"It's difficult to think of the future right now': Milly with family dog Betty. Composite: The Guardian / Guardian Design Patrick Barkham writes about nature for the Guardian, and has evangelised for wild childhoods. But when his daughter Milly came down with a mystery illness, it never occurred to him that a long-forgotten tick bite could be the cause. He described his family's long battle for a diagnosis. Read more"
"Muhammad Ali grimaces as he exchanges blows with Joe Frazier in the early rounds in Manila. Photograph: AP This week marked the 50th anniversary of one of boxing's greatest fights a metaphorical struggle for the soul of the US in the 1970s. Muhammad Ali's biographer Thomas Hauser recalled what it was like to rewatch the fight with Ali, and the terrible toll the bout took on him and his opponent, Joe Frazier. Read more"
"Anger over double standards Florence Welch. Photograph: Linda Brownlee/The Guardian The Florence + the Machine singer gave an emotional interview to Rebecca Nicholson about the terrifying health scare and devastating loss that shaped her new album and her anger over the double standards that hold women in music back. Read more Satellite view of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai, January 2022. Photograph: Maxar Technologies/Reuters"
A family wrestled with a mysterious childhood illness ultimately linked to a long-forgotten tick bite, prompting an extended search for diagnosis and care. A 50th-anniversary look at the Ali–Frazier Manila fight frames the bout as a brutal, symbolic contest that inflicted lasting damage on both fighters. A singer endured a terrifying health scare and devastating loss that reshaped a new album and intensified anger over double standards facing women in music. The 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai eruption severed undersea cables and exposed critical infrastructure fragility. A seven-year photographic project records lives on the Donbas frontline and the displacement caused by war.
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