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Results 1 to 30Football is an unfair playing field for smaller clubs but there is hope | Jason Stockwood
Money is the competitive advantage in football so a better flow of funding throughout the football pyramid is essential The “free market” is a dangerous lie. All systems are bounded by the choices we make on both a societal and individual basis. Seeing Fulham and Bournemouth promoted to the Premier...
With Sinn Féin’s victory, tectonic plates have shifted in Northern Ireland | Susan McKay
In Yeats’s words, ‘all changed, changed utterly’ The Irish taoiseach, Micheál Martin, put it politely . It would be “undemocratic” for the Democratic Unionist party to refuse to form an executive in Belfast after the elections, he said. But the DUP will refuse to enter an executive, now that Sinn...
Corporate America buckles down for culture war on Roe v Wade
Republicans are mulling retaliation against firms providing benefits such as travel assistance for employees seeking abortion After a supreme court decision that overturns Roe v Wade was leaked and signaled the impending end of federal constitutional protection for abortions, a trickle of companies...
This Much I Know to Be True review – Nick Cave and Warren Ellis on ...
Capturing intimate live performances of their albums Ghosteen and Carnage, Andrew Dominik’s documentary gets to the heart of a remarkable creative partnership There is something inherently cinematic about the work of Australian musicians and composers Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. The pair have...
‘F1 is back to stay in US’: Mario Andretti relives the American dream
Sport is riding a wave of popularity not seen since the 60s and 70s and the former champion could not be more delighted The enthusiasm and passion is expected but oh, what a joy it is to share in the manifest pleasure of Formula One that still courses through Mario Andretti. He may be 82 but there...
Magnets made by soil bacteria offer hope for breast and prostate cancer
Scientists at Sheffield University have found a novel way of guiding anti-tumour viruses to their target Scientists are developing magnetically guided microscopic projectiles that can be injected into patients’ blood to attack breast, prostate and other tumours. The project – led by researchers at...
The Observer view on US abortion rights | Observer editorial
Overturning the Roe v Wade ruling poses a real threat to women’s lives Universal access to abortion has been a constitutional right guaranteed to all women in the US since the 1973 supreme court Roe v Wade ruling. But in some states, this has been chipped away through stringent restrictions on...
Don’t deny yourself a life-affirming treat
Money may be tight these days, but don’t let it get you down It gets increasingly difficult to work out what to spend money on. Don’t you find? Cash has become so nutty and uncontrollable that it becomes hard to know, beyond the very essentials, what is all right (can we put the heating on, or do an...
Russian release fuels hopes for Biden action on US captives held worldwide
The parents of Austin Tice, detained in Syria since 2012, met the president after Moscow freed Trevor Reed – with at least 55 similar cases globally Late last month saw the release of Trevor Reed, a US citizen and former marine who had been detained in Russia since 2019 on a nine-year sentence for...
Sweden? Japan? UK? Debates over who had a ‘good’ Covid won’t end | Francois Balloux
The WHO has spoken but even its huge new report will not settle arguments about pandemic strategies National Covid death rates are, inevitably, political. How could they not be when they are viewed as evidence for good or bad government on matters of life or death? How did the UK fare compared with,...
Chris Gayle: ‘The fans urge me to stick around. That’s why I’m still playing’
Cricket’s Disco King is ‘the most travelled man’ in the history of the sport. The hard part is getting him to talk about it The interview starts with an apology. “Sorry,” says Chris Gayle’s handler. “We might have to push this back a bit. Chris has had a really big few days, as you can see.” He...
Sunday with Neil Morrissey: ‘I like my gravy rustic and lumpy’
Delia is all wrong about the flour, says the actor. He knows this because he’s talked it over with pals in the pub Early bird or lie-in? I’ll definitely have bit ofa lie-in, but I do have to get up for Sunday brunch at 9.30. I’m not a 2pm bed-dweller. Sundays growing up? I was brought up in care...
UK local elections: how London turned from blue to red
Even the wealthiest enclaves of the capital turned against the Tories last week. What has made the city a Labour redoubt – and is its dominance more of a menace than a boon? The most expensive property on the Monopoly board is Mayfair, which also happens to be the most exclusive expanse of real...
Women who fought for US abortion rights in the 70s call for mass global protests
Veteran activists say the overthrow of Roe v Wade would equate to murder, and should send warning signals around the world It was over the Thanksgiving holiday, catching up with old high school friends, that Frances Beal heard that Cordelia had died. Like the now 82-year-old Black feminist and...
Boris Johnson can’t win another election without London | Justine Greening
The prime minister won two terms as mayor of the capital by building a broad coalition of support. He must do so again The “red-wall” Tories may think Boris Johnson is their man, but for a long time Boris Johnson was the Conservatives’ political hero in a very different part of the country – London....
Shagged, married, arrived: how Chris and Rosie Ramsey turned their life comedy gold
Chris and Rosie Ramsey make one of the country’s most-loved weekly podcasts, with more than 100m listeners. Now they are taking their own brand of self-deprecating humour to the BBC. And no one is more surprised than them Chris and Rosie Ramsey are laughing, and making me laugh, as they tell a story...
Anna: The Biography by Amy Odell review – the coldest Wintour on record
This strait-laced portrait fails to unpick Vogue’s famously frosty editor-in-chief Anna Wintour – or even poke fun at some of her more ludicrous behaviour For all those who have occasionally wondered just what might lie behind the eternal sunglasses of the famously scary Anna Wintour , the author of...
The big picture: John Stezaker’s intriguing journeys into nostalgia
The British artist’s tranquil image of the actor Celeste Holm evokes a pre-60s era, shutting out the noise of pop art John Stezaker has made collages, often using stills from film magazines from the 1940s and 1950s, throughout his career as an artist. This one comes from his latest exhibition Double...
Making a forever home: ‘It had to have zing’
By attending online tutorials, a DIY enthusiast tackled a complete remodelling of her Victorian home Change happens slowly in the world of interiors. But even that sedately paced sector has woken up to the demand for online learning which began during the pandemic. From project management to kitchen...
What do you get when a lack of taste meets a shedload of cash? Anna ...
New York’s annual Met Gala is tawdry at the best of times. This year its excess just seemed moronic ‘Gilded glamour” was the theme of last week’s Met Gala, the annual fancy dress party that has long been run, to generally adulatory international effect, by Anna Wintour, the magazine eminence. This...
Colourful eyeliners: 10 of the best
A line of dark kohl is a fail-safe, but experiment with brighter hues to make a dramatic impact If you look at the summer catwalks, it was flush with eyeliner; graphic, bold and colourful. The fail-safe black kohl has taken a backseat and this summer, it’s all about embracing colour. You can blame...
The joy of planting bulbs
The pots will bring you colour all through the spring I was never much one for potted bulbs. The allotment was for vegetables, and fruits and annual flowers. Our terrace had been a cascade of clematis, climbing roses, jasmines and rhododendron. Walls covered with flowering trellis. A country garden...
Dmitry Bivol dominates Canelo Álvarez in shocker to retain light heavyweight title
Bivol outpoints Álvarez to retain WBA title at 175lbs All three ringside judges hand down scores of 115-113 Canelo Álvarez v Dmitry Bivol – live! Dmitry Bivol won a unanimous decision over Canelo Álvarez to retain the WBA light heavyweight title in a major upset on Saturday night at the T-Mobile...
NoMad London: ‘What price, beautiful food?’: restaurant review
Oscar Wilde spent a night in the cells at Bow Street – but today’s incarnation is taking no prisoners NoMad London , 28 Bow Street, London WC2E 7AW (020 3906 1600). Snacks and starters £9-£30, mains £27-£49, desserts £14, wines from £38 Welcome to wonderland. Or perhaps, to be more precise, AdLand....
Great Grüner Veltliners from Austria | David Williams
There is more than a hint of spring in Austria’s famous grape variety. Here are three bottles to set your pulse racing Birgit Einchinger Grüner Veltliner Strass, Kamptal, Austria 2020 (from £12, hic-winemerchants.com ; justerinis.com ) It’s spring, the sap is rising and the world is alive with...
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