South CarolinaThe tiny community finds the Republican frontrunner’s rhetoric ‘very sad’ ahead of Saturday’s primary. ‘He’s no different from the KKK,’ said one resident
“Well how would you feel?”
Ramadan Saeed Shakir is the mayor of Islamville, an all-Muslim town of about 300 people located in the northern woodland of South Carolina. He is talking about Donald Trump – specifically, what Donald Trump has been saying about Muslims.
Donald Trump: ban all Muslims entering USRead moreTrump criticised Pope Francis on Thursday, describing the pontiff as “disgraceful” after the pope said it would be un-Christian to build a wall between the US and Mexico, but when the billionaire Republican frontrunner has addressed religion during his presidential campaign it has mostly been to focus on Islam. Read More...
TheatreReviewJermyn Street theatre, London
A bestselling romance writer leaves his wife for a glamorous new partner in this 1940 play whose gender politics feel toothless now
Dorothy L Sayers is not primarily known as a playwright. Better celebrated as a novelist, she wrote this battle-of-the-sexes comedy of manners in 1940 and it is through no fault of this production that its laughter lacks bite.
Bestselling romance writer Godfrey (Alan Cox) has left his apparently dull wife, Edith (Leah Whitaker), for a talented young actor, Lydia (Emily Barber). Read More...
Our unequal earthFood & drink industryHere are some key findings of the investigation the Guardian published this week into America’s monopolized food system
When you walk into a US grocery store the shelves seem to be teeming with choice, with countless brands appearing to offer every type of food and drink.
But a joint investigation published this week by the Guardian and Food and Water Watch showed how this choice is largely an illusion. Read More...