On May 4, the most popular horse race in North America celebrates a special anniversary. The Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve will be run for the 150th time at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., with more than 120,000 fans in attendance under the track’s iconic Twin Spires and tens of millions more watching around the world. Read More
It is a fraught time of cuts, rewrites – and alcohol. Our writer goes behind the scenes at The Divine Mrs S just as the official opening night looms and not everyone’s ready to face the musicRachael Stirling picks her way from the back of the stage, joins her colleagues in the stalls, and then promptly bursts into tears. “I’m tired,” she explains. Stirling is playing Sarah Siddons, the great 18th-century actor, in The Divine Mrs S at the Hampstead theatre in London, and we’re chatting right in...
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Jakob Nowell took the Main Stage at Coachella with Sublime for the band’s second performance without Rome and without an asterisk. Jakob is the son of Sublime-founder Bradley Nowell who passed away in 1996 just as the Ska Punk-Surf Rock band was beginning to take off. And his taking of the proverbial reins of the […]
Both were pilloried, but that was then. Today, one has beaten a rape conviction, the other may return as presidentAccording to his representatives, former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is still digesting the overturning of his rape conviction by a New York court, but they did come out to say he was “cautiously excited”. Cautiously excited? I’m not sure these are the words I’d alight on to paint a word-picture of a rapist. You might as well say “tentatively aroused”. Then again, as we’re about...
Arbor Day has its roots in the 1870s, when the horticulturist J. Sterling Morton spearheaded a movement to green Nebraska’s largely treeless plains. Since then, citizens, businesses and governments have marked April 26 by planting trees in schoolyards, parks and neighborhoods. In recent years, tree-planting has been touted as no less than a means of empowering people to combat climate change. Gratifying and photographable, planting a tree seems to be a small but tangible act that almost anyone...
Steam’s refund policy remains the best in the industry, and today, Valve made a small change to how it considers a certain tier of games. In recent years, more and more major releases have started allowing customers to play early.Usually, this window is two to four days, and players get it by buying (or upgrading to) a deluxe, ultimate or other kinds of more expensive editions. Previously, however, Steam’s refund policy did not consider this - until now.
At the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Pennsylvania delegate James Wilson brought up a seemingly un-American idea. He said the executive branch of America’s government should be headed by a single person: a president. Several constitutional delegates objected. A single leader at the helm? Virginia delegate Edmund Randolph said this was the “fetus of monarchy.” America had just fought a bloody war to free themselves of a king. Why would they want another? Randolph and his allies believed the...
PSG fought back to secure a 3-3 draw against relegation-threatened Le Havre
UK homeowners saw the value of their homes rise for the third month in a row, by 0.4% or £1,000 from January to February according to analysis by online estate agent Purplebricks.
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In 2024-25, Arsenal will change the club logo on all jerseys. That results in a somewhat different design for the team's kits. Last year, Arsenal gave us a major hint about their plans with their third shirt for the current season. It had a distinctive green and blue color scheme and was emblazoned with the In 2024-25, Arsenal will change the club logo on all jerseys. That results in a somewhat different design for the team’s kits. Last year, Arsenal gave us a major hint about their plans...