Ben Curtis: 500-1 winner of the Open who was happy to stop playing golf | The Open
The OpenInterviewBen Curtis: 500-1 winner of the Open who was happy to stop playing golfEwan MurrayAmerican has ‘special memories’ of 2003 win at Royal St George’s and shrugs off perception of being an unsatisfactory winner
As the 149th Open Championship rumbles towards its Sunday conclusion, Ben Curtis will be staging a charity brunch in a quiet corner of Ohio. Sixty guests will learn what it is like to win a Royal St George’s Open from the man who did that in 2003.
Burt Reynolds obituary | Burt Reynolds
Burt ReynoldsObituaryBurt Reynolds obituaryGenial, energetic and prolific star of film and TV best known for his acclaimed performances in Deliverance and Boogie NightsNo Hollywood star has exposed his emotions, his love life, career and ambitions, or his body, quite as openly as did Burt Reynolds, who has died aged 82. He acted in scores of films, directing many of them, and produced and appeared in hundreds of TV movies and series.
Ciro Blazevic, Croatias footballing father, talked worlds into existence
Croatia‘Great motivator’, who has died aged 87, inspired his country in an unlikely charge to third place at the 1998 World Cup
You didn’t really interview Miroslav “Ciro” Blazevic. You just sat there, tossed some vague conversational gambit into the air and waited for the charismatic rush of anecdote to sweep you along, which was pretty much how he coached. He had extraordinary energy – at 75 he went to China to manage the national under-23 side, and had four jobs after that – and a profound love of football.
Hijacked by grief | Biography books
Biography booksHijacked by griefAnn Patchett and Lucy Grealy were close friends, both writers. Lucy died suddenly 18 months ago and Ann has since written an article and a book about her friend. What does such an intimate display of a loved one do to her family? Suellen Grealy, Lucy's sister, describes her sorrow and angerThere was an enormously distasteful story in the press some time ago. A devout elderly Muslim woman had died, and her body, when removed from the morgue for burial, was found covered with slabs of bacon.
Lonely Planet selects Manchester as top travel destination for 2023 | City breaks
City breaks This article is more than 1 year oldLonely Planet selects Manchester as top travel destination for 2023This article is more than 1 year oldPublishers praised UK city’s arts scene and gastronomic diversity as it makes the list of 30 best places to go
Lonely Planet has chosen Manchester as one of its must-visit destinations for 2023, the only UK city to make the guidebook’s annual Best in Travel list.
New Zealand Labour minister suddenly defects to Mori party | New Zealand politics
New Zealand minister Meka Whaitiri has quit Labour to join the Māori party in a move that surprised colleagues. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesNew Zealand minister Meka Whaitiri has quit Labour to join the Māori party in a move that surprised colleagues. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesNew Zealand politics This article is more than 8 months oldNew Zealand Labour minister suddenly defects to Māori partyThis article is more than 8 months old Meka Whaitiri says she will join an ‘unapologetic Māori political movement’ to stand in the upcoming general election
Photo of US court hopeful Elena Kagan sparks debate over sexuality | LGBTQ+ rights
LGBTQ+ rightsPhoto of US court hopeful Elena Kagan sparks debate over sexualitySpeculation over Obama supreme court nominee playing softball reveals much about status of lesbians in US public life in 2010It began, seemingly innocently enough, with a grainy black and white photograph of a woman smiling broadly and preparing to swing a bat in a game of softball. The picture was placed on the front page of Tuesday's Wall Street Journal and featured Elena Kagan, who the day before had been nominated by Barack Obama to join America's top court.
The Babadook: how the horror movie monster became a gay icon | The Babadook
The Babadook This article is more than 6 years oldThe Babadook: how the horror movie monster became a gay iconThis article is more than 6 years oldTop-hatted ghoul has been hailed as LGBT figure in corners of social media after it was jokingly floated on Tumblr that he was gay
Queer communities of the internet are embracing an unlikely icon this Pride Month: the Babadook.
The top-hatted monster, from the Australian horror film of the same name, has been hailed as a LGBT figure in corners of social media since the end of last year, when it was jokingly floated on Tumblr that he was gay.
Blithe Spirit review Angela Lansbury's happy medium
The ObserverBlithe SpiritReviewGielgud, London
The Broadway veteran plays a magnificently dotty Madame Arcati in this remarkable production of Coward's glacial comedyQuiz: Noël Coward or Murder, She Wrote?
She strides on in plaid tweeds, and shimmies around in a bespangled gilet. Under a sparkling hair-net, bright ginger plaits snake around her ears like headphones, a hair arrangement modelled on the woman who looked after the actress as a child. Burbling necromantic nonsense, she judders across the stage in an Egyptian sand dance, swoons into trance and gushes over ghosts that she can't see.
Body found in lake is Campbell | UK news
UK newsBody found in lake is CampbellPicture gallery: Donald Campbell and BluebirdHuman remains discovered in Coniston Water in the Lake District are those of speedboat ace Donald Campbell, an inquest heard today.
The inquest in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, was told that DNA evidence proved that the remains were 1.9m times more likely to be Campbell's than anyone else.
Divers found his body in May - 34 years after Campbell's water speed record attempt at the lake ended in his death.