Pochettino fears Chelsea may need to sign striker due to Nkunku injury | Chelsea
ChelseaPochettino fears Chelsea may need to sign striker due to Nkunku injuryNkunku sidelined with hip injury, leaving Chelsea shortPochettino: ‘We will need to be clinical to take some decisions’Mauricio Pochettino has admitted Chelsea could be forced into signing a new striker during the current transfer window due to uncertainty over the extent of Christopher Nkunku’s hip injury.
The France forward has made only one Premier League start since joining from RB Leipzig in the summer for £51m and has been absent from training for the last 10 days after suffering the injury before the FA Cup third-round win over Preston.
The French for an eye is "un oeiul" but the plural is "les yeux": I can't think of any other instanc
SEMANTIC ENIGMASThe French for an eye is "un oeiul" but the plural is "les yeux": I can't think of any other instance, either in English or any other language, where a plural bears absolutely no similarity to the singular. Can anyone else? Sean Doherty, Derry Ireland
This is known as suppletion, and is fairly common in English with verb changes (e.g. I go but I went). A commonly cited plural example is the Russian for person (chelovek singular --> lyudi plural).
Why is Ted Lasso actor Brett Goldstein telling everyone hes actually a human man?
Explain it to me quicklyCultureAmid rumours that he may in fact be CGI, Goldstein – who plays Roy Kent in the hit show – posted a video that raises more questions than it answers
Michael, a famous actor is being quoted proclaiming he is ‘a human man’ and not, as apparently alleged, CGI. What is going on please?
Steph, great question. There is a supposedly human man called Brett Goldstein who plays a grumpy footballer in the show Ted Lasso, on which he’s also a writer.
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Shakespeare's GlobeReviewShakespeare's Globe, London
Jessica Swale's first play leaves you astonished at the prejudices the pioneers of women's education had to overcomeJessica Swale has chosen, for her first play, a cracking subject: the battle fought at Girton College, Cambridge, in 1896 to earn women the right to graduate. Even if each scene is calculated to make a point, Swale writes with palpable vigour and leaves you astonished at the prejudices these educational pioneers had to overcome.
Joe Rogan is UKs most popular podcast, new chart reveals | Podcasts
The ObserverPodcasts This article is more than 3 months oldJoe Rogan is UK’s most popular podcast, new chart revealsThis article is more than 3 months oldBritish shows make up most of the top 10 in an improved ranking system, but the BBC has just one entry
Since podcasts first began almost 20 years ago, one thing has frustrated their makers – working out just how many people are listening.
But from today, a new, accurate UK podcast chart will reveal a top 25 every quarter.
Lang Lang: 'I'd play the piano at 5am' | Family
FamilyInterviewLang Lang: 'I'd play the piano at 5am'Rosanna GreenstreetAged nine, Lang Lang, the virtuoso Chinese pianist, was told by his ambitious father to kill himself after his teacher 'fired' him for having no talent. He tells Rosanna Greenstreet about the extreme pressure put on him to succeedWhen Lang Lang was nine, his father told him to kill himself. Four years before, his father had decided that his only son should become the No 1 classical pianist in China.
Le Canard enchan celebrates 100 years of mischief-making | France
The ObserverFranceLe Canard enchaîné celebrates 100 years of mischief-makingThe French satirical newspaper holds public figures to account – but doesn’t touch their private lives
Since it was founded 100 years ago as an antidote to French government propaganda during the first world war, Le Canard enchaîné has remained a thorn in the side of France’s great but not-so-good.
Bad hair days for François Hollande over €10,000 coiffeur billRead moreFor a century, the satirical newspaper has provoked the wrath of presidents, politicians, tycoons and other public figures, to the point that in the 1970s even mentioning its name in cabinet meetings was reportedly a sackable offence.
Louisville's Rick Pitino banned over claims escorts were used to woo recruits | College basketball
College basketballLouisville's Rick Pitino banned over claims escorts were used to woo recruitsNCAA says Rick Pitino failed to monitor staffer Andre McGeeMcGee alleged to have hired strippers and escorts for sex partiesThe NCAA has suspended Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino for five Atlantic Coast Conference games following its sex scandal investigation.
On Thursday, the college sports governing body also placed the basketball program on four years’ probation, vacated wins in which ineligible players participated and handed down a 10-year show-cause order for former basketball operations director Andre McGee.
Mrs Doubtfire: The New Musical Comedy review all energy, no emotion
StageReviewShaftesbury theatre, London
The cast do their exuberant best but this bland, by-the-numbers retread of the 1990s film lacks feeling and adds nothing original beyond a reference to Love Island
Here is another Gen X film reborn for the stage in musical form to add to the explosion of celluloid nostalgia on the boards.
Even in 1993, the story of Daniel Hillard, masquerading as an elderly Scottish nanny in order to be with his children after separating from his wife, Miranda, seemed liked a derivative cross between Tootsie and Kramer vs Kramer.
Not so swinging: how the 60s really looked in pictures | Art and design
Not so swinging: how the 60s really looked – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Before his death at the age of 30, Tony Ray-Jones travelled through England photographing what he saw as a disappearing way of life, as the 1960s drew to an end. A new exhibition marks the pivotal contribution he made to British documentary photography