Defending champion Kyren Wilson will play Lei Peifan with Ronnie O’Sullivan set to face Ali Carter in the first round of the World Championship as he bids for a record eighth title in the modern era. O’Sullivan, 49, who is yet to confirm if he will participate, has not played competitively since snapping his cue...
Ian Youngs Culture reporter Getty Images Many venues have had local authority funding cuts, with Arts Council funding largely stagnant The number of plays and musicals staged by the UK’s main subsidised theatres last year was down by almost a third compared with 10 years earlier, BBC research suggests. In 2024, the 40 best-funded theatre...
Harry Brook: Rob Key plays the odds in preferring batter to Ben Stokes as England white-ball captain
Before Brook’s debut he was described as “dumb” by Stokes, something for which the all-rounder later apologised. His answers may be brief but do not mistake that for a lack of cricket brain. Brook’s 317 against Pakistan last year may take the headlines but one of his best innings was in the drawn 2023 Ashes...
When Mark Zuckerberg terminated Meta’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs for hiring and training employees and procuring suppliers in January 2025, he forged “inroads with the incoming Trump administration,” abandoned Meta’s founding ethos of open innovation, and dramatically realigned how the tech giant will now do business, as critics like Bärí A. Williams, former...
