The Theatre Henry V, Barn, Cirencester review: a populist Hal for a post-Brexit worldThe Telegraph - By Dominic CavendishShakespeare on stage stands somewhat harried amid a cultural battlefield at the moment. Who gets to do it and how is under scrutiny. Do you cut it, rewrite it, fully colour-blind cast it, gender-flip play
Rugby Union Brian Moore's Full Contact podcast: 'Rugby’s Premiership is starting to resemble Football’s Premier League'The Telegraph - By Telegraph SportWe have a repeat of last year's Premiership final as the top two sides in the country, Saracens and Exeter, both won their home semi-finals with ease to set up a thrilling final in Twickenham on Saturday.
Harry Kane Mauricio Pochettino offers encouraging Harry Kane injury update ahead of Champions League finalThe Telegraph - By Telegraph SportTottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino says star striker Harry Kane is in a "very positive situation" and could be fit to feature in Saturday's Champions League final. The Argentinian coach has been without
Marine Le Pen Marine Le Pen: 'Polarisation between nationalists and globalists will last'The Telegraph - By Julian IngleMarine Le Pen's National Rally party grabbed the headlines in France by narrowly winning first place ahead of President Emmanuel Macron's Renaissance party in the EU elections. At a rally held before results
Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2019: What time does stage 16 start, what TV channel can I watch it on and what does the profile look like?The Telegraph - By Telegraph SportStage 16 of the Giro d'Italia is on Tuesday May 28, 2019. The 16th stage at the Giro d'Italia, the 226km run from Lovere to Ponte di Legno, gets under way at 9.30am (BST). Telegraph Sport's live coverage
Frank Lampard LiveThe Telegraph - By JJ Bull and Alan TyersPersonally, Bear. This is the best football match in the calendar, for me. Plenty at stake! £170 million is the current bid for how much this is worth to the winner. Apparently 300 million if you then
European Union European markets rise on EU election reliefThe Telegraph - By Jillian AmbroseEuropean markets breathed a sigh of relief after the EU’s election results showed that pro-European parties have held their own against a rise in euroscepticism. European indices climbed across the board
European Parliament The 'Green' wave will make it impossible for the European Parliament to ignore climate changeThe Telegraph - By Justin HugglerIt was a remarkable night for Europe’s Greens. They made dramatic gains, and across large parts of the continent it was they who held off the challenge from the populist Right, as the traditional centre
Johanna Konta Johanna Konta ends run of four first-round French Open exits with victory over Antonia LottnerThe Telegraph - By Simon BriggsRing the bells! Johanna Konta has won a match at the French Open. After four failed attempts stretching back to 2015, Konta overcame Antonia Lottner – a German qualifier with a huge wingspan – in straight
Article 50 This Tory humiliation would never have happened if Mrs May had honoured her promisesThe Telegraph - By Norman TebbitShock! Horror! Conservatives and Labour alike are today licking the grievous wounds they suffered at the hands of the newborn Brexit Party, the resurrected Lib Dems and the formerly wilted Greens. But
Brexit Jo Swinson and Ed Davey to battle for Lib Dem leadership as party aims to build on European election gainsThe Telegraph - By Anna MikhailovaJo Swinson and Sir Ed Davey are set to battle for the leadership of the Liberal Democrats as the party attempts to capitalise on its European election gains. Ms Swinson, the deputy leader of the party,
Property (UK) Housing market 'to be dealt a serious blow' as most new home sales use Help to Buy schemeThe Telegraph - By Sam BarkerAlmost all new homes in some parts of the country are funded by the Help to Buy equity loan scheme, raising fears about a house price slump when the programme ends. The Government lends buyers up to 20pc
Lewis Hamilton Why Lewis Hamilton's 'miracle' Monaco GP victory was anything butThe Telegraph - By Luke SlaterWith 20 laps of the Monaco Grand Prix remaining, leader Lewis Hamilton seemed to feel that victory was in serious doubt. He feared his tyres would not hold on until the end. "I don't know what you were
Fiat Chrysler Fiat Chrysler proposes ‘transformative’ £29bn merger with RenaultThe Telegraph - By Jillian AmbroseFiat Chrysler has put forward plans for merger with French carmaker Renault worth almost €33bn (£29bn) to create one of the world’s largest automotive giants. Under the terms of its proposal the “transformative”
Afghanistan England vs Afghanistan, World Cup 2019 warm-up: live scoreboardThe Telegraph - By Telegraph SportEngland face Afghanistan in a World Cup 2019 warm-up match at the Oval today, The hosts named 12 players in their team at the Oval, including captain Eoin Morgan. The batsman suffered a fracture to his
Play buttonRafael Nadal The more things change, etcThe Telegraph - By Adam HurreyHanfmann serving to stay in the match for a little longer, but Nadal isn't letting up. They trade forehand winners, before Hanfmann aces for 30-15. The German tempts Nadal into the net, but then spoons
TV Series Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, review: interesting tidbits, but this by-the-numbers documentary avoided the big questionsThe Telegraph - By Ed PowerIt’s just a week since the finale of Game of Thrones but already the episode has become calcified in the collective memory as one of the most divisive ever conclusions to a major television series. So
The secret gardens of MexicoThe Telegraph - By Graeme GreenSomeone has lost their ball. At least that’s how it looks in Jardín Botánico Regional de Cadereyta, as if a golfer has teed off badly and somehow landed their shot here in the dust, among the cacti. In
Dear Richard Madeley: 'My family life has come to a standstill'The Telegraph - By Richard MadeleyWhen I was growing up, my parents and older family members often met up. We would have big get-togethers and I would meet all my cousins. Now the older generation has gone, none of my cousins make any
H. R. Giger The pornographer from another planet: how HR Giger created AlienThe Telegraph - By Helen O'HaraIn the late 1970s, 20th Century Fox began auditioning directors for Alien, a science fiction script they had in the works. One of the names initially considered to make the film was Robert Aldrich, the
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Shining star and ruthless assassin: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is Arsenal's primary threat in Europa League finalThe Telegraph - By Sam DeanIt was the cold-blooded nature of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s hat-trick in Valencia, as much as the hat-trick itself, that underlined the elite predatory qualities of the man who will lead Arsenal’s attack
Dustin Lance Black 'There is no design to being a role model': Dustin Lance Black on parenthood and growing up gay in a Mormon familyThe Telegraph - By Peter StanfordGrowing up in a Mormon family in a deeply conservative military town in Texas in the early 1980s, Dustin Lance Black was told repeatedly and unambiguously that homosexuality was “akin to murder”. Yet already
Europa League Europa League final 2019, Chelsea vs Arsenal: What time is kick-off, what TV channel is it on and what is our prediction?The Telegraph - By Telegraph SportChelsea vs Arsenal, the 2019 Europa League final - and Arsenal's last chance of securing Champions League football. Unlike the rest of the competition the final is on a Wednesday night - May 29. The game
Music (UK) Christine and the Queens, All Points East, review: dazzling dancing and razor-sharp synth-popThe Telegraph - By Cal Revely-CalderMaybe you can dance, but I know you can’t dance like Héloïse Letissier. As the 30-year-old French synth-pop artist, alias Christine and the Queens, swung around the stage at All Points East, it was as
BrexitJeremy Corbyn under pressure from senior Labour figures to fully commit to second Brexit referendum after disastrous EuropeanThe Telegraph - By Jack MaidmentJeremy Corbyn is under growing pressure to call for a second Brexit referendum in all circumstances after the Labour Party was battered at the ballot box at the European elections. The Labour leader said
UEFA Champions League How to watch the Champions League final 2019: TV channel and streaming options for Tottenham vs LiverpoolThe Telegraph - By Telegraph SportLiverpool and Tottenham Hotspur meet in Madrid for the first all-English Champions League final since 2008 when Manchester United triumphed over Chelsea on penalties. Both teams' run to the biggest game
Brexit Party Who won the UK’s European elections - Leave or Remain?The Telegraph - By Josh Wilson and Ashley KirkWhile the Brexit Party was the clear individual winner in the UK's European elections, picking up a third of the national vote, straightforwardly pro-Brexit parties were actually out-polled by those who
Golf 'I don’t believe in destiny, I believe in hard work': Bronte Law takes first LPGA win at Pure Silk ChampionshipThe Telegraph - By James CorriganBronte Law has become the third young Englishwoman to break into golf’s elite with a maiden wire-to-wire success in Virginia. The 24-year-old followed Charley Hull and Georgia Hall in the the LPGA Tour’s
Tottenham Hotspur Champions League final 2019, Tottenham vs Liverpool: What time is kick-off, where is the game and what are the latest odds?The Telegraph - By Telegraph SportTottenham vs Liverpool, the 2019 Champions League final. After two incredible comebacks - Liverpool vs Barcelona and Spurs against Ajax - we have an all-English final. The champions League final will place
Schadenfreude How to fail an Oxbridge interview: the day I realisd a spoilt public school girl wasn't what they were looking forThe Telegraph - By Sophia Money-CouttsEven though it’s 2019 and we’re supposed to be beyond judging one another, there are subtle ways that certain British sorts still manage it. By a person’s accent, shoes, haircut and postcode. Also, where
