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Roberto Durn: boxing's imperfect hero is still swinging after all these years

The outsized personality of the iconic Panamanian boxer, whose life is the subject of new biopic, was on full display this week in New York Im sitting in the lobby of the Smyth Hotel in downtown Manhattan waiting for Roberto Durn, the man they call El Cholo, when I get a phone call from his

The Ultimate-Rare story: 40 years of brilliant British games, from Jetpac and GoldenEye to Sea of Th

Forty years since the release of its first game, British developer Rare formerly known as Ultimate has cemented its place in gaming history. We look back at its origins on the ZX Spectrum and NES

Unforgotten series four, episode two recap will Ram cause Armageddon?

Crimes, threats and lies come thick and fast as the investigation speeds along in the cold case crime drama Cassies mean machine of diligent rozzers really gets motoring this week and we now have a much better picture of our suspects. Fiona and Deans early exits from the force raise a few eyebrows, but the

Amy Winehouse, me and those tattoos: Ill never do that pin-up image on anyone else | Amy Wi

That dark beehive of hair and the heavy, feline eye makeup are now a recognisable visual shorthand for Amy Winehouse. In the few years since her death, Winehouse has become both a stylish motif and a symbol of doomed talent up there with James Dean or Kurt Cobain aside from the musical legacy

Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK by Simon Kuper review

A penetrating analysis of the connections that enabled an incestuous university network to dominate Westminster and give birth to Brexit is perceptive and full of surprises At a slave auction at the Oxford Union in 1987 an opportunity to buy your favourite union person for the evening there was, according to the university