The home crowd swooned to Andy’s mood music, even if some of it could have been a Keir cover version UK politics live – latest updates There’s no pleasing some people. For most of last week, all the opposition parties were moaning that Andy Burnham had taken a vow of […]
In The Good Life, To the Manor Born and beyond, the star played domineering snobs with pinpoint comic timing – yet she still made them feel like old friends. No one will do it better At their broadest, and most audience-friendly, sitcoms thrive on stock characters: chancers, jobsworths, slobs and […]
Novels were starting to seem like a thing of the past for me, until I found a book I couldn’t put down. Is there anything better? I never decided to stop reading novels; I just fell out of the loop. You need to meet a few basic conditions to disappear […]
Despite disappointments we remain indebted to an all-round talent for transforming the way in which Test cricket is played Last year I completed a book on England’s cricket captains since Mike Brearley and the final chapter was devoted to Ben Stokes. It began with the observation: “There is jeopardy here.” […]
Trump, laying siege to freedoms and truth itself, is twisting America’s milestone birthday into a joyless occasion Americans: how do you feel about the country’s future after 250 years of independence? Tell us: were you born on 4 July? This is the room where it happened. The assembly room at […]
In the first of a series on nationalisation, we look at the critical tests ahead for the PM-in-waiting, from choosing a chancellor to the future of Thames Water As he swept towards victory in the Makerfield byelection, Andy Burnham told voters he wanted to see “the essentials of life being […]
After the England captain announced his international retirement, we look back at the highs and lows of the all-rounder’s incredible career Continue reading…
The hotter it gets, the faster our bodies lose water. Obviously, we need to replace it – but is anything better than plain H₂O? And does timing matter? Here’s what the science says Hydration is important. In temperatures like those we’re increasingly seeing in much of the world, sweating can […]
Document appears to have been subject to conflicting interpretations on key issues of Lebanon ceasefire and strait of Hormuz Middle East crisis live – latest updates The sudden eruption of fresh hostilities in the Gulf – just 10 days after Iran and the US signed a memorandum of understanding to […]
The mayor hopes to ‘write a new chapter in the party’s history’ – and recent democratic socialist wins prove he might be able to do it In the back yard of a Brooklyn bar, beneath strung-up lightbulbs and swaths of fabric that swooped like great sails, an ecstatic crowd greeted […]