Anthony Joshua willing to risk it all in world title battle with Daniel Dubois

* Dubois’ IBF heavyweight belt up for grabs on Saturday
* Wembley fight will have sold-out crowd of 96,000




Anthony Joshua has suggested he is “willing to die” in the ring when he fights Daniel Dubois for the IBF world heavyweight title on ­Saturday night at Wembley. As a former ­two-time world heavyweight ­champion, who has suffered three defeats in an immensely lucrative but uneven career that began nearly 11 years ago, Joshua is well versed in fight talk.

He normally shies away from making dramatic statements about the gravity of boxing but, with five days left before he steps back into the ring for his 32nd bout, Joshua acknowledged the dangers in facing a heavyweight who punches as hard as Dubois. Continue reading...


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Fendi marks 100th year with 1920s-inspired Milan fashion week show

Art deco detailing, baguette handbags and era-defining ensembles pepper collection by artistic director Kim Jones

When a fashion brand makes it to its centenary, there are usually a plethora of important moments to reference in celebration. In the case of the Rome-based fashion house Fendi, artistic director Kim Jones has one the most illustrious fashion archives to play with.

Co-founded by Adele Fendi in 1925, who later passed the reins to her five daughters, Fendi is famed for its era-defining ensembles, pop-cult baguette handbag and artistic collaborations, most notably with Karl Lagerfeld who was the brand’s creative director for 54 years until his death in 2019. Continue reading...


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British-made Netflix shows most popular on platform so far in 2024

Fool Me Once, Baby Reindeer, Bridgerton and The Gentleman attracted combined 360m views in first six months, says CEO

Netflix has revealed that British-made shows have proved to be the most popular with audiences on its global streaming service so far this year.

Ted Sarandos, co-chief executive of Netflix, said the thriller Fool Me Once, the dark comedy Baby Reindeer, Regency drama Bridgerton and crime caper The Gentleman took the top four places. Continue reading...


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The Old Man and the Land review – sibling squabbles as family unravels like an old jumper

Rory Kinnear and Emily Beecham’s rivalry is heard only on phonecalls, while their dad trudges over their birthright in weary silence

Sheep farming is having a moment at the movies. Following closely on the heels of Irish-made documentary Notes from Sheepland, this experimental British drama also puts shepherding and farming right at the centre of its story, but with a quite different result. The Old Man and the Land, directed by Nicholas Parish, is the glummer of the two, offering a melancholy portrait of a rural family unravelling like an old jumper.

The elderly gent of the title (played by non-professional Roger Marten) never speaks a word throughout. Instead, we watch him tending to his flock, helping the ewes to lamb, walking the fields and doing all the daily drudgery of farm work while the soundtrack plays the answering-machine messages from his two grown children. Eldest child Laura (Emily Beecham) and younger son David (Rory Kinnear) are heard but never seen squabbling in person as they argue over who should inherit the land when Dad dies, while other monologues from each float in the air, bedded down with a keening, murmuring, cello-forward soundtrack composed by Evelyn Sykes. Continue reading...


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The 2024 Great British Bake Off contestants – ranked!

Who is in it for the long haul? Who is a cake cannibal? And who is secretly an international super spy? Here’s our entirely factual guide to this year’s bakers

The 15th series of The Great British Bake Off begins next week, ushering in a new season of tents, handshakes and excruciatingly elaborate bakes. As always, 12 would-be star bakers will spend the series attempting to prove their worth. The best way to judge their ability would be to watch the show and discern talent based on output. But we’re all busy people and that would take too long, so let’s judge them the way nature intended: on the basis of the contestant biographies sent out by Channel 4. Here they are, from worst to last. Continue reading...


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