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How a New Yorker found a way to crack Britain’s premier quiz show
Brandon Blackwell took on a British cultural institution by training with a collection of 30,000 homemade flashcards the way weightlifters train with barbells.
- by David Segal
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Opinion
UK election
Tories may throw Sunak overboard, but rearranging deckchairs can’t save this ship
Are the Tories mad enough to roll another leader? My spies inside the Conservative Party tell me this is a real possibility.
- by George Brandis
Released from prison to fight Ukraine, they return to Russia to kill again
Russian convicts have been the backbone of its success in Ukraine but the strategy is backfiring at home. Those pardoned include murderers, rapists and even a cannibal.
- by Neil MacFarquhar and Milana Mazaeva
World’s oldest man, 111, says weekly fish and chips are key to his long life
“Visits to the chippy keep me young,” says the Englishman holding the new Guinness World Record.
- by Alex Barton
Queen’s ‘happy place’ to be opened to the public for the first time
The move to open Balmoral Castle to tourists is part of King Charles’ wish to make royal residences more accessible.
- by Victoria Ward
British MP caught in honeytrap sexting scandal
Tory MP William Wragg has admitted to sharing colleagues’ phone numbers with a man he met via a dating app.
- by Genevieve Holl-Allen
Perspective
World War I
In war, the horror is the only thing you can believe
Truth has been a stranger to wars of the past, and remains alien to current wars.
- by Tony Wright
Risk of accidental missile launch prompts Danish authorities to close airspace
“The launch vehicle, the booster, is activated, and currently cannot be disabled,” the military said in a statement.
A day-trip to Venice may cost up to $500 if new tax not paid
Visitors arriving at the main train and bus stations will be met by stewards who will remind tourists of a new entrance fee for the city’s historic centre.
- by Colleen Barry
Zelensky lowers Ukraine’s fighting age, cracks down on draft dodgers
Volodymyr Zelensky has signed into law three measures aimed at replenishing the ranks of his country’s exhausted and battered army.
- by Andrew E. Kramer
How an Italian province made it affordable to have a family
Italy has one of the lowest birthrates in Europe except for one province that has emerged as a parallel procreation universe.
- by Jason Horowitz and Gaia Pianigiani