AI chatbots remove hijabs from images of Muslim women when prompted
Guardian tested chatbots after French far-right politician stripped a Muslim woman of her hijab in a photoWhen prompted, AI chatbots will edit images to remove the hijabs from Muslim women, a violation of one of the world’s most common and visible…
Share your tributes and memories of Esther Rantzen
We would like to hear your tributes and memories of TV presenter and Childline founder Esther Rantzen – whether you met her, or appreciated her workEsther Rantzen, the Bafta-winning TV presenter and founder of Childline, has died aged 86. She announced…
20 fascinating facts about hair: why baldness is super-masculine – and a pubic bush could be a ‘cheating detector’
Judy Wearing has spent much of her life studying our follicles. She explains how our armpits betray our emotions, why some gentlemen really do prefer blondes and the reason we evolved to have eyebrowsAs a PhD student at Oxford studying mating behaviour,…
East of Eden review – Florence Pugh in soapy Steinbeck adaptation is brilliant, compelling TV
This take on the 1952 novel is lavishly shot and full of excellent performances. It lacks the heft to be a full examination of human nature, but it’s a high-quality family sagaIt is rarely difficult to distinguish between a John Steinbeck novel and…
War, power games and impunity. I watched the farce that is the UN general assembly: what a tragedy, what a mess | Nesrine Malik
Ukraine, Iran, Palestine and Sudan: it has so many problems to confront and fails to do so. Seen up close, it is a study in stasis and declineUN general assembly meetings are not usually riveting occasions. But this year’s encapsulated a world in flux…
Stepping back in time: a historic walk along Dorset’s Jurassic Coast
A ride in a water taxi transforms a stunning hike from Lyme Regis to West Bay into a perfect circular route Many favour a circular walk, but you can give a linear one new shape with the addition of a novel form of transport. My wife Helen, our friend Tom…
Whaur’s Yer Wullie Shakespeare Noo? review – when John Home outdid Stratford’s Bard
Òran Mór, GlasgowBrian Logan revisits the 18th-century production of Home’s Douglas in a shouty comedy about nationalism, religion and the power of theatreIt is the most famous heckle in Scottish theatre history. In an exclamation of nationalist zeal…
‘Hitler was a lazy criminal who slept in until noon’: why most of what we think we know about the rise of the Nazis is wrong
In a new book, German artist and writer Philipp Ruch argues that viewing the ascent of Hitler’s NSDAP through the prism of the Third Reich has distorted our understanding of fascism’s electoral breakthroughWith your art collective Centre for Political…
Dodge City by Patrick deWitt review – a wild draft-dodging road trip
This tale of a 60s college dropout driving across the US to avoid being sent to Vietnam is committed to both readerly pleasure and literary artificeCanadian author Patrick deWitt broke through with a western, 2011’s Booker-shortlisted The Sisters…
The zero-bills home: how one family is beating the energy price hikes
The Naylors’ four-bedroom home in Milton Keynes acts like a mini-power station after retrofitting solar panels, a battery and a heat pumpClare Naylor paid close attention to how much energy she and her family were using last winter, filling hot-water…