Added recipe for The Guardian

src/calibre/utils/config.py

@@ -479,7 +479,10 @@ class DynamicConfig(dict):
         if os.path.exists(self.file_path):
             with ExclusiveFile(self.file_path) as f:
                 raw = f.read()
+                try:
                     d = cPickle.loads(raw) if raw.strip() else {}
+                except:
+                    d = {}
         dict.__init__(self, d)
         
     def __getitem__(self, key):

src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ recipes = [
            'wired', 'globe_and_mail', 'smh', 'espn', 'business_week',
            'ars_technica', 'upi', 'new_yorker', 'irish_times', 'iht',
            'discover_magazine', 'scientific_american', 'new_york_review_of_books',
-           'daily_telegraph',
+           'daily_telegraph', 'guardian',
           ]
 
 import re, imp, inspect, time, os

src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/guardian.py

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env  python
+__license__   = 'GPL v3'
+__copyright__ = '2008, Kovid Goyal kovid@kovidgoyal.net'
+__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
+
+'''
+www.guardian.co.uk
+'''
+
+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+
+class Guardian(BasicNewsRecipe):
+
+    title = u'The Guardian'
+    __author__ = 'Seabound'
+    oldest_article = 7
+    max_articles_per_feed = 20
+
+    timefmt = ' [%a, %d %b %Y]'
+
+    remove_tags_before = dict(id='main-article-info')
+    remove_tags_after = dict(id='article-wrapper')
+    remove_tags_after = dict(id='content')
+    no_stylesheets = True
+    extra_css = 'h2 {font-size: medium;} \n h1 {text-align: left;}'
+
+    feeds = [
+
+        ('Front Page', 'http://www.guardian.co.uk/rss'),
+        ('Business', 'http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/rss'),
+        ('Sport', 'http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/rss'),
+        ('Culture', 'http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/rss'),
+        ('Money', 'http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/rss'),
+        ('Life & Style', 'http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/rss'),
+        ('Travel', 'http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/rss'),
+        ('Environment', 'http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/rss'),
+        ('Comment','http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/rss'),
+        ]
+