It’s been a long time since chess was headline news. There have been chess stories that inflame the cultural imagination – we might think, perhaps, of the game’s heyday in the 1970s and 80s, against a backdrop of Cold War tensions and competing grandmasters. Or maybe the 1996 and 1997...
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Coventry City Council has spent more than £46,000 over the past three years on two luxury cars which are used by mayors and senior councillors, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request from the Taxpayer’s Alliance has revealed.
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Formula 1 has revealed its race calendar for 2023, which will see the sport hold 24 races in a season for the very first time. This total eclipses the record by two races, with the inaugural Las Vegas GP and the sport’s return to Qatar and China making this the...
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Recently, artificial intelligence has been criticized as a way to create artwork. Reece Goodall questions whether this form of technology should even be used by artists in competitions.
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Sometimes, you see a picture of a campaign and it just catches your eye. For me, that happened with Bear and Breakfast, as the image of a cartoon bear doing handiwork around a hotel was more than enough to sell me on trying to game. I’ve a soft spot for...
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Princeton University is to offer free tuition to undergraduate students whose families earn up to $100,000.
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Vice-chancellors have called on the government to bring back the maintenance grant to help students through the cost-of-living crisis.
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Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz has won his first major title after defeating Casper Ruud of Norway in the US Open final. As a result of the 6-4 2-6 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 result, Alcaraz became the youngest-ever world number one, and the youngest Grand Slam champion since Rafael Nadal won the...
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Hungary’s State Audit Office (NAO) has warned that the country’s education system risks becoming “too feminine”.
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Iga Swiatek has won the women’s singles title at the US Open, defeating Ons Jabeur in straight sets 6-2 7-6 (7-5). The world number one demonstrated why she holds the position at the top of the game, capping off a dominant season with an impressive and assured victory over her...
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Max Verstappen is within touching distance of his second world championship title after a late safety car helped secure his victory over rival Charles Leclerc. A strategy error, combined with a touch of bad luck, deprived Leclerc of a home win in front of a disappointed crowd who’d hoped for...
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Iga Swiatek will face Ons Jabeur in the US Open final. The world number one responded superbly after losing the opening set, holding her nerve in the tie-breaking set to defeat Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka 3-6 6-1 6-4. Swiatek struggled to find her footing in the opening set, and Sabalenka took...
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Nearly two in five US adults have regrets about their choice of college major, according to research published by the Washington Post.
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