F1’s new-look grid analysed: Gills, skinny sidepods and ‘spaceship’ mirrors
“They will have had campaigns lined up well in advance for mass photography detail of what everyone else has got on their cars,” says Lowe. “There will…
England team to face France: Our writers select their Six Nations XVs – and you can pick yours
England could finish as low as fifth for a second successive year if they are defeated by Grand Slam-chasing France on Saturday and results in Cardiff and…
The manager, players and culture Manchester United need to embrace a reset
Darren Fletcher is Manchester United’s first-ever technical director. It is not a job he has ever done before. In theory he has the same role, because he…
Exclusive: Saudi Super Golf League to launch £300m series, starting with game’s richest tournament in UK
The Saudi Super Golf League will stun the world of golf by launching their breakaway circuit in England in June when staging the richest tournament ever held….
Newcastle match will show whether Frank Lampard has the tools to keep Everton up
These are the most critical two months that Everton have faced in their recent history, and perhaps their distant history too, and how Frank Lampard navigates them…
Joe Root finally delivers on promise to make England No 3 spot his own
George Headley, West Indies’s first great Test batsman, was called Atlas, for how he carried his team’s hopes on his shoulders. It would have been an apt…
Exclusive interview: Michel Roux Jnr details his lesser-known passion of rugby – and loving Brian Moore
As chef-patron of two Michelin-starred Le Gavroche, Michel Roux Jnr is an authority on crackles, crisps and crusts; crunches, too, but not just the ones you’d find…
Le Punch: England and France’s most violent match, the Battle of Paris, 30 years on
But Lascubé’s dismissal, rather than act as a deterrent, only served to exacerbate the situation. Jean-Francois Tordo, the flanker whom Hilditch described as “totally ill-disciplined” came into…
How much does it cost to boycott Russia?
Vodka has been pulled from supermarket shelves, caviar from restaurant tables and bottles of beer from pub fridges. While relatively few consumer goods in the UK come…
Lottery win: How a Czech billionaire came up with the winning numbers
Nevertheless, Komarek’s team took the opportunity that the National Lottery had seemingly rested on its laurels. Allwyn has joined forces with Vodafone to use its “technological expertise”…
The freelancing revolution is being destroyed by a deep distrust of the self-employed
Though it’s easy to see why politicians are often instinctively hostile towards the self-employed – after all, tax is easier to collect if the employer sends it…
British Airways jets grounded in South Africa over safety fears
British Airways jets in South Africa have been grounded “indefinitely” by the country’s aviation regulator over fears of engine failures and landing gear malfunctions. Comair, which runs…
Nick Clegg bags £10m bonus for Facebook promotion
Sir Nick Clegg was awarded shares in Facebook’s parent company worth almost £10m alongside his recent promotion, according to reports. The former deputy prime minister and Meta’s…
Lloyd’s insurer hit with record fine for bullying and harassment on ‘boys’ night out’
Lloyd’s of London has issued a record fine to an underwriting group for “systematic bullying” and the sexual harassment of female staff on an annual “boys’ night…
Putin’s war has forced Sunak to rip up his Spring Statement
Part of the thinking behind Sunak’s fiscal squeeze is that with the economy restored to pre-pandemic health and actually in some danger of overheating, demand could do…
‘Stagflation’ is here – make sure it doesn’t eat into your investments
Even if that is not how the challenge is framed, the reality is that the scale of tightening required to return inflation to target would bring the…
Netflix cracks down on sharing passwords
It is a loophole that students away from home and spendthrift ex-lovers have enjoyed for years, but the days of freeloading on somebody else’s Netflix account may…
Energy traders sound the alarm over cash crunch
Traders have called on central banks to stave off a cash crunch at healthy energy companies that stands to send consumers’ bills even higher. The European Federation…
Chinese developer sells Nine Elms project for huge loss
A luxury housing project at the heart of the Nine Elms site in London has been sold by its debt-laden Chinese developer for a £62m loss. R&F…
Church of England takes aim at companies with big Russian investments
But as the institution has found, cutting ties with an entire country is difficult. It has now rounded on TotalEnergy, another investment, because the French oil company…
Rail staff to be forced to work weekends in bid to boost train travel
Tens of thousands of railway staff are to be forced to work on weekends under Whitehall plans that threaten to spark a war with trade unions. Workers must…
Russia on cusp of historic default after failing to pay $117m
Russia is on the cusp of its first default on international debts since the Bolshevik revolution after Moscow failed to pay $117m owed to creditors. City bondholders…