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4 days ago

The Mission by Tim Weiner review – unmasking the CIA

This impeccably sourced account of the secretive agency during a period of global turmoil deserves a Pulitzer

In 1976 when we were both based in Brussels, my BBC mentor, the great Charles Wheeler, cam…

The Spin | Dear cycling: a letter and a warning from cricket’s golden free-to-air summer in 2005

The last Tour de France on ITV is a stark reminder of the final terrestrial Test summer

Dear cycling, hello from 2005. It’s dusty back here, piles of unloved pagers, a cityscape of VHS towers and ches…

9 days ago

Seales puts Australia on back foot as West Indies fight back in second Test

  • Tourists finish the day 12-2 with a lead of 45 runs

  • Nathan Lyon took 3-75 as West Indies were all out for 253

As so often in Test cricket, drama saved itself for the dying overs of the day. With 90 rem…

11 days ago

Foo Fighters release first new song since Dave Grohl infidelity scandal and firing of drummer

Rock band put out new single Today’s Song, and look towards their return to live music in October

Foo Fighters have released their first brand new music after a difficult period for the band during wh…

12 days ago

Talisman Stokes at Edgbaston evokes Flintoff’s 2005 impact – but he is due a score

England team hang on their captain’s every word but he is on his longest run of Tests without a century

A day out from the second Test against India at Edgbaston and Andrew Flintoff was dog-sticking t…

18 days ago

Lions embrace ‘Fazball’ in attempt to seize the moment with expansive play

Lions remain committed to positive approach with ball in hand and attack coach does not want them to tighten up

In mid-November, cricket’s Ashes series will commence in the same Optus Stadium where th…

28 days ago

33 days ago

Incongruity of World Test Championship final fails to dampen Australian excitement | Geoff Lemon

It may be a strange time of year for an Australian, and a strange tournament structure, but the decider is vindicated further each time it is played

In Australia it is winter, and it is footy season. …

53 days ago

England v Zimbabwe: first men’s cricket Test, day one – live

  • Day one of the series at Trent Bridge, play from 11am BST
  • Dunkley sparks new era for England | Sign up for the Spin

If the history of English cricket tells us anything – and a reminder came only last w…

58 days ago

Twenty years later: how 2005 Ashes marked end of cricket as we knew it

England’s titanic tussle with Australia enthralled a nation but then the Test game vanished from UK free-to-air TV

How are you planning to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 2005 men’s Ashes? Is it…

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