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The 138-year history of the world chess championship is filled with games of rare precision, imagination and brilliance. Go move by move through 22 of them below...
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Portugal’s coaches and players are all the rage in part thanks to links forged between academia and the gameThey always knew Ruben Amorim was a special one at the faculty of human kinetics. “I interviewed him for the course and from the start it was obvious,” says Prof An...
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Smylie’s clutch final round to beat Smith in his pet eventYoungster’s victory books him 2025 European tour cardElvis Smylie stared down Cameron Smith at his pet event to win the Australian PGA Championship and book a return to t...
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The high-couture styles of the film version of the hit show reflect a trend of designer daring on the stageMusicals used to be associated with glee club kids more likely to be wearing jazz shoes than anything cutting edge from the catwalks. But with the ...
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The WWE icon, already one of Hollywood’s highest-paid film stars, has shown himself to be ‘focus group-proof’It’s proving to be a busy period for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, sometime WWE pr...
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It was fifth time lucky for Imgart in this year’s Observer/Faber award for emerging cartoonists, with her spellbinding tale about the life of a young witch...
Lifestyle » 1 day ago
Andrew McConnell’s shot of a young scrap collector at the remote spot where astronauts return from space captures a curious juxtapositionThe photographer Andrew McConnell first went to Kazakhstan in 2015...
Lifestyle » 1 day ago
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonThere’s charm and warmth aplenty in this updated version of the classic Christmas show, despite a script that’s short on magicA wonky romance sits at the heart of this overhauled Arabian Nights folktale. Alad...
Lifestyle » 1 day ago
Pitlochry Festival theatreThis captivating production of the evergreen musical is a fitting swansong from Pitlochry’s outgoing artistic director, Elizabeth NewmanLight breaks through darkness; love heals ruptures – but only if we hav...
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The US author’s debut collection from 1934 focuses on impoverished individuals in precarious times using language that is punchy and full of compassionMany of the 26 stories in William Saroyan’s 1934 debut collection – reissued this month with an introduction by Stephen F...