Legendary former West Indies all-rounder Sir Garfield Sobers, considered one of the greatest cricketers of all time, has died aged 89. The Sobers played 93 Tests between 1954 and 1974, scoring 8,032 runs and taking 235 wickets. An entertaining left-handed batsman, Sobers scored 365 not out against Pakistan in 1958, an effort that stood as
People wear masks in Chicago on Thursday to protect themselves from smoke from the Canadian wildfires. City officials are encouraging people to stay indoors as data shows Chicago has some of the worst air quality of any major city in the world. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide title toggle title Scott Olson/Getty Images One version of
Vee Shi’s first feature film “Time and Tide” has found an international sales home at Inwave Films, the Paris-based team revealed. The hybrid non-fiction film, which had its world premiere in competition in Visions du Réel’s Burning Lights section earlier this year, will be presented to buyers as the company continues to build its documentary
JD Vance was “blown away” by Caernarfon Castle during a visit with his wife to North Wales, the US vice-president has revealed in a new book about his faith. “It’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen and it’s not particularly close,” Vance writes of his 2013 visit to the 13th-century castle, a UNESCO World Heritage
Andy Flower has been ruled out to replace Brendon McCullum as head coach of the England Test team. McCullum was sacked from the red-ball role earlier this month following a run of poor form and a series of controversial off-field incidents, but remains in charge of England’s white-ball organisation. Flower was England’s head coach from
Shimmy Marcus, artistic director of the renowned Dublin acting school Bow Street Academy, recently watched the latest “Knives Out” installment, “Wake Up Dead Man,” and was impressed by the number of British and Irish actors playing Americans in leading roles. “There’s Andrew Craig, Josh O’Connor, Andrew Scott and Daryl McCormick… and I thought, ‘What are
