There’s a footpath opposite my house; it slips between two bungalows ending at a stile that takes you into the fields. In spring, it’s one of the first places you can spot cuckooflower and Jack-by-the-hedge; in summer, borage sprawls on to the path, humming with bees. I have walked and run along this path thousands … Read more
Success for Earps – but does a battle lie ahead? The former Manchester United goalkeeper Mary Earps has said that a large reason why she wanted to join Paris Saint-Germain was to win more trophies and, just a couple of months on, she has already got her hands on some minor silverware with the French … Read more
Pete Buttigieg, Joe Biden’s transport secretary, introduced himself to Democrats at their convention earlier last month in unusual fashion. “I’m Pete Buttigieg and you might recognize me from Fox News,” he told the crowd in Chicago. The comment drew laughter, but beneath it was a certain truth: in the final two months of the 2024 … Read more
Donald Trump has a knack for rallying a remarkable range of political opinion around a common goal: preventing his return to the White House. That now includes prominent names from his own Republican party and top aides who worked under him as president. From former White House officials and national security staff to a once-worshipful … Read more
Spoiler alert: this recap is for people watching Sherwood on BBC One. Please don’t read it unless you have watched series two, episode four. The women behind the wire Out of options and fearing violent reprisals, the Sparrow crime family formed an unlikely alliance with police to bring down the Bransons. Yet their statements, even … Read more
Guess how many piano-led ballads by a female artist have topped the UK singles chart this decade? Just one – Adele’s Easy on Me – and that was almost three years ago. There was a time you simply couldn’t escape the powerhouse vocals of legendary divas and their huge, impossible-to-sing (but don’t let that stop … Read more
Events of the past few days in Germany are a chilling reflection of political atrophy and our collective amnesia. A little more than a week ago, a brutal mass stabbing at a local festival in the western city of Solingen left three people dead in what prosecutors believe to have been an act of Islamist … Read more
Chennai: GB Portuguese veteran Alvaro Parante of Speed Demons Delhi and UK’s Raoul Hyman representing Goa Aces JK Racing held their nerves in a thrilling finish to top the Round 2 of the Indian Racing League races as the historic first-ever night street races, part of the Indian Racing Festival, concluded at the Island grounds … Read more
Last year’s European summer transfer window delivered seismic moves for some of US soccer’s biggest names, as Christian Pulisic and Yunus Musah joined Milan and Timothy Weah signed for Juventus. There have been no such headline-grabbing deals for American players on the other side of the Atlantic this year, but the 2024 summer window still … Read more
Getty Images The excitement about the Oasis reunion turned sour for some fans when they were faced with prices that had more than doubled while they had spent hours in a virtual queue. Will the ensuing row over “dynamic pricing” have a lasting impact? Oasis fan John and his family planned a major operation to … Read more