The London Library and Elizabeth Winkler’s female Shakespeare claims
A leading literary institution has been accused of promoting an “anti-intellectual conspiracy theory” with an event exploring claims that Shakespeare may have been a woman. A debate has “long raged” over whether Britain’s greatest playwright wrote all 38 plays attributed to him, with comedy troupe Monty Python once joking that “a 1970s suburban husband and wife team authored several of them”, said The Times. But the London Library, “one of the country’s bastions of intellectualism”, has triggered a fresh row by giving a platform to a US writer who argues the Bard may have been female, said the paper. Subscribe to The Week Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives. SUBSCRIBEContinue Reading
Christian Horner ‘won’t listen’ to Toto Wolff as Lewis Hamilton heir found
Jenson Button has backed Logan Sargeant to overcome his difficult start in Formula One. Williams driver Sargeant scored just one point in his rookie season, with that coming due to points penalties for other drivers. The 23-year-old has failed to score a point this season. There was scepticism when Sargeant was handed a new contract at the end of last season, but Button feels the driver has the talent to succeed. “I mean, he’s got a really competitive teammate [in Alexander Albon]. You can say, ‘Well, that’s, that’s tough. Because you’ve got to be on your game every race.’ “But it’s kind of what Formula One is, right? “If you’re not going to go up against the best of them,Continue Reading
Hannah Waddingham confronts photographer for Olivier Awards request
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Hannah Waddingham dressed down a photographer at the Olivier Awards who asked her to “show me leg”. The Ted Lasso star, who recently opened up about a harrowing experience on the set of Game of Thrones, hosted the London ceremony, which took place on Sunday (14 April) and saw Sunset Boulevard take home seven trophies. Before the event began, Waddingham posed for photographs outside the Royal Albert Hall, but was left visibly frustrated by a comment made by a member of the press, whom she proceeded to call out. After a photographer appearedContinue Reading
Kerala: one Indian state, four exhilarating ways
Kerala is a microcosm of India itself. The 360-mile-long sliver abutting the Arabian Sea is a bewildering jumble of people, places and cultures. Impossible to get a handle on with one lone visit — or six visits even. The startling breadth of Kerala is almost preternatural. Well, better to say it is extra natural, because the mountainous Western Ghats and the topographical marvel of the coastal backwaters are acute embodiments of the natural world. Discover how Kerala does what it does with these four guides to four very different parts of the state. Do nothing on the coast The sprawling beauty of Marari Beach (Image credit: Robert Francis / Getty Images) Beach nuts and laze-abouts will relish the tranquility ofContinue Reading
Francis Ngannou seeks MMA redemption with announcement as boxing dream ends
Ex-UFC champion Francis Ngannou is set to return to MMA competition in September or October against PFL champion Renan Ferreira, putting a pause on his venture into boxing. The PFL revealed Ngannou‘s return to MMA after Ferreira’s brutal first-round TKO victory over Ryan Bader during a unique cross-promotion event featuring PFL vs. Bellator. Ferreira’s 21-second win secured him the “PFL Champion vs. Bellator Champion” Super Belt and the opportunity to face the former UFC champion. After his victory, a passionate Ferreira called out Ngannou to a fired-up crowd, with the latter present. But Ngannou left his spectator seat early, preceding a potential face-to-face standoff in the cage, consequently robbing the fans and promotion of any build-up value from his attendance. FerreiraContinue Reading
Wayne Rooney calls teammate ‘ginger c**t’ in surreal link-up with Luke Littler
Manchester United and England legend Wayne Rooney has been bizarrely announced as the latest signing for booming EA FC 24 Pro Clubs team Girth N Turf FC. Girth N Turf confirmed the move in a surprise X (formerly Twitter) post on Sunday, describing the icon as their “newest and biggest signing yet”. Influencers Yung Filly and Angry Ginge created the team earlier this year to make content for their respective platform, regularly playing with and against blockbuster names. Pro Clubs is a mode on the popular football video game – formerly named FIFA – in which friends can play on the same team with custom names and kits, progressing through divisions against others online. Teenage darts superstar Luke Littler isContinue Reading
Arsenal collapse to Villa loss as big Mikel Arteta flaw leaves Man City laughing
Arsenal failed to pounce on Liverpool’s slip up as they were beaten by Aston Villa on a potentially pivotal day in the title race. On an afternoon of frustration for Mikel Arteta, his side lie two points off new leaders Man City after being regularly denied by former keeper Emiliano Martinez, most notably in the first half when he saved from Leandro Trossard from point blank range. For the visitors, who now lie fourth, the golden moments came late, Leon Bailey slotted an angled shot home before Ollie Watkins delightfully chipped over David Raya. Arsenal’s lack of ‘plan B’ exposed They started on the front foot, but the display of the hosts had long fallen flat by the time theyContinue Reading
Djokovic screams ‘shut the f*** up’ at spectator as umpire forced to intervene
The umpire was forced to step in when Novak Djokovic screamed “shut the f*** up” at a spectator during his Monte Carlo loss to Casper Ruud. A member of the crowd shouted during a rally that Djokovic lost, prompting a reaction from the world No. 1. Chair official Mohamed Lahyani backed Djokovic, telling the fans off for disturbing him. Djokovic suffered his fourth loss of the season on Saturday, crashing out in the semi-final of the Monte-Carlo Masters. The 36-year-old mounted a comeback after going down an early break in the final set but Ruud still managed to come through 6-4 1-6 6-4. After getting back on serve at 3-4 in the third set, the top seed was provoked by someoneContinue Reading
Jon Bon Jovi says he will be ‘done’ with music if his singing voice deteriorates after vocal recovery
Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Bon Jovi has said that he will be “done” with music if his voice continues to struggle following vocal injury. The Bon Jovi frontman, 62, underwent surgery for an atrophied vocal cord two years ago and is currently doing vocal rehabilitation sessions every day. In a new interview with The Sunday Times, Bon Jovi said that if his vocal capabilities decline and affect his performance, he will be “done”. “If the singing is not great, if I can’t be the guy I once was … then I’m done,” he said. “And I’m goodContinue Reading
Peter Higgs was one of the greats of particle physics. He transformed what we know about the building blocks of the universe
Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson, has died aged 94. He was always a modest man, especially when considering that he was one of the greats of particle physics – the area of science concerned with the building blocks of matter. In 1964, a few years after arriving from London to take up a position at the University of Edinburgh, Higgs read a paper by the American theoretical physicist Philip Anderson. At the time, physicists did not have a theory for how subatomic particles got their mass. (Mass can be described as the total amount of matter in an object, while weight is the force of gravity acting on an object.)Continue Reading