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Linda Pentz Gunter
Engineering teams use the world's largest crane - Big Carl - to lift a 245-tonne steel dome onto Hinkley Point C's first reactor building, at the nuclear power station construction site in Bridgwater, Somerset, December 15, 2023
Environment / 12 August 2026
12 August 2026

In the fourth and final part of our serialisation from LINDA PENTZ GUNTER’S book No to Nuclear, she asks how anyone can see nuclear as value for money given its constantly ballooning costs

A solar power farm at Yealhampton in Devon. Picture date: Tuesday August 17, 2021
Environment / 11 August 2026
11 August 2026

In the third of a four-part serialisation from her new book No to Nuclear, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER explains how the world had a chance to build an energy system around renewables more than 70 years ago — instead, it chose nuclear

Hinkley Point C
Serialisation / 9 August 2026
9 August 2026

In the second of a four-part serialisation from her new book No to Nuclear, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER highlights how the industry is searching for ways to preserve its relevance

Nuclear weapon test Bravo (yield 15 Mt) on Bikini Atoll. The test was part of the Operation Castle.
Features / 5 August 2026
5 August 2026

A six minute animation that conveys the horror of atomic war A Short Vision, made in 1956, is more effective than any drama, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

Hinkley Point C, Linda's book
Opinion / 5 August 2026
5 August 2026

In the first of a four-part serialisation from her new book No to Nuclear, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER outlines the case she will make against this dangerous technology

Czechoslovakia's Martina Navratilova in action against America's Chris Evert in the singles final on Centre Court during Wimbledon. Navratilova defeated Evert 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 to win the ladies Championship
Tennis / 6 July 2026
6 July 2026

A new documentary recalls the unmatched rivalry between Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, but it is also an honest and intimate look at their unlikely off-court friendship and shared battle with cancer, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

Mustafa Barghouti (fist raised) at the International Conference Against War Pic: Steve Eason
Features / 26 June 2026
26 June 2026

At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer makes a speech in Downing Street, London, as he said he will resign as leader of the Labour Party and he has informed the King of his decision, June 22, 2026
Politics / 24 June 2026
24 June 2026

Keir Starmer’s resignation speech seemed to be coming from a different universe, or maybe it was just a fanfaronade of falsehoods, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

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Men’s football / 14 June 2026
14 June 2026

How soaring prices, celebrity spectacle and political hypocrisy are overshadowing the beautiful game on the sport’s biggest stage, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

Palestinian women's football team
Palestinian rights / 7 June 2026
7 June 2026

As World Cup begins, the sport’s authority does nothing to protect or free two Palestinian women football stars arrested by Israeli authorities, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

A street scene in Cuba
Features / 27 May 2026
27 May 2026

The real ‘humanitarian threat’ isn’t Cuba but the United States, where poverty, lack of healthcare and illiteracy abound, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

President Donald Trump speaks at Rockland Community College, May 22, 2026, in Suffern, N.Y.
Features / 25 May 2026
25 May 2026

The racist Republican tactic of redistricting to keep Trump and his base in power is turning the clock back to the 1950s, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER