Delegates at an ‘anti-woke’ conference disparaged Ed Miliband’s net zero policies. But even they could not ignore the sweat on their foreheads

It was hardly a perfect film, but I keep thinking of Don’t Look Up. In its depiction of a world that stubbornly refuses to heed the warnings of an imminent planetary disaster, it was perhaps too on the nose. But these days, reality itself is too on the nose.

This week served up ample evidence, on both sides of the Atlantic. In Britain, like much of Europe, the all-consuming concern has been intense, intolerable heat, with temperature records shattered and swathes of the country under the highest state of alert. For the first time, red warnings were issued in the UK for three consecutive days. Schools have closed; nights have become sleepless, with the mercury rising to meet the technical definition of “tropical”. There are wildfires in Derbyshire. All this in a temperate country in June.

Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnist

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Quicker points help the 39-year-old at SW19, where Jannik Sinner hopes to show French Open upset was a blip

For the 21st time in his long and fruitful career, Novak Djokovic arrived at the All England Club on Monday and began his preparations for another Wimbledon in earnest. The 39-year-old worked his way through his tentative first steps on the grass courts of Aorangi Park, movement exercises complementing his sparring on court. He found his rhythm against local hitting partners and tussled with other champions. His training sessions included a catchup with his old friend Marin Cilic and then he broke in the grass on No 1 Court with the world No 1, Jannik Sinner, iron sharpening iron.

The ultimate goal is the same as it has been for some time: Djokovic, the seventh seed, returns to Wimbledon again seeking to become the oldest grand slam singles champion in history by winning an unprecedented 25th grand slam title. At 39 years old, his chances of achieving this goal naturally lessen with each tournament, but he has repeatedly shown that, if fortune favours him for two weeks, he is more than capable of taking advantage.

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Victory in Barcelona shows Scuderia are improving and they are looking at another engine advance after the summer break

Beneath the sweltering sunshine that bathes the Styrian mountains surrounding the Red Bull Ring there is at least a breeze of anticipatory air for the Austrian Grand Prix. After the opening to a Formula One season defined by Mercedes dominance, that Ferrari may now be applying their own heat is welcome, more so given it is Lewis Hamilton firing it up.

Hamilton’s victory at the last round in Barcelona, his first for Ferrari and the Scuderia’s first since 2024, was greeted by driver and team with understandable exultation; the seven-time champion has gone from his worst season last year to a potential championship contender.

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Marian Bull muses on the attractions of the technically edible. Written for Gourmet, Bull's essay touches—lightly—on 1990s anorexia culture, Catholicism, and the vague but persistent desire to eat a packing peanut: "I know that there is a DSM diagnosis for people who chow down on non-food items. I first learned about pica when my favorite podcast discussed an influencer who posted about her cornstarch cravings. But I've never eaten dirt, or clay, or laundry starch; I am a mere interloper in the world of nonnutritive lust. I am the fake bisexual to a pica-haver's Kinsey four. But a handful of non-foods items have entranced me since childhood, seduced by their hint of oblivion. I don't want to take a shot or pill that kills my appetite; I don't want to stick a vacuum inside my body to suck out fat; I don't want to place a boiled chicken breast into my Vitamix and blend it with yogurt and banana (though I've considered it). I want to fill my mouth with something empty and everlasting, and know what it tastes like."

For those confused, because Gourmet magazine is, and has been for quite a while, defunct, this is not Gourmet magazine but Gourmet, a digital magazine founded by a small group of writers after they discovered that Conde Nast had let the Gourmet trademark lapse (disclosure: I am not, but do know, one of those writers). Unsurprisingly, Conde Nast has sued, and the dispute is ongoing. Unless and until Conde wins that suit, though, Gourmet publishes MetaFilter-worthy food writing on Tuesdays and recipes (that I believe might be behind a paywall) on Thursdays. Marian Bull writes a newsletter for home cooks (tw: substack) where the recipes are not behind the paywall.

The Boeing 747 Begins Its Final Descent. The 747 is being phased out for newer and more efficient jets. Ian Bosost takes a look at how the massive plane, which took flight only 5 months before “Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon”, came to be.

Zaterdag is het zover voor de Rotterdamse burgemeester Carola Schouten. Ze stapt in het huwelijksbootje met haar partner Coert Kleijwegt. Voor Sander de Kramer is het ook een bijzondere dag: hij mag het stel trouwen: "Het wordt een hele bijzondere dag, want Frédérique Spigt en Lee Towers gaan optreden".

Oasis

In interviews with The Moscow Times, Artyom Vovchenko recounted his improbable and highly risky flight from Russia earlier this year.

Amsterdam opent deze zomer de eerste koelteplekken in de stad. Bewoners kunnen hier gratis terecht om af te koelen, water te drinken, naar het toilet te gaan of even uit te rusten.

BERLIJN (ANP/DPA) - In Duitsland is vrijdag een temperatuur van 41,3 graden gemeten. Nog nooit eerder is in het land zo'n hoge temperatuur genoteerd. Het vorige record van 41,2 graden kwam uit juli 2019.