54 h. ago Pablo Escobar’s top cocaine pilot details working for drug lord in new podcast

Tirso ‘TJ’ Dominguez says Escobar paid him $20m monthly to fly planeloads of cokeA man who eventually became Pablo Escobar’s go-to cocaine pilot has revealed that he first turned down an employment offer from the notorious Colombian drug lord because he was content with the $4m a month he was earning while flying for a competitor.But, in a new podcast containing what is believed to be his first interview since authorities arrested him at his Florida mansion in 1988, Tirso “TJ” Dominguez recounted how he changed his mind about working for Escobar when the so-called Patron – or boss – offered him a salary that was five times higher: $20m monthly. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago ‘I had 30 Lamborghinis’: Pablo Escobar’s top cocaine pilot gives first interview

Tirso ‘TJ’ Dominguez says Escobar paid him $20m monthly to fly planeloads of cokeA man who eventually became Pablo Escobar’s go-to cocaine pilot has revealed that he first turned down an employment offer from the notorious Colombian drug lord because he was content with the $4m a month he was earning while flying for a competitor.But, in a new podcast containing what is believed to be his first interview since authorities arrested him at his Florida mansion in 1988, Tirso “TJ” Dominguez recounted how he changed his mind about working for Escobar when the so-called Patron – or boss – offered him a salary that was five times higher: $20m monthly. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago The chia pudding for people who think they hate chia pudding

Chef Natalia Rudin isn’t usually a fan of the trendy chia pot – but with zingy lemon, sweet blueberries and creamy yoghurt, this one’s changed her mind

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5 d. ago Was this the moment Jamie Laing changed his mind about being a dad? Ex MIC star spoke on podcast about 'secret battle' he hid from Sophie

Radio 1's Jamie, 36, was open on his Great Company podcast earlier this year about the 'secret battle' he's endured over whether to have children or not with wife Sophie Habboo.

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5 d. ago ‘It was an I Will Survive for the 1990s’: how McAlmont & Butler made Yes

‘David only had words for one verse. “Just sing it twice,” I said. “We can worry about that later.” But we never got around to it – and people don’t seem to notice’I’d just left Suede and was living in a basement flat in Highgate, London, making music in my tiny box room. It was a lonely time, but a lovely summer and I decided to do something uplifting and joyous. There were a bunch of records I loved listening to on a sunny day – Dusty Springfield’s I Only Want to Be With You, The First Picture of You by the Lotus Eaters, You on My Mind by Swing Out Sister, which has Bacharach key changes and strings. I wanted to make a piece of music that gave me the buzz those songs did. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘I struggled with the lifestyle’: former teen prodigy Amanda Anisimova on her career

As she returns to the French Open, where she broke through in a run to the 2019 semis, the American explains why she stepped away from the sportProfessional tennis players are often led to believe that taking time off is fatal. In such an intense, competitive individual sport where greatness is determined though fine margins, the pressure to keep on moving is eternal. If you are not constantly training, competing and working on your craft, it is said, someone will always be there to take your place. Once you lose your spot, you may never get it back.During the most difficult period of her career, Amanda Anisimova, a former teen prodigy, had to reckon with that myth. In the depths of her depression, when the intensity of the tennis circuit had become unbearable and her mind was screaming out for change, the 23-year-old opted for the solution of a complete break from the sport two years ago. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago GBBO's Prue Leith's 'horrific' experience 'put her off TV' for years

Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith has admitted there was one particular experience that put her off working in television for years before she changed her mind

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2 w. ago Man Utd change their mind as four stars made 'unsellable' and £100m transfer wish emerges

Manchester United have identified the four players that they will not be selling in the upcoming summer transfer window, as Ruben Amorim looks to overhaul his inherited squad

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3 w. ago This article won’t change your mind. Here’s why | Sarah Stein Lubrano

Evidence shows that arguing our case rarely convinces others. It’s social relationships and actions that have that powerSarah Stein Lubrano is the author of Don’t Talk About Politics: How to Change 21st-Century MindsIt may seem paradoxical to write this in an opinion piece. But it needs saying: arguments alone have no meaningful effect on people’s beliefs. And the implicit societal acceptance that they do is getting in the way of other, more effective forms of political thinking and doing.I’m a researcher who studies the intersection of psychology and politics, and my work has increasingly led me to believe that our culture’s understanding of how political persuasion works is wrong. In the age of Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the rise of the far right, commentators have endlessly opined on the problems of fake news, polarisation and more. But they’ve mostly been looking in the wrong places – and have focused too much on words.Sarah Stein Lubrano is the author of Don’t Talk About Polit...

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3 w. ago The interview that will change your mind about our 'robotic' politicians: ED DAVEY opens up on becoming an orphan at 15, caring for his profoundly disabled son

The handwritten letter from a dying father to his four-year-old son could not have been more heartfelt.

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3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Change Your Mind, Change Your Life: The BBC's dire new therapy series is worse than rubbish

Apparently, it's completely fine to tell someone who is paralysed by anxiety to switch to 'automatic pilot' and go through life like 'a little robot'.

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4 w. ago Richard Tice suggests Nigel Farage has changed his mind on his claim that the West ‘provoked’ Russia

Richard Tice hinted that Nigel Farage has shifted his stance on the Ukraine-Russia war, walking back his 2024 claim that the EU and Nato provoked Vladmir Putin’s invasion.

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4 w. ago 'I was going to buy a Longchamp bag but Mango's £25 alternative has changed my mind'

Mirror's shopping writer Grace has been looking for a new work bag, and was surprised to find a £25 Mango tote that looks just like Longchamp's iconic shopper bag

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last month Can robots make the perfect Aperol spritz? – Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 review

From 3D-printing with bacteria to cocktail-mixing humanoids, from the future of space suits to reassurances about climate change, this mind-boggling rollercoaster of a show could do with a more focused curatorial visionA teetering wall of gungy green bricks greets visitors to this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale, forming an imposing blockade near the start of the show. The blocks are made of bio-cement, incorporating fishing nets and algae dredged from the depths of the Venetian lagoon. The wall’s steeply sloping gradient follows the curve of global population growth over the last millennium, terminating abruptly near the ceiling to represent the coming peak of humanity. “What awaits us on the other side of the hill?” asks Carlo Ratti, director of this year’s biennale, as he stands in front of the momentous cliff. The answer is a great heap of gunge. A festering mountain of mould-like gunk is piled up against the back of the wall, apparently an allegory for microbial intelligenc...

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