The Tote This article is more than 5 years oldBritbet faces delayed launch over Jockey Club and Arena infightingThis article is more than 5 years old Crunch board meeting on Friday should decide the issue
Arena favours closer co-operation with the Tote
The immediate future of Britbet, which is due to replace the Tote as the sole operator of pool betting at the overwhelming majority of Britain’s racecourses next month, could be decided at a meeting of its board in London on Friday, when a delay to its proposed launch on 13 July will be one of the options for discussion.
Film This article is more than 24 years oldNow Dudley confronts his demonsThis article is more than 24 years oldTV audience of millions watches as comic reveals fears of imminent deathIn his early years as an entertainer, Dudley Moore would amuse his audiences with a rendition of Beethoven's Pathétique - as played by a pianist losing his memory. Bursts of manic tinkling would be interspersed with lengthening bouts of puzzled hesitation and baffled confusion that eventually descended into musical anarchy.
Crossword blogCrosswordsTop 10 crosswords in fiction, no 4: Oliver's TravelsNext in our countdown of crosswords in film, TV, books and song: a BBC drama starring Alan Bates and Sinead CusackAlan Plater's series Oliver's Travels is a mystery, and two of the key questions are: who and where is the Guardian crossword setter Aristotle?
There's also a bunch of murders, some arson and a massive conspiracy, but it begins when Oliver, a lecturer in comparative religion, is made redundant and travels off to find his favourite setter, stumbling on the crimes by mistake.
Men's fashionIt’s time to relax the dress code, say fashion experts
And so the big brown-shoe debate rages on. Speaking at a conference, an unnamed lawyer has told trainees never to wear brown shoes with a blue suit. A study by the government’s Social Mobility Commission in 2016 found that investment banks are less likely to hire men who wear brown shoes to an interview. The former editor of the Daily Mail Paul Dacre hated them (although, to be fair, Dacre hated a lot of things and probably still does).
Christine KeelerObituaryChristine Keeler obituary: the woman at the heart of the Profumo affairModel and showgirl at the centre of the scandal that rocked 1960s Britain
There were many victims of the Profumo affair, the sex and spying scandal that dominated the headlines in 1963, contributed to the resignation of the then prime minister, Harold Macmillan, soon afterwards, and still looms disproportionately large in the history of modern Britain. High on any list of those who suffered, and arguably at the very top, was Christine Keeler, who has died aged 75.
Sharp shooter: A whisky sour made without egg white. Photograph: Tom Hunt/The GuardianSharp shooter: A whisky sour made without egg white. Photograph: Tom Hunt/The GuardianWaste notFoodSwap the egg white for aquafaba next time you make a classic sour cocktail – it’s less wasteful and keeps for longer, too
One of my favourite cocktails is a sour made with pisco, whisky or mezcal, depending on the bar and my mood; it can also be made with a variety of other spirits, including gin, amaretto, brandy or rum.
Adolf Hitler Look Who's Back trailer: film asks what happens if Hitler appears in 2015 – video Starring Oliver Masucci as Adolf Hitler, He Is Back asks what would happen if Hitler appeared in 2015. This satirical film follows the reawakened Hitler as he tries to start a career in television and his encounters with people, and animals, across the new Germany in the 21st century
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ObituaryMichael RentonArtist and craftsman of consummate skill as an engraver in wood and stoneIt was as the last apprentice in the trade engravers Slingers, in Horseferry Road, London, that Michael Renton, who has died aged 67, acquired his skills with graver and wood; these were invaluable for his later artistic development. Long before wood engraving was revived as a means of artistic expression in the early decades of the 20th century, especially by Eric Gill, and later by Gertrude Hermes, Blair Hughes-Stanton, Agnes Millar Parker, John Farleigh, Reynolds Stone and Gwen Raverat, it was employed by the printing trade for illustrations, often mundane.
Banksy This article is more than 8 months oldStreet artist claims he created ‘Banksy artwork’ bought for £250,000This article is more than 8 months oldLiverpool artist Silent Bill says he stencilled work depicting rat that was auctioned for Channel 4 TV show
A street artist from Liverpool has claimed to be the real creator of a stencil of a rat attributed to Banksy after it was bought for £250,000 by a renowned dealer on the Channel 4 television show The Greatest Auction.
The G2 interviewMusicInterview‘We’re just little country bumpkins!’: 2022’s hottest band Wet Leg on songs, silliness and their surprise successZoe WilliamsRhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers’ feelgood anthems have beguiled fans. But after playing for fun and turning down record labels to rollerskate – do they finally feel they are a ‘real band’?
How does a song by an unknown band get to be listened to 6.5m times? It was hard enough to determine in the olden days, before streaming existed, when we still said “popular” instead of “viral”; it is absolutely baffling now.