21 h. ago Liverpool transfer news: Talks confirmed for recall as midfield deal at 'advanced stage'

Liverpool have less than a week to complete any transfers and to send players on loan with the likes of Andy Robertson, Kostas Tsimikas and Adam Wharton dominating headlines

Economics

45 h. ago Europe is at a turning point. Timid EU elites should take lessons from The Leopard

Like the fearful Sicilian aristocracy in the 1958 epic novel, Europe clings to the status quo. But managed decline is not the only optionJust past the quarter-mark of the century, Europe appears to be at a turning point. For decades its share of global GDP has been shrinking and its geopolitical influence eroding. At a certain point, relative decline can turn into absolute decline. That moment may be approaching.The US, Russia and China are openly engaged in a “scramble for Europe”. Moscow seeks to reassert hegemony in the east. Beijing wants Europe’s industry; Washington demands obedience – and Greenland. Germans have grown anxious about the future. A disoriented France can’t fix its budget. Desperate for growth, Brussels dismantles climate legislation it passed only a few years ago while bending over backwards to appease Donald Trump. Little remains of European dignity – a sense of déclassement is beginning to take hold.Joseph de Weck is a fellow with the Foreign Policy Research I...

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4 d. ago Andy Murray's new passion after tennis retirement is revealed

British wheelchair tennis player, Andy Lapthorne, has revealed that Andy Murray takes Fantasy Football incredibly seriously after his retirement from professional tennis.

Politics

1 week ago Joe McFadden on playing Andy in The Shawshank Redemption: 'somehow he holds on to a sense of integrity'

Why does the story of Andy Dufresne resonate so strongly with people? With a touring production of The Shawshank Redemption due to stop off in Edinburgh next week, its star Joe McFadden tells Joyce McMillan why he thinks its proved so enduringly popular

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1 week ago The Shawshank Redemption at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff: Cinematic classic captivates in theatre adaptation

The show opened at Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff on Tuesday night for the first of a five-night run

Culture

2 w. ago Jenny on Holiday: Quicksand Heart review – Let’s Eat Grandma innovator’s knowing new

(Transgressive)In Jenny Hollingworth’s first solo venture, her singular songwriting powers shine in swooping vocals and transcendent pop melodiesOver the past decade, 27-year-old Jenny Hollingworth’s musical output has become steadily less strange. As half of Let’s Eat Grandma, the Norwich native started out making freaky synth-folk the arch syrupiness of which chimed with the then-nascent hyperpop scene: I, Gemini, the duo’s 2016 debut, was outsiderish juvenilia of the most thrilling variety. For its follow-up, I’m All Ears, Hollingworth and her bandmate, Rosa Walton, sharpened their songwriting skills while holding tight to their eccentricities; the result was an album of sensational futurist pop. By 2022’s Two Ribbons, they were slipping into slightly more subdued, conventional territory – albeit retaining enough idiosyncratic sonic detailing to maintain their place at the edge.So it takes a moment to adjust to the overt familiarity of Hollingworth’s first solo venture. Like Two ...

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last month I have it on good authority Celtic will lose to Motherwell and my source is impeccably placed

Hugh Keevins revealed what Motherwell player Andy Halliday has told him ahead of the champions trip to Fir Park on Tuesday

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