‘It took on a life of its own’ – how a bet started the inflatable craze in the 80s
English football grounds in the late 1980s could be grey and downbeat but that changed thanks to Manchester City fan Frank Newton
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The inspiring scientists who saved the world’s first seed bank
The long read: During the siege of Leningrad, botanists in charge of an irreplaceable seed collection had to protect it from fire, rodents – and hunger
Hugo Lloris: how the gift of a luxury watch made me realise Spurs would accept second best
In exclusive extracts from his autobiography, the goalkeeper tells of his dismay at a well-meaning gesture by Daniel Levy before 2019 Champions League final
October 2024
Hollywood actor Luke Evans: ‘I was bullied for being gay before I even understood what it meant’
Signing Roberto Firmino: data, repeat viewings and a gut feeling
How one engineer beat restrictions on home computers in socialist Yugoslavia
Blur v Oasis was only part of the story: the case for a wider – and wilder – Britpop canon
Exclusive extract from Karla’s Choice: A John le Carré Novel by Nick Harkaway
I tried to get jiggy with a ghost: Daisy May Cooper’s adventures with the afterlife
Al Pacino on the inside story of The Godfather: ‘I was told, you’re not cutting it’
Hanif Kureishi on his accident: ‘I believed I was dying, that I had three breaths left. It seemed like a miserable and ignoble way to go’
Spanish steppes: an epic hike across the wild plains of Extremadura
We spend more time at work than we do with our families. Must we be brand ambassadors too?
Josh Bornstein
September 2024
I held on to my baby tightly. Was this a fear that someone would take her away from me?
Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts
Exclusive extract: Malcolm Gladwell on schoolchildren, super‑spreaders and the new science of epidemics
The housing crisis is global. What are other countries doing about it?
Alan Kohler
The long read
‘Places to heal, not to harm’: why brutal prison design kills off hope
Hillary Clinton: ‘It would be exhilarating to see Kamala Harris achieve the breakthrough I didn’t’
Moments, memories and meal to cherish: exclusive extract from Nigel Slater’s new book
Store cupboard recipes
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