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‘A true icon of the hair industry’: celebrity hairstylist John Frieda dies aged 75
<p>Businessman styled stars such as Twiggy, Madonna and Joanna Lumley and created popular hair care line Frizz Ease</p><p>John Frieda, the celebrity hairstylist who launched his own bestselling hair product range, has died aged 75.</p><p>In an Instagram post, his salon wrote: “It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that our dear John passed away peacefully … surrounded by his family.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/nov/04/celebrity-hairstylist-john-frieda-dies-aged-75">Continue reading...</a>
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‘The point was to dehumanise’: London Holocaust archive examines world’s first ‘viral’ antisemitism scandal
<p>Dreyfus affair has echoes of how anti-Jewish hatred manifests itself today, say curators at Weiner Library</p><p>It was the world’s first experience of antisemitism “gone viral”, said Barbara Warnock, co-director of the oldest Holocaust archive, the Wiener Holocaust Library, in London.</p><p>It was 1894 and printing presses were faster than ever before. France’s prohibitive censorship laws had been lifted, and then along came the Dreyfus affair: a public shouting match that followed the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/1906/jul/13/france">wrongful conviction</a> for treason of Alfred Dreyfus, a 36-year-old French army captain.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/nov/04/london-wiener-holocaust-library-dreyfus-affair-antisemitism">Continue reading...</a>
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Woman charged over alleged stalking and attempted extortion of Greens senator Jordon Steele-John
<p><strong>Exclusive:</strong> Police will allege the woman, 40, is the former partner of Steele-John and she is expected to face court in Perth on Thursday</p><p>A 40-year-old woman has been arrested and charged by Western Australian police for allegedly stalking and attempting to extort the Greens senator Jordon Steele-John.</p><p>WA police said on Wednesday detectives from the family violence investigation squad charged the Perth woman with one count of aggravated stalking with intent to intimidate and one count of demanding property by written threats, commonly known as extortion.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/nov/04/jordon-steele-john-woman-charged-alleged-stalking-attempted-extortion-greens-senator-court-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>
GB Nov 4, 2026The Guardian World