England winger Rio Ngumoha said teammate Harry Kane’s recent Ballon d’Or win can help the next generation of English players, including himself, follow in the Bayern Munich striker’s footsteps and be recognised as the world’s best. Ngumoha burst onto the scene last season with Liverpool and it ended with himContinue Reading

USMNT and Fulham defender Antonee Robinson has brushed off reports linking national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino with the manager’s seat at Manchester United. Pochettino has emerged as the frontrunner to replace Michael Carrick, who faces mounting pressure with Manchester United languishing in 18th place, their worst start to aContinue Reading

Almost two-thirds of bedfellows disagree about the perfect room temperature – and the issue can affect office workers and housemates too. It oftens lead to subterfuge and skulduggery. So is there any way to reach a truce? Recently I read an item on Threads that made me laugh out loud.Continue Reading

He is a sci-fi titan but M John Harrison has just exploded into the mainstream – with The End of Everything, an apocalyptic novel set on the Kent coast. Does he really think we have no hope left? With his twinkling eyes and silver ponytail, M John Harrison doesn’t seemContinue Reading

A new book, With Wittgenstein in a Gay Sauna, reveals the deep-rooted queer subcultures in cities from Budapest to Prague – defying regional stereotypes and inspiring an art exhibition on masculinity The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein argued that our understanding of reality is fundamentally bound by and shaped by the languageContinue Reading

As Hollywood begins to adopt the technology, the professionals in most direct jeopardy are the illustrators mapping out directors’ first visions. They sketch out what could be lost A film industry dominated by AI is a dystopian prospect: stories and dialogue generated by large language models, populated by reincarnated screenContinue Reading