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Kevin Keegan, 1951-2026
King Kev should have received greater praise for his achievements when he was alive, rather than being derided for his supposed failures, Paul Hayward writes
Botox
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Facelifts have become so normalised, shifting from extreme body horror to self care, that a whole sub-industry has formed around them, writes Eva Wiseman
Claudia Rankine
‘I can’t live in the US’
In Marseille, the poet talks to Colin Grant about free speech, Black resilience, her mother’s death and capturing the ‘hardness of now’ in her new book
For today
Film
Isabel Coles
‘It amounts to plunder’: The Odyssey’s Western Sahara problem
Interview
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Daisy Johnson: ‘My new book, Long Wave, began as a scream’
Books
Catherine Taylor
Christian Kracht’s Air is a mesmerising climate-crisis parable
Food
Helen Graves
Queens of ’cue: the women firing up the barbecue scene
Ideas
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Adele Zeynep Walton
This online curfew is a PR stunt. Internet users don’t need to be regulated – internet platforms do
Kate Maltby
Badenoch’s attacks on net zero and ECHR supporters won’t win back floating voters
John Naughton
When social media causes context to collapse, we all end up in the same room
Ben Zaranko
The case for raising taxes on older people
Who funds Reform?
Catherine Neilan
Reform donor lost thousands betting on Iran and Starmer
Ceri Thomas
Profiting in plain sight, Farage could earn a fortune by talking up bitcoin shares
Ceri Thomas
The invisible man whose millions are transforming British politics
Catherine Neilan
Clacton could be up for grabs after investigation into Farage’s £5m ‘unconditional gift’
In Real Life
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Observations and scenes from beyond your phone screen
Sport
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World Cup 2026
George Simms
Happy and vainglorious: Curtain falls on gaudy World Cup
Cycling
Chris Marshall-Bell
Tadej Pogačar powers on – but is Le Tour becoming predictable?
F1
Matt Majendie
Antonelli hoping for more relaxing weekend at Spa after qualifying on pole
Cricket
Cameron Ponsonby
This is the world we live in – the Test game is in thrall to franchise cricket
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Tortoise Investigates
Deep Water
In the high-stakes sport of freediving, athletes descend as deep as they can on a single breath. They are used to putting their lives at risk. Through her diving instructor, Lydia Gard discovered a new threat that could tear their community apart: drug use
Sweet Bobby
Kirat is a successful radio presenter. On Facebook she meets Bobby, a handsome cardiologist. He’s a catch. Soon, they get tangled up in a love affair full of lies and manipulation. Then… Kirat discovers a deception of almost unimaginable proportions. Alexi Mostrous investigates a very modern love story
Lucky Boy
Gareth’s whole life has been defined by a relationship he had 35 years ago when, as a 14-year-old schoolboy, he fell in love with an attractive young teacher at his school. He spent most afternoons in her bedroom. But when she walked out of his life, everything started to unravel. Chloe Hadjimatheou asks: who gets to be a perpetrator, and who gets to be a victim?
