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updatedPresident Biden railed against his doubters at an energetic campaign rally in Michigan on Friday night as he insisted he was “not going anywhere” despite mounting pressure from figures within his party to step down. At the event in Detroit, Michigan, the 81-year-old president declared he was...President Biden railed against his doubters at an energetic campaign rally in Michigan on Friday night as he insisted he was “not going anywhere” despite mounting pressure from figures within his party to step down. At the event in Detroit, Michigan, the 81-year-old president declared he was...President Biden railed against his doubters at an energetic campaign rally in Michigan on Friday night as he insisted he was...
analysis
Joe Biden’s political standing is rapidly diminishing over concerns that he is not fit enough to run for a second term as president. With only a few months to salvage the campaign, here are the four plausible scenarios that have emerged as the party debates Biden’s political future. Biden has already said that only the “Lord Almighty” could...Joe Biden’s political standing is rapidly diminishing over concerns that he is not fit enough to run for a second term as president. With only a few months to salvage the campaign, here are the four plausible scenarios that have emerged as the party debates Biden’s political future. Biden has already said that only the “Lord Almighty” could...Joe Biden’s political standing is rapidly diminishing over concerns that he is not fit enough to run for a second term as...
Alec Baldwin broke down in tears as the involuntary manslaughter case against him unravelled in extraordinary fashion and the judge dismissed the felony charge after serious failures on behalf of the prosecution. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer said that she had no choice but to dismiss the case after prosecutors failed...Alec Baldwin broke down in tears as the involuntary manslaughter case against him unravelled in...Alec Baldwin broke down in tears as the involuntary manslaughter case against him unravelled in...
EURO 2024 | WAYNE ROONEY
interview
Felicity Kendal sits opposite me on a matching cream armchair in the high-ceilinged living room of her home in...Felicity Kendal sits opposite me on a matching cream armchair in the high-ceilinged living room...Felicity Kendal sits opposite me on a matching cream armchair in the high-ceilinged living room...
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Tom Tugendhat
Just creating a back-channel. I know we all want the top job. But there’s no reason why we...Tom Tugendhat
Just creating a back-channel. I know we all want the top job. But there’s no...Tom Tugendhat
Just creating a back-channel. I know we all want the top job. But there’s no...
The Labour health secretary will keep in place the emergency ban on the medication for under-18s, as campaigners challenge the initial decision in the courts
Sir Keir Starmer has built a loyal base of party colleagues, but can he keep them on side?
England face Spain in the Euros final on Sunday and Harry Kane is now the highest ever goalscorer in the knockout stages of the tournament. But who is second on the list? Meanwhile, a law has been passed telling citizens that they must laugh once...England face Spain in the Euros final on Sunday and Harry Kane is now the highest ever goalscorer...England face Spain in the Euros final on Sunday and Harry Kane is now the highest ever goalscorer...
An investment banker is claiming more than £1 million in damages from a cosmetic surgeon over a “car crash” operation...An investment banker is claiming more than £1 million in damages from a cosmetic surgeon over a...An investment banker is claiming more than £1 million in damages from a cosmetic surgeon over a...
THE TIMES DIARY
The former Tory chairman has not been forgiven for parachuting himself into what seemed like a safe Essex seat at the...The former Tory chairman has not been forgiven for parachuting himself into what seemed like a...The former Tory chairman has not been forgiven for parachuting himself into what seemed like a...
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Doting on her young cancer patients, Dr Svitlana Lukianchyk, 30, was just finishing her Monday morning rounds at the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kyiv when four heavily armed Russian strategic bombers took off from their base at Olenya on the Baltic Sea, some 1,200 miles away, at 9.52am. A...Doting on her young cancer patients, Dr Svitlana Lukianchyk, 30, was just finishing her Monday morning rounds at the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kyiv when four heavily armed Russian strategic bombers took off from their base at Olenya on the Baltic Sea, some 1,200 miles away, at 9.52am. A...Doting on her young cancer patients, Dr Svitlana Lukianchyk, 30, was just finishing her Monday morning rounds at the Okhmatdyt...
Israel Defence Forces “failed” in their duty to protect residents of the largest kibbutz on the Gaza border, the military’s first internal report into the October 7 Hamas attack has concluded. During 12 hours of horror, more than 100 members of the Kibbutz Be’eri and 30 security personnel were murdered by Hamas terrorists, including a...Israel Defence Forces “failed” in their duty to protect residents of the largest kibbutz on the Gaza border, the military’s first internal report into the October 7 Hamas attack has concluded. During 12 hours of horror, more than 100 members of the Kibbutz Be’eri and 30 security personnel were murdered by Hamas terrorists, including a...Israel Defence Forces “failed” in their duty to protect residents of the largest kibbutz on the Gaza border, the military’s...
dispatch
When Kamala Harris arrived at a high school in North Carolina, she was enthusiastically greeted by a marching band, a DJ and a performance by a group of cheerleaders. It was the sort of energised, uplifting welcome that could, however fleetingly, set aside the panic spreading throughout the Democratic Party over...When Kamala Harris arrived at a high school in North Carolina, she was enthusiastically greeted...When Kamala Harris arrived at a high school in North Carolina, she was enthusiastically greeted...
The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket — the space launch industry’s most prolific...The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket — the space launch...The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket — the space launch...
Visitors to Bruges should beware a new masked avenger defending the medieval city from thoughtless tourists and...Visitors to Bruges should beware a new masked avenger defending the medieval city from...Visitors to Bruges should beware a new masked avenger defending the medieval city from...
The skeleton of a 21-metre-long dinosaur, the largest ever to reach auction, has been put on display at a château near Paris before its sale in France in the autumn. The 300 fossilised bones belonged to an apatosaurus, a herbivorous creature that...The skeleton of a 21-metre-long dinosaur, the largest ever to reach auction, has been put on...The skeleton of a 21-metre-long dinosaur, the largest ever to reach auction, has been put on...
US Confidential
The streets of the Hamptons are lined with designer boutiques and thronged by film stars and musicians who migrate to the seaside resort every summer. But all have been upstaged this year by a lobster salad and a pot of guacamole. The lobster...The streets of the Hamptons are lined with designer boutiques and thronged by film stars and...The streets of the Hamptons are lined with designer boutiques and thronged by film stars and...
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As calls to step down grow, he refers to ‘vice-president Trump’ and calls Zelensky ‘Putin’
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The US president’s age and memory is in the spotlight — and not for the first time
political sketch
JP Morgan has recorded the biggest quarterly profit in the history of American banking, fuelled by a global revival in corporate dealmaking. America’s largest bank unveiled a profit of $18.2 billion in the three months to the end of June, up 25 per cent on a year earlier and well ahead of...JP Morgan has recorded the biggest quarterly profit in the history of American banking, fuelled by a global revival in corporate dealmaking. America’s largest bank unveiled a profit of $18.2 billion in the three months to the end of June, up 25 per cent on a year earlier and well ahead of...JP Morgan has recorded the biggest quarterly profit in the history of American banking, fuelled by a global revival in...
Unilever is planning to cut up to 3,200 office jobs in Europe as its new chief executive presses ahead with a drastic restructuring of the consumer goods powerhouse. The maker of Marmite, which employs 128,000 people globally, told staff that it would cut a third of its roles in Europe by the end of next year. It employs between 10,000 and...Unilever is planning to cut up to 3,200 office jobs in Europe as its new chief executive presses ahead with a drastic restructuring of the consumer goods powerhouse. The maker of Marmite, which employs 128,000 people globally, told staff that it would cut a third of its roles in Europe by the end of next year. It employs between 10,000 and...Unilever is planning to cut up to 3,200 office jobs in Europe as its new chief executive presses ahead with a drastic...
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Brad Pitt made headlines last week when he was spotted sporting a Burberry ensemble at the British Grand Prix. The 60-year-old Hollywood actor, filming his new movie F1, arrived at Silverstone wearing a £1,690 cream-coloured quilted bomber jacket, with a matching shirt and a £320 bucket hat in the brand’s...Brad Pitt made headlines last week when he was spotted sporting a Burberry ensemble at the...Brad Pitt made headlines last week when he was spotted sporting a Burberry ensemble at the...
A quiz question: how much venture capital investment does Britain attract compared with the United States, relative...A quiz question: how much venture capital investment does Britain attract compared with the...A quiz question: how much venture capital investment does Britain attract compared with the...
Rio Tinto is examining a bid for Teck Resources, a Canadian mining group that is completing a spin-off of its coal...Rio Tinto is examining a bid for Teck Resources, a Canadian mining group that is completing a...Rio Tinto is examining a bid for Teck Resources, a Canadian mining group that is completing a...
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This year’s “Summer of Sport” will deliver a £233 million boost to the UK economy, as supporters splash out on food, drink and new TVs and devices to watch the Euros and Olympics. While a welcome addition to our sluggish national spending, it’s a tiny fraction of the £20 billion the sports sector generates for the economy each year. Equivalent to about 1 per cent of...This year’s “Summer of Sport” will deliver a £233 million boost to the UK economy, as supporters...This year’s “Summer of Sport” will deliver a £233 million boost to the UK economy, as supporters...
recruitment | six from the best
The international marketing expert Naomi Walkland is best known for masterminding the expansion of the first...The international marketing expert Naomi Walkland is best known for masterminding the expansion of the first female-led dating app Bumble into 15 regions worldwide. Now as chief marketing officer of the UK’s fastest-growing car marketplace, Motorway.co.uk, Naomi shares her advice on building your team while...The international marketing expert Naomi Walkland is best known for masterminding the expansion of the first female-led dating...
EURO 2024 | WAYNE ROONEY
I played for England teams packed with footballers who were among the best in the world, whose mentalities helped them win the lot at club level. But none even reached a semi-final. And now we’re in a second final in three tournaments. Every England player of my generation understands just how much credit Gareth Southgate and his squad deserve for that. What has made...I played for England teams packed with footballers who were among the best in the world, whose...I played for England teams packed with footballers who were among the best in the world, whose...
In the final week of a 13-month season, during which England recovered from hitting rock bottom to finish third at...In the final week of a 13-month season, during which England recovered from hitting rock bottom to finish third at the World Cup and then began a positive project of reinvention, the All Blacks at Eden Park proved to be a bridge too far. England were valiant but vanquished. The game finished with Jamie George, the...In the final week of a 13-month season, during which England recovered from hitting rock bottom to finish third at the World...
first test | mike atherton
euro 2024 | MARTIN SAMUEL
It’s not about one match. It’s about a body of work. Sunday, yes. That’s about the 90 minutes, maybe more, maybe even...It’s not about one match. It’s about a body of work. Sunday, yes. That’s about the 90 minutes...It’s not about one match. It’s about a body of work. Sunday, yes. That’s about the 90 minutes...
euro 2024 | OWEN SLOT
As has been reasonably well established, no England senior men’s team have won a major trophy for, well, a few years.As has been reasonably well established, no England senior men’s team have won a major trophy for...As has been reasonably well established, no England senior men’s team have won a major trophy for...
EURO 2024 | James Gheerbrant
It’s Lamine Yamal’s birthday on Saturday. He is 17 years old. “We’re going to celebrate with a cake, and with a song,” his team-mate Dani Olmo says. It must be one of the purest, sweetest sentences ever uttered in an eve-of-final press conference, usually a place of mind games and polished evasion and cagey rebuttal. It reminds you that the player whom England have...It’s Lamine Yamal’s birthday on Saturday. He is 17 years old. “We’re going to celebrate with a...It’s Lamine Yamal’s birthday on Saturday. He is 17 years old. “We’re going to celebrate with a...
euro 2024
For 25 minutes, England were all that Gareth Southgate wanted them to be. Jude Bellingham opened the scoring, after...For 25 minutes, England were all that Gareth Southgate wanted them to be. Jude Bellingham opened the scoring, after 13 minutes, and the experiment of using Trent Alexander-Arnold in midfield was productive. Alexander-Arnold played as a No8, with England’s 4-3-3 formation designed to encourage rotation in the forward...For 25 minutes, England were all that Gareth Southgate wanted them to be. Jude Bellingham opened the scoring, after 13 minutes...
tour de france | david walsh
COLIN MONTGOMERIE INTERVIEW
EURO 2024 | iaN HAWKEY
It was one of the saddest tableaus of the tournament. The player whose debut in a major continental competition had been so eagerly anticipated, his mission to honour his family so proudly signposted, simply crumpled, crestfallen. He’d just given away a goal with a careless, underhit pass — an error that would push his country to a humiliating group-stage exit. The zest...It was one of the saddest tableaus of the tournament. The player whose debut in a major...It was one of the saddest tableaus of the tournament. The player whose debut in a major...
EURO 2024 | matt lawton
When it came to selecting a partner for a padel competition at England’s training headquarters in Blankenhain, the...When it came to selecting a partner for a padel competition at England’s training headquarters in Blankenhain, the rather more ruthless side of Gareth Southgate emerged. Having assessed the modest racket skills of his coaching staff, the England manager ignored them in favour of someone he knew to be more of a dab...When it came to selecting a partner for a padel competition at England’s training headquarters in Blankenhain, the rather more...
euro 2024 | Molly Hudson
An England team who underperformed at the start of a tournament, scraped through a knockout match on penalties and...An England team who underperformed at the start of a tournament, scraped through a knockout match...An England team who underperformed at the start of a tournament, scraped through a knockout match...
EURO 2024 | MARTIN SAMUEL
The sneer is that Gareth Southgate has almost stumbled on a winning formula for England; the reality is that teams...The sneer is that Gareth Southgate has almost stumbled on a winning formula for England; the...The sneer is that Gareth Southgate has almost stumbled on a winning formula for England; the...
euro 2024
There was the slaloming run beyond frazzled rivals, a sumptuous back-heeled flick into the path of a team-mate, and then the lung-bursting cover run to slide and thwart the threat of a counterattack. That it seems remiss to condense Kobbie Mainoo’s performance against the Netherlands to only a handful of moments is telling. It is not only Spain who boast a teenage...There was the slaloming run beyond frazzled rivals, a sumptuous back-heeled flick into the path...There was the slaloming run beyond frazzled rivals, a sumptuous back-heeled flick into the path...
euro 2024 | jonathan northcroft
It was Ollie Watkins’s shot at destiny and, goodness, he took it, beating Bart Verbruggen to propel England to Berlin.It was Ollie Watkins’s shot at destiny and, goodness, he took it, beating Bart Verbruggen to propel England to Berlin. His strike, in the 60th second of the 90th minute, was the latest goal scored in normal time to win a European Championship or World Cup semi-final. And it will for ever be his signature now. Who...It was Ollie Watkins’s shot at destiny and, goodness, he took it, beating Bart Verbruggen to propel England to Berlin. His...
scottish open | tom kershaw
first test | steve james
West Indies were nine wickets down and the captain, Ben Stokes, and Gus Atkinson were chatting at the end of the...West Indies were nine wickets down and the captain, Ben Stokes, and Gus Atkinson were chatting at...West Indies were nine wickets down and the captain, Ben Stokes, and Gus Atkinson were chatting at...
the tailender | patrick kidd
Lamine Yamal turns 17 on Saturday still a year too young to celebrate with a beer back home in Barcelona if Spain win...Lamine Yamal turns 17 on Saturday still a year too young to celebrate with a beer back home in...Lamine Yamal turns 17 on Saturday still a year too young to celebrate with a beer back home in...
WOMEN’S EURO 2025 QUALIFIER
olympics
Jade Jones, Britain’s double Olympic taekwondo champion, will be allowed to compete at the Paris Games despite admitting an anti-doping violation. Jones was provisionally suspended from the sport earlier this year for refusing to give a urine sample to an anti-doping official in December, an offence that usually leads to a ban of up to four years. However, Jones...Jade Jones, Britain’s double Olympic taekwondo champion, will be allowed to compete at the Paris...Jade Jones, Britain’s double Olympic taekwondo champion, will be allowed to compete at the Paris...
Racecards Atomic Mass (4.15 York)
This gelding shaped really well when fifth on his debut over this course...Racecards Atomic Mass (4.15 York)
This gelding shaped really well when fifth on his debut over this course and distance in May and again caught the eye when a staying-on fifth at Newcastle last time. That debut form is proving really solid and he makes his handicap debut off a lowly mark of just 67 here. He...Racecards Atomic Mass (4.15 York)
This gelding shaped really well when fifth on his debut over this course and distance in...
Mary was handed a £23,000 lump sum after being cheated out of the right payments for years. Some 100,000 other women are also affected
The pleas of a widow convinced that she was being underpaid on her state pension went ignored for eight years as she was let down by a system that has left thousands of women out of pocket. Mary Cunningham* spent hours on the phone trying to get some answers, all to no avail — until the...The pleas of a widow convinced that she was being underpaid on her state pension went ignored for eight years as she was let down by a system that has left thousands of women out of pocket. Mary Cunningham* spent hours on the phone trying to get some answers, all to no avail — until the...The pleas of a widow convinced that she was being underpaid on her state pension went ignored for eight years as she was let...
the big question
The fine for taking pupils out of school for a week without a good reason is going up for the first time since 2012. A record 356,181 penalties were issued in 2022-23, worth at least £20 million for local councils, according to the Department for Education. Do they stop absences? We seek opposing views. Chris McGovern, chairman of the...The fine for taking pupils out of school for a week without a good reason is going up for the first time since 2012. A record 356,181 penalties were issued in 2022-23, worth at least £20 million for local councils, according to the Department for Education. Do they stop absences? We seek opposing views. Chris McGovern, chairman of the...The fine for taking pupils out of school for a week without a good reason is going up for the first time since 2012. A record...
holly mead
My first job was in a local café when I was 16. I earned £4 an hour plus tips — and the occasional free sarnie — and would go home at the end of each shift smelling like a fried egg. After passing my driving test, I worked at a clothes shop in the shopping centre a 20-minute drive away, where the hourly pay was...My first job was in a local café when I was 16. I earned £4 an hour plus tips — and the...My first job was in a local café when I was 16. I earned £4 an hour plus tips — and the...
troubleshooter
holly thomas
What’s the best present to give when someone close to you has a baby? For a friend you might gift some marvellous...What’s the best present to give when someone close to you has a baby? For a friend you might gift...What’s the best present to give when someone close to you has a baby? For a friend you might gift...
ask the experts
Q. I’m in my early thirties and having a panic over my finances. Until now I’ve lived largely from month to month...Q. I’m in my early thirties and having a panic over my finances. Until now I’ve lived...Q. I’m in my early thirties and having a panic over my finances. Until now I’ve lived...
interview
Kimbal Musk is his brother’s closest confidant. So what is it like growing up with the world’s richest man?
interview
The 77-year-old Good Life star is grieving for her partner of 50 years, Michael Rudman. She talks about love, loss and antisemitism
Alice Thomson on what the Starmers can expect at No 10
first person
Kate Harding’s mother has a memory span of five seconds; her father cannot sustain a conversation. How much help should she offer them?
Caitlin Moran
My friend didn’t say why she had to excuse herself from our group chat about the new cabinet — but we knew
first person
I can remember clearly a conversation I had with a good friend of mine when I was 28 and she was 27. We were sitting in the pub and she was lamenting the fact that, one by one, all her friends were getting anti-ageing injections such as Botox.I can remember clearly a conversation I had with a good friend of mine when I was 28 and she was 27.I can remember clearly a conversation I had with a good friend of mine when I was 28 and she was 27.
interview
The Britpop kings open up about feuds, friendship and why it takes two years to recover from a tour these days
Hugo Rifkind
This BBC2 show about an ageing, spendthrift supermodel will make you laugh. Plus, a cop show that’s a real Turkey
Muscular torsos and taut tennis stars helped sell the 1924 Games to the masses — and should get you in a sweat
review | politics
An insider’s account of why Britain doesn’t work, from media-obsessed No 10 to the disempowered shires
my culture fix
The BBC weather presenter and author on her love of Bryan Adams and Line of Duty, plus dancing to Ed Sheeran at her wedding
There’s never been a better time to be an armchair cinema fan with more ways to watch movies across TV channels, streaming services and digital downloads than ever before. But sometimes there can be too much choice, and that’s why our experts have hand-picked the very best films to watch each day. Every week we’ll update this list with the best films available...There’s never been a better time to be an armchair cinema fan with more ways to watch movies...There’s never been a better time to be an armchair cinema fan with more ways to watch movies...
VIEWING GUIDE
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We’re in the...For full TV listings for the week, see our comprehensive TV guide High Country
BBC1, 9.10pm/10.20pm
We’re in the rugged mountains of Australia’s so-called Alpine region in Victoria and the policewoman Andrea “Andie” Whitford (Leah Purcell) makes a routine stop at an abandoned car. We had already seen the driver...For full TV listings for the week, see our comprehensive TV guide High Country
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first night review
REVIEW | technology
CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE WEEK
In his inaugural speech as the new Waterstones children’s laureate (the 13th), Frank Cottrell-Boyce spoke of the...In his inaugural speech as the new Waterstones children’s laureate (the 13th), Frank...In his inaugural speech as the new Waterstones children’s laureate (the 13th), Frank...
REVIEW | fiction
You can’t keep a good book down. I first read Mavis Gallant’s debut novel, Green Water, Green Sky, in 1995, when...You can’t keep a good book down. I first read Mavis Gallant’s debut novel, Green Water, Green Sky...You can’t keep a good book down. I first read Mavis Gallant’s debut novel, Green Water, Green Sky...
Television
Television
TELEVISION
first night review
FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
first night REVIEW
Prospero’s isle is famously “full of noises, sounds and sweet airs”. Over the past four centuries it’s become pretty...Prospero’s isle is famously “full of noises, sounds and sweet airs”. Over the past four centuries...Prospero’s isle is famously “full of noises, sounds and sweet airs”. Over the past four centuries...
FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
The movie rights to the life of Leonora Carrington have been sold. A film is in the pipeline. It’s an irresistible...The movie rights to the life of Leonora Carrington have been sold. A film is in the pipeline.The movie rights to the life of Leonora Carrington have been sold. A film is in the pipeline.
Gaby Huddart spent years at Good Housekeeping magazine, home of product testing. Here’s what she has in her own house, from kitchen gadgets to cleaning and beauty tools
First person
Clio Wood and her husband found a more exciting use for project management software at home
A-listers and CEOs are getting up at dawn to ‘win the day’. Phil Hilton sets his alarm
first person
Debbie Wosskow was hospitalised for over a week before she realised her life had to change
Lifelong resident Jessica Parkhouse shares her favourite cafés, restaurants, bistros and bakeries
I am a firm believer that a garden must work for its owner, and that one should never feel a slave to it. Most of us are looking at ways to be efficient and reduce the workload, and there are many ways to go. Simple methods make a difference, and include good design (looking at lawn edges, sizes of beds and access), good gardening practice (caring for your soil...I am a firm believer that a garden must work for its owner, and that one should never feel a...I am a firm believer that a garden must work for its owner, and that one should never feel a...
Stephen Anderton
I do love it when people come into the garden and say, “What’s that smell?” I feel as if that’s how a garden ought to...I do love it when people come into the garden and say, “What’s that smell?” I feel as if that’s how a garden ought to hit people. It’s fine sticking your nose into a rose for a quick lungful, but to have a perfume envelop you top-to-toe is something else, and not every scented plant can do it. Yet some plants seem...I do love it when people come into the garden and say, “What’s that smell?” I feel as if that’s how a garden ought to hit people.
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Spectacular scenery, epic mountain hikes and bike rides through the Himalayan valleys are are all now possible with a stay at a new guesthouse in jaw-dropping Ladakh
A sailing holiday in the Greek Peloponnese region presents the ultimate antidote to console addiction (and allowed our writer to relive his childhood)
Camping on the continent doesn’t have to mean big and busy sites. These quiet, chic options in equally fabulous locations are much more tempting
Spend the day lounging by the waves at these stylish bases that are low on pretension and high on charm — whether you’re there to pose, pause or party
This 19th-century stationmaster’s house in Manchester is a residence again for the first time in a century, and it’s a great base for exploring this lively city
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We’re lucky as travel writers — we have had the chance to experience some of the world’s best places to stay. But it’s not all champagne on arrival and expensive marble bathrooms. From spirit-sapping admin at check-in to absentee kettles and...We’re lucky as travel writers — we have had the chance to experience some of the world’s best...We’re lucky as travel writers — we have had the chance to experience some of the world’s best...
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The Times has been publishing life stories of the great and the good (and the not so good) for more than 170 years. Now the obituary is also becoming a podcast, explains Anna Temkin
peter townley
WHAT God the Father considers to be pure and genuine religion is this: to take care of orphans and widows in their...WHAT God the Father considers to be pure and genuine religion is this: to take care of orphans...WHAT God the Father considers to be pure and genuine religion is this: to take care of orphans...
Buckingham Palace
12th July, 2024
The King, Royal Founding President, today received Mr Idris Elba (Alumnus of...Buckingham Palace
12th July, 2024
The King, Royal Founding President, today received Mr Idris...Buckingham Palace
12th July, 2024
The King, Royal Founding President, today received Mr Idris...
MindGames
1 The solar system is the gravitationally bound system of which star? 2 Visit NSW is the official tourism website for which Australian state? 3 Cereal derives its name from which Roman goddess of agriculture? 4 The national flag of Belgium...1 The solar system is the gravitationally bound system of which star? 2 Visit NSW is the official...1 The solar system is the gravitationally bound system of which star? 2 Visit NSW is the official...
Sophie Yates and Matt Horrocks
Sophie Yates, 29, who works in admin for the charity Causeway, and Matt Horrocks, 29, a media agency programmer, were married on May 6, 2024, at the Manor by the Lake, in Cheltenham Sophie did not cut Matt much slack when he joined her university jujitsu club and tried to correct how she performed a drill. “It was not exactly love at first sight,” she says. They were...Sophie Yates, 29, who works in admin for the charity Causeway, and Matt Horrocks, 29, a media...Sophie Yates, 29, who works in admin for the charity Causeway, and Matt Horrocks, 29, a media...
Lorenzo Albertino was born on June 19, 2024, at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London to Federica Allegro...Lorenzo Albertino was born on June 19, 2024, at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London to Federica Allegro, 33, and Paolo Albertino, 36 “We long debated what to call our little one until we finally met on mutual ground with the name Lorenzo,” says Federica. The name was inspired by an evening during...Lorenzo Albertino was born on June 19, 2024, at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London to Federica Allegro, 33, and ...
Measure intended to secure sustainable future for the oil-refining site, at which 400 workers may lose their jobs
Ministers are to invest £1 million to find a way to provide a “sustainable” future for the industrial complex at Grangemouth. Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, said his department and MSPs in the Scottish parliament would work together to secure a future for the workers there. The money will be...Ministers are to invest £1 million to find a way to provide a “sustainable” future for the industrial complex at Grangemouth. Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, said his department and MSPs in the Scottish parliament would work together to secure a future for the workers there. The money will be...Ministers are to invest £1 million to find a way to provide a “sustainable” future for the industrial complex at Grangemouth.
Police have called on the residents of Troon to look out for criminal disruption and create a “network of vigilance” during the Open. More than 200,000 golf fans are expected to descend on the Ayrshire town for the tournament which begins on Thursday. Specialist officers have urged those living and working in the community to become their...Police have called on the residents of Troon to look out for criminal disruption and create a “network of vigilance” during the Open. More than 200,000 golf fans are expected to descend on the Ayrshire town for the tournament which begins on Thursday. Specialist officers have urged those living and working in the community to become their...Police have called on the residents of Troon to look out for criminal disruption and create a “network of vigilance” during the...
A theology student who indecently assaulted three people at a Scottish university while falsely claiming to be conducting radiation testing after the Chernobyl disaster has been jailed. John Beaumont has been jailed for four years and eight months, after he admitted indecently assaulting three students at the...A theology student who indecently assaulted three people at a Scottish university while falsely...A theology student who indecently assaulted three people at a Scottish university while falsely...
saturday interview
photography
Tiny the T-Rex enters his enclosure at a family resort in Perthshire, where he will be joined by two prehistoric pals — Betsy the Triceratops and Loki the Velociraptor — to entertain those brave enough to venture to Action Glen at the Crieff Hydro hotel during the third weekend of this month. The robotic dinosaurs will feature in a show, followed by a photo op for the...Tiny the T-Rex enters his enclosure at a family resort in Perthshire, where he will be joined by...Tiny the T-Rex enters his enclosure at a family resort in Perthshire, where he will be joined by...
Murrayfield’s interest in Old Glory DC may have cooled, and the investment tap has been well and truly turned off...Murrayfield’s interest in Old Glory DC may have cooled, and the investment tap has been well and truly turned off, but a tartan seam still runs deep in Washington’s Major League Rugby franchise. At the peak of their short-lived expansionist phase five years ago, the SRU bought a near-30 per cent stake in the club...Murrayfield’s interest in Old Glory DC may have cooled, and the investment tap has been well and truly turned off, but a tartan...
interview
The author on her book being turned into a film and a play, getting sober and how working as the RSPB’s corncrake officer changed her life
REview
Chitra Ramaswamy climbs through the fridge door at a ‘dual concept’ fish and chip shop
Gabriella Bennett
Seven hours to London sounds like a drag, but long journeys are where your future really plays out
Take your pick from Surge, Rewind and HebCelt, plus a free art studio trail on Bute and affordable fun for single-parent families near Dundee
updatedPeter Irvine picks his favourite places to take a dip
The Times’s Alba restaurant critic Chitra Ramaswamy has eaten at almost every table in Glasgow, from a kebab shop...The Times’s Alba restaurant critic Chitra Ramaswamy has eaten at almost every table in Glasgow...The Times’s Alba restaurant critic Chitra Ramaswamy has eaten at almost every table in Glasgow...
The Times’s Alba restaurant critic Chitra Ramaswamy has eaten all over Edinburgh, from Marchmont noodle bars to Auld...The Times’s Alba restaurant critic Chitra Ramaswamy has eaten all over Edinburgh, from Marchmont...The Times’s Alba restaurant critic Chitra Ramaswamy has eaten all over Edinburgh, from Marchmont...
Comment
Starmer’s first credibility test is women’s rights
Jenni Russell
New PM promised to protect women-only spaces but his cabinet appointments suggest a worrying uncertainty about gender
JANICE TURNER
Bring back nanny to tackle our health crisis
giles coren
Public schoolboys are out — but you’ll miss us
ANN TRENEMAN | NOTEBOOK
Poisonous plants bring out my inner Miss Marple
MATT CHORLEY
Welcome to Keir’s new progressive No 10 — if you want him, send a fax
WEEKEND ESSAY | Rachel Sylvester
Lock ’em up isn’t working — our prisons have to change
ben macintyre
Tudor explorer who began the Arctic quest
ROSE WILD | FEEDBACK
Our bots hold back the tide but can be too strict
Archaeologists in Orkney, according to our report on Thursday, have decided that Vikings were more lovers than...Archaeologists in Orkney, according to our report on Thursday, have decided that Vikings were...Archaeologists in Orkney, according to our report on Thursday, have decided that Vikings were...
Tom baldwin
Starmer looks back to the war for his big European reset
Keir Starmer will next week follow a surefooted international debut at the Nato summit in Washington by welcoming...Keir Starmer will next week follow a surefooted international debut at the Nato summit in...Keir Starmer will next week follow a surefooted international debut at the Nato summit in...
Melissa Harrison | Nature Notebook
Three turtle doves show elusive birds can return
Sunday morning and I’m sitting in a friend’s kitchen with a cup of tea, a selection of biscuits between us, and four dogs dozing in their beds after our circuit of the farm’s ripening fields. We both have binoculars to hand, and every so often one...Sunday morning and I’m sitting in a friend’s kitchen with a cup of tea, a selection of biscuits...Sunday morning and I’m sitting in a friend’s kitchen with a cup of tea, a selection of biscuits...
Leading Articles
Prison Break
The early release of prisoners thanks to overcrowding caused by Tory incompetence is a necessity. But cutting sentences for violent offenders is an unacceptable risk
Energy Illusions
The government should acknowledge that there is no painless route to net zero
Final Countdown
England’s footballers have already done themselves and the nation proud
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dirty task of cleaning up the water industry
Sir, Whether it is customers or shareholders who pay for the clean-up of sewage from our rivers and beaches one thing must change (news, Jul 11; leading article, Jul 12). We must have total transparency from the Environment Agency, which...Sir, Whether it is customers or shareholders who pay for the clean-up of sewage from our rivers...Sir, Whether it is customers or shareholders who pay for the clean-up of sewage from our rivers...
Daily Universal Register
Briefing
Today
UK: Wimbledon ladies’ singles final.
Tomorrow
UK: Wimbledon men’s singles final.
Germany: Uefa Euro 2024 final, Spain v England, in Berlin.
France: Bastille Day. Emmanuel Macron presides over ceremonies in Paris.
On this day
Today
In 1878, at the conclusion of the Russo-Turkish War, the Treaty of Berlin was signed, which failed to bring lasting peace to the Balkans; in 1951 Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) laid the foundation stone of the National Theatre on the South Bank, London; in 2014 Germany beat Argentina 1-0 after extra-time to win the Fifa World Cup in Brazil. The German football team was the first European side to win a World Cup staged in South America; in 2021 Shirley Fry, who became Wimbledon singles champion in 1956 and also won the US, Australian and French championships, died aged 94. She also won women’s doubles titles at each major tournament (Obituary, July 23, 2021);
Tomorrow
In 1865 the British climber Edward Whymper led the first team to reach the summit of the Matterhorn in the Alps, at a height of 4,478m; in 1867 Alfred Nobel demonstrated dynamite for the first time at a quarry near Redhill, Surrey; in 1902 the campanile, one of the world’s oldest bell towers, of St Mark’s cathedral in Venice, collapsed during a safety inspection; in 1958 a coup was staged in Iraq by army officers, overthrowing the Hashemite monarchy; in 1969 the road movie Easy Rider, starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson, was released in US cinemas.
Nature notes
The fully grown male grey seal was playing in the River Tyne at Jarrow. These days this isn’t a rare sight. With more than 4,000 seals breeding on the Farne Islands, and smaller natal colonies at Northumbria’s Coquet Island and Berwickshire’s Fast Castle Head, pinniped visitors frequently come up the Tyne, following the salty tide. The seals swim upstream searching for cod, or in the hope of securing the delicacy of a salmon. Tracking shows that grey seals are great travellers. When hunting, they can swim several hundred kilometres offshore. Able to dive up to 100m, they forage along the sea bed looking for fish, squid, crustaceans and octopuses. In contrast to such depths, even the mighty Tyne must seem small and shallow. Jonathan Tulloch
Jonathan Tulloch
Birthdays
Today
Marc Guéhi, pictured, footballer, Crystal Palace and England, 24; Leanne Benjamin, a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet (1993-2013), 60; Sir James Bevan, chief executive, Environment Agency (2015-23), 65; Charlotte Dujardin, dressage rider, three-time Olympic gold medallist (2012, 2016), 39; Harrison Ford, actor, the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films, 82; Jane Fraser, chief executive, Citigroup, 57; Katie Ghose, chief executive, Kids (disabled children’s charity), 54; Martin Gilbert, chairman, Revolut, 69; Ian Hislop, editor, Private Eye, and team captain, Have I Got News for You (since 1990), 64; Peter Kindersley, publisher, co-founder (1974) of Dorling Kindersley, 83; Tej Lalvani, chief executive, Vitabiotics, and “dragon” on Dragons’ Den (2017-21), 50; Ian Lush, chief executive, Imperial Health Charity, and chairman, NHS Charities Together, 64; Sir Nicholas Mostyn, High Court judge (2010-23), 67; Prof Sir Ghillean Prance, plant taxonomist and scientific director, Eden Project (1999-2013), 87; Michael Roney, chairman, Next, 70; Erno Rubik, inventor, Rubik’s Cube (1974), 80; Wole Soyinka, playwright, Nobel prize in literature (1986), 90; Michael Spinks, boxer, 68; Sir Patrick Stewart, actor, the X-Men film series (2000-14), 84; Diana Vishneva, prima ballerina, 48.
Tomorrow
David Mitchell, pictured, comedian, Would I Lie to You? (since 2007), 50; Graydon Carter, editor-in-chief, Vanity Fair (1992-2017), 75; Jim Crowley, British flat racing champion jockey (2016), 46; Mike Cunningham, lead commissioner, Liverpool city council, chief executive, College of Policing (2018-20), 63; Arthur Gore, Earl of Arran, director, Waterstone & Co (1984-87), 86; Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine, joint commander, British forces, Gulf War (1990-91), 92; Susan Howatch, author, Glittering Images (1987), 84; James Gorman, executive chairman, Morgan Stanley, 66; Geraint Jones, cricketer, England (2004-06), 48; Geoffrey Kent, founder and chairman emeritus, Abercrombie & Kent, 82; Sue Lawley, presenter, Desert Island Discs (1988-2006), 78; Lord (Nick) Macpherson of Earl’s Court, permanent secretary, HM Treasury (2005-16), 65; Baroness (Eliza) Manningham-Buller, chairwoman, Wellcome charitable foundation (2015-21), 76; Conor McGregor, mixed martial artist, 36; Tommy Mottola, music executive, 76; Shiv Nadar, businessman, founder of HCL Technologies, 79; Bruce Oldfield, fashion designer, 74; Cornelia Parker, sculptor and installation artist, 68; Maxine Peake, actress, Shameless (2004-07), 50; Prof Sir Mike Richards, oncologist, chief inspector of hospitals at the Care Quality Commission (2013-17), 73; Julia Somerville, newsreader, 77; Phoebe Waller-Bridge, actress, writer and producer, 39.