Jeremy Lin Jeremy Lin breaks down over NBA free agency: 'It keeps getting more rock bottom' – video A tearful Jeremy Lin said 'rock bottom just seems to keep getting more and more rock bottom for me' as the 30-year-old struggles to catch on with a team in free agency. Addressing a Christian group in Taiwan, Lin revealed that he thinks the NBA has given up on him, but also said that he hoped his speech would motivate others to not give up in the face of adversity.
Marina O'Loughlin on restaurantsRestaurantsReview‘The second outing from the team behind the Clove Club is a departure: this time, they’ve come over all Italian. Well, ish. They call it “Britalian”’
I promised myself I would not use the words “difficult second album”. Fail. But burden of expectation is a terrible thing, the reason so many people go to restaurants cursed with the full gamut of Michelin stars, or those lurking at the top of “world’s best” lists, only to come out thinking, “Is that it?
ColombiaObituaryMono Jojoy obituaryPeasant leader of the Colombian guerrilla organisation FarcBest known to his comrades and the world at large as "Mono Jojoy", Jorge Briceño, who has died aged 57 in a military raid on his stronghold, was the last surviving peasant leader of one of the world's oldest, active guerrilla organisations, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc).
With a reputation as a dour and implacable exponent of "revolutionary justice", Briceño will be mourned by few of his compatriots.
UK newsExplainerJoe Lewis has been accused of 16 counts of securities fraud in the US. We examine the allegations through the companies he invested in
Spurs billionaire pleads not guilty to securities fraud US prosecutors have published their indictment of Joe Lewis, the British billionaire whose family owns Tottenham Hotspur FC, who they accuse of orchestrating a “brazen” insider trading scheme to enrich his friends, lovers and private jet pilots.
RelationshipsMonica and Peg’s relationship was ‘strictly taboo and vehemently condemned’, but that did not prevent them from building a life together
Sixty years ago, as an idealistic 21-year-old seeking to do good, I made the unusual decision to enter the convent. Twenty years later, on the other side of the world, that decision would play a major part in meeting the love of my life, another nun – my soulmate.
Health & wellbeingAfter a diagnosis of phimosis, I quickly had the operation. The experience was demeaning, comical and extremely painful – but I’m happy that I did it
My doctor was explaining, with some awkwardness, the procedure I was soon to undergo. “The skin around your … well ... when I was at school we would have said ‘bell-end’.”
I was in my mid-20s, and about to have an elective adult circumcision.
Aisha Wakil, AKA ‘Mama Boko Haram’ in Maiduguri, Nigeria in April 2019. Photograph: Jean Chung/Getty ImagesAisha Wakil knew many of Boko Haram’s fighters as children. Now she uses those ties to broker peace deals, mediate hostage negotiations and convince militants to put down their weapons – but as the violence escalates, her task is becoming impossible
by Chika OduahIt was another scorching afternoon in Maiduguri. In the west of the city, in Nigeria’s north-east, 51-year-old Aisha Wakil sat in her office talking to a jihadi fighter named Usman.
Grady Smith on countryMusicCountry's Jesus-and-partying crew cheapen both the faith and the musicThe tension between hard partying and a yearning for piety has remained a common thread in country music for decades – but religious angst has been replaced by bland tokenism
There’s an old adage that’s popular among Christian pastors: “If you’re going to sin, sin boldly.” The saying is, in fact, a shoddy repackaging of a letter Martin Luther wrote to Philipp Melanchthon in the 16th century, but its meaning is nonetheless clear: don’t be lukewarm.
Television This article is more than 6 months oldJeffrey Carlson, actor who played groundbreaking trans character in All My Children, dies aged 48This article is more than 6 months oldUS actor, who reportedly died on 6 July, played transgender woman Zoe in long-running daytime soap and also appeared on Broadway
Jeffrey Carlson, the actor who played the groundbreaking transgender character Zoe in daytime soap All My Children, has died aged 48.
The fight for democracyTennessee This article is more than 1 year oldPamela Moses sues officials after voter fraud conviction overturnedThis article is more than 1 year oldTennessee woman was serving six-year sentence before prosecutors’ withholding of crucial document came to light
A Tennessee woman who had a six-year prison sentence for voter fraud overturned this year is suing state and local officials for damages, claiming she was wrongfully prosecuted and incarcerated.