4 h. ago Fires Which Burned Brightly by Sebastian Faulks: How Jane Austen and a fascination with mental illness led to the writing of Birdsong

Ysenda Maxtone Graham discovers the childhood of one of our best loved authors, Sebastian Faulks.

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5 h. ago If the King shows Prince Andrew mercy, we are a hair's breadth from a republic, writes A. N. WILSON

This is the end for Prince Andrew - and what remaining life he has left as an official Royal will be haunted by those five words he wrote to Jeffrey Epstein : 'We are in this together.'

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6 h. ago Elliot Anderson names England player that has helped him become star under Thomas Tuchel

Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson has looked right at home at the base of England's midfield as he looks to consolidate his place in Thomas Tuchel's squad for next summer's World Cup

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8 h. ago Lionel Messi shows true colours and picks out Liverpool player after heroics

Lionel Messi has paid tribute to Rio Ngumoha as the Argentine football legend included the Liverpool wonderkid in a list of 10 of the best young attacking midfielders in the world

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8 h. ago Aston Villa must stop crying foul and focus on the Europa League instead | Jonathan Wilson

There is no grand PSR conspiracy against Unai Emery’s side. They should be challenging Newcastle or Tottenham for fifthFour wins in a row, seven games unbeaten and suddenly life does not seem so bad for Aston Villa. They are up into mid-table and if a 2-0 victory over Feyenoord in the Europa League will not quite live in the memory in the way last season’s games against Bayern Munich, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain do, a return to Rotterdam at least evoked the glory days of 1982.It will be a while yet before the frustration at missing out on the Champions League fades, but there does now seem to be a gathering recognition that Villa have a decent chance of winning the Europa League, potentially adding Istanbul’s Besiktas Park to De Kuip as a venue where they have won a European trophy. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago The peerless A’ja Wilson may already be the WNBA’s greatest ever player | Bryan Armen Graham

After a one-of-one season without precedent in NBA or WNBA history, the unstoppable Aces star has made a credible entry into the GOAT discussion before her 30th birthdayA’ja Wilson’s one-of-one season didn’t end merely with confetti so much as a deeper confirmation. When her Las Vegas Aces finished off a four-game sweep of the Phoenix Mercury on Friday night to become only the second team in WNBA history to win three titles in a four-year span, the final horn felt less like a climax than a verdict: the best team of the era led by the best player of the era. When the dust settled the 29-year-old from Columbia, South Carolina, had achieved a quadrafecta no player in the NBA or WNBA had ever managed: winning the scoring title, the Most Valuable Player award, Defensive Player of the Year honors and MVP of the finals in the same year.Thanks to Wilson, a team who’d looked like the next great American sports dynasty before slipping from their perch a year ago was back at the mountaintop. B...

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12 h. ago Wilson scores 31 and Aces win 3rd WNBA title in 4 seasons, beating Mercury 97

A’ja Wilson scored 31 points, Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young both added 18 and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Phoenix Mercury 97-86 in Game 4 of the WNBA Finals, sweeping their way to a third championship in four seasons

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12 h. ago Graham Norton reveals which celebrity was ‘hell’ to interview on BBC chat show

‘It was hard work,’ Irish host says of challenging episode

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13 h. ago Brit OnlyFans model jailed after trying to smuggle £200K of drugs to holiday hotspot

British OnlyFans content creator Clara Wilson, 36, had been jailed in Spain after she attempted to smuggle £200,000 worth of cannabis from Thailand to Barcelona

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13 h. ago Ronnie O’Sullivan’s Xi’an Grand Prix run ended by Gary Wilson in quarter

O’Sullivan had dropped just three frames on a blistering charge to the last eight in China.

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13 h. ago Adult model caught with £200k of drugs after stepping off Thai flight into arms of cops

Clara Wilson, 36, is the latest young British woman to be caught smuggling a massive quantity of drugs across international borders as she was arrested at a Spanish airport

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14 h. ago British model who tried to smuggle nearly £200,000 of drugs into Spain is jailed for three years

Clara Wilson, from Huthwaite, Notts, was arrested at Barcelona's El Prat airport after travelling from Thailand with more than 34 kilos of cannabis in her suitcase.

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14 h. ago Liverpool suffer alarming injury woe before Man United showdown as star sent home

Manchester United have just been handed a major boost as they prepare to travel to Anfield to face Liverpool, with a key player from Arne Slot's side being sent home from international duty

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15 h. ago Robbie Williams' 'prostitute' admission leaves Julia Roberts speechless

Singer Robbie Williams appeared on the latest episode of The Graham Norton Show alongside some other famous faces, including Hollywood actress Julia Roberts

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15 h. ago Ballad of a Small Player’s Colin Farrell and Edward Berger admit they have ‘terrible’ poker faces

Colin Farrell and Edward Berger admitted they would be “terrible” in a game of poker at the premiere for Ballad of a Small Player.

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15 h. ago World No 204 Valentin Vacherot topples Djokovic to make history in Shanghai

Ailing Djokovic beaten 6-3, 6-4 by underdog in semi-finalVacherot becomes lowest-ranked Masters 1000 finalistValentin Vacherot continued his fairytale run through the Shanghai Masters draw by toppling an injured Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 to become the lowest-ranked Masters 1000 finalist.In his first match against a top-five opponent, let alone the greatest men’s player of all time, the Monégasque world No 204 maintained his composure as he punished a hampered Djokovic, who appeared to struggle with his left gluteal muscle from early in the first set. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Grand Slam finalist makes huge financial demand after splitting with boyfriend

Danielle Collins has revealed that she is now single after splitting from boyfriend Bryan Kipp, who she met in a coffee shop in Wimbledon

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20 h. ago Tottenham keeping tabs on new Brentford star after Bryan Mbeumo transfer snub

Thomas Frank missed out on signing a familiar face in Bryan Mbeumo and is now said to be eyeing another to join him at Tottenham after leaving Brentford over the summer

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21 h. ago Review: Skullcandy Method 360 ANC earbuds excel with one superior feature

Skullcandy is a leading player in the audio market, and its latest 'rip and clip' on-the-go earbuds are designed for quality and comfort - we put them to the test

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34 h. ago How Bill Pulte learned the art of the attack, from his own family to Letitia James

Bill Pulte has become a significant player in the Trump administration

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