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Top Gun: Maverick’s age shouldn’t stop him as a test and fighter pilot, but his lifestyle might
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot Alamy/© Paramount Pictures When Rolls Royce Test Pilot Phil O’Dell (POD to his friends and colleagues) broke the world electric flight airspeedContinue Reading
Partygate: how the Sue Gray report revealed the age of ‘government by WhatsApp’
Post your sandwich requests in the group chat, lads. And see you at wine time Friday. UK government One of the striking things about civil servant Sue Gray’s report on lockdown parties at 10 Downing Street – aside from the alcohol consumption, vomiting and karaoke singing – was the presenceContinue Reading
Government to investigate Ukrainian concerns over accommodation centres
The Government is to investigate claims that some Ukrainian refugees have raised concerns about being placed in centres with people of Russian ethnicity. Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said that while the claims will be examined, he does not have a major concern that pro-Putin agents are arriving in Ireland and stayingContinue Reading
Horse racing tips: Templegate’s NAP looks well-handicapped on the Flat at Chepstow
TEMPLEGATE goes hunting for winners on a busy Friday. He is also trying to build the bank ahead of next week’s Derby Festival – and don’t forget to back a horse by clicking their odds below. AIRSHOW (3.05 Chepstow, nap) He has been in good form at Bath with aContinue Reading
Sweden: a history of neutrality ends after 200 years
Sweden’s application to join Nato in May marks a major shift away from its longstanding position as a neutral state, stretching back to 1812. Yet following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the decision now appears to command wide political support across the Swedish government, parliament and population. Swedish public support forContinue Reading
Long COVID: vaccination could reduce symptoms, new research suggests
bbernard/Shutterstock Graham was a healthy 34-year-old until he developed COVID in July 2020. Along with his wife and children, he had a fever, a cough, breathlessness, profound fatigue and he lost his sense of smell. But instead of getting better like the rest of his family, Graham found that hisContinue Reading
The Mystery of China’s Sudden Warnings About US Hackers
The Chinese government recently began saber-rattling about American cyberespionage. The catch? It’s all old news.Continue Reading
Sue Gray report: why hasn’t Boris Johnson resigned? Key questions answered
Fresh revelations in the partygate affair have many asking why Boris Johnson feels no need to resign. The full version of the report by civil servant Sue Gray into gatherings at Downing Street during pandemic lockdowns included multiple images of the prime minister raising a glass near a table litteredContinue Reading
Stranger Things season 4: The bluffer’s guide to the Netflix show up to this point
S tranger Things has been a pop culture phenomenon from the moment it launched on Netflix in 2016. Combining healthy dollops of Eighties nostalgia with creepy special effects and some seriously talented child actors, it made stars of its cast and spawned a generation of new memes. Now, with theContinue Reading
Ukraine war: rising food prices are not the only global economic fallout
As the war in Ukraine heads into its fourth month, its economic consequences are becoming more apparent and begin to move up on the global political agendas. And in the same way in which Russia’s aggression has had political ramifications far beyond Ukraine, so do the economic repercussions. This isContinue Reading