Things to Do This Week
This week, meet the singer Tashera Robertson, hit a photo show and try your hand at making snow fluff. Read more...
At the 1974 U.S. Open, the Grass Was High and the Scores Were Higher
A combination of factors led to a rough outing for most of the field in the tournament, which was won by Hale Irwin. Read more...
Red hot crops! He's had a few false starts, but Monty Don has mastered the art of growing chillies
Monty Don shares his secret to avoiding the pitfalls of growing spicy crops, from chillies to Jalapeos and the fiery 'Aji Hot' stout fruit originating from Peru. Read more...
Manchester man is first to receive experimental arthritis drug in trial to treat Covid-19
Farhan Hamid, 41, has been in intensive care at Manchester Royal Infirmary taking part in a trial of Otilimab, a rheumatoid arthritis drug that could help ease the effects of Covid-19. Read more...
Lewis Hamilton's winning formula Brawn, brains... and now he is set for new 120m Mercedes deal
JONATHAN MCEVOY IN SOCHI How differently Formula One history might have turned out but for Lewis Hamilton standing outside his mother's house directing in a guest who was to change his life. Read more...
Ship graveyard with hundreds of sunken vessels is MOVING
The underwater skeletons of 185 wooden ships, referred to as ghost vessels, were deliberately sunk or have been left to decompose for hundreds of years in the Potomac River, Maryland, US. Read more...
Drew Barrymore has nothing to hide as she launches her new talk show
If there's a silver lining to decades of being tabloid fodder that Drew Barrymore is reveling in as she prepares to launch her own talk show, it's that she has nothing to hide. Read more...
Boris Johnson faces warnings from Tory party donors over 'bleak' economy
Party donors have lined up to accuse Boris Johnson of damaging the economy with his handling of the coronavirus crisis. Read more...
China's BGI wins 1.5 million coronavirus test kit order from Ethiopia
Ethiopia has agreed to purchase 1.5 million coronavirus testing kits that will be manufactured at a factory in the African country that has been newly built by China's BGI Group, China's state media agency Xinhua said late on Tuesday. Read more...
Betting on Chess
A London bookmaker has Viswanathan Anand of India as the favorite to win the Tata Steel chess tournament when it concludes on Sunday. Read more...
DANNY MURPHY Paul Pogba is a defensive problem for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
ANALYSIS - DANNY MURPHY Excellent creative players as they are, neither is good enough defensively to play together in a three-man midfield. Read more...
Anti-Semitic Comments Found Under a Chess Organizers Name
In the late 1990s, hundreds of anti-Semitic comments appeared on the Web under the name of Mansour Baghamian, a chess organizer than living in Houston. Mr. Baghamian said he did not write them. Who did? Read more...
Donald Trump slams Democrats for brazenly attacking Amy Coney Barrett because she is a Catholic
Trump called a press briefing to staunchly defend his Supreme Court pick after Democrats launched a series of attacks on her ability to be an impartial judge due to her Catholic faith. Read more...
Fed Forecasts Low Interest Rates for Years, and Until Inflation Picks Up
The Federal Reserves latest economic forecasts suggest that interest rates will remain near zero at least through 2023. Read more...
A New Zwirner Gallery With an All-Black Staff
The megadealer David Zwirner has hired Ebony L. Haynes to run a new commercial gallery. Read more...
Chili Season!
Make a pot to welcome the sweater weather. Read more...
A Conversation With The Restaurant Critics Wife
A real restaurant critic's wife writes a novel, "The Restaurant Critic's Wife," with just enough truth in the fiction. Read more...
Heat and Drought Team Up More Frequently, With Disastrous Results
A new study finds that what used to be a rare weather double whammy has been occurring more frequently in recent decades because of climate change. Read more...
Baroness Catherine Ashton joins board of Passport maker De La Rue
Ashton, 64, (pictured) was the European Commissioner for Trade between 2008 and 2009 before becoming the EU's first high representative for foreign affairs and security policy. Read more...
Meet the hero mine-sniffing rat whos saved countless lives
Magawa, an African giant pouched rat, can help clear land mines from an area the size of a tennis court in just 30 minutes. Read more...
Coronavirus spike pushes Canadian authorities to step up powers to limit large gatherings
Canadian authorities are expanding restrictions on gatherings as daily Covid-19 cases spike to levels the country hasn't seen since May. Read more...