Investing Terry Smith or Mark Mobius: which star manager should you buy?The Telegraph - By Jonathan JonesInvestment trusts run by star managers have had a bad run in recent years. The most high-profile case is under-fire manager Neil Woodford and his struggling Patient Capital trust, but he is far from alone.
Rodrigo Duterte 'I saw my grandfather lying in a pool of blood': The unseen impact of Philippines' brutal war on drugsThe Telegraph - By Nicola SmithMaria’s last memory of her father is of him lying face down and begging for his life moments before gunshots rang out. Earlier on a December morning in 2016, she and four siblings had been celebrating
Glastonbury Songs of Praise broadcasts show's first gay weddingThe Telegraph - By Hayley DixonSongs of Praise has screened the show's first ever gay wedding as part of a drive to modernise the programme. Presenters of the BBC One show have vowed that they are “not afraid of controversy” as they
Hong Kong Hundreds of thousands defy military warnings to protest in Hong KongThe Telegraph - By Sophia Yan and Katy WongHundreds of thousands took to Hong Kong streets on Sunday, defying military threats from Beijing and torrential rain in efforts to reset the tone of a political movement that has embroiled the city all
United States American summer camps using facial recognition technology to send updates of 'happy kids' to parentsThe Telegraph - By Rozina SaburAmerican summer camps are reportedly using facial recognition software to allow parents to receive daily updates on their children's wellbeing. Residential camps are a traditional part of the summer for
Jamie Oliver Tory chairman clashes with Jamie Oliver after he blames Brexit for restaurant failuresThe Telegraph - By Danielle SheridanJames Cleverly has clashed with Jamie Oliver after he blamed Brexit for the failure of his culinary empire. The Tory party chairman and cabinet minister said the demise of Oliver's restaurant chain was
Books The Last Whalers by Doug Bock Clark, review: a rich account of a small tribe swamped by modern technologyThe Telegraph - By Michael KerrReading Doug Bock Clark’s remarkable first book, I was reminded of the travel writer Norman Lewis. The Last Whalers is, as the subtitle has it, “The Life of an Endangered Tribe in a Land Left Behind”.
Cricket MCC member ejected from Lord’s Pavilion for allegedly verbally abusing Steve SmithThe Telegraph - By Isabelle WestburyAn MCC member was ejected from the Lord’s Pavilion on Saturday for allegedly verbally abusing Steve Smith following his dismissal during the evening session of the second Test. The incident is understood
Science (India) 10,000 left homeless after fire tears through Bangladesh slumThe Telegraph - By Saptarshi RayAn Indian minister has claimed that Indian scholars discovered gravity centuries before Issac Newton’s famous encounter with an apple, and called on the county’s scientists to promote more homegrown theories.
Shanty Towns Massive Bangladesh slum fire leaves 10,000 people homelessThe Telegraph - By Saptarshi RayAt least 10,000 people were left homeless after a huge blaze destroyed most of a slum area of Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital. The fire swept through the crowded slum of Mirpur and destroyed thousands homes,
Paris Mayor of Paris candidate vows to make French fluent in EnglishThe Telegraph - By David ChazanThe Academie Francaise has long fought to stop English words creeping into common French parlance, but an ally of President Emmanuel Macron is vowing to make Parisians fluent in English. Benjamin Griveaux
Private Schools The teaching unions hate them, but low-cost private schools like mine are here to stayThe Telegraph - By James TooleyThe low-cost private school that I co-founded in the north-east of England, the Independent Grammar School: Durham, has just successfully completed its first year. Fees are less than £3,000 per child annum,
Music (UK) Skunk Anansie review, Brixton Academy: when a crowdsurfing queen reclaimed her crownThe Telegraph - By Arwa Haider“Of all the places we love to play in the world, this is the best,” announced Skunk Anansie’s frontwoman Skin to the packed house at Brixton Academy. You might think that most performers say that to all
Play buttonUK News Pylon explodes into ‘fireball’ seconds after Didcot power station demolitionThe Telegraph - By Emma MillsSeconds after three iconic cooling towers at Didcot power station were demolished, an electricity pylon exploded and showered bystanders in sparks. Video footage of the 375ft towers shows nearby power
Boris Johnson Boris Johnson's government accuses former minsters of 'deliberately leaking' no deal detailsThe Telegraph - By Christopher Hope and Danielle SheridanBoris Johnson's Government has accused Remain-supporting former minsters of "deliberately leaking" details of no deal planning by Theresa May's government to damage his trip to the European Union this
Steve Smith Steve Smith major doubt for third Test in Headlingley after Australian batsman suffers delayed reaction to blow to neckThe Telegraph - By Nick HoultSteve Smith has become the first player in Test history to be substituted out of a match and is now a major doubt for the Test at Headingley. Smith passed concussion tests on Saturday after being treated
Books Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino review: hardcore modern intellectualism with a side of memesThe Telegraph - By Isabelle FraserJia Tolentino’s book of essays shows a picture of the author next to “Potato Jesus”, a painting of Christ that was ruined by a Spanish amateur art restorer. In 2012, it became an internet sensation, a
Jeremy Corbyn The 'magic money tree' proposed by Jeremy Corbyn and US Democrats is a serious threat to our wealthThe Telegraph - By Jamie HambroOn both sides of the Atlantic plans are afoot to radically change established monetary policy. Acolytes of Jeremy Corbyn and US Democrats are making public spending promises funded not by the traditional
Financial Crisis ‘Workaholic’ Alison Rose poised to take on the ‘toughest role in banking’ to become the first female boss of RBSThe Telegraph - By Lucy BurtonIt wasn’t long after RBS’s £45bn bailout at the height of the financial crisis, the largest banking rescue in history, that the lender’s new chairman noticed an employee who stood out. Alison Rose, a in
Rugby League scrum-half Archie Bruce found dead in hotel roomThe Telegraph - By Telegraph SportRugby League player Archie Bruce has been found dead in his hotel bedroom. Bruce, who plays for Betfred Championship club Batley Bulldogs, announced the news this morning. The 20-year-old had made his
Richard Madeley Dear Richard Madeley: 'An old friend keeps bending my ear about her miserable life on the phone'The Telegraph - By Richard MadeleySome years ago an old friend, whose company I had always enjoyed, developed diabetes. Nowadays her eyesight and her ability to walk are both impaired, and rather than meet face to face we speak on the
Advertising Standards Authority Quangos will always be in the grip of the Left. There's no choice but to scrap themThe Telegraph - By Tom WelshDo the quangocrats never sleep? While the rest of us have been on holiday, the public bodies, executives and authorities that have assumed responsibility for overseeing swathes of national life have been
Marines sniper Aldo Kane: 'I was a killing machine at 17, paid £200 a month'The Telegraph - By Susan GrayScottish adventurer Aldo Kane, 42, was a Marines sniper before setting up a company, Vertical Planet, that provides safety expertise to the film and television industry. Off screen he has worked on stunts
Private Equity Whittard of Chelsea boss Mark Dunhill quits after five yearsThe Telegraph - By Laura OnitaWhittard of Chelsea has handed over the reins to its finance chief Nathan Smith after its boss of five years Mark Duhill resigned last month. The retailer began life as a tea shop on London’s Fleet Street
English Gardens 20 tough-as-boots plants ready for any weatherThe Telegraph - By Tabi Jackson GeeFlash floods, gales, soaring temperatures: no matter where you live in our green and pleasant land, the recent weather extremities won’t have escaped your notice, especially if you enjoy spending time
Ben Stokes LiveThe Telegraph - By Alan Tyers and Rob BagchiThat's the end of Lyon who, having been the matchwinner at Edgbaston, goes into the long pasture with 25-3-95-0. Hazlewood replaces him. Stokes is struck in the box when pulling and emits a cry of 'D---!'
Women's News The Queen is a silent screen superheroine for our timesThe Telegraph - By Tanya GoldThe trailer for the third series of The Crown, which will star Olivia Coleman as Elizabeth II, was released this week. It has been a triumph for everyone involved: for Netflix, who bank-rolled it, for
Christian Pulisic How all-American Christian Pulisic earned his stripes in sleepy BrackleyThe Telegraph - By Oliver BrownFor all that Christian Pulisic’s rise from small-town Pennsylvania to a seat at the Premier League’s top table might look like a seamless all-American adventure, it took a sharp detour, a little over years
Reckitt Benckiser FTSE 100 headhunter Anna Mann shares £5.3m windfall after helping BT and Reckitt Benckiser fill top jobsThe Telegraph - By Lucy BurtonA blue-chip headhunter who recently helped BT, Reckitt Benckiser and Standard Life Aberdeen fill top jobs has shared a bumper £5.3m payout amid a high turnover of FTSE 100 bosses. Anna Mann, who has filled
Bicycle RacingBinck Banck Tour 2019, stage six – full results and standings: Filippo Ganna wins time trial; Tim Wellens retains overallThe Telegraph - By Telegraph SportTeam Ineos' Filippo Ganna claimed a maiden World Tour victory at the Binck Banck individual time trial. The Italian secured an emphatic win on stage six of the tour, while Tim Wellens retains overall Ganna
