Over decades, battles have been fought to win the rights that victims of domestic, sexual and physical violence can expect in a UK court. Separate entrances organised so victims do not have to face their abusers. The option of video evidence. Giving evidence from behind a screen. Reams of guidance for judges and legal teams…
Two weeks before Josh Simons stood down as the Makerfield MP for his benefit, Andy Burnham was at Salts Mill in Shipley celebrating the life and work of the poet Tony Harrison. It was a small gathering, with actors, directors, writers and family members paying homage. Burnham wasn’t the only politician to speak; Richard Burgon,…
Bradford DoolittleJun 10, 2026, 07:00 AM ET CloseMLB writer and analyst for ESPN.com Former NBA writer and analyst for ESPN.com Been with ESPN since 2013 Multiple Authors This season’s MLB trade deadline — Aug. 3 — is a little later than usual. Still, it’s not too early in the season to begin pondering how teams…
To the Editor: Re “It’s Not Just Babies Who Need Checkups,” by Sejal Hathi (Opinion guest essay, May 28): The most medically intense periods of my life were during both of my pregnancies; my first hospital admission was for the birth of my now 5-year-old. However, my experience was very different from Dr. Hathi’s. I…
James Loehr, who was among the first psychologists to bring counseling to sports, coaxing emotions, negative thoughts and self-doubt out of the mental locker room and teaching a generation of athletes the fundamentals of mental toughness, died on April 20 at his home in Golden, Colo. He was 83. The cause was idiopathic peripheral neuropathy,…
The surge of the Green party has emphasised an iron rule of British politics: those on the left cannot be treated as legitimate political actors. A case in point came at the weekend, when the Green party leader, Zack Polanski, was interviewed by Sky News’ Trevor Phillips, who barely concealed his contempt. Two weeks ago,…
Another assassination attempt on Donald Trump reveals mistrust in the media and conspiracy theories fill the gap. An assassination attempt at the White House correspondents’ dinner underscored the spectacle, chaos and violence that have defined Donald Trump’s second presidency. As journalists rushed to report what had happened, a parallel narrative of conspiracy was already taking…
It’s not exactly how anyone imagines their first time. Richard Gadd’s Baby Reindeer follow-up, bruising BBC drama Half Man, is full of disturbing scenes but none more so than in the opening episode, when teen delinquent Ruben orchestrates his younger step-sibling Niall losing his virginity. It makes for one of those TV moments where it’s…
In a country house in Riudoms, the young son of a family of coppersmiths contended with his delicate health and whiled away his time observing nature. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The boy – Antoni Gaudí – would go on to become an architect whose distinct naturalistic style continues to captivate the city of Barcelona and the world…
new video loaded: The Prophet of Silicon Valley transcript Back transcript The Prophet of Silicon Valley Stewart Brand, an author and visionary, deeply influenced the internet era from the 1960s onward. Yet the systems he inspired have become fundamentally unintelligible to their creators. The Opinion columnist Ezra Klein explores the tension between Brand’s “how to”…
