2026.04.05
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lsandersonTrump’s mass deportation plan has broken the quiet of small US towns: ‘We have to take care of each other’
Immigration agents have spread into rural western Wisconsin, taking dozens of people from towns in more politically conservative areas
Rachel Leingang with photographs by Stephen Garcia
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/05/trump-deportation-rural-towns-wisconsin
US health officials appear to shy away from anti-vaccine talk ahead of midterms
Elections seem top-of-mind for the Maha movement as key polling indicates anti-vaccine views are a liability
Melody Schreiber
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/05/health-officials-anti-vaccine-views-midterms
Priest accused of coercing congregants for sex in Texas could have single trial for charges from three separate accusers
Prosecutors say Anthony Odiong exploited his parishioners’ emotional dependency to engage in sexual conduct with them
Ramon Antonio Vargas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/05/priest-anthony-odiong-trial-sex-offenses
Mexican art world protests over plan to send Frida Kahlo masterpieces to Spain
Cultural figures sign open letter asking government for clarity on how long landmark collection will remain abroad
Oscar Lopez in Mexico City
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/05/mexican-art-world-protests-over-plan-to-send-frida-kahlo-masterpieces-to-spain
The kindness of strangers: I was taken aback by a rude remark. Then it hit me – she was absolutely right
I vividly remember thinking how out of line she was. But as I thought more about what she said, I realised she’d done me a favour
Joseph Grossman, as told to Katie Cunningham
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/apr/06/kindness-strangers-rude-remark-shopkeeper-perspective
How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets
Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance
Ajit Niranjan
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/05/how-paris-swapped-cars-for-bikes-and-remade-its-streets
I’m back in London after a decade in the US – and I miss those friendly New Yorkers
Bim Adewunmi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/05/back-in-london-after-decade-in-us-miss-friendly-new-yorkers
How a mother turned her drowned daughter’s passion into a thriving patisserie
Hamburg shop set up in tribute to aspiring pastry chef becomes ‘happy’ pilgrimage site for grieving parents
Deborah Cole in Hamburg
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/05/germany-patisserie-johanna-orth-bereaved-parents-ahr-valley-floods
Life of Pi author Yann Martel: ‘I thought the Iliad was a book for old farts… then I started getting ideas’
Alex Clark
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/05/life-of-pi-author-yann-martel-i-thought-the-iliad-was-a-book-for-old-farts-then-i-started-getting-ideas
How to use procrastination to your advantage
As medieval sages understood, putting things off – done well – can open the doors to creativity and purpose
Peter Jones
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/05/how-to-use-procrastination-to-your-advantage
Messiah album review – Whelan takes Handel’s oratorio back to its beginnings
Irish Baroque Orchestra and Choir/Whelan
(Linn)
Conductor Peter Whelan leads a finely judged and agile period-instrument performance with only 13 singers.
Erica Jeal
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/03/messiah-album-review-irish-baroque-orchestra-choir-peter-whelan
Immigration agents have spread into rural western Wisconsin, taking dozens of people from towns in more politically conservative areas
Rachel Leingang with photographs by Stephen Garcia
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/05/trump-deportation-rural-towns-wisconsin
US health officials appear to shy away from anti-vaccine talk ahead of midterms
Elections seem top-of-mind for the Maha movement as key polling indicates anti-vaccine views are a liability
Melody Schreiber
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/05/health-officials-anti-vaccine-views-midterms
Priest accused of coercing congregants for sex in Texas could have single trial for charges from three separate accusers
Prosecutors say Anthony Odiong exploited his parishioners’ emotional dependency to engage in sexual conduct with them
Ramon Antonio Vargas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/05/priest-anthony-odiong-trial-sex-offenses
Mexican art world protests over plan to send Frida Kahlo masterpieces to Spain
Cultural figures sign open letter asking government for clarity on how long landmark collection will remain abroad
Oscar Lopez in Mexico City
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/05/mexican-art-world-protests-over-plan-to-send-frida-kahlo-masterpieces-to-spain
The kindness of strangers: I was taken aback by a rude remark. Then it hit me – she was absolutely right
I vividly remember thinking how out of line she was. But as I thought more about what she said, I realised she’d done me a favour
Joseph Grossman, as told to Katie Cunningham
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/apr/06/kindness-strangers-rude-remark-shopkeeper-perspective
How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets
Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance
Ajit Niranjan
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/05/how-paris-swapped-cars-for-bikes-and-remade-its-streets
I’m back in London after a decade in the US – and I miss those friendly New Yorkers
Bim Adewunmi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/05/back-in-london-after-decade-in-us-miss-friendly-new-yorkers
How a mother turned her drowned daughter’s passion into a thriving patisserie
Hamburg shop set up in tribute to aspiring pastry chef becomes ‘happy’ pilgrimage site for grieving parents
Deborah Cole in Hamburg
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/05/germany-patisserie-johanna-orth-bereaved-parents-ahr-valley-floods
Life of Pi author Yann Martel: ‘I thought the Iliad was a book for old farts… then I started getting ideas’
Alex Clark
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/05/life-of-pi-author-yann-martel-i-thought-the-iliad-was-a-book-for-old-farts-then-i-started-getting-ideas
How to use procrastination to your advantage
As medieval sages understood, putting things off – done well – can open the doors to creativity and purpose
Peter Jones
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/05/how-to-use-procrastination-to-your-advantage
Messiah album review – Whelan takes Handel’s oratorio back to its beginnings
Irish Baroque Orchestra and Choir/Whelan
(Linn)
Conductor Peter Whelan leads a finely judged and agile period-instrument performance with only 13 singers.
Erica Jeal
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/03/messiah-album-review-irish-baroque-orchestra-choir-peter-whelan
