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Emma Brockes

Emma Brockes is a Guardian columnist based in New York. She is the author of She Left Me The Gun: My Mother's Life Before Me.

October 2024

  • *** BESTPIX *** JD Vance And Tim Walz Face Off In Vice Presidential Debate In New York<br>*** BESTPIX *** NEW YORK - OCTOBER 01: Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) speak after a debate at the CBS Broadcast Center on October 1, 2024 in New York City. This is expected to be the only vice presidential debate of the 2024 general election. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

    JD Vance is trying hard not to be weird – and it’s making him seem more menacing still

    Emma Brockes
    Trump’s running mate is now trying to put on a civilised face. But that is clashing queasily with his extreme outlook, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

September 2024

  • Keir Starmer kisses his wife at the Labour party conference

    Digested week
    Digested week: sausage surrealism and a bowlful of Doom Loops

    Emma Brockes
  • Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff on 10 September 2024.

    God knows we need an antidote for all the lousy men in the news – and I think I’ve found one

    Emma Brockes
  • Huw Edwards leaves court after his sentencing.

    Huw Edwards, and the ludicrous arguments bad men make in defence of the indefensible

    Emma Brockes
  • The Prince and Princess of Wales hold hands as they sit on a blanket on a patch of grass

    Digested week
    Digested week: Awkward royals, ‘on the fence’ Trump voters and a crisp surprise

    Emma Brockes

  • Harris clearly beat Trump – not that you’d know it from the rightwing media. Shame on them

    Emma Brockes

  • Novelist Rumaan Alam: ‘A lot of people have secret money – it can make you crazy with envy’

  • Weekend
    Best of Weekend part 1: Julia Fox, are we to blame for our bad habits? And surviving a ship wreck – podcast

  • Kamala Harris is steering clear of Hillary Clinton’s feminist messaging – and it’s working

    Emma Brockes

August 2024

  • Gillian Anderson, with long blonde, layered hair, wearing a white dress with a fringed cut-out on one side, shot against a draped, pale peach coloured silky material

    ‘We’re not as open about sex as we imagine’: Gillian Anderson on pleasure, powerful women, and collecting secret fantasies

  • Gillian Anderson

    Weekend
    Actor Gillian Anderson on female desire, singer Chappell Roan’s slow and steady rise, and how to stop people-pleasing – podcast

  • Kamala Harris greets Joe Biden on the first day of the Democratic national convention in Chicago, Illinois.

    Joe cried, Kamala cried and so did I. Can this be the Democrats putting on a better show than Trump ever did?

    Emma Brockes
  • French president Emmanuel Macron stands with his hands on his head as he watches the men's basketball game at the Olympics

    Digested week
    Digested week: From Cruise in Paris to … Truss in Beccles

    Emma Brockes

  • I’m all for the concept of ‘forest school’ – just not the kind I pulled my kids out of

    Emma Brockes

  • Army vet, football coach, big dad energy: there’s plenty about Tim Walz to frighten Donald Trump

    Emma Brockes

  • Digested week
    Digested week: Olympic poolside parenting, cracked water slides and fishy memories

    Emma Brockes

  • Trump’s usual sexist sneers don’t work against Harris – and to top it off, she’s laughing at him

    Emma Brockes

July 2024

  • Kari Lake at the microphone against backdrop of a sign saying: RNC 2024 Milwaukee

    Digested week
    Digested week: the nice blond lady from England delivers

    Emma Brockes
    A Republican falls victim to Emily Maitlis, the mayor of Paris dips her toe in the Seine, and a yearning for summer rain
  • Republican National Convention in the United States<br>epa11482842 Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump (L), and his vice presidential running mate Senator JD Vance (R) attend the second day of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, 16 July 2024. The convention comes days after a 20-year-old Pennsylvania man attempted to assassinate former President and current Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. The 2024 Republican National Convention is being held 15 to 18 July 2024 in which delegates of the United States’ Republican Party select the party's nominees for president and vice president in the 2024 United States presidential election. EPA/JUSTIN LANE

    A gleeful Trump, delegates in tribute bandages: it’s hard to tear your eyes away from the Republican convention

    Emma Brockes
    So this is what it feels like, the presidential hopeful must be telling himself, to be admired, praised and respected, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
  • Piles of black bin bags on a New York street

    There’s a ‘trash revolution’ in New York – exciting for everyone but the rats

    Emma Brockes
    NYC has lagged behind the UK in waste disposal. But with wheelie bins replacing bin bags, we’re finally catching up, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
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