NicoElNino via Shutterstock Wars always used to begin to with the softening up of an enemy with artillery fire. More recently, artillery has been replaced by strategic bombers or cruise missiles fired from naval vessels hundreds of miles away. This has made for eye-grabbing prime-time viewing in countries not beingContinue Reading
Magical Dias represents a solid betting proposition in the nine-runner Fillies’ Novice Stakes over a mile of tapeta during the obligatory Kempton ‘Wednesday-nighter’ which, slowly but surely, is building momentum under dramatic floodlighting; everything is good about the Kew right-handed circuit, especially restaurant facilities which compliment the on-course action. OurContinue Reading
A collection of poetry inspired by years teaching in a London school has won the Costa Book Awards. Hannah Lowe, who taught at City and Islington College for a decade, won for her book The Kids. The book is a series of sonnets about her time in the classroom asContinue Reading
In recent years, discussion of politics in the west has been peppered with ominous warnings –- democratic backsliding, authoritarian populism, neofascist movements and the end of liberal democracy. This is of particular concern in countries like the US, which spent much of the last century touting itself as the leaderContinue Reading
Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock The number of people who have died with or from COVID has varied greatly around the world. Peru, the world’s worst affected country, has had 6,067 COVID deaths for every million inhabitants and 88,345 recorded cases per million people. Roughly one in every 15 people who has caughtContinue Reading
Life in the wild can be tough, and sometimes animals don’t have the luxury of taking time out when they are sick. That’s certainly the reality of life for vervet monkeys living in Southern Africa, even though parasites and viruses are an ever-present component of animal life. We know howContinue Reading
BAYERN MUNICH boss Julian Nagelsmann admits he often ruins his wife’s sleep – by shouting out the names of his players. Nagelsmann finds it so difficult to wind down after games he is often counting goals rather than sheep. 1 German manager Julian NagelsmannCredit: EPA And far from dreaming about better performancesContinue Reading
“I get it and I will fix it,” declared Boris Johnson in parliament as he delivered his response to the initial findings from an inquiry into partying at Downing Street during pandemic lockdowns. After weeks of frenzied criticism and emotional responses from the public about their own suffering during theContinue Reading
Opposition parties have rallied against the Government’s decision to press ahead with the traditional format of Leaving Cert exams. Minister for Education Norma Foley said the profile of grades for this year will be based on that of last year. The decision has received widespread criticism from opposition parties, whoContinue Reading
FRANK LAMPARD has unveiled his backroom team – with Ashley Cole heavily linked to join up. And there will be a real Chelsea flavour at Goodison Park as Lampard turns to some old friends. 5 Frank Lampard, third left, has revealed his Everton coaching team, left to right, Chris Jones,Continue Reading
