Halloween 2023 in London: Our top club nights of the spooky weekend
Guiding you to the best music events the capital has to offer this HalloweenContinue Reading
2023-10-28
Ted Hughes, 25 years on: Now, more than ever, the poet is the voice for our times
There’s something apt about celebrating the anniversary of Ted Hughes’s death with the republication of Lupercal, which includes such Hughes classics as “Pike” and “Hawk Roosting”. Today, more than ever, Hughes – who died 25 years ago this Sunday – has become a voice for our times, taking his readers into a closer intimacy with nature. In a blink,Continue Reading
2023-10-28
Lewis Hamilton left speechless as Toto Wolff makes bold disqualification claim
Lewis Hamilton admitted that he ‘did not know what to say’ after being left disappointed by Mercedes’ performance in Friday practice. The seven-time world champion suggested that his car felt drastically worse than it did in Austin last weekend, casting doubt on whether he will have the pace to challengeContinue Reading
2023-10-28
Owen Farrell fumes at Argentina and ref slammed during heated World Cup clash
Argentina’s first try in their Rugby World Cup bronze medal match with England caused plenty of controversy, as Owen Farrell fumed after at the opposition while their score could have been chalked off for a forward pass. Tomas Cubelli went over just before half-time to cut England’s lead, but theContinue Reading
2023-10-28
Murray handed nightmare Paris Masters draw as Djokovic and Alcaraz discover fate
Murray was defeated by Tomas Martin Etcheverry at the Swiss Indoors ATP 500 event in Basel on Wednesday. He once again slammed his racket into the ground during the 6-7 6-3 6-2 loss. Murray has failed to win back-to-back matches since August and the 36-year-old hopes to turn his fortunesContinue Reading
2023-10-27
James Blunt film promises to explore being called the ‘most hated man in pop’
There will also be appearance from his wife Sofia Wellesley and Ed Sheeran during James Blunt’s One Brit Wonder.Continue Reading
2023-10-27
Cash-strapped Britons turn away from online shopping
Online retail sales have contracted at the sharpest pace on record this month, dragged lower by people cutting back on their spending because of higher interest rates and an uncertain economic outlook. Monthly internet sales dropped to a weighted balance of -78 per cent in the year to October, theContinue Reading
2023-10-27
England make new allegation as Steve Borthwick wades into Rugby World Cup saga
Ben Youngs has insisted that he is making the right decision by retiring from international rugby as he prepares to make his final England appearance tonight. “There’s not a part of me that thinks ‘what if’, I’m absolutely making the right call,” said Youngs. “It just feels right. I feelContinue Reading
2023-10-27
How to solve our mental health crisis
Advert for a universal basic income (UBI) scheme in New York, May 2016. Such schemes could offer significant benefits for recipients' mental health. Generation Grundeinkommen via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA When BBC journalist Rory Carson sought online consultations for a potential mental health issue, three private clinics diagnosed him with attentionContinue Reading
2023-10-27
Deepfakes in warfare: new concerns emerge from their use around the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Visitors to a Ukrainian news website on the evening of February 18 2022, were greeted by a familiar sight, a video of their president giving a speech. While the resemblance was there, the face seemed slightly out of sync with the head of the Ukrainian president. In the video, VolodymyrContinue Reading
2023-10-27