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‘Brazen’ Cox accused of flouting Commons rules
A Conservative grandee has been referred to the Commons anti-sleaze watchdog after appearing to use his parliamentary office to defend the British Virgin Islands in a corruption case brought by the UK government. Sir Geoffrey Cox QC, the former attorney-general, has been paid more than £1 million in the past 12 months to work as a lawyer for clients including the...A Conservative grandee has been referred to the Commons anti-sleaze watchdog after appearing to...A Conservative grandee has been referred to the Commons anti-sleaze watchdog after appearing to...
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COP26
Two Jags to No Jags as Prescott goes green
During his decade in cabinet, John Prescott was so renowned for his attachment to gas-guzzling cars that he earned...During his decade in cabinet, John Prescott was so renowned for his attachment to gas-guzzling cars that he earned the nickname “Two Jags”. Now, however, his garage is empty. The former deputy prime minister has sold the last of his beloved Jaguars and even forgoes environmentally unfriendly fish and chip suppers in...During his decade in cabinet, John Prescott was so renowned for his attachment to gas-guzzling cars that he earned the nickname...
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CORONAVIRUS
Forcing NHS staff to be jabbed will drive out 73,000, Javid told
POLITICAL SKETCH
One last bombardment of Whitehall blather
Blame politicians for the Afghanistan retreat. That was the gist of General Sir Nick Carter’s farewell appearance...Blame politicians for the Afghanistan retreat. That was the gist of General Sir Nick Carter’s...Blame politicians for the Afghanistan retreat. That was the gist of General Sir Nick Carter’s...
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Pocket dial plunges Rogers empire into Succession-style feud
The Rogers name, associated with one of Canada’s wealthiest families and biggest business empires, is a common sight...The Rogers name, associated with one of Canada’s wealthiest families and biggest business empires...The Rogers name, associated with one of Canada’s wealthiest families and biggest business empires...
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Injured caver joked with rescuers during 57-hour ordeal
The mother of an injured diver rescued after 57 hours in Britain’s deepest cave system has praised volunteers from across the country who she said had saved his life. George Linnane, 38, a caver and engineer from Bristol, broke his leg, sternum...The mother of an injured diver rescued after 57 hours in Britain’s deepest cave system has...The mother of an injured diver rescued after 57 hours in Britain’s deepest cave system has...
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Author backs cancelled Hitler-mimicking historian
The writer Louis de Bernières has asked to be put on a blacklist drawn up by the Cambridge Union after an art...The writer Louis de Bernières has asked to be put on a blacklist drawn up by the Cambridge Union...The writer Louis de Bernières has asked to be put on a blacklist drawn up by the Cambridge Union...
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Former public schoolboy held in immigration raid
A 41-year-old man educated at a public school has been arrested in a dawn raid more than a year after being found...A 41-year-old man educated at a public school has been arrested in a dawn raid more than a year...A 41-year-old man educated at a public school has been arrested in a dawn raid more than a year...
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RED BOX | JOHN PRESCOTT
How Hull can save the climate
FIRST NIGHT | POP
Springsteen’s No Nukes concerts — the Boss at his explosive best
★★★★★
Organised in 1979 as a response to the partial meltdown of a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, the No Nukes concert season in New York was a last hurrah for the 1960s peace movement. Crosby, Stills and Nash even...★★★★★
Organised in 1979 as a response to the partial meltdown of a nuclear reactor at Three...★★★★★
Organised in 1979 as a response to the partial meltdown of a nuclear reactor at Three...
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Rashford receives MBE for food poverty fight
Marcus Rashford received an MBE from the Duke of Cambridge, who said he was “pleased to be back” carrying out investitures in person. Rashford, 24, was pictured with his arm around his mother, Melanie, outside Windsor Castle before picking up the...Marcus Rashford received an MBE from the Duke of Cambridge, who said he was “pleased to be back”...Marcus Rashford received an MBE from the Duke of Cambridge, who said he was “pleased to be back”...
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Pandemic drove British life expectancy to lowest in a decade
Life expectancy in Britain regressed to what it was over a decade ago due to the pandemic, according to a report comparing national healthcare systems. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said that...Life expectancy in Britain regressed to what it was over a decade ago due to the pandemic, according to a report comparing national healthcare systems. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said that...Life expectancy in Britain regressed to what it was over a decade ago due to the pandemic, according to a report...
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Covid anxiety linked to memory loss in over-50s
Older people whose levels of anxiety and depression jumped during the coronavirus pandemic experienced a decline in their short-term memory equivalent to six years of natural ageing, according to a study. Researchers from the...Older people whose levels of anxiety and depression jumped during the coronavirus pandemic experienced a decline in their short-term memory equivalent to six years of natural ageing, according to a study. Researchers from the...Older people whose levels of anxiety and depression jumped during the coronavirus pandemic experienced a decline in...
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A gap the size of Switzerland
Whodunit? Before long it’ll be who hasn’t dun it?
Agatha Christie’s creations are still proving highly lucrative, with new Miss Marple short stories, a Hugh Laurie television adaptation, a big-budget Hollywood film and a computer game in the pipeline. Not to forget the long-running plays, the...Agatha Christie’s creations are still proving highly lucrative, with new Miss Marple short...Agatha Christie’s creations are still proving highly lucrative, with new Miss Marple short...
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Exiled academic joins free-speech college
A playwright, historian and academics are founding a “free-speech” university that has recruited Professor Kathleen...A playwright, historian and academics are founding a “free-speech” university that has recruited...A playwright, historian and academics are founding a “free-speech” university that has recruited...
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Criminal past of shamed charity boss
The head of an animal charity that was lambasted by a judge for bringing unfair private prosecutions changed his name...The head of an animal charity that was lambasted by a judge for bringing unfair private...The head of an animal charity that was lambasted by a judge for bringing unfair private...
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Putin accused of pulling strings in border crisis
Thousands of migrants and soldiers are facing off on opposite sides of Poland’s border with Belarus, prompting European leaders to warn that the standoff risks escalating into a “serious conflict”. Poland has accused President Lukashenko of encouraging tens of thousands of migrants from the Middle East, Asia and Africa to breach its borders in the past few months in...Thousands of migrants and soldiers are facing off on opposite sides of Poland’s border with...Thousands of migrants and soldiers are facing off on opposite sides of Poland’s border with...
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BORDER CRISIS | ANALYSIS
Strongmen delight in western disorder
Germany and Poland have accused President Putin of working with Belarus to escalate the humanitarian crisis on the...Germany and Poland have accused President Putin of working with Belarus to escalate the humanitarian crisis on the European Union’s eastern flank. Yet while Russia is seeking to portray the events unfolding on the Belarusian-Polish border as an inevitable consequence of western military campaigns in the Middle East...Germany and Poland have accused President Putin of working with Belarus to escalate the humanitarian crisis on the European...
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Republican runs scared from Trump-bashing past
The millionaire author JD Vance, who is running for a Senate seat in Republican colours, has ducked out of two...The millionaire author JD Vance, who is running for a Senate seat in Republican colours, has...The millionaire author JD Vance, who is running for a Senate seat in Republican colours, has...
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Red sauce on the red planet: tomatoes grown in ‘Martian’ soil
A plate of hot chips might be an alien concept on Mars, but ketchup is definitely on the menu after researchers...A plate of hot chips might be an alien concept on Mars, but ketchup is definitely on the menu...A plate of hot chips might be an alien concept on Mars, but ketchup is definitely on the menu...
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Water wars in the cradle of civilisation: the next Syrian tragedy
The river in front of us was so swollen with floodwaters just a few years ago that it was an impenetrable front line in the war between Islamic State and their Kurdish and Christian enemies. Now it has disappeared. The floor of the Khabur river...The river in front of us was so swollen with floodwaters just a few years ago that it was an...The river in front of us was so swollen with floodwaters just a few years ago that it was an...
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Brazilian bodysurfer has ride of his life taking on ‘Jaws’
What could be more hair-raising than surfing a Hawaiian wave the height of a five-story building? Doing so, perhaps, without a vital piece of equipment: a board. Yet that is precisely what the Brazilian bodysurfer Kalani Lattanzi, 27, has done. He...What could be more hair-raising than surfing a Hawaiian wave the height of a five-story building?What could be more hair-raising than surfing a Hawaiian wave the height of a five-story building?
Read the full storyDiscovery puts Hadrian’s villa in vivid perspective
The chance discovery of vividly painted chunks of masonry buried under Hadrian’s villa near Rome has given archaeologists the first evidence of how the emperor’s sprawling palace was a brightly painted kaleidoscope of colours. The huge quantity of...The chance discovery of vividly painted chunks of masonry buried under Hadrian’s villa near Rome...The chance discovery of vividly painted chunks of masonry buried under Hadrian’s villa near Rome...
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End of an era as GE broken up
General Electric is to be split into three public companies, dismantling America’s best-known conglomerate and what was once the world’s most valuable company. The industrial group yesterday hailed a “defining moment” in its 129-year history: an attempt to simplify its once-sprawling empire...General Electric is to be split into three public companies, dismantling America’s best-known conglomerate and what was once the world’s most valuable company. The industrial group yesterday hailed a “defining moment” in its 129-year history: an attempt to simplify its once-sprawling empire...General Electric is to be split into three public companies, dismantling America’s best-known conglomerate and what was once...
Read the full storyPromote UK business, says Treasury, as audit reforms face dilution
Regulators will be required to promote the international competitiveness of the UK financial services sector under plans by the Treasury for a post-Brexit overhaul of the industry. The move to boost the sector comes as the business department separately is considering its response to a consultation on new audit and corporate governance...Regulators will be required to promote the international competitiveness of the UK financial services sector under plans by the Treasury for a post-Brexit overhaul of the industry. The move to boost the sector comes as the business department separately is considering its response to a consultation on new audit and corporate governance...Regulators will be required to promote the international competitiveness of the UK financial services sector under plans by the...
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GE is testing Neutron Jack’s style to destruction
Maybe Larry Culp, the chairman and chief executive who has sanctioned the break-up of what has been the world’s greatest multinational industrial conglomerate, has been re-reading the bestselling books of Jack Welch. After “Neutron Jack” ended his much-lionised career as the boss of General Electric, his tomes...Maybe Larry Culp, the chairman and chief executive who has sanctioned the break-up of what has...Maybe Larry Culp, the chairman and chief executive who has sanctioned the break-up of what has...
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JCB could be winning the battle in America
Three letters on the front of the vast factory ensure there can be no confusion about its owner. They also mean there can be no doubt about that owner’s ambition. From this 1,000-acre pocket of rural Staffordshire transported...Three letters on the front of the vast factory ensure there can be no confusion about its owner. They also mean there can be no doubt about that owner’s ambition. From this 1,000-acre pocket of rural Staffordshire transported...Three letters on the front of the vast factory ensure there can be no confusion about its owner. They also mean there...
Read the full storyHousing market foundations remain solid for upbeat builders
The end of the stamp duty holiday, changes to the Help to Buy scheme and rising costs appear to have done little to dampen demand for homes built by two of Britain’s biggest listed developers. Persimmon and Vistry Group...The end of the stamp duty holiday, changes to the Help to Buy scheme and rising costs appear to have done little to dampen demand for homes built by two of Britain’s biggest listed developers. Persimmon and Vistry Group...The end of the stamp duty holiday, changes to the Help to Buy scheme and rising costs appear to have done little to...
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Gove’s Grenfell focus is well targeted
Primark puts more stores on the agenda
The boss of Associated British Foods underlined his confidence in Primark’s bricks-and-mortar strategy yesterday as the chain unveiled plans for more than 130 new shops and said it would not raise prices despite supply chain pressures. Unlike...The boss of Associated British Foods underlined his confidence in Primark’s bricks-and-mortar...The boss of Associated British Foods underlined his confidence in Primark’s bricks-and-mortar...
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Savills says outlook is looking brighter
A leading estate agent believes that this year’s profits will “materially exceed” its expectations thanks to a boom in demand for multimillion-pound homes. The property market has been on fire for much of the past 12 months as people seek more...A leading estate agent believes that this year’s profits will “materially exceed” its...A leading estate agent believes that this year’s profits will “materially exceed” its...
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Private equity can boost competition, but banks’ regulators are nervous
Private equity is rarely the hero, but at the moment it appears to be one of the best hopes to inject more...Private equity is rarely the hero, but at the moment it appears to be one of the best hopes to...Private equity is rarely the hero, but at the moment it appears to be one of the best hopes to...
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Primark owner piles up the bargains
Being cheap is the chief selling point for Primark, Associated British Foods’ best-known brand. That attribute also...Being cheap is the chief selling point for Primark, Associated British Foods’ best-known brand.Being cheap is the chief selling point for Primark, Associated British Foods’ best-known brand.
Read the full storyApple expands City of London presence
Apple has taken another three floors of office space at 22 Bishopsgate, the newest skyscraper in the City of London. The world’s biggest technology company, worth $2.5 trillion, has been leasing two floors at the 62-storey tower since...Apple has taken another three floors of office space at 22 Bishopsgate, the newest skyscraper in...Apple has taken another three floors of office space at 22 Bishopsgate, the newest skyscraper in...
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football
Villa set to make approach for Gerrard
Aston Villa are set to firm up an interest in appointing Steven Gerrard as their next head coach by making an official approach to Rangers. The Scottish club, whom Gerrard guided to their first league title for ten years last season, are braced for contact and face a battle to retain the services...Aston Villa are set to firm up an interest in appointing Steven Gerrard as their next head coach by making an official approach to Rangers. The Scottish club, whom Gerrard guided to their first league title for ten years last season, are braced for contact and face a battle to retain the services...Aston Villa are set to firm up an interest in appointing Steven Gerrard as their next head coach by making an official approach...
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Yorkshire coach suspended with CEO set to quit as racism saga takes fresh twist
Yorkshire have been left without their two most senior coaches and their chief executive is set to depart as the turmoil from the Azeem Rafiq scandal threatens to end up costing the crisis-hit club £1 million in payoffs. The county announced last night that their coach, Andrew Gale, had been suspended pending an investigation into a past...Yorkshire have been left without their two most senior coaches and their chief executive is set to depart as the turmoil from the Azeem Rafiq scandal threatens to end up costing the crisis-hit club £1 million in payoffs. The county announced last night that their coach, Andrew Gale, had been suspended pending an investigation into a past...Yorkshire have been left without their two most senior coaches and their chief executive is set to depart as the turmoil from...
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rugby union
Hype is nothing new for ‘rock star’ Smith
For any teenager, sitting that first A-level exam is a daunting prospect and a stressful process, the culmination of two years of hard graft, your future seemingly dependent on your performance in that examination hall. How to unwind afterwards? Every sixth-former will have their own ideas about how to let their...For any teenager, sitting that first A-level exam is a daunting prospect and a stressful process...For any teenager, sitting that first A-level exam is a daunting prospect and a stressful process...
Read the full storyT20 World Cup | Mike Atherton
Two sides with different strengths but matching claims to greatness
T20 WORLD CUP | Simon Wilde
Dependable, unflashy and underestimated: the threat New Zealand pose to England
football | henry winter
Smith Rowe trades takeaways for his own private chef
football | michael grant
Gerrard to Villa ticks all the same boxes as Rodgers to Leicester
When a popular manager might head off into the sunset there is a brief phase when the disciples put their fingers in...When a popular manager might head off into the sunset there is a brief phase when the disciples...When a popular manager might head off into the sunset there is a brief phase when the disciples...
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cricket | Matthew Syed
How can Twitter mob be silenced if we can’t trust cricket’s authorities to police wrongdoing?
There has been a lot of talk, rightly, about the failures of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, belatedly addressed by...There has been a lot of talk, rightly, about the failures of Yorkshire County Cricket Club...There has been a lot of talk, rightly, about the failures of Yorkshire County Cricket Club...
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Raducanu’s season ends with defeat as she finds the coach she urgently needs
A season that Emma Raducanu will never forget has ended on a painful note after the 18-year-old suffered a spasm in her right leg during a second-round defeat by the world No 106, Wang Xinyu, at the Linz Open. This was not the way Raducanu had hoped to round off a year in which she became a grand-slam champion at the US Open. Not only was the British No 1 and top seed...A season that Emma Raducanu will never forget has ended on a painful note after the 18-year-old...A season that Emma Raducanu will never forget has ended on a painful note after the 18-year-old...
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tennis
I’m not distracted – my parents would tell me if I was, says British No 1
Emma Raducanu has insisted that she is “very zoned in” on her tennis after the England rugby union head coach Eddie...Emma Raducanu has insisted that she is “very zoned in” on her tennis after the England rugby union head coach Eddie Jones claimed that off-court distractions were behind the teenager’s recent poor performances. Jones caused a stir this week after using the US Open champion’s struggles since her triumph at Flushing...Emma Raducanu has insisted that she is “very zoned in” on her tennis after the England rugby union head coach Eddie Jones...
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football | paul joyce
Full backs torn between functionality and flair
football | james gheerbrant
Mola the latest to benefit from a move abroad
football | simon francis
Howe will make mark instantly – and yes, he can organise a defence
Perhaps the biggest compliment I can pay Eddie Howe is that, whenever I set foot on the pitch for Bournemouth, I...Perhaps the biggest compliment I can pay Eddie Howe is that, whenever I set foot on the pitch for...Perhaps the biggest compliment I can pay Eddie Howe is that, whenever I set foot on the pitch for...
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premier league
Clubs could require Premier League approval for new sponsorship deals
England’s top-flight clubs face being obliged to have all new sponsorship deals approved by the Premier League before...England’s top-flight clubs face being obliged to have all new sponsorship deals approved by the...England’s top-flight clubs face being obliged to have all new sponsorship deals approved by the...
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Kerr and Kirby lead way as Swiss roll over for Chelsea
Emma Hayes had asked her Chelsea side to be relentless against Servette — seven goals, five different scorers and 21 shots later, she could be confident that they had listened. This was everything Hayes had demanded from a much changed team in...Emma Hayes had asked her Chelsea side to be relentless against Servette — seven goals, five...Emma Hayes had asked her Chelsea side to be relentless against Servette — seven goals, five...
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t20 world cup
Openers’ battle and England’s powerplay pair: the key areas to decide semi-final
Openers’ battle with pacemen
Jos Buttler has scored 240 runs already this tournament and needs only nine more to eclipse the England batsman with the best return at a World T20: Joe Root in 2016. The most by any batsman was Virat Kohli’s 319 in 2014.Openers’ battle with pacemen
Jos Buttler has scored 240 runs already this tournament and needs...Openers’ battle with pacemen
Jos Buttler has scored 240 runs already this tournament and needs...
Golf
European Tour unveils £200m rebrand in attempt to ward off Saudi threat
The European Tour has rebranded itself as the $200 million DP World Tour in what many will regard as an attempt to...The European Tour has rebranded itself as the $200 million DP World Tour in what many will regard...The European Tour has rebranded itself as the $200 million DP World Tour in what many will regard...
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Golf | Denis Walsh
New system still open to manipulation by game’s ‘handicap bandits’
With the match all square, and a gold bar worth £5,000 as the wager, the final two holes of James Bond’s match...With the match all square, and a gold bar worth £5,000 as the wager, the final two holes of James...With the match all square, and a gold bar worth £5,000 as the wager, the final two holes of James...
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Racing
Rob Wright’s racing tips
sports photography
Times Sport Unseen: Fans in focus, Old Trafford gloom and Twickenham masterclass
Bradley writes There are lots of pictures of fans included this week from Marc and I, from a lone supporter watching the game, to a hero’s welcome for a manager, from thousands turning their backs, to those who didn’t turn up, and, sadly, a fan no...Bradley writes There are lots of pictures of fans included this week from Marc and I, from a lone...Bradley writes There are lots of pictures of fans included this week from Marc and I, from a lone...
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ARTS
The $60 million rapper, his $700 million partner and the mega concert that ended in tragedy
He was celebrated as “the pied piper of the mosh pit” until, on Friday, eight people died in the crowd at his show
RELATIVE VALUES
Chris and Rosie Ramsey on the secrets of wedded bliss
The couple behind the hit podcast Sh**ged Married Annoyed on parenting, grief and working together
interview
Adam Boulton on leaving Sky: ‘We baby boomers have had our day’
After spending 33 years at the channel, Boulton is departing Sky News. It’s over for the public school, Oxbridge, male old guard, he says
ANNA MURPHY
I’ve found my perfect coat for a walk in the country
One of the things I like about where the fashion industry is at right now — and there are plenty of things I don’t —...One of the things I like about where the fashion industry is at right now — and there are plenty...One of the things I like about where the fashion industry is at right now — and there are plenty...
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the lowdown
Lady Gaga’s inauguration dress
Lady Gaga wore a bulletproof dress to Biden’s inauguration.
Really? Well, actually, we aren’t sure.
That sounds...Lady Gaga wore a bulletproof dress to Biden’s inauguration.
Really? Well, actually, we...Lady Gaga wore a bulletproof dress to Biden’s inauguration.
Really? Well, actually, we...
FIRST NIGHT | COMEDY
Tim Minchin — a delightful reprise of the singer-songwriter-comedian’s comeback tour
★★★★☆
He’s back! Again! When Tim Minchin first toured this show two years ago it was his big comeback after years working on musicals and a $90 million Hollywood animation that got scuppered when his studio changed hands. Well, he has lost some...★★★★☆
He’s back! Again! When Tim Minchin first toured this show two years ago it was his...★★★★☆
He’s back! Again! When Tim Minchin first toured this show two years ago it was his...
FIRST NIGHT | THEATRE
The Choir of Man — not much finesse in this thin and schmaltzy singalong
TELEVISION
The 100 Foot Wave — daredevil’s lifelong pursuit of the perfect swell
The 100 Foot Wave
Sky Documentaries/Now
★★★★☆ Impeachment
BBC2
★★★★☆ In the early 2000s a documentary was broadcast...The 100 Foot Wave
Sky Documentaries/Now
★★★★☆ Impeachment
BBC2
★★★★☆ In the early 2000s a...The 100 Foot Wave
Sky Documentaries/Now
★★★★☆ Impeachment
BBC2
★★★★☆ In the early 2000s a...
FIRST NIGHT | THEATRE
Friend (The One With Gunther) — a weak attempt to cash in on someone else’s jokes
★☆☆☆☆
So no one told you life was gonna be this way . . . You go out to see a one-man show that’s supposedly a...★☆☆☆☆
So no one told you life was gonna be this way . . . You go out to see a one-man show...★☆☆☆☆
So no one told you life was gonna be this way . . . You go out to see a one-man show...
VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on TV and radio tonight
For full TV listings for the week, see thetimes.co.uk/tvplanner Viewing guide, by Joe Clay
Life at 50 Degrees
BBC2, 8pm
With 2021 set to be among the hottest years on record, this perturbing film from the award-winning This World strand reveals...For full TV listings for the week, see thetimes.co.uk/tvplanner Viewing guide, by Joe Clay
Life...For full TV listings for the week, see thetimes.co.uk/tvplanner Viewing guide, by Joe Clay
Life...
MINDGAMES
Word Watch
MindGames
The Times Daily Quiz
1 Which song in West Side Story is named after the lead female character? 2 Slices of which fruit are used to cover a...1 Which song in West Side Story is named after the lead female character? 2 Slices of which fruit...1 Which song in West Side Story is named after the lead female character? 2 Slices of which fruit...
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first night | exhibition
Peru: A Journey in Time — beyond the Inca trail
★★★★☆
What do you know about darkest Peru? Don’t say Paddington. Michael Bond’s friendly ursine may crop up in...★★★★☆
What do you know about darkest Peru? Don’t say Paddington. Michael Bond’s friendly...★★★★☆
What do you know about darkest Peru? Don’t say Paddington. Michael Bond’s friendly...
obituary
Keith Bradshaw
Administrator who, as the first Australian to take charge of Marylebone Cricket Club, championed Twenty20 and crossed Sir John Major
obituary
Andrew McDonald
First chief executive of the watchdog set up after the MPs’ expenses scandal whose new rules faced ‘unrelenting hostility’
obituary
Dean Stockwell
Reluctant child actor turned Hollywood star best known for classics such as Paris, Texas and the sci-fi series Quantum Leap
obituary
Dorothy Manley
British sprinter best known for her silver medal in the 1948 Games, beaten only by ‘the flying Dutchwoman’
Lives remembered
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weather eye
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Strike actions threaten ‘winter of discontent’
Scotland is heading for “a winter of discontent” amid the threat of strikes that would see bins overflowing, bus services halted and school exams left unmarked. The Royal College of Nursing is considering strike action due to a “perfect storm” of burnout, staff shortages and low pay while staff...Scotland is heading for “a winter of discontent” amid the threat of strikes that would see bins overflowing, bus services halted and school exams left unmarked. The Royal College of Nursing is considering strike action due to a “perfect storm” of burnout, staff shortages and low pay while staff...Scotland is heading for “a winter of discontent” amid the threat of strikes that would see bins overflowing, bus services...
Read the full story‘Don’t destroy more businesses by widening vaccine passport’
Expanding Scotland’s vaccine passport scheme “has the potential to destroy many businesses” according to hospitality leaders who fear that the return of Covid restrictions will be a backwards step. The vaccine passport is currently limited to nightclubs and sporting stadiums, but ministers are expected to extend it to pubs, restaurants...Expanding Scotland’s vaccine passport scheme “has the potential to destroy many businesses” according to hospitality leaders who fear that the return of Covid restrictions will be a backwards step. The vaccine passport is currently limited to nightclubs and sporting stadiums, but ministers are expected to extend it to pubs, restaurants...Expanding Scotland’s vaccine passport scheme “has the potential to destroy many businesses” according to hospitality leaders...
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Ex-strip artist has to reveal all to sue club, rules judge
A former stripper has abandoned plans to sue a lap dancing bar after a judge ruled that she could not remain anonymous if she did. The woman launched legal action against the Burke & Hare club in Edinburgh claiming that she was owed £2,000 in holiday pay. Her plea for anonymity in the action was rejected by the...A former stripper has abandoned plans to sue a lap dancing bar after a judge ruled that she could...A former stripper has abandoned plans to sue a lap dancing bar after a judge ruled that she could...
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Vaccine passports on horizon for gyms and pubs
Scotland’s vaccine passport scheme is likely to be extended to pubs and gyms under new curbs to head off a second Christmas lockdown, the deputy first minister has announced. John Swinney, the cabinet secretary for Covid recovery, said in a bleak...Scotland’s vaccine passport scheme is likely to be extended to pubs and gyms under new curbs to...Scotland’s vaccine passport scheme is likely to be extended to pubs and gyms under new curbs to...
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Celtic must defend legal action from boys club sex abuse survivors
A multimillion-pound lawsuit against Celtic FC by survivors of sexual abuse has taken a significant step forward. About 25 victims of molestation at Celtic Boys Club, its feeder club, have raised a class action under powers that have only recently...A multimillion-pound lawsuit against Celtic FC by survivors of sexual abuse has taken a...A multimillion-pound lawsuit against Celtic FC by survivors of sexual abuse has taken a...
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Comment | Kenny Farquharson
Too many climate protesters want Cop26 to fail
business | comment
Johnson cannot pin the blame for doomsday on Greenock’s local hero
rugby union | alasdair reid
Inquisitive Russell eager to keep South Africa guessing
As a general rule, South African defences give the impression that they find opponents easier to read than The Very Hungry Caterpillar. But that all changed in the Cape Town Stadium on the afternoon of August 7 this year when Finn Russell rose from the British & Irish Lions bench to take over from Dan Biggar. The third and final Test between the two sides was...As a general rule, South African defences give the impression that they find opponents easier to...As a general rule, South African defences give the impression that they find opponents easier to...
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rugby union
Springboks will stick to what they know out of respect for Scotland
South Africa’s head coach Jacques Nienaber says he has no intention of changing a winning formula when the Springboks...South Africa’s head coach Jacques Nienaber says he has no intention of changing a winning formula when the Springboks take on Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday. The world champions warmed up for their northern hemisphere visit by beating the All Blacks 31-29 in Australia early last month then kicked off their tour...South Africa’s head coach Jacques Nienaber says he has no intention of changing a winning formula when the Springboks take on...
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Threat to Lunney and fellow directors ‘more acute’ following court case
Gardai believe the directors of Mannok, the company formerly known as Quinn Industrial Holdings, remain at risk of attack after the conviction of three men for abducting and torturing one of the firm’s directors. Gardai believe Kevin Lunney’s 2019 abduction and torture was organised and paid for by a group of people living in the Cavan-Fermanagh region. Intelligence...Gardai believe the directors of Mannok, the company formerly known as Quinn Industrial Holdings...Gardai believe the directors of Mannok, the company formerly known as Quinn Industrial Holdings...
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Seán FitzPatrick, former head of Anglo Irish Bank, dies at 73
If the banker Seán FitzPatrick harboured regrets—and it was not generally regarded as a proclivity—then appearing on...If the banker Seán FitzPatrick harboured regrets—and it was not generally regarded as a proclivity—then appearing on the Marian Finucane Show on Saturday October 4, 2008, must have ranked highly. Then the chairman of Anglo Irish Bank, FitzPatrick went on to the show to humbly thank the people of Ireland for the...If the banker Seán FitzPatrick harboured regrets—and it was not generally regarded as a proclivity—then appearing on the Marian...
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I’d be loyalist target living in Northern Ireland, lawyer claims
A solicitor with a Belfast law firm who is seeking a personal debt arrangement in the Republic has said that his family home cannot be his properties in Derry or Belfast because he would be targeted by loyalists. Oliver Tighe...A solicitor with a Belfast law firm who is seeking a personal debt arrangement in the Republic has said that his family home cannot be his properties in Derry or Belfast because he would be targeted by loyalists. Oliver Tighe...A solicitor with a Belfast law firm who is seeking a personal debt arrangement in the Republic has said that his...
Read the full story‘Traumatic’ Leaving Cert can’t get any worse, says children’s ombudsman
The Leaving Certificate is a traumatic experience for students that “can’t get any worse”, the children’s ombudsman has said. Dr Niall Muldoon yesterday told the Oireachtas Committee on Education, which is discussing reform of...The Leaving Certificate is a traumatic experience for students that “can’t get any worse”, the children’s ombudsman has said. Dr Niall Muldoon yesterday told the Oireachtas Committee on Education, which is discussing reform of...The Leaving Certificate is a traumatic experience for students that “can’t get any worse”, the children’s ombudsman...
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Comment
Tories must decide if they care about reality
Daniel Finkelstein
A moral error was made with Paterson but it is not too late to avoid a similar fiasco with the Northern Ireland protocol
ROGER BOYES
From peace prize winner to warrior ruler
Matthew Parris | Notebook
I may miss the party, but leaving was right
Alice Thomson
Time to reform this shabby House of Lords
James Coney
Gove is wrong to accuse lenders of being overcautious
Leading Articles
Sleazy Business
To restore trust in the political system, more Conservative MPs will have to show the same courage as some of those in the 2019 intake who rightly defied party whips
Moral Blackmail
The European Union should help Poland resist a manufactured migrant crisis
Clues to Christie
Enthusiasm for the bestselling novelist shows no sign of waning
letters to the editor
Forcing doctors to work in less affluent areas
Sir, While the health secretary’s concern about levelling up the GP workforce in England (“Doctors set to be barred from jobs in richer areas”, Nov 8; letters, Nov 9) is to be welcomed, I note that the analysis on which the Social...Sir, While the health secretary’s concern about levelling up the GP workforce in England...Sir, While the health secretary’s concern about levelling up the GP workforce in England...
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Briefing
UK: The Supreme Court hands down its judgment in the case of Lloyd v Google Inc, which centres on accusations that Google illegally gathered the personal data of millions of iPhone users in the UK.
UAE: England take on New Zealand in the semi-final of the Twenty20 World Cup.
US: Nasa’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission launches to the International Space Station.
Germany: Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the German defence minister, welcomes Ben Wallace, her UK counterpart, to Berlin.
France: Kamala Harris, the US vice-president, meets President Macron in Paris.
On this day
In 1674 the Dutch colony of New Netherland was formally ceded to England, and reverted to its original name, New York; in 1820 the Bill of Pains and Penalties (by which King George IV hoped to deprive Queen Caroline of her titles and dissolve their marriage) was withdrawn by the government; in 1871, after an eight-month journey, the journalist Henry Morton Stanley met the explorer Dr Livingstone at Ujiji village, Lake Tanganyika, with the greeting: “Dr Livingstone, I presume?”; in 1928 Hirohito was enthroned as the 124th emperor of Japan, in an imperial line dating to 660BC; in 1995 Ken Saro-Wiwa was hanged with eight other human rights activists in Nigeria, after being found guilty in a murder trial.
Nature notes
Surely the oddest of all mushrooms is the devil’s fingers fungus. First emerging above the soil as an egg-shaped excrescence, this egg then “hatches”, and three to eight tentacles slowly unfurl. On your first encounter with Clathrus archeri, you might think you have found a luridly red starfish cast upon the woodland floor. Should you get down onto your knees for a closer inspection, an unpleasant smell of rotting flesh will assault your nostrils. Also known as octopus stinkhorn, this fungus arrived in the UK from Australia and New Zealand with war supplies of wood in 1914. The stink attracts flies and beetles who then spread the sticky spores.
Jonathan Tulloch
Birthdays today
Catherine Arnold, master, St Edmund’s College, Cambridge, UK ambassador to Mongolia (2015-18), 43; Hugh Bonneville, actor, Notting Hill (1999), Paddington (2014), Downton Abbey (2010-15, 2019), 58; Deborah Cameron, Rupert Murdoch professor of language and communication, 63; Baroness (Ruth) Davidson of Lundin Links, leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party in the Scottish parliament (2020-May 2021), MSP for Edinburgh Central (2016-May 2021), 43; Terence Davies, film-maker, Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), The House of Mirth (2000), 76; Taron Egerton, actor, the Kingsman film series, Rocketman (2019), 32; Roland Emmerich, film-maker, Independence Day (1996), 66; Nigel Evans, Conservative MP for Ribble Valley, deputy speaker, 64; David Flood, music director, organist and master of the choristers, Canterbury Cathedral (1988-2020), 66; Neil Gaiman, author, The Ocean at the End of the Lane (2013), The Sandman comic book series, 61; Prof Martin Green, chief executive, Care England care services charity, 62; George Herbert, Earl of Carnarvon, owner of Highclere Castle, 65; Eddie Irvine, Formula One racing driver (1993-2002), 56; Robert Jones, rugby union player, Wales (1986-95), 56; Jens Lehmann, goalkeeper, Arsenal (2003-08, 2011) and Germany (1998-2008), 52; Horacio Pagani, founder of supercar company Pagani Automobili, 66; Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, chief of the Defence Staff from Nov 30, first sea lord and chief of Naval Staff (2019-Nov 2021), 56; Jon Rahm, golfer, world golf rank No 1, 27; Sir Tim Rice, lyricist, Jesus Christ Superstar (1970), The Lion King (1994), 77; Baroness (Maeve) Sherlock, opposition whip and opposition spokeswoman on work and pensions, House of Lords, 61; Sam Simmonds, rugby union player, Exeter Chiefs and England, 27.