The former England manager may be remembered by many for his ‘I’d love it’ rant in 1996, but that should not obscure the remarkable nature of his football career Kevin Keegan, who has died aged 75, is the only British player to win the Ballon d’Or twice, was the star […]
Month: July 2026
He looks the part, with a rise as impressive as his speeches, but is that enough? You cannot know if someone is up to the job until they have to do it Only vaulting ambition takes anyone to No 10, but Andy Burnham’s ambition reaches phenomenal heights. Can he really […]
Elon Musk is trying to own it, competing powers are trying to fight in it and nobody seems to be regulating it. So who does space really belong to? The last time I saw Laura Grego was in a tent in a baking field on the Welsh borders in May. […]
Explosion of anger over education system and youth unemployment has led to movement’s rapid rise Tens of thousands of Cockroach party protesters defy police with Delhi march Continue reading…
New £500m town centre welcomes its first tenant this month, but displaced traders say promises that they could return have been broken Diana Sach once employed more than 30 people and catered for hundreds more every day from her Latin American restaurant and delicatessen, famous for its Peruvian empanadas, in […]
Game’s greatest player will not see his legacy sullied by defeat to Spain but his team’s display destroyed the game Playing on the grandest stage in sport for the last time, Lionel Messi seemed almost certain to provide one last memorable moment in this World Cup final. Yet as the […]
Almost all of the sandy stretches on the country’s 8,000km of coastline are run for profit. Now ‘free beach’ campaigners are fighting back against the mafia, the military and those profiteering from sun loungers and cocktails Walking along Italian beaches is like strolling through a rainbow. The sand will be […]
It zipped along, cramming in Shakira, Madonna and Coldplay, but football fans may not be convinced of need for this mid-match spectacle Like hydration breaks and Donald Trump’s ability to get refereeing decisions overturned by simply phoning up the president of Fifa and complaining, the final half-time show is an […]
A General Synod vote to hear a document describing Israel’s ‘genocidal war on Gaza’ was welcomed by Palestinian Christians, but prompted warnings from Jewish groups Father Fadi Diab, a prominent Palestinian Anglican priest from Ramallah, watched quietly as the Church of England debated whether to formally hear a document describing […]
You hear the word ‘empathy’ a lot when people talk about our next prime minister. I can see why My contribution to this summer’s modest avalanche of Andy Burnham stories extends to only two. One is about Glastonbury, and the time that he and his wife, Marie-France, came for a […]