
My wife and I had couples therapy on TV. It nearly wrecked our marriage
When Boris Fishman’s marriage to Jessica ran into trouble, he turned to the hit TV show Couples Therapy for help. It proved a huge mistake, not only taking a “wrecking ball” to their relationship but turning him into public enemy number one on the internet. Here’s his account of what didn’t make it to the screen.
Can Keir survive? Inside the plot to bring down the prime minister
Is the UK prime minister drinking in the last-chance saloon? After a torrid week that mired the Labour government in scandal, the Guardian’s political editor, Pippa Crerar, and deputy political editor Jessica Elgot wrote about the operation to dethrone Starmer that appears to be under way.
‘I love you too!’ My family’s creepy, unsettling week with an AI toy
The cuddly chatbot Grem is designed to “learn” your child’s personality, while every conversation they have is recorded, then transcribed by a third party. It wasn’t long before Arwa Mahdawi wanted this experiment to be over …
‘You think rape’s your fault’: Oscar-winner Brenda Fricker on her devastating memoir
The actor had a zest for life that propelled her to the heights of stage and screen – but behind this lay a shocking story of violence, grooming and abuse. In a powerful interview by Rory Carroll, Ireland’s 80-year-old grande dame looked back – from her bed, flanked by pills and cigarettes.
‘Resistance is when I put an end to what I don’t like’: The rise and fall of the Baader-Meinhof gang
In this gripping long read, Jason Burke profiled the radical leftwing German terrorist organisation that spread fear through public acts of violence in the 1970s – even though its inner workings were characterised by vanity and incompetence.
Madness on a mountain: for 15 years, my mom was trapped in a mutual psychosis
Joelle Fraser shared the deeply personal story of how her mom and stepdad retreated to a remote cabin, 6,500ft up a desert mountain in north-east California. When the 77-year-old fell mysteriously ill, it seemed like a cry for help. Then came the unexpected diagnosis: folie à deux.