Simonas integrity is faultless: former coach throws support behind Halep | Simona Halep
Simona Halep This article is more than 1 year old‘Simona’s integrity is faultless’: former coach throws support behind Halep This article is more than 1 year oldTennis star has vowed to clear her name in doping caseAustralian Darren Cahill says he stands with his former chargeDarren Cahill, the Australian coach who steered Simona Halep to grand slam glory, says there is no way his former charge knowingly took banned drugs.
Stefanos Tsitsipas: I still have plenty of time Im a late bloomer | Australian Open 202
Australian Open 2024InterviewStefanos Tsitsipas: ‘I still have plenty of time – I’m a late bloomer’Donald McRaeThe world No 7 is looking to put his injury-affected 2023 behind him as he aims to go one better at this year’s Australian Open
“It’s a combination of body, mind and soul, all put together at the right place at the right time,” Stefanos Tsitsipas says as he searches for the mysterious difference that turns an outstanding tennis player, who has reached multiple semi-finals and finals, into a grand slam winner.
Stephen Baldwin: 'Jesus or no Jesus, if my daughter started working in a strip club, I'd beat her as
The ObserverBig BrotherThe baby of the Baldwin acting clan was a 'badly behaved dumb jock' until he found the Lord. Now, days after his eviction from Celebrity Big Brother, he tells Miranda Sawyer about his 18 tattoos and how he saw the devil in two of his housematesStephen Baldwin, 43, has 18 tattoos. "They represent various moments in my life," he says. "Whether it be showing my love for my woman in a very macho way – there are three of those – to the ones which express my commitment to sobriety.
Top 10 clerics in fiction
Top 10sFictionAsking, answering – and sometimes sneakily evading – readers’ spiritual questions, literature offers many memorable men of the cloth
From whisky priests to reluctant exorcists, visionaries to hypocrites, literature is densely populated with a wide range of unfortunate clerics. Not for them the silent cloisters and deserted pews. They are forced into the spotlight by their authors, to be emotionally (and sometimes physically) tortured on their journey to salvation.
A flaccid little attempt at spikiness: Anne Robinson takes over Countdown
Game showsIt takes a specific type of person to sparkle in this presenting gig, and judging by her first episode, Robinson could prove to be Countdown’s weakest link
When Anne Robinson was announced as the newest Countdown host, it felt a little as if Channel 4 had hired Lewis Hamilton to sit at the wheel of a self-driving car. Robinson is, to paraphrase Liam Neeson, a woman with a particular set of skills; which is to say very sharp-witted and not altogether pleasant.
Brian Walden, former MP and TV broadcaster, dies aged 86 | Politics past
Politics past This article is more than 4 years oldBrian Walden, former MP and TV broadcaster, dies aged 86This article is more than 4 years oldPresenter of ITV’s Weekend World was known for his robust political interviews
Brian Walden, the former Labour MP who became best known for presenting the ITV programme Weekend World, has died aged 86, his family and friends have announced.
Walden died on Thursday at his home in Guernsey from complications connected to emphysema, according to an announcement made by former broadcasting colleagues on behalf of his widow, Hazel.
Psychiatry wars: the lawsuit that put psychoanalysis on trial | Psychiatry
Photograph: Phillip Reed/Peerless Rockville Historic Preservation Ltd/Getty/Guardian DesignForty years ago, Dr Ray Osheroff sued a US hospital for failing to give him antidepressants. The case would change the course of medical history – even if it couldn’t help the patient himself
by Rachel AvivBefore entering Chestnut Lodge, one of the most elite psychiatric hospitals in the US, Ray Osheroff was the kind of charismatic, overworked physician we have come to associate with the American dream.
Russian oil depot catches fire after Ukrainian drone downed video | World news
Russia Russian oil depot catches fire after Ukrainian drone downed – video Ukraine said it was behind a drone strike that sparked a huge inferno at an oil depot in the town of Klintsy in western Russia on Friday, the latest in a series of escalating cross-border attacks. The strike is the second on a Russian oil depot in as many days, part of what Kyiv has called 'fair' retaliation for Moscow’s strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
The Memory of Water review how not to behave upon losing a parent
Hampstead theatreReviewHampstead theatre, London
Set during the strange, out-of-time days between a death in the family and the funeral, Shelagh Stephenson’s 1996 play precariously balances riotous humour and pathos
How should you behave when your mother’s just died? There ought to be a Sudden Death Etiquette guide, suggests one of the sisters preparing for their mum’s funeral in Shelagh Stephenson’s play. That handbook probably wouldn’t advise an immediate shag, guffawing with laughter or getting stoned.
The past does not define you: a gang member turned activist looks back
DocumentaryLorine Padilla, former ‘first lady’ of New York’s Savage Skulls gang, reflects on her life in a new documentary about strength and adversity
“This is a story about how the past does not define you,” says Lorine Padilla, community activist, mother and former “first lady” of the Savage Skulls gang, about a new documentary on her life. She speaks bluntly, and with an understated, yet undeniable strength that has come from a lifetime of asserting herself in inhospitable spaces.