27 h. ago Glastonbury review: CMAT scores first classic set at this year's festival

Irish musician CMAT pulled out all the stops in one of those big ‘Glastonbury moments’

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3 d. ago Royal Ascot winner set to miss Classic date after getting 14 day whip ban and hefty fine

Jockey Gary Carroll will not be able to ride surprise Coronation Stakes winner Cercene if connections go ahead with plans to supplement her for the Irish Oaks

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2 w. ago Inside Carlos Alcaraz’s inner circle who he turned to in need before French Open triumph

Carlos Alcaraz secured his second French Open after winning a five-set classic against Jannik Sinner, and the Spaniard was quick to thank his team in his post-match interview

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3 w. ago When does Fortnite OG Season 4 start? Here's exactly when the next throwback season starts

The Fortnite OG Season 4 release date is fast approaching, with the new season set to bring a host of classic content, as well as a tease that the game could be set to change history in the classic mode

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3 w. ago Appleby and Buick eye final step in rare sporting journey to complete Classics set

Desert Flower’s jockey and trainer are each on the brink of a career landmark but Minnie Hauk could scupper those hopesFor both Charlie Appleby and William Buick, membership of one of Flat racing’s most exclusive clubs will be an added incentive when Desert Flower, the 1,000 Guineas winner and favourite, canters to post before the Oaks at Epsom on Friday afternoon.Since the end of the second world war, only eight jockeys and 11 trainers have managed to get their names on the roll of honour for all five English Classics, and both lists are a roll call of racing legends. Vincent O’Brien, Sir Henry Cecil and Aidan O’Brien are among the trainers to have completed the full set, while an even shorter list of riders includes Lester Piggott, Steve Cauthen and Pat Eddery, and, since the turn of the century, only Frankie Dettori and Ryan Moore. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Brighton Rock by Graham Greene audiobook review – Sam West captures the menace of this modern classic

The seaside town’s seedy underbelly is vividly evoked in this timeless tale of murder, romance and revengeWe are not short of audio versions of Brighton Rock, Graham Greene’s classic thriller from 1938 set in the eponymous seaside town. Past narrators have included Jacob Fortune‑Lloyd, Richard Brown and Tom O’Bedlam, and that’s before you get to the various radio dramatisations. But few can match this narration from the Howards End actor Samuel West, first recorded in 2011, which captures the menace and seediness that runs through Greene’s novel.It tells of 17-year-old Pinkie Brown, a razor-wielding hoodlum who is trying to cover up the murder of a journalist, Charles “Fred” Hale, killed by his gang in revenge for a story he wrote on Pinkie’s now deceased boss, Kite. Pinkie sets about wooing Rose, a naive young waitress who unwittingly saw something that could implicate him in the murder. His plan is to marry her to prevent her testifying against him. But he...

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last month Home favourite Arthur Fils defies injury to win wild French Open rollercoaster

The 20-year-old Fils looked on the brink of retirement but fought to win a five-set classic against Spain’s Jaume Munar

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