Now and Then
‘Encapsulated everything it means to be human’: your favourite Doctors moments
September 2023
Changes to Covid treatment system in England ‘could lead to postcode lottery’
Patients have been left confused and frustrated with no centralised system for obtaining medicines
