8 h. ago ‘Difficult love’: Spanish publisher reprints groundbreaking book of Lorca’s homoerotic sonnets

Federico García Lorca’s poems were printed anonymously in 1983 after being hidden away by family for 50 yearsIn the autumn of 1983, dozens of carefully chosen readers received an envelope containing a slim, red booklet of sonnets that had been locked away since they were written almost 50 years earlier by the most famous Spanish poet of the 20th century.While those behind the initiative gave no clue as to their identities, their purpose was made abundantly clear in the dedication on the booklet’s final page: “This first edition of the Sonnets of Dark Love is being published to remember the passion of the man who wrote them.” Continue reading...

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48 h. ago Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht to be lifted in late June as debris is found

Maritime and investigatory authorities in Sicily approved the final recovery plan on Tuesday.

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48 h. ago UK agrees to a fluid border between Gibraltar and Spain which will not require checks on people crossing as Government finalises post

The UK has agreed to a fluid border between Gibraltar and Spain which will not require checks on people crossing, the Government said - clearing the way to finalise a post-Brexit deal with the EU.

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50 h. ago Home overgrown by trees, weeds and ivy is finally cleared up after 40 years in the undergrowth

The home in Birmingham had been swallowed up by nature after trees, weeds, and ivy had grown out of control for the last four decades

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3 d. ago Pat Cummins: ‘We want to play hard and fair, and I think we’ve got it right’

The Australia captain talks about leading the side against South Africa and not getting too big for his boots – but plays a dead bat regarding the Bairstow dismissal at Lord’sAs Pat Cummins opens up at the pavilion end, while gazing across the vast empty space of Lord’s a few days before Australia face South Africa in the World Test Championship final, it’s clear that the unexpected opponents this week have helped to frame his remarkable career.On Wednesday morning, while towering a foot over Temba Bavuma, his 5ft 3in South African counterpart, Cummins will lead Australia for the 34th time, in his 68th Test. The fast bowler stands at the summit of world cricket, his grizzled matinee idol charm allied to the grit which has helped him to become such a successful captain. Australia have won almost everything during his tenure of three and a half years and they are expected to retain their Test title. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Arsenal issued clear Nico Williams transfer demand in middle of Spain vs France match

Nico Williams starred for Spain as they edged France 5-4 in a thrilling Nations League semi-final, with Arsenal fans making their feelings regarding the winger clear

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1 week ago Runner who died in crash took up sport after fraud charge in US, inquest told

Stephen Chamberlain sustained a traumatic head injury in a collision on the A1123 near Stretham, Cambridgeshire, on August 17 last year.

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1 week ago ITV pundit claims 'he's jumped off' as jockey investigated for controversial Wexford fall

Philip Byrnes was unseated at the final flight when well clear on Redwood Queen at Wexford, with the incident sparking a social-media storm and backlash from ITV racing pundit Meg Nicholls

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1 week ago Sweden faces call to halt international adoptions after inquiry finds abuses and fraud

A Swedish commission has recommended that international adoptions be stopped after an investigation found a series of abuses and fraud dating back decades

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1 week ago Champions League final: Clear favourites emerge in PSG vs Inter Milan predictions

PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN VS INTER MILAN: This season's Champions League final takes place in Munich on Saturday and our writers have weighed in with their predictions for the biggest game in European football

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1 week ago Ousmane Dembele makes feelings on Kylian Mbappe clear with Champions League final promise

Ousmane Dembele is enjoying the season of his career after becoming PSG's talisman and is in contention to win the Ballon d'Or, having enjoyed a stunning campaign - now the Champions League trophy is in his sights

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1 week ago Inmates clear tornado damage to free Oklahoma family stuck for over a week

Officials in Oklahoma say a work crew of inmates cut through downed trees to clear the way for a woman and her three children to finally leave their rural property

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2 w. ago Bayesian's watery grave:  Wreck where billionaire Mike Lynch, his daughter and five others died is pictured... and the hatch that was initially blamed for disaster

Captured in astonishing detail by a renowned photographer, it shows the gold letters of the doomed vessel's name still proudly displayed on the submerged stern.

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2 w. ago Jack Grealish's future plunged into fresh doubt after Pep Guardiola's Man City decision

Jack Grealish may be forced to seek a transfer away from Manchester City this summer after Pep Guardiola made it clear when he stands in the squad on the final day of the season

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3 w. ago Holy cow! Pato O'Ward finally milks a cow before Indy 500, hoping to break his streak of heartbreak

Pato O'Ward hopes spending the morning milking a cow will help him finally clear out the negative karma keeping him from winning the Indianapolis 500

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3 w. ago Man United have gone backwards under Ruben Amorim and there’s only one way out

The extent of a desperate rebuild was made clear by defeat in the Europa League final

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3 w. ago Nine Perfect Strangers season two review – not even Nicole Kidman’s new wig makes this worth watching

The good news is that the star has rediscovered her ability to emote facially. The bad news is that this boring drama about a creepy wellness guru is almost impossible to care aboutThe wig is better. Everything else is worse. The second series of Nine Perfect Strangers – which was so clearly set up by the open-ended finale of the original, starring Nicole Kidman in a blond hairpiece that would disgrace a four-year-old’s Frozen birthday party – is here.Mad/bad/traumatised wellness guru/cult leader/visionary genius Masha (Kidman) was last seen driving to freedom after experimenting on the stupid, affluent guests at her California health retreat for the stupid and affluent. Tranquillum House was the name, microdosing subjects with psychotics and without consent so they hallucinated dead children and fires was the game. Plus, constant surveillance by hidden cameras feeding private information back to Masha at all times. Let me stop you there and say – well, yes, quite. But Melissa McCar...

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3 w. ago Aberdeen cup final countdown far from ideal but Jimmy Thelin has 'clear plan' to topple Celtic

Positive news on poleaxed defender as Dons prepare for Hampden showdown

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3 w. ago Sheffield United fan explains why he wants his side to LOSE playoff final to Sunderland

Sheffield United will face Sunderland on Saturday in the Championship play-off final, though one Blades fan has made it clear he does not want the Blades to earn promotion

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3 w. ago ‘That damned night’: Porticello awaits the truth about Bayesian sinking

The Sicilian fishing village is watching the salvage of Mike Lynch’s superyacht for answers to the causes of the tragedy Some say that the late tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s superyacht, Bayesian, sank because it was vulnerable to high winds that drove the vessel past its point of stability. Others insist that a chain of human errors led to the incident that claimed seven lives, including Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter, Hannah.But in the quiet Sicilian fishing village of Porticello – where on 19 August 2024 the Bayesian was caught shortly before dawn in a violent storm while anchored off coast – everyone knows the truth lies 50 metres below the surface, in the wreckage of a yacht that divers, floating cranes and underwater drones are still struggling to bring back from the depths of the ocean. Continue reading...

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