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Sudoku No 16718 Super fiendish | Puzzles | The Times & The Sunday Times
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (107+ words) A Puzzles subscription gives you unlimited access to Times Puzzles. It also gives you access to 30 articles per calendar month on The Times website. You can upgrade to any of our digital subscriptions at any time by calling Customer Services…...
Birthdays today
3+ hour ago (296+ words) The Times Baroness (Joan) Bakewell, broadcaster, Late Night Line-Up (1965-72, 1986), Portrait Artist of the Year (2015-23), president, Birkbeck, University of London (2012-24), writer, The Tick of Two Clocks: A Tale of Moving On (2021), 93; Ellen Barkin, actress, The Big Easy (1987), 72; Max Beesley, actor, Jamestown…...
It isn't mean to be silent, we aren't all Chatty Patty
7+ hour, 37+ min ago (414+ words) Would I pass Duolingo's taxi test? The company ruled out applicants for chief financial officer who were "mean" to the driver collecting them from the airport. I suppose staying cool in gridlock shows a steady temperament, but if the taxi…...
Pride of Britain: how music is nation's greatest export
3+ hour, 1+ min ago (356+ words) The public feel greater pride in British music than in its film, TV, sports or literature, according to an industry poll. Three quarters of respondents thought music by British artists helped to improve the country's global standing. Coldplay was the…...
Period property drama as Shakespeare's London house discovered
3+ hour ago (456+ words) If it were on Rightmove today, it would command a vast price. A central London property, set in historic surroundings, with enough space for a family " any landlord could charge "3, 000 a month. And that would be before they even mentioned…...
Biggest dig in 40 years suggests plague hit Tower of London
9+ mon, 9+ hour ago (824+ words) Of all the doors in the Tower of London, you would have good reason to overlook one made of plywood. For now, though, it is a gateway to the most fascinating part of the historic royal fortress. Behind it, in…...
Normal People sex scenes shown in schools to teach consent
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (774+ words) Paul Mescal's sex scenes in Normal People are now being shown to secondary school pupils in classes exploring sexual consent, the intimacy co-ordinator who oversaw them has said. Ita O'Brien, the driving force in the introduction of guidelines for sex…...
Dinlo or divvy? Insult index aims to keep UK dialects in rude health
35+ min ago (528+ words) In Merseyside, you might be a "divvy" for calling someone an "arl arse", whereas you'd be a "dinlo" in Portsmouth or a "pillock" in Leeds. Colourful local insults are being lost to the homogenisation of the English language, researchers have…...
Can you mosh to Mahler? What happens when classical meets heavy metal
5+ hour, 1+ min ago (238+ words) The conductor Georg Solti " intense in gesture, liable to explosive tempers, bald " was nicknamed the Screaming Skull by orchestra members who incurred his wrath. Still, he never appeared in front of an audience as an actual Satanic monster. Finnish pleasantries…...
Tom Stuart-Smith: "I want my gardens to give people hope
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (329+ words) The celebrated garden designer has spent 30 years creating beautiful, award-winning landscapes that he believes can offer a model of the world as a better place Tom Stuart-Smith: "I want my gardens to give people hope" The celebrated garden designer has…...