82 m. ago Brighton brush aside Southampton to keep European hopes on track

Joao Pedro, Georginio Rutter, Kaoru Mitoma and Jack Hinshelwood struck for the visitors.

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3 h. ago The Bank Hotel, Istanbul: An elegant stay steeped in history

Nicole Holcroft-Emmess falls for one of Europe’s most exciting cities after a stay at this chic design hotel

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3 h. ago Manchester United turn around ’embarrassing’ display to snatch draw at Everton

Bruno Fernandes and Manuel Ugarte struck to earn Ruben Amorim’s struggling side a point.

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4 h. ago Claudia Winkleman bursts into tears as duo scoop biggest ever prize on Channel 4 show

Claudia WInkleman was seen breaking down in tears after a father and daughter duo walked away with the biggest prize in Channel 4 show One Question's history

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4 h. ago Claudia Winkleman moved to tears as viewers praise duo as 'most incredible quizzers ever'

Claudia WInkleman was seen breaking down in tears after a father and daughter duo walked away with the biggest prize in Channel 4 show One Question's history

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4 h. ago ‘The bot asked me four times a day how I was feeling’: is tracking everything actually good for us?

Gathering data used to be a fringe pursuit of Silicon Valley nerds. Now we’re all at it, recording everything from menstrual cycles and mobility to toothbrushing and time spent in daylight. Is this just narcissism redesigned for the big tech age?I first heard about my friend Adam’s curious new habit in a busy pub. He said he’d been doing it for over a year, but had never spoken to anyone about it before. He had a furtive look around, then took out his phone and showed me the product of his burning obsession: a spreadsheet.This was not a record of his annual tax return or numbers he was crunching for work (Adam is a data scientist). Instead, it was a spreadsheet recording the minutiae of his life, with dozens of columns tracking every element of his daily routine. It all started, he told me, because of a recurring argument with his boyfriend. His partner didn’t think they spent enough time together, but Adam thought that they did. There was only one way to settle this, he decided: co...

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6 h. ago Bong Joon Ho: ‘I wish I had Ken Loach’s energy, but I’m just thinking about nap time’

How do you follow up an Oscar winner like Parasite? If you’re the South Korean auteur, you make a sci-fi satire where Robert Pattinson dies over and over again. The director discusses the inspirational Loach and Mike Leigh and why it’s hard being a ‘middle-aged film-maker’We are in the run-up to the release of Bong Joon Ho’s latest, Mickey 17, and Warner Bros has got the Oscar-winning Korean director stashed away in what appears to be some kind of basement storage room, with grey-painted brickwork and exposed wiring. In fact, this room could pass for one of the “gritty and kind of nasty” cargo-container-packed cabins of his film’s spaceship setting.Not that anyone is complaining. Bong, who speaks good English but prefers to conduct interviews via his longtime interpreter Sharon Choi, appears cheerful throughout our conversation, taking occasional sips from a takeaway coffee cup, while dressed in his usual arthouse auteur uniform of a slate-grey blazer over a black T-shirt. He i...

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6 h. ago Wales v Ireland referee Christophe Ridley in controversy that changed Six Nations history

The French-born referee is the man in the middle for today's clash at the Principality Stadium

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6 h. ago German election live updates: Final poll predicts large gains for AfD hours before voters cast ballots

Germany heads to the polls for the fourth snap election in its history

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9 h. ago Culture wars: Trump’s takeover of arts is straight from the dictator playbook

US president’s attempt to control or dismantle cultural institutions plays into a long history of authoritarians using arts to push their agendaIn 1937, leaders of Germany’s Third Reich hosted two simultaneous art exhibitions in Munich. One, titled the Great German Art Exhibition, featured art viewed by the regime as appropriate and aspirational for the ideal Aryan society – orderly and triumphant, with mostly blond people in heroic poses amid pastoral German landscapes. The other showcased what Adolf Hitler and his followers deemed “degenerate art” (“Entartete Kunst”). The works, chaotically displayed and saddled with commentary disparaging “the sick brains of those who wielded the brush or pencil”, were abstract, profane, modernist and produced by the proclaimed enemies of the Reich – Jewish people, communists or those suspected of being either.The Degenerate Art exhibition, which later toured the country, opened a day after Hitler declared “merciless war” on cultural disintegrati...

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9 h. ago Political history fans are shocked by the uncanny resemblance between Churchill cabinet minister Duff Cooper and his famous descendent

A picture of Duff Cooper has the internet in a spin after eagle-eyed X users noticed how similar he looks to his great, great nephew.

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10 h. ago Dope Girls on BBC One review: a gloriously seedy romp through history

This historical drama gleefully tears up convention in its quest to show us how women threw off the shackles of the patriarchy

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10 h. ago Boxing Tonight: TV channels, live streams, ring walk start times and fight cards

One of the biggest cards in the history of the sport takes place this evening as Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol meet once again for the undisputed light-heavyweight title

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11 h. ago MAFS' Ella Morgan breaks silence on split from famous boyfriend

Ella Morgan made history as the first transgender person to appear on Married At First Sight and has opened up on her "icon" status and recent split from a famous face

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13 h. ago The Independent Spirit Awards are today. Here’s everything you need to know

Oscar nominees like Mikey Madison, Demi Moore and Sebastian Stan will be making a stop by the beach for the Film Independent Spirit Awards where all are up for acting awards

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15 h. ago Trump fires Black joint chiefs chair Hegseth accused of promoting diversity

US secretary of defense had questioned whether history-making air force general CQ Brown Jr got job because of raceDonald Trump abruptly fired the air force general CQ Brown Jr as chair of the joint chiefs of staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making Black fighter pilot and respected officer as part of a campaign to purge the military of leaders who support diversity and equity in the ranks.The ouster of the second Black general to serve as chair of the joint chiefs comes three months after Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, outlined a plan for ridding the US military of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts during a podcast interview. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Hilary Mantel is accused of 'falsifying' history in Wolf Hall by Cambridge academic who claims she turned depictions of 16th century figures 'upside down'

Dame Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy, which has been dubbed a 'landmark in historical fiction,' depicts the life of Thomas Cromwell as the chief minister of Henry VIII.

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17 h. ago ‘A huge day out’: Lachlan Morton makes history with Wellington to Auckland ride

Australian cyclist breaks record by covering 648km from New Zealand’s capital to its biggest city in less than a dayThroughout his career, Lachlan Morton – among the world’s pre-eminent ultra-endurance cyclists – has spent some long days on the bike. The Australian has raced the Vuelta a España and Giro d’Italia, ridden from Land’s End to John o’Groats in the United Kingdom, and last year spent a month riding 14,200km around Australia.But no single day has compared to an effort last month, beginning at 4.09am in Wellington, New Zealand and ending 18 and a half hours later in Auckland. Covering the 648km from the New Zealand capital to its biggest city in less than a day, the Australian cyclist made history. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago ‘A huge day out’: Lachlan Morton makes history with 648km Wellington to Auckland ride in less than a day

Australian cyclist’s day began at 4.09am in Wellington, New Zealand, and ended 18-and-a-half hours later in AucklandThroughout his career, Lachlan Morton – among the world’s pre-eminent ultra-endurance cyclists – has spent some long days on the bike. The Australian has raced the Vuelta a España and Giro d’Italia, ridden from Land’s End to John o’Groats in the United Kingdom, and last year spent a month riding 14,200km around Australia.But no single day has compared to an effort last month, beginning at 4.09am in Wellington, New Zealand and ending 18 and a half hours later in Auckland. Covering the 648km from the New Zealand capital to its biggest city in less than a day, the Australian cyclist made history. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago ‘A huge day out’: Lachlan Morton makes history with 648km Auckland to Wellington ride in less than a day

Australian cyclist’s day began at 4.09am in Auckland, New Zealand, and ended 18-and-a-half hours later in WellingtonThroughout his career, Lachlan Morton – among the world’s pre-eminent ultra-endurance cyclists – has spent some long days on the bike. The Australian has raced the Vuelta a España and Giro d’Italia, ridden from Land’s End to John o’Groats in the United Kingdom, and last year spent a month riding 14,200km around Australia.But no single day has compared to an effort last month, beginning at 4.09am in Auckland, New Zealand, and ending 18-and-a-half hours later in Wellington. Covering the 648km from the New Zealand’s biggest city to its capital in less than a day, the Australian cyclist made history. Continue reading...

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