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Halal or haram? Flirt to convert? Why didn’t he call? The comedian and matchmaker Yasmin Elhady discusses a fraught Muslim dating scene and her new Hulu show.

The Northern Irish journalist turned author, Róisín Lanigan, speaks about writing a haunted house novel for the rental age, her trick for capturing dialogue and favourite millennial reads.

After her role in the hit spy thriller, Ella Lily Hyland stars in the BBC’s racy new Agatha Christie adaptation. The Irish actor talks about her difficult school days, her pole-vaulting uncle, and being inspired by Love Island.

From criticisms of its ‘awful’ second episode, to calling its depictions of misogyny so accurate that it’s triggering – Guardian readers in their teens and twenties share their verdicts on the harrowing teen murder drama. https://lnkd.in/esqDEq4d

After a painful midlife crisis, the former Lambchop sideman William Tyler went to rehab, rejected ambition and embraced lo-fi recording. It made for his most startling music yet – with a surprise Four Tet collaboration still to come.

“Everything was swaying – then I realised it was the building,” says Elena Cresci, a former Guardian reporter who was on the 28th floor of her building near Chatuchak Park in Bangkok, Thailand, when she felt the earthquake. A powerful 7.7 magnitude quake has rocked Myanmar and Thailand, bringing down buildings and prompting Myanmar’s isolated military junta to make a rare request for international aid. The US Geological Survey said the earthquake struck central Myanmar at 1.20pm local time at a depth of 6.2 miles (10km). Its epicentre was about 11 miles from Mandalay, Myanmar’s second largest city. The scale of the damage in Myanmar is not yet clear, though social media footage emerging from central regions has shown multiple buildings collapsed or damaged. Myanmar has been gripped by conflict since the military seized power in 2021 in a coup that was widely opposed by the public. The military has since launched brutal crackdowns on any form of opposition, and it is dangerous for journalists to operate in the country. The footage in this video was taken in Thailand.

The UK’s carmakers – including Jaguar and Land Rover owner JLR, the BMW-owned Rolls-Royce and Mini, and Aston Martin – are weighing up the potential impact of Donald Trump’s planned 25% tariffs on cars imported into the US.  https://lnkd.in/eucHvFNa

Vincent Thurkettle explains how gold hunting has enriched his life. https://lnkd.in/e76FNDAY

"There has been plenty of sleaziness on display in recent days – but it has nothing to do with the Atlantic’s exemplary reporting," writes Margaret Sullivan. https://lnkd.in/eyGSQ2-K

Biana Raffaella's paintings of stems and flowers, made by ‘seeing’ them through touch, give a unique perception of the world. She explains why she gave up a career in fashion to paint seriously – and why thumbs are better than brushes.