2026.01.02
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lsanderson‘It’s our turn’: gun-safety advocates are riding a ‘seismic’ wave to US legislatures
A once-toxic topic is helping survivors and relatives of victims get elected to enact the laws they helped draft
Abené Clayton
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/02/gun-safety-law-us-legislation
Italian pasta makers win reprieve from Trump tariffs
US cuts proposed levies to between 2% and 14% despite accusing Italian producers of selling at unfairly low prices
Mark Sweney
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/02/italian-pasta-makers-win-reprieve-from-trump-tariffs
Will Smith accused of ‘predatory behaviour’ and ‘grooming’ by tour violinist
Brian King Joseph claims the rapper and actor was ‘priming’ him for ‘sexual exploitation’. Smith’s lawyer has called the allegations ‘false, baseless and reckless’
Laura Snapes
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/02/will-smith-accused-of-predatory-behaviour-and-grooming-by-tour-violinist
New year, old warnings: what can films set in 2026 teach us?
From Doom and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes to Metropolis, Hollywood hasn’t predicted the most stable of years ahead
Jesse Hassenger
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/02/films-set-in-2026-hollywood
‘No one can know’: Heated Rivalry’s gay love story exposes ice hockey’s culture of silence
The surprise hit series has reopened a familiar debate: why, in the National Hockey League, visibility is still treated as a problem rather than a possibility
Colin Horgan
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jan/02/heated-rivalry-nhl-hockey-culture-silence
Behind the scenes of Brisbane’s 2032 Olympics, a 19th-century story of politics and gay love
The new stadium sits in the suburb of Herston, a name alluding to the state’s first premier and the man believed to be his lover
Andrew Messenger
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/03/behind-the-scenes-of-brisbanes-2032-olympics-a-19th-century-story-of-politics-and-gay-love
‘The answer is dig a hole’: why Scotland’s islanders want tunnels instead of ferries
From Shetland to the Western Isles, campaigners argue ageing ferries are driving depopulation – and undersea tunnels are the only 21st-century solution
Severin Carrell Scotland editor
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/02/scotland-islanders-want-tunnels-instead-ferries-shetland-western-isles
More than 60 Henri Matisse artworks donated to Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris
Artist’s daughter Marguerite features in most of the pieces, kept in the family until ‘complete surprise’ donation
Kim Willsher in Paris
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jan/02/paris-musee-d-art-moderne-donation-henri-matisse-marguerite
Review
The Night Manager review – no naughty bum-flashing? It’s still a class above all other spy thrillers
The racy espionage blockbuster caused a global frenzy a decade ago – and set an unbelievably high bar. As Tom Hiddleston’s M16 agent Jonathan Pine returns to take down a new supervillain, he just about pulls it off
Jack Seale
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jan/01/the-night-manager-review-tom-hiddleston-john-le-carre-bbc-one-iplayer-prime-video
George Clooney fires back at Trump after US president mocks his French citizenship
Trump called the actor and his wife, Amal, ‘two of the worst political prognosticators of all time’ after they were awarded French passports
Sian Cain and agencies
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/02/george-clooney-trump-french-citizenship
A once-toxic topic is helping survivors and relatives of victims get elected to enact the laws they helped draft
Abené Clayton
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/02/gun-safety-law-us-legislation
Italian pasta makers win reprieve from Trump tariffs
US cuts proposed levies to between 2% and 14% despite accusing Italian producers of selling at unfairly low prices
Mark Sweney
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/02/italian-pasta-makers-win-reprieve-from-trump-tariffs
Will Smith accused of ‘predatory behaviour’ and ‘grooming’ by tour violinist
Brian King Joseph claims the rapper and actor was ‘priming’ him for ‘sexual exploitation’. Smith’s lawyer has called the allegations ‘false, baseless and reckless’
Laura Snapes
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/02/will-smith-accused-of-predatory-behaviour-and-grooming-by-tour-violinist
New year, old warnings: what can films set in 2026 teach us?
From Doom and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes to Metropolis, Hollywood hasn’t predicted the most stable of years ahead
Jesse Hassenger
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/02/films-set-in-2026-hollywood
‘No one can know’: Heated Rivalry’s gay love story exposes ice hockey’s culture of silence
The surprise hit series has reopened a familiar debate: why, in the National Hockey League, visibility is still treated as a problem rather than a possibility
Colin Horgan
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jan/02/heated-rivalry-nhl-hockey-culture-silence
Behind the scenes of Brisbane’s 2032 Olympics, a 19th-century story of politics and gay love
The new stadium sits in the suburb of Herston, a name alluding to the state’s first premier and the man believed to be his lover
Andrew Messenger
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/03/behind-the-scenes-of-brisbanes-2032-olympics-a-19th-century-story-of-politics-and-gay-love
‘The answer is dig a hole’: why Scotland’s islanders want tunnels instead of ferries
From Shetland to the Western Isles, campaigners argue ageing ferries are driving depopulation – and undersea tunnels are the only 21st-century solution
Severin Carrell Scotland editor
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/02/scotland-islanders-want-tunnels-instead-ferries-shetland-western-isles
More than 60 Henri Matisse artworks donated to Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris
Artist’s daughter Marguerite features in most of the pieces, kept in the family until ‘complete surprise’ donation
Kim Willsher in Paris
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jan/02/paris-musee-d-art-moderne-donation-henri-matisse-marguerite
Review
The Night Manager review – no naughty bum-flashing? It’s still a class above all other spy thrillers
The racy espionage blockbuster caused a global frenzy a decade ago – and set an unbelievably high bar. As Tom Hiddleston’s M16 agent Jonathan Pine returns to take down a new supervillain, he just about pulls it off
Jack Seale
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jan/01/the-night-manager-review-tom-hiddleston-john-le-carre-bbc-one-iplayer-prime-video
George Clooney fires back at Trump after US president mocks his French citizenship
Trump called the actor and his wife, Amal, ‘two of the worst political prognosticators of all time’ after they were awarded French passports
Sian Cain and agencies
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/02/george-clooney-trump-french-citizenship
