Author: Emily Davis
Glentoran investigate footage allegedly showing player at rally linked to New IRA
The Northern Irish football club Glentoran are investigating footage that is said to show one of their players attending a dissident republic rally in Derry. [more…]
Lola Young, breakthrough hitmaker with Messy, tops Ivor Novello songwriting nominations
Singer-songwriter Lola Young tops the nominations for the 2025 Ivor Novello awards, which recognise the best in British and Irish songwriting and composition for the [more…]
Emma Raducanu returns to action with Madrid Open win over Suzan Lamens
Emma Raducanu opened her Madrid Open campaign with a gritty victory against a quality, in-form opponent, holding off Suzan Lamens of the Netherlands 7-6 (4), [more…]
Stock markets rise as Trump backtracks on high China tariffs and firing Fed chair
Stock markets have risen around the world after Donald Trump said his tariffs on China would come down “substantially” and he had “no intention” of [more…]
Families of detainees in El Salvador and Venezuela decry Bukele’s prisoner swap offer
The families of prisoners being held by the authoritarian governments of El Salvador and Venezuela have condemned President Nayib Bukele’s offer to swap 252 Venezuelan [more…]
The holy screen: a brief history of popes on film and TV, from Peter O’Toole to Robbie Coltrane
Everything about the papacy is cinematic – especially picking a new one, as shown in the wildly popular movie Conclave, with Ralph Fiennes as an [more…]
Andre Agassi to come out of retirement for pro pickleball tournament
Former tennis world No 1 Andre Agassi will make his professional debut in the fast-growing sport of pickelball next week when he teams up with [more…]
Trans musician Bells Larsen was forced to cancel his US tour: ‘My livelihood has been robbed’
Bells Larsen knew that releasing a low-fi, folksy album about his transition as the Trump administration relentlessly attacked LGBTQ+ people would give it an inherently [more…]
Raphael’s School of Athens review – rewarding study of Renaissance fresco
Here is the latest in the series of high-minded, low-tech studies of Renaissance art history from Howard Burton, a theoretical physicist turned art historian, who [more…]
Former child actor Sophie Nyweide dies aged 24
The actor Sophie Nyweide has died at the age of 24, her family has announced. An online obituary gives no cause of death, but says [more…]
