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History of Guardian Weekly
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The Guardian Weekly editor Will Dean on the transformation of our century-old international weekly newspaper into a weekly news magazine -
For almost a century, the Guardian Weekly has carried the Guardian’s liberal news voice to a global readership. Taken from the GNM archives, these pictures chart the paper’s life and times from 1919 to the present day -
Since the end of the first world war, the Weekly has delivered the liberal Guardian perspective to a global readership
In pictures
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Photographer Meredith O’Shea visited the the Coming Back Out Ball, an event celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse and intersex elders in Melbourne -
Investigators use drones and cadaver dogs to search Mohammad al-Otaibi’s Istanbul residence
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A caravan of at least 1,500 people fleeing crime and poverty began in San Pedro Sula in Honduras with plans to march through Guatemala and Mexico to the United States. President Trump has threatened to cut aid to Honduras if it did not stop the migrants -
A building boom in the capital, Bamako, has sparked a surge in demand for bricks made from high-quality sand dug by hand from the bed of the Niger River. The diggers’ work is poorly paid and carries many dangers, from the treacherous river currents to powerful storms that threaten their fragile craft
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Alam is an internationally recognised and award-winning photojournalist, teacher and activist, and has been imprisoned after speaking out on recent student protests in Bangladesh -
The quinceañera, the 15th birthday rite-of-passage into womanhood, is widely celebrated in Latino culture. The ostentatious display of wealth is important, even in communist Cuba. The photographer Diana Markosian has captured the celebrations in Havana in her award-winning Over the Rainbow project
Regulars
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This longtime reader of the Weekly reacts to the new design -
Mapping a great divide; the good side of suffering; of women and men -
Our readers give their reactions to the redesigned Guardian Weekly
Puzzles
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England’s No1, Michael Adams, joined the leaders in the hugely competitive Isle of Man International tournament with two rounds to play -
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Atlanta’s Netherworld is one of the biggest haunted houses in the US. But this year, rapper 2 Chainz has collaborated on a rival attraction – the Haunted Pink Trap House – with gritty results -
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First female Palestinian activist to address UN security council speaks out over political marginalisation and domestic abuse -
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Culture
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All becomes beautifully clear in Robert Icke’s pared down Ibsen, while Martin McDonagh overloads his dark, dizzying fairytale -
2 out of 5 stars.
Edward Burne-Jones review – an endless procession of the living dead
2 out of 5 stars.Adored by the Victorians, the unerringly formulaic quality of the pre-Raphaelite artist’s work is interesting up to a point -
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3 out of 5 stars.
Clear White Light review – Edgar Allen Poe meets the NHS
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Robyn: Honey review – a sensual odyssey into clubland
4 out of 5 stars.
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Long reads
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For three years, Miqdaad Versi has waged a quixotic – and always scrupulously courteous – campaign against the endless errors and distortions in news about British Muslims. But can a thousand polite complaints make a difference? -
The long read: After they were locked out of their own stadium, an unlikely band of supporters came together to save the club -
The long read: The former EDL leader is one of a new breed of entrepreneurial activists who are bringing extremist myths into the mainstream – while also claiming they are being silenced
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