Author: Emily Davis
Evaristos united: namesakes Bernardine and Conceição meet at book festival
Born more than 5,500 miles apart, the Booker prize winner Bernardine Evaristo, 65, and Brazil’s most celebrated living Black author, Conceição Evaristo, 77, share the [more…]
Fears for spread of malaria in Africa as study finds resistance to frontline drug
Researchers have found “troubling” evidence for the first time that a lifesaving malaria drug is becoming less effective in young African children with serious infections. [more…]
Flo: Access All Areas review – skilful R&B revivalists need to get their freak on a bit more
You don’t have to be particularly keen-eared to spot Flo’s musical influences. They announce them in the opening seconds of their debut album – or [more…]
Mogwai: If the Stars Had a Sound review – Glasgow postrockers doc lets the music do the talking
After nearly 30 years in business and 10 albums in, Glaswegian cacophonists Mogwai have earned the right to an adulatory documentary – and they get [more…]
Australia v Saudi Arabia: World Cup 2026 qualifier – live
Saudi Arabia head coach last month – before Hervé Renard was reappointed in the role and a glow returned to the Green Falcons. Mancini walks [more…]
Efune insists his Daily and Sunday Telegraph bid is still on track
The British owner of the New York Sun has said his £550m offer to buy the Daily and Sunday Telegraph is still on track, despite [more…]
‘It took on a life of its own’ – how a bet started the inflatable craze in the 80s
Amidst the depressing backdrop of hooliganism and the imminent threat of ID cards, grounds during the 1988–89 campaign could be downbeat, grey and sometimes largely [more…]
National League Cup: a ‘sweetener’ for scrapping Cup replays or cash lifeline?
Fifth-tier Wealdstone defeated Premier League Southampton 3-1 on Tuesday night: a remarkable result at first glance but one that came with caveats. Southampton’s Under-21s went [more…]
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story review – a pleasure of a film about an unlikely bond
This rather lovely film tells the story of a man called Billy Mail, and his otter – a pup he rescued after spotting it half-starved [more…]
‘A special place’: Guardian readers’ generosity helps to save rewilded farm
A unique farm that was “accidentally” rewilded 35 years ago and is now a haven for endangered nightingales and other rare wildlife has been saved, [more…]
