Vinícius Júnior to Arsenal doesn’t make sense. That’s why it may work | Jonathan Wilson
Mikel Arteta’s team and the Brazilian star could be a perfect match. It also could be a risk that ends in disaster Sometimes what is needed is something different. There…
More European countries’ FAs withdraw support for Infantino as pressure intensifies
FA no longer endorses Fifa president for re-election Wales and Serbia join Finland in withdrawing backing European countries began turning their backs on Gianni Infantino as moves intensified across the…
My olive oil is uncool, apparently. Welcome to the world of microsnobbery | Emma Beddington
Social media has supposedly ramped up our impulse to judge each other on the most trivial grounds – but is this really a new thing? ‘Are we living in an…
AstraZeneca should stick to its winning formula. It doesn’t need a $400bn US mega-merger
The Anglo-Swedish drugmaker’s flirtation with a grand combo with US group Bristol Myers Squibb is baffling • AstraZeneca shares fall 8.9% over merger talks with US cancer drug firm Sir…
Does Andy Burnham really hate London? He wouldn’t be the only one | Zoe Williams
Both left and right have it in for Britain’s capital. But is London a stabby wasteland, a den of faceless bureaucrats, or just a mess of overprivileged wokerati? ‘I’ve seen…
Are Trump’s most blatant authoritarian moves backfiring? | Jan-Werner Müller
The president’s methods, from ‘flooding the zone’ with scandals to prioritizing loyalty over competence, could ultimately weaken rather than strengthen him The pattern is by now all too familiar: with…
From living roofs to rainwater harvesting: the future of sustainable homes
A new book, Homes for Our Time, by Philip Jodidio, showcases the quiet revolution in green residential architecture Continue reading…
How does Barnaby Joyce’s support for refugees square with One Nation policies? – podcast
The One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce has repeatedly declared that he doesn’t ‘believe in multiculturalism’. But the reality on the ground in his New South Wales electorate of New England…
‘I might be onto something here’: how one man gamified AFL pain and glory in online sensation | Jack Snape
The creator of the viral game Footy Redraft says he has been shocked by the positive feedback after 300,000 players signed up in under a month An online AFL game…
A job that changed me: At the Titanic theatre restaurant we always hit an iceberg, but were often hit by bread rolls too
The top level of a historic Melbourne hotel was transformed into the first-class dining room, with chandeliers and a string trio, and the ground floor was steerage It was 1998,…