13. Were the Friends even human? Watching the old shows again, they certainly don’t breed like the rest of us Nell Frizzell
22. Samuel L Jackson on shark thriller Deep Blue Sea: ‘I’ve had many deaths – but everyone remembers this one’
27. David Cronenberg says Brutalist AI controversy was a ‘campaign against’ the film by rival Oscar nominees
40. Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for salt and Sichuan peppercorn tofu with tomatoes Quick and easy
46. A Palestinian American medical student objected to working alongside IDF soldiers. The university suspended her
47. Stop-and-search, fire ants and stinging nettles: doling out justice to illegal miners in Peru’s Amazon
48. ‘A kitchen film with no food porn’: how Alonso Ruizpalacios sold Rooney Mara on his abortion drama
74. Ukraine war live: US and Russia start Saudi ceasefire talks as Zelenskyy says Putin must give ‘real order’ to stop attacks
79. A sinner, a killer and a very controversial erection: has director Alain Guiraudie surpassed Stranger By the Lake?
81. In Canada, I saw how Trump is ripping North America apart – and how hard its bond will be to repair Andy Beckett
84. Hidden Portraits: The Untold Stories of Six Women Who Loved Picasso by Sue Roe review – artist as lothario
90. Trump’s imperial plan is now eroding the rights of people who thought they were safe Nesrine Malik
97. ‘I feel really, really cross at incredibly dumb decisions’: Stephen Sackur on the end of HARDtalk – and leaving the BBC
98. A French university is offering ‘scientific asylum’ for US talent. The brain drain has started Alexander Hurst
99. ‘Nobody found him in time’: how neglect and stress led to the deaths of a full-time carer and his son
104. Kindness of strangers: I was crying at the airport carousel, then a couple offered a simple solution
105. This Australian state’s heart attack survival rate is among the world’s best, and it’s not down to luck
124. The Guardian view on China''s EV breakthrough: helped by the kind of strategic state Elon Musk despises Editorial
141. Ramadan is not just about abstaining from food. It’s about truthfulness – something we can all learn from Shadi Khan Saif
153. ‘The only thing still working’: Russia and UK agreement to tend war graves transcends bitter international relations
157. The new definition of antisemitism is transforming America – and serving a Christian nationalist plan
161. There’s No Time Like the Present by Paul B Rainey review – a funny, unpredictable and wild comic
163. The New Yorker at 100: ‘We live in a world of misinformation ... a lack of verification. Our readers want what we do’
168. Ukraine war live: Russia launches deadly drone attack on Kyiv ahead of ceasefire talks in Saudi Arabia
179. ‘I’ve been getting 100 messages a day’: Church of Scientology accused of intimidating UK critics
180. ‘I was sexualised, patronised and ridiculed’: how Charlotte Church survived the tabloids to become an earth mother
181. John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs by Ian Leslie review – let it be the new gold standard in Beatles studies
182. ‘Many Rastas were chased away, but we’re determined to remain’: Ethiopia’s religious community under threat
188. Atrocities mount daily. Promised aid does not arrive. Why has the west turned its back on Sudan?
198. Ningaloo and Great Barrier Reef hit by ‘profoundly distressing’ simultaneous coral bleaching events
204. #YouToo, Gwyneth Paltrow? Intimacy coordinators make sex scenes safe for all, not just A-listers Barbara Ellen
216. ‘Tax exile’s half-baked scheme’: Jim Ratcliffe challenged over Man Utd plan to use public funds for 2bn stadium project
223. ‘We need to set the terms or we’re all screwed’: how newsrooms are tackling AI’s uncertainties and opportunities
224. ‘It’s a new kind of prison’: Amanda Knox on redemption, rage – and her unlikely friendship with the prosecutor who hounded her
230. Seth Rogen on going from onscreen slacker to studio boss: ‘People really do scream at each other in Hollywood’
232. ‘Raped at the age of 10’: accounts of sexual abuse and harassment at 1,664 UK primary schools reported
234. Loud Zoom calls, hogging space, spending a pittance: no wonder laptoppers’ antics irk cafe owners Emily Watkins
238. Yotam Ottolenghi: I tried intermittent fasting, and hated it. This is why we need to ditch the diets and go back to basics
239. Mountaineer Chris Bonington: ‘I’ve come very close to death so many times, it’s difficult to pick the closest’
244. In these dark times, Americans must harness the power of the civil rights movement again Al Sharpton
245. Did my Jewish great-grandfather make chemical weapons for the Nazis? Author Joe Dunthorne on a dark legacy
257. What is the meaning of life? 15 possible answers – from a palliative care doctor, a Holocaust survivor, a jail inmate and more
258. The Studio: Seth Rogen’s triumph of a Hollywood satire is absolutely stuffed with career-best acting
260. ‘I didn’t know you wore a retainer!’: the Edith Pritchett cartoon on real relationship milestones
261. Blind date: ‘He said I looked like Kate Moss, then went, “No, wait, Kate Bush – I still fancy her though!”’
267. A tale of two conferences: women against women as ‘poison of patriarchy’ returns and abortion fight intensifies
269. Seth Rogen: slacker to studio boss; Marina Hyde on Trump making anywhere but America great again; and Philippa Perry helps with imposter syndrome – podcast
296. Trump is abandoning democracy and freedom. That creates an opening for Europe – and Britain Jonathan Freedland