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Bonnie & Clive review – cheerfully ridiculous Covid road trip
<p>Bonnie has two days to get from south London to her grandparents’ house in Cornwall before lockdown in this super low budget British comedy</p><p>No offence to any Clives reading, but the intentionally naff title of this film does not inspire confidence – and turns out to be indicative of the cheerful ridiculousness of this super low budget British comedy. It is about a trio of twentysomethings on a road trip to Cornwall at the start of one of the Covid lockdowns; from the outtakes and behind the scenes clips that run over the end credits, everyone involved clearly had a blast making it. But that enjoyment doesn’t spill on to the screen – and the whimsical songs accompanied by a ukulele wear thin in less than half a minute.</p><p>Eleanor May Blackburn is Bonnie, who has two days to get to her grandparents’ house in Cornwall from south London before lockdown. Just as she is about to hit the road, Bonnie meets homeless busker Clive (Michael Kodi Farrow) and offers to buy him a kebab. But when her credit card is declined at the till, she rushes out without paying, leaving Clive to perform a stickup with his ukulele case to the bemusement of the kebab shop owner.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/01/bonnie-clive-review-cheerfully-ridiculous-covid-road-trip">Continue reading...</a>
KTH på Almedalsveckan 2026
<p>KTH arrangerar och medverkar i flera evenemang under Almedalsveckan, som äger rum i Visby den 22–26 juni. Rektor Anders Söderholm, forskare och andra KTH-representanter är på plats bidrar till samhällsdebatten.</p>
Striped rock dismissed as natural in 1928 reclassified as UK’s oldest cave art
<p>Scientific dating proves streaks on walls of Bacon Hole, near the Mumbles in south Wales, is Palaeolithic rock art</p><p>In 1912, the Guardian reported on the discovery of Palaeolithic rock art on the walls of Bacon Hole, a cave near the Mumbles in south Wales – only for the painted panel’s authenticity to be dismissed by 1928.</p><p>A series of horizontal bands in red pigment were subsequently deemed no more than a natural phenomenon and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/16/first-specimen-of-prehistoric-painting-bacon-hole-cave-archive-1912">the newspaper added an updated statement</a>: “It was later established that the red streaks … turned out to be red oxide mineral seeping through the rock and not prehistoric art.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/01/striped-rock-dismissed-as-natural-reclassified-uk-oldest-cave-art-mumbles-south-wales">Continue reading...</a>
The enigmatic summer phenomenon shining from the edge of space
<p>With no recorded sightings before 1885, noctilucent clouds have been linked to volcanoes, pollution or climate change</p><p>As summer arrives in the northern hemisphere, so do the noctilucent clouds – hopefully. These high-altitude formations are as enigmatic as they are beautiful. Their name derives from Latin, meaning “night shining”.</p><p>They appear during the summer months and glow with an electric-blue intensity against the darkening western sky. Look for them about half an hour after sunset.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jun/01/enigmatic-summer-phenomenon-noctilucent-clouds">Continue reading...</a>
Masturbation among birds is ‘natural’ and should not be punished, say experts
<p>Study finds activity is not harmful or caused by stress of captivity – and is in fact more common in wild birds</p><p>An investigation into acts of self-pleasure among parrots and other birds has reached a climax, with the results providing welcome relief for vets and researchers, not to mention the birds themselves.</p><p>Bird keepers are often advised to discourage and even punish birds for masturbating, but the study found the activity was more common in the wild than in captivity, with researchers concluding it is part of a bird’s natural behaviour.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/01/masturbation-birds-natural-healthy-behaviour-study">Continue reading...</a>
If an alien landed and asked you: ‘What is music?’ what would you play for them?
<p>The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts</p><p>If an alien landed and asked you: “What is this thing you call music?” what would you play for them? And why? <strong>Heather, Kent</strong></p><p><em>Post your answers (and new questions) below or send them to <strong><a href="mailto:nq@theguardian.com">nq@theguardian.com</a></strong>. A selection will be published next Sunday.</em></p><p>Due to a production error, a new Notes &amp; Queries question was not published on 24 May.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/may/31/if-an-alien-landed-and-asked-you-what-is-music-what-would-you-play-for-them">Continue reading...</a>
Daily pill can double survival time for world’s deadliest cancer, trial shows
<p>Experts hail daraxonrasib as ‘gamechanger’ for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer</p><p>A daily pill can double survival time in patients with the world’s deadliest cancer, according to the results of a clinical trial that experts are saying is a “gamechanger” and one of the biggest breakthroughs in decades.</p><p>Currently, there are few treatments for pancreatic cancer, and most do little or nothing to help. For decades, scientists have worked relentlessly trying to find clever solutions for a form of cancer that is often found late. More than half of patients are only diagnosed after it has spread.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/31/daily-pill-daraxonrasib-double-survival-time-pancreatic-pancreas-cancer-clinical-trial">Continue reading...</a>