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Ministers will push to privatise Channel 4 in TV shake-up
Australian media: number of people reading news in print has halved since 2016
Lord Frost: we can’t stop EU cutting amount of UK content on European TV
New York Times defends Maggie Haberman from Fox News attack
Hong Kong leader refuses to say how media can avoid arrest in wake of Apple Daily raids
Chernobyl and The Feed among dramas driving UK TV exports to Europe
‘One hell of a party’: readers on their albums of 2021 so far
Unknown treasures: the forgotten women of Manchester’s Factory Records
Joni Mitchell’s Blue: my favourite song – by James Taylor, Carole King, Graham Nash, David Crosby and more
‘I am appalled’: Billie Eilish apologises for mouthing apparent racist slur in resurfaced five-year-old clip
Dark night: why it took so long to hear John Tavener’s La Noche Oscura
Revealed: multiple allegations of toxic culture at Sony Music Australia as CEO Denis Handlin leaves
DMX's powerful work confronted an American hell of trauma and poverty
India v New Zealand: World Test Championship final, day five – live!
Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell out of England’s game against Czech Republic
Euro 2020: Uefa blocks rainbow display; Wembley to hold 60,000 for semis – live!
David Squires on … Euro 2020 plans going awry
Lions leave England players on bench for tour curtain-raiser against Japan
‘Proud of you’: NFL players welcome Carl Nassib’s decision to come out
Trans weightlifter Laurel Hubbard backed by Australian rival and New Zealand PM
Jon Rahm driven to US Open glory by Harrington and Faldo messages
The Spin | Shafali Verma shows the way for future female stars of Indian cricket
The Breakdown | Unexpected Lions picks: which outsiders can play a major role?
Why I love keirin – one of the most exciting events in any Olympics
Kansas City Chiefs’ Frank Clark arrested after police see submachine gun in car
‘Erase those memories’: Ben Simmons urged not to quit Australian basketball team’s Olympics tilt
Jos Buttler frustrated to miss England Tests but has ‘no perfect answers’
Letting in the Uefa variant could be Boris Johnson’s next own goal | Marina Hyde
It is time England stop playing for tomorrow and really catch fire | Barney Ronay
Wales ‘in for a tough one’: what Christian Eriksen told Ben Davies
’Now we take Wales’ – Danish media celebrates ‘magical’ night against Russia
Portugal v France: remembering their classic semi-final at Euro 1984
Donyell Malen agrees with supporters that Netherlands can win Euro 2020
‘This one is for you Christian’ – Denmark players celebrate Euro 2020 progress
Lionel Messi remains Argentina’s best hope of glory even in his twilight | Jonathan Liew
Christoph Baumgartner strike sinks Ukraine and puts Austria in last 16
Southgate orders England to excite Wembley fans against Czech Republic
‘So, does it hold up?’: Fargo’s stars and co-creator on its 25th anniversary
Tyger Tyger review – spaced-out apocalypse chic in pandemic thriller
‘I made it as if this was the end of my life’: Scorsese on Raging Bull at 40
Unearth review – fracking horror finds something nasty under the cornfield
Triumph review – RJ Mitte grapples with sporting ambition in the wrestling ring
Crippled by Covid: the vintage British cinemas under threat – in pictures
Circumstantial Pleasures review – watchable weirdness and Covid prophecy
Irish teenager Charlie Reid lands major film role with Olivia Colman
Bafta-winning TV firm accused of mishandling sexual assault complaint
EU prepares to cut amount of British TV and film shown post-Brexit
Fox News’ Tucker Carlson is key source for media he ‘hates’, columnist says
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily could shut at weekend unless accounts are unblocked
Fears for future of American journalism as hedge funds flex power
‘A woman, a refugee, and a Jew’: pioneering reporter Hella Pick on breaking down walls
Love Island predicts record revenues, but brands tread carefully after past tragedies
Revealed: multiple allegations of toxic culture at Sony Music Australia as Denis Handlin leaves
Joni Mitchell’s Blue reviewed – archive, 29 June 1971
Betty Boo on how she made Doin’ the Do
Download Pilot review – a joyful noise for fans and bands
Summer festivals are crying out for help – but the Tories don’t want to hear it | John Harris
‘It’s going to be weird’: Download festival opens with no social distancing
Mykki Blanco: ‘I’ve helped to push open some closed doors. It’s a cool feeling’
This week’s new tracks: Aziya, Jessie Ware, WH Lung
Def Jam: how a new British imprint of the iconic rap label poached Stormzy
Kings of Convenience: Peace or Love review – a beautifully simple return
Anthony Braxton: Quartet (Standards) 2020 review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month
Dean Blunt: Black Metal 2 review – instantly familiar yet utterly unknowable
Cola Boyy: Prosthetic Boombox review – a joyously defiant sugar rush
Berwyn: Tape 2/ Fomalhaut review – a compelling work of uncertainty
‘I’m working through 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die’: readers’ WFH playlists
Ukraine v Austria: Euro 2020 – live!
Manchester City make Harry Kane bid worth at least £100m to Tottenham
North Macedonia v Netherlands: Euro 2020 – live!
Mark Cavendish back at Tour de France for first time since 2018
Tokyo 2020 will allow up to 10,000 domestic fans into Olympic venues
Tour de France 2021: stage-by-stage guide | William Fotheringham
‘Power of positive thinking’: Jon Rahm rebounds from Covid to win US Open
India v New Zealand: day four of World Test Championship final abandoned – as it happened
Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes expect Red Bull to press home advantage
Talking Horses: uplifting Royal Ascot points to a bright future for racing
Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will be first trans athlete to compete at Olympics
ECB’s failures on Caribbean cricket in England are worse than Robinson’s tweets | Lonsdale Skinner
Red erring: players the losers in rugby’s card-happy campaign for a safer game | Michael Aylwin
Team GB cyclists target winning ‘in the right way’ at Tokyo Olympics
Saracens take no prisoners to seal escape from Championship purgatory
Matteo Berrettini serves up misery for Cameron Norrie in Queen’s Club final
Uganda Olympic athlete arriving in Tokyo tests positive for coronavirus
Durant’s ‘big ass’ foot decides Game 7 thriller as Bucks down Nets in OT
Harlequins into Premiership final after stunning extra-time win over Bristol
Les Hijabeuses: the female footballers tackling France’s on-pitch hijab ban
County cricket: T20 Blast group stage is proving enjoyably competitive
Big-time US college sport still favors profits over victims of sexual abuse
‘Strauss and Collingwood were very open’: the man who helped cricket embrace data | Jonathan Liew
Double climb of Ventoux may give Tadej Pogacar edge in Tour de France
César Azpilicueta urges sluggish Spain to take inspiration from Chelsea
Raheem Sterling shuts out the noise and takes positives from Southgate | David Hytner
Joachim Löw’s Germany recast as Euro 2020’s popular entertainers | Jonathan Liew
Robert Page warns Euro 2020 rivals not to underestimate his Wales side
Switzerland on course for last 16 after Shaqiri double sends Turkey home
Hartlepool back in EFL as shootout win denies Torquay despite keeper leveller
Vroom or bust: is Fast & Furious the ultimate franchise of our times?
Streaming: the best single dads on screen
Walter Schneiderman obituary
Tom Hanks is everyone's ideal on-screen dad. I wish he was mine | Stuart Heritage
BBC tightens security after anti-vaxxer ‘death threats’ to staff
Kay Burley says she was an ‘idiot’ for breach of Covid rules last year
GB News will flourish if the success of partisan, rightwing TV in Australia is any guide
Hong Kong: Apple Daily staff treat ‘every day like it is our last’ as leaders appear in court
‘We deserve this peace and joy’: black gardeners bloom on TikTok and Instagram
Publication delayed of epic history book amended after being called ‘too white’
Golden Globes: two members resign from ‘toxic’ Hollywood Foreign Press Association
ByteDance revenues more than double on back of TikTok boom
Is GB News a threat to democracy? That’s the million-dollar oesion | Stewart Lee
RIP Janet Malcolm, America’s finest nonfiction writer who detailed the failings of others alongside her own | Alex Clark
The harassment of the BBC’s Nicholas Watt was all too predictable | Owen Jones
Griff: One Foot in Front of the Other – we’ve heard nothing yet
How a cancer diagnosis inspired a fresh outlook for one young musician
The week in classical: Falstaff; Hallé; Leipzig BachFest; Dunster festival – review
Carnage, chaos, Coldplay: Glastonbury at home is a sad, brilliant reminder of real life
Ones to watch: Gabriels
Golden tickets! Gary Numan videos! How indie acts are dominating the charts
Hallé/Berglund review – exhilaration and energy from an orchestra back in business
Classical home listening: Pekka Kuusisto, Il Giardino Armonico and more
Lloyd Price obituary
England frustrated by steely Scotland in Euro 2020 stalemate at Wembley
Jack Grealish may not have all the answers but England need to find out | Barney Ronay
US Open golf 2021: second round – live!
Sale’s Curry twins could spell double trouble for Exeter in semi-final | Robert Kitson
Talking Horses: Fresh can brush off rain on Royal Ascot’s final day
Klinsmann declares interest in Spurs job after Gattuso talks called off
Queen’s Club: Cameron Norrie flies the flag as Dan Evans beaten by Berrettini
Tokyo Olympics athletes warned not to use 160,000 free condoms
Thiago Alcântara: ‘We see less magic, less fantasy. Footballers do more but faster’
Sophie Ecclestone’s touch of class gives England the upper hand against India
Pierre Gasly: ‘We are not lions in a cage for people going to the zoo’
Extra time in prospect as rain washes out day one of India v New Zealand final
Oisin Murphy demoted then wins but is unseated on eventful Royal Ascot day
‘I’d rather die actually living’: Bills’ Cole Beasley leans into anti-vaccine stance
Chess: National solving championship opens for entries from Britain
Banned Shelby Houlihan set to be cut from US Olympic trials after u-turn
Bryson DeChambeau ‘videobombs’ rival Brooks Koepka at US Open
Scotland’s Billy Gilmour catches the eye with star turn against England | Ewan Murray
‘In my head I don’t have rivals’: Noah Lyles’ quest to take Usain Bolt’s crown
Löw must conquer angst and Ronaldo in high-stakes battle with Portugal
Aaron Ramsey can show Italian public he is far from an unfulfilled talent | Ben Fisher
‘They’re not treating us as small men’: Team GB women get the right bras
Ivan Perisic magic earns Croatia point after disputed Czech Republic penalty
Copa América: Ben Brereton caps full Chile debut with winner against Bolivia
Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw ready to play inspirational role at Manchester City
England 0-0 Scotland: Euro 2020 player ratings from Wembley
Christian Eriksen discharged from hospital following successful operation
Emil Forsberg penalty gives Sweden slender win over stubborn Slovakia
Antoine Griezmann worth his weight in gold for France and Deschamps | Andy Hunter
VIPs ‘to be let into England without quarantine to keep Euros final at Wembley’
Not only the brave: why straight actors playing gay are no longer automatically acclaimed
‘They were these creative forces’: the friendship between Truman and Tennessee
Sherni review – Vidya Balan joins the hunt for a man-eating tiger
Mind the log truck! The Final Destination creator on his latest karmic horror
Scarlett Johansson and a decade of gender politics in the Marvel universe
Scarlett Johansson criticises ‘hypersexualisation’ of Black Widow in Iron Man 2
Hamlet! James Bond! Lady Gaga! The cultural events we’ve waited too long for
Government may privatise Channel 4 ‘as soon as next year’
Coca-Cola’s Ronaldo fiasco highlights risk to brands in social media age
Hongkongers queue to buy Apple Daily copies after editor-in-chief arrested
Two journalists killed in Mexico, meaning three dead so far this year
Italian broadcaster under fire over leaked footage of cable car crash
Sky News to launch dedicated regional Australia channel
Michael Wolff to publish third exposé of Trump, covering last days in office
News Corp denied documents from case about Christian Porter’s star barrister Sue Chrysanthou
How Daniel Morgan’s murder exposed dark ties between the press and police | Duncan Campbell
The winner is … John B Fairfax as the Walkley donor’s Nine quip leads to nervous laughs | Weekly Beast
The Friends Carpool Karaoke is even more mortifying than the reunion
Françoise Hardy, ‘close to the end’ of her life, argues for assisted suicide
Laura Mvula’s teenage obsessions: ‘I thought a briefcase was the most buff thing ever’
Joan Armatrading: Consequences review – strikingly inventive songwriter deserves her due
Peter Gabriel: festivals risk ‘losing everything’ without government insurance
Acclaimed British cellist has passport cancelled by Home Office
‘Diversity desert’: white male music execs outnumber Black women 18 to one in US
New York, New Music: how the city became a hotbed for music in the 80s
Ukraine v North Macedonia: Euro 2020 – live!
How to support our sports coverage (without asking a billionaire) | Jonathan Liew
England v India: women’s Test match, day two – live!
Royal Ascot: Gold Cup the feature on Ladies’ Day – live!
Rafael Nadal decides against playing at Wimbledon and Tokyo Olympics
Milan sign Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori in £30m permanent deal
‘I’m only 29 years old’: what Christian Eriksen said after his life was saved
Sabrina Verjee sets record for running 214 Wainwright peaks in less than six days
WTC finalists India and New Zealand have clear identities – unlike Root’s England | Andy Bull
Jack Grealish is perfect for Scotland game with England seeking Gascoigne moment | Karen Carney
Des Lynam on the story behind Euro 96: ‘Football got its smile back' | Michael Butler
Rory McIlroy confident of breaking major hoodoo with victory in US Open
The end of Big Ben and Jamieis Jeopardy: the best storylines for the NFL season
Denmark’s Christian Eriksen to be fitted with heart starter after collapse
Johnson calls for CPR to be added to curriculum after Eriksen collapse
Katie Ledecky wins 1500m free 70 minutes after 200m at US Olympic trials
Top-seeded Philadelphia 76ers on brink after stunning collapse against Hawks
‘No fear, no pressure’: Wales head to Italy aiming to upset the odds again | Ben Fisher
1984: Martina Navratilova, Wimbledon and the summer that transformed America forever
Renato Sanches’ career rehabilitation highlighted by Portugal cameo
Callum McGregor: ‘Notts County gave Jack Grealish and me a real education’
Crystal Palace sound out former Dortmund manager Lucien Favre
Robert Page hails Gareth Bale’s courage after captain drives Wales to victory
Rafael Benítez hoping to become Everton manager after talks with club