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Tradition is all very well, but the number one tennis tournament should be played on the best surface – and that’s not grass.
A sport psychologist on how sportspeople are taught to handle high-pressure situations.
The lesson from other sports is clear: women’s football must be broadcast on free-to-air if it isn’t to disappear.
Fifty years after the original film, three generations of Shaft are loose on the streets of New York.
The Declaration of Independence was not greeted with universal acclaim and many Americans stayed loyal to the crown.
A decade-long project to excavate a sod house from half a millennium ago has yielded nearly 100,000 artefacts.
English will remain an official EU language – even after Brexit – and this will impact the way it evolves.
From the hippie heaven of the 1970s to the massive mainstream event it is now, Glastonbury has always found a way to fuse popular culture with a potent political message.
Moving on from tiered seats and post-war black box stages, the design of theatres are changing again in response to new societal concerns.
Britons are notoriously bad at learning other languages. Here are some of the things that they find difficult.
This overdue honour is a welcome sign of the growing power of Native Americans.
How important is the identity of an author? Can a novelist ever really ‘become’ someone else?
As well as founding England’s first million-selling newspaper, Lloyd shamelessly sold plagiarised versions of some of Charles Dickens’ best-loved novels.
Tune in, Donald Trump: it might just save a lot of lives.
The ‘bad boy’ of 1980s US fiction is back with his first foray into non-fiction. As you’d expect, he’s still courting controversy.
Many fans think the VAR is ruining the Women’s World Cup.
It’s not about beauty, it’s about empowering women in sport.
Our relationship with the natural world is humanity’s defining challenge. Inspired by ecotopian novels, communities and movements across the world are working to meet it.
High-profile cases of corruption, ticket touting and match fixing have led Italians to lose faith in the beautiful game.
New research looked closely at the lives of thousands of 14 year olds to discover that fewer are having oral sex and intercourse than previous generations.
Two women were largely responsible for popularising yoga in Britain in the 1960s.
What’s with all the sausages in Killing Eve? It’s a thriller that gives butchery a new meaning.
In the world of advertising, meat is for men, while serving dinner is for the women.
Participation in grassroots cricket by black and minority ethic players is strong, but players often experience exclusion and racism.