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Physicality, chaos and Carvajal: where Liverpool v Madrid may be decided
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It has become one of those saws wheeled out on social media every time Liverpool concede a goal, or every time they come under pressure: Trent Alexander-Arnold can’t defend; he can be got at. En, worryingly for Liver...
Three cheers for the blind eye of the police: where would our leader be without it?
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Natuurlik, you’ll adore the pictures of Boris Johnson raising a glass at a Downing Street party during lockdown. It’s like a Holbein or something, depicting a corpulent man surrounded by all the esoteric accoutrements...
Sheku Bayoh inquiry shown 3D image of scene where police restrained him
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A 3D image of the scene where Sheku Bayoh was restrained by police has been shown at a long-awaited inquiry into his death while in custody. The reconstruction was presented along with visual and audio recordings take...
Where do the Italians go on holiday? 10 hidden gems
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From colourful Cinque Terre fishing villages to swanky Portofino, Liguria has long attracted tourists. Yet venture west of Portofino and you find an altogether more authentic fishing village, devoid of designer stores...
‘Where do they expect us to go?’ Life at one Bay Area encampment before eviction
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“I just don’t know where to go.” Sarah sighed as she looked past her tent off the I-80 highway, at the edge of the San Francisco Bay. Sarah and her partner, Kevin, beide 55, have lived in the scattered encampments alon...
One Nation running candidates in states where they don’t live, as emails reveal scramble to fill seats
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One Nation was still scrambling to find people to run for this month’s federal election just hours before the close of nominations, telling one prospective candidate to leave the electorate he was running in “blank” o...
In praise of iyashikei: why we love soothing anime where nothing happens
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Western screenwriting tradition says that conflict is the heart of all storytelling, but after a hard day you may not want to watch something stressful. Some people turn to “slow TV” – meditative footage of scenic tra...
Where did it all go wrong for Imran Khan? - podcast
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The ousting of Pakistan’s prime minister in a vote of no confidence followed a period of intense political turmoil. Yale political scientist Sarah Khan describes what could come next ...
Waar toeriste selde trap, part 2: five great UK towns left out of the guidebooks
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In die 1996 essay Tierra del Fuego – New York, French cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard juxtaposes Ushuaïa with Manhattan. “After the ends of the earth, the centre of the earth,” he writes. “But each gives the impres...
‘Putin is killing civilians’: the train station where Russians are greeted with images of war
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As the night train from Moscow pulled into Vilnius central station for its scheduled 10-minute stop, a curious pair of eyes peeked through one of its windows – only to disappear behind a hastily closed curtain. The pa...
Hidden Italy: where to stay and what to do off the beaten track
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It’s now more than two years since Italy was the first western country to declare a nationwide lockdown. After travel started again, some Italophiles were surprised to find a country with a very un-British attitude to...
Tiger Woods says he is ‘right where I need to be’ after Masters first round
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A bullish Tiger Woods declared himself “right where I need to be” after marking his remarkable recovery from serious injury with a one-under-par round of 71 at the Masters. Woods, having not played competitive golf si...
Cheers, drinks and tears: opening day at the bar where women’s sports reign
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By 11am on opening day at Portland’s The Sports Bra, billed as the world’s first sports bar showing only women’s sports, a bustling queue had already filled the sidewalk. While members of the Pride Cheerleading Associ...
‘Where is the security?’ Zelenskiy tells home truths to UN security council
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Two days ago his audience consisted of Justin Bieber, Doja kat, Dua Lipa, Lil Nas X, Olivia Rodrigo and Saweetie. This was Volodymyr Zelenskiy, president of Ukraine and man for all seasons, delivering a virtual messag...