Austria Austria must have snap elections to protect international reputation after Russia video scandal, president saysThe Telegraph - By Jorg LuykenAustria’s president has called for new elections to take place in September after a corruption scandal involving a fake Russian oligarch brought down the country’s right-wing government. Speaking at a
Ancient Egypt Explosion targets tourist bus near new Egyptian museumThe Telegraph - By Reuters News AgencyAt least 12 people were injured on Sunday in a blast targeting a tourist bust near the new Egyptian museum close to the Giza Pyramids, two security sources told Reuters. The sources said that most of injuries
Narendra Modi Modi mocked for meditating in Himalayan room serviceThe Telegraph - By Saptarshi RayIndia’s prime minister attracted ire and bemusement yesterday after donning saffron robes to meditate in a Himalayan cave, as the country votes in that final stage of its election. In pictures released
Bicycle Racing LiveThe Telegraph - By John MacLearyThe pre-stage favourite for today's stage, Primoz Roglic, is warming up and the Jumbo-Visma rider, quite optimistically, is wearing sunglasses. South Americans Richard Carapez (Movistar) and Esteban Chaves
Eurovision Song Contest Green room chaos, creepy singing and Madonna falling flat: Eurovision according to TwitterThe Telegraph - By Scott BryanTo read people’s tweets during the Eurovision Song Contest the morning after is to find that few of them make much sense. So many require so much context, so much alcohol, they barely make sense for minutes,
Mary Shelley Why Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is more relevant now than everThe Telegraph - By Jeanette WintersonIn the artificial intelligence goldrush, are we repeating the errors of Mary Shelley's man who created a monster? "In the summer of 1816 the poets Shelley and Byron, Byron’s physician, Polidori, Mary and
Jeremy Corbyn Corbyn’s power grab will come at a huge costThe Telegraph - By Jillian Ambrose"I started working at National Grid in 1990. It was a few weeks after privatisation,” says John Pettigrew. Now the company’s chief executive, he still remembers the hangover of a state-owned energy market.
Television (UK) Game of Thrones prequel: expected release date and cast list for BloodmoonThe Telegraph - By Zoah Hedges-StocksThankfully, we've learned that the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones will not be the last we see of Westeros. American television network HBO is developing a pilot for a new series, which will
F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button Southwark Playhouse, review: 'F Scott Fitzgerald’s mind-blowing conceit gets a marvellousThe Telegraph - By Dominic CavendishWe’re none of us getting any younger. Except, of course, Benjamin Button. The brain-child of F Scott Fitzgerald – first coming into the world in a 1922 magazine short-story – Button is the freak of nature
Abortion Donald Trump says he is in favour of abortion laws with exceptions for rape and incestThe Telegraph - By Agence France-PressePresident Donald Trump on Saturday declared himself "strongly Pro-Life" but in favor of exceptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest, after several US states passed tough new restrictions abortions.
Theresa May Defence minister says race to replace Theresa May is not a 'reality TV contest'The Telegraph - By Anna MikhailovaTobias Ellwood has warned against turning the race to replace Theresa May into a “reality TV contest” as he criticised MPs for putting their name forward to raise their profile. The defence minister, supported
Wine Dear Richard Madeley: 'A difficult case: can we ask our friends for our wine back?'The Telegraph - By Richard MadeleyOld friends of ours – a fairly well-off couple we have known for 30 years – recently hosted a lunch party to celebrate my husband’s 60th birthday. They have a lovely house and plenty of space and they
Travel Nature’s pharmacy: The remarkable plants of the Amazon rainforest – and what they may cureThe Telegraph - By Jackie HollandThe Amazon rainforest is the most abundant greenhouse on the planet with more than 80,000 plant species. It is also the world’s largest medicine cabinet, with around 25 per cent of all drugs used today
Deontay Wilder Deontay Wilder calls out Anthony Joshua after devastating first-round knockout of Dominic BreazealeThe Telegraph - By Telegraph SportWBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder set his sights on Anthony Joshua after defending his world title with a brutal first-round knockout of Dominic Breazeale in New York. The American sent Breazeale
Jonny Bairstow LiveThe Telegraph - By Alan TyersStokes goes for the big heave-ho but he's not got hold of all of it. Fun celebration from Hasan Ali, reminiscent of that Mortal Kombat video game. Stokes foxed by the cutter. Pakistan's catching in the
Chelsea Flower Show Charlotte Smithson's anarchic test tube installation is a breath of fresh air at RHS ChelseaThe Telegraph - By Caroline BeckIf the sound and fury of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show threatens to overwhelm you this coming week, take refuge in a corner of the Great Pavilion where artist Charlotte Smithson will lead you to a green
Marks & Spencer ‘I believe that we can make M&S special again’The Telegraph - By Ashley ArmstrongWhile shoppers calmly browse the rails of zebra-print dresses and linen blouses at Marks & Spencer’s Cribbs Causeway store in Bristol, a room of 100 workers are fidgeting with anticipation upstairs. They
Pakistan England vs Pakistan, fifth ODI: live scoreboard from HeadingleyThe Telegraph - By Telegraph Sport
For Men 'I slept with a baseball bat under my bed': what happened when I became a Hatton Garden gangsterThe Telegraph - By Jonathan Levi‘Basil’. It could be the most famous pseudonym in modern criminal history: the mysterious mastermind at the heart of the Hatton Garden heist, in which a gang of elderly burglars stole some £14m of jewels
D Day Whatever lessons you take from D-Day, it was a triumph of will and enduranceThe Telegraph - By Daniel HannanWhat does the “D” in D-Day stand for? The answer is surely the greatest tautology ever. Plans to liberate Europe by smashing through Normandy had been drawn up as early as July 1943. As the moment drew
Chelsea Flower Show 10 hidden Chelsea Flower Show gems that are worth seeking outThe Telegraph - By Francine RaymondEven if you're visiting Chelsea for the show gardens, there are magical sights, shopping opportunities and excellent dining options to be found off the beaten track. Here are ten hidden gems to look out
Boko Haram Boko Haram seeking to win 'hearts and minds' in Nigeria after fall of IsilThe Telegraph - By Colin FreemanWhen a motorbike convoy of Boko Haram fighters invaded Baga in north-east Nigeria last December, residents feared the very worst. Watching the gunmen roll in, they recalled Boko Haram's last seizure of
Vincent KompanyVincent Kompany leaving Manchester City to become player-manager of Anderlecht: 'The time has come for me to go... and whatThe Telegraph - By Telegraph SportManchester City captain Vincent Kompany will leave the club this summer and become player-manager of Anderlecht. The 33 year-old joined City in the summer of 2008 and has made 360 appearances. He was by
Sussex Duke and Duchess of Sussex celebrate first wedding anniversary with showreel of behind-the-scenes picturesThe Telegraph - By Hannah FurnessThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex have celebrated their first wedding anniversary by issuing a showreel of black-and-white photographs from their May celebrations. The one minute-long video uses images from
Prophecy Arya and the Azor Ahai prophecy: what we still don't know about the Game of Thrones 'prince who was promised'The Telegraph - By Charlotte RuncieThis piece contains extensive spoilers for season eight of Game of Thrones It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. The Night King, we thought, was not supposed to be killed by a Stark assassin. According
Daenerys Targaryen Why Jon Snow will kill ‘Mad Queen’ Daenerys: your guide to Game of Thrones’s wildest, darkest theoryThe Telegraph - By Alice VincentWarning: spoilers for Game of Thrones seasons one to eight When, one wonders, was it that the rot first set in? With the brutal flaming of Randall and Dickon Tarly last season? With the passive-aggressive
Arya Stark Game of Thrones' white horse explained – the meaning behind Arya's symbolic sceneThe Telegraph - By Amy JonesThere were many overwhelming and confusing scenes in the fifth episode of the eighth season of Game of Thrones, but it was the final sequence that really left viewers baffled. After repeatedly being knocked
Chelsea Flower Show Chelsea Flower Show: meet the designers behind this year's most extraordinary gardensThe Telegraph - By Tim RichardsonIt’s all about trees at Chelsea this year. There are hawthorns, hornbeams and willow pollards in the show gardens – even a few monkey puzzle trees (and we haven’t seen those for a while). The result is
Labour Party If Labour takes firms cheaply, Venezuela loomsThe Telegraph - By Anna IsaacAs he defended his Autumn Statement in 1984, Nigel Lawson, chancellor at the time, started out by reiterating the need to carry on “slimming the public sector”. One of the Thatcher-led government’s grandest
The pretty Cotswolds town that tourists haven't discoveredThe Telegraph - By Lottie GrossWith overtourism plaguing some of Britain’s prettiest places, this little corner of the Cotswolds is a breath of fresh air. Witney – sitting east of the main Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
