Karl Ove Knausgård on the magic of Ursula K LeGuin, returning to Virginia Woolf, and the insight of Jorge Luis Borges ~books Article 890 words 13 votes
Three years in the wild: how a fugitive father has hidden his children for so long ~life.men Article 1083 words 15 votes
Natural sinks of forests and peat were key to Finland's ambitious target to be carbon neutral by 2035 – but now, the land has started emitting more greenhouse gases than it stores ~enviro climate change Article 1679 words 17 votes
The Place of Tides by James Rebanks review – a warming tale of gathering eiderdown in Norway ~books reviews nonfiction Article 525 words 2 votes
Dramatic images show the first floods in the Sahara in half a century ~enviro climate change Article 379 words 10 votes
‘It’s like, wow. I was really deranged’: stars and repentant stans on the terror of toxic fandom ~music pop Article 1789 words 13 votes
Danish family seek to return Etruscan objects to Italy – Bent Søndergaard's children say they want to carry out ‘his final wishes’ and send back antiquities he bought in 1960s ~humanities.history Article 594 words 8 votes
Iceland's famous music venues swallowed by tourism – thriving music scene that gave world Björk, Sigur Rós and Ólafur Arnald under threat from Reykjavík's popularity ~music Article 752 words 6 votes
Satu Rämö has caused a publishing sensation across Europe – all thanks to her novels about Hildur, a mindful cop who solves murders with her needle-clacking sidekick ~books fiction.crime Article 1521 words 5 votes
‘I’ve dealt with anti-hillbilly bigotry all my life’: Barbara Kingsolver on JD Vance, the real Appalachia and why Demon Copperhead was such a hit ~books Article 3076 words 19 votes
Botanists identify thirty-three global ‘dark spots’ with thousands of unknown plants ~science biology Article 654 words 16 votes
At least sixty-four dead and millions without power after hurricane Helene devastates south-eastern US states with landslides and flooding, washing away roads and bridges ~enviro Article 700 words 61 votes
Melting glaciers force Switzerland and Italy to redraw part of Alpine border ~enviro climate change Article 399 words 11 votes
‘I’m motivated by the puzzle’: how Courtney Dauwalter became ultrarunning’s GOAT ~sports Article 1535 words 11 votes
Norway is shying away from tourism – and other countries could learn from it ~travel Article 1097 words 13 votes
Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek hopes his latest brainchild, the Neko Body Scan, will revolutionise healthcare ~health healthcare Article 937 words 20 votes
Data center emissions probably 662% higher than big tech claims ~enviro climate change Article 2248 words 20 votes
When Rob Barrett surveyed one of Norway's largest seabird colonies in the '70s there were too many birds to count – stark before and after photographs reveal sharp decline ~science biology Article 1171 words 13 votes
Icelandic fishing giant Samherji sues art student for spoofing corporate website – potentially chilling effect on artists engaging critically with large corporations ~arts Article 1036 words 20 votes
Jan Hakon Erichsen explains how he became an Instagram star by smashing vegetables, popping balloons – and nearly killing himself with a knife sculpture ~arts art.performance art.contemporary Article 1236 words 5 votes
Swedish striker Viktor Gyökeres's versatility at Sporting may lead to his £85m release clause soon looking like a relative bargain ~sports.football Article 857 words 5 votes
Based on a Jane Fallon novel and directed by Guy Unsworth, a new show powered by Swedish pop duo Roxette opens in Malmö – Per Gessle reflects on their arrival at the opera ~arts theatre Article 1302 words 4 votes
Maelstrom under Greenland's glaciers could slow future sea level rise – pioneering mission into mysterious and violent world may reveal ‘speed bumps’ on the way to global coastal inundation ~enviro climate change Article 2077 words 3 votes
Eleven on trial in Sweden's largest environmental crime case – Bella Nilsson's company Think Pink accused of dumping at least 200,000 tonnes of waste ~enviro recycling pollution.ground Article 567 words 23 votes
Initiative to extol benefits of allemannsretten, Norway's “right to roam”, to international tourists has met with strong criticism – tourism campaign shelved over environmental fears ~travel Article 814 words 4 votes
Traditionally in the Swedish church the bride and groom walk down the aisle together – but the patriarchal handover is catching on, and now Lutherans want to stop it ~humanities religion Article 742 words 24 votes
Why have salmon deserted Norway's rivers? Salmon farming and the climate crisis threaten the fish's future. ~enviro climate change Article 1004 words 8 votes
Sven-Göran Eriksson, England's first overseas manager and winner of multiple honours at club level, has died at the age of 76 ~sports.football Article 934 words 5 votes
Fehmarn Belt tunnel being built with innovative engineering is final step of project to connect Denmark – and the Nordics as a whole – to the rest of Europe ~engineering Article 912 words 13 votes
Sweden to kill 20% of its brown bears in annual hunt – conservationists say number of hunting licences granted is too high and condemn it as ‘pure trophy hunting’ ~enviro conservation Article 527 words 15 votes
Danish wind power giant Ørsted delays major US offshore project – news follows scrapping of two other Atlantic windfarms and axing of hundreds of jobs as costs surge ~enviro energy.renewable Article 541 words 7 votes
Stonehenge megalith came from Scotland, not Wales, ‘jaw-dropping’ study finds ~humanities.history Article 898 words 24 votes
Native American author Tommy Orange selected as the next Future Library writer – will pen a manuscript that won't be published until 2114 ~books libraries Article 654 words 13 votes
Scientists hail ‘smart’ insulin that responds to changing blood sugar levels in real time ~health medicine Article 880 words 23 votes
Heidelberg Materials' cement plant in Norway will be the first of a handful around the world to capture carbon in the production of cement ~enviro pollution Article 1209 words 16 votes
Sven-Göran Eriksson on his terminal illness, scandal, and why he feels sorry for the next England manager ~sports.football Article 4938 words 7 votes
The 100 greatest BBC music performances – ranked ~music Article 6148 words, published Oct 6 2022 8 votes
Armand Duplantis achieves new heights after pole vault world record adds to gold at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Swede vaults to ninth world record of his career ~sports Article 831 words 10 votes
Anger mounts over environmental cost of Google datacentre in Uruguay ~enviro water.waste Article 708 words 19 votes
‘Morally, nobody’s against it’: Brazil’s radical plan to tax global super-rich to tackle climate crisis ~enviro climate change Article 856 words 61 votes
Climate hero or villain? As it rapidly adopts clean technologies while drilling furiously for oil and gas, Norway is a paradox. ~enviro climate change Article 1955 words 11 votes
CrowdStrike global outage to cost US Fortune 500 companies $5.4bn ~tech security.cyber Article 504 words 35 votes
Ireland’s datacentres overtake electricity use of all urban homes combined ~enviro energy Article 428 words 19 votes