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‘The world wants more Britain’: David Lammy on Trump, tariffs, Gaza and the Chagos Islands
David Lammy was never a politician to mince his words. He has previously described Brexit as a “national tragedy”, Donald Trump as a “tyrant in a toupee” and called out Italy’s deputy prime minister for “old-school racism”.
But in more recent times, in particular since he took over as foreign …
I was wrong to say Bazball is a cult. In fact, it’s actually a death cult | Barney Ronay
Two summers ago, with interest in the England Test team’s seductive new energy reaching an early peak, I wrote an article
suggesting that Bazball was a cult
.There were some parts of the clinical definition of a cult that seemed analogous. A sense of mission. Charismatic, dominant …
Forget the Smiths, the French pack could cause panic on the pitch in London
Once upon a time France headed to London with a certain amount of trepidation. For 18 years they could not buy a Six Nations win at Twickenham, to the point where people muttered about mental blocks and psychological hang-ups. Until a couple of years ago, that is, when Steve Borthwick’s …
Elon Musk put a chip in this paralysed man’s brain. Now he can move things with his mind. Should we be amazed - or terrified?
Noland Arbaugh’s life changed in a fraction of a second in June 2016. He was a 22-year-old student, working at a kids’ summer camp in upstate New York, when he went swimming in a lake. He can’t tell me exactly what happened, but thinks one of his friends must have …
UK rail passengers face ‘significant’ disruption as weekend strike goes ahead
Passengers will face “significant” disruption on busy rail routes this weekend as train managers stage another strike in a dispute over rest day working.
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Avanti West Coast are due to strike on Sunday. In addition to strike delays, vital engineering …
‘It’s horrible’: Hooters plots British ‘breastaurant’ expansion via Newcastle
The (in)famous orange signage is up. Work is apace to be open in a fortnight. The job ad has gone out. Fifty “girls” wanted and they are “hiring in all positions”.
Hooters, the American “breastaurant”, known for its chicken wings and female waiting staff in skimpy nylon shorts and tight …
English writer’s forgotten ‘masterpiece’ predicting rise of Nazis gets new lease of life
Sally Carson was not an oracle or a prophet, just a young woman from Dorset, born in 1901. Yet she foresaw a dark and violent future for Europe and gave voice to those fears in a 1934 novel that is now being hailed as “an electrifying masterpiece”.
Carson’s book,
…‘We make the most of every minute’: relief and resolve at Gaza’s few reopened restaurants
It is a Thursday night in Khan Younis and business is good at the al-Sawafiri restaurant. Not far away, entire blocks have been reduced to rubble, but here, in this small corner of the city in the southern Gaza Strip, the damage is less extensive. Raed al-Sawafiri, the owner and …
Ukraine war briefing: North Korean troops back on frontline in Kursk, says Zelenskyy
The Ukrainian president has said North Korean troops have returned to the frontline in Russia’s Kursk region
, after reports Moscow had withdrawn them due to heavy losses. “There have been new assaults in the Kursk operation areas ... the Russian army and North Korean soldiers have been brought …
Why are ‘friendly neighbourhood cats’ appearing on Google Maps all of a sudden?
Sanjana, I hear all the cool kids are going to a new Sydney landmark called “friendly orange cat”. What is this new kitty club and how do I get in?
That’s right, Emma. Locals are putting friendly felines on the map, literally. They’re listing good-natured suburban cats as …