The perfect trip: Brittany and Normandy
Pointe du Millier in Brittany France Meet two neighbours linked by history, a dramatic coastline and some of France’s gastronomic champions. Meet two neighbours linked by history, a dramatic coastline and some of France’s gastronomic champions. Finistère: Best for wild coastline A soft wind is stirring through the heather on the Pointe du Van, carrying […]
England managers Sarina Wiegman and Gareth Southgate pay tribute to ‘inspirational’ Queen
England women won the country’s first major tournament since the 1966 men’s World Cup in July, and Wiegman said: “This summer she [the Queen] took the time to write to me and my players congratulating us for our success. “In that letter she called us an ‘inspiration for girls and women’. It is you, your […]
Spain’s mountains made of cheese
Picos de Europa, Spain The spectacular Picos de Europa, which spread across northern Spain, are home to caves, gorges, walking trails — and the local speciality, Cabrales cheese. “It’s like cheese under here,” I overheard a Spanish hiker say to his companion, high on the slopes of Spain’s Picos de Europa mountain range. He was […]
Sisterhood FC: Yasmin Abdullahi talks about the formation of a Muslim women’s football team
Some of the girls have said that Sisterhood FC is just more than a football team, it’s a family. If one of them needs support they can always message the team’s WhatsApp group and there’s 10 people who’ll message them back to offer advice. People message kind words or if someone is celebrating a birthday […]
‘Drone’ attack on Saudis destabilises an already volatile region
EPA Saudi-led coalition air strikes regularly target Houthis in Yemen The Houthis say they did it; the United States insists that it was Iran; the Iranians deny any involvement. A predictable war of words has followed the dramatic attack on Saudi Arabia’s most important oil installations. The strikes have shown the remarkable vulnerability of oil […]
Eat your way around the Cotswolds
The Cotswolds, England Long before a “back to basics” approach to cooking became trendy in the UK, this fertile English region was already renowned for its use of locally-sourced, fresh ingredients. Long before fresh ingredients and a “back to basics” approach to cooking became trendy in the UK, the fertile Cotswolds – a picturesque stretch […]
The forgotten woman who helped build British Islam
Yahya Birt Almost no pictures exist of Fatima Cates, either before or after her conversion When Francess Elizabeth Murray was born in 1865 into a strict Christian household in Liverpool, few would have imagined her life would see her help found the UK’s first recorded mosque and become Fatima Cates, the first known woman to […]
Pioneering wave kit belongs in a museum not a scrapyard
EMEC Pelamis 2 – aka the Sea Snake – was tested at EMEC in Orkney A pioneering wave energy converter that was tested in Orkney belongs “in a museum, not a scrapyard”, a councillor has said. Pelamis, the company that developed it, went into administration in 2014, and the device was bought by Orkney Islands […]
England Women suffer record Twenty20 loss to Australia
England were bowled out for only 96 as they lost to Australia in the women’s Twenty20 tri-series in Mumbai. England chased 199 and 150 in winning their first two matches, only to slip to their joint-second-lowest total in T20 cricket in Wednesday’s defeat. Australia fell to 12-2, but Meg Lanning hit five fours in one […]
Building a new supersonic airliner
Alamy Boom’s planned airliner will have 55 seats Like a lot of young boys Blake Scholl had an interest in things that flew and went very fast. One fascination was Concorde and supersonic flight. Now he’s at the Dubai Airshow trying to woo investors and Middle East airlines to back his ambition to once again […]