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Former England star Kenny Sansom admits he's 'homeless, a drunk and sleeping on a park bench'
Thursday 01 August 2013
Shocking admission by former Arsenal player is down to his on-going issues with alcohol and gambling causing his family to fear for his life
Camerons enjoy holiday market trip on Algarve
Friday 26 July 2013
David Cameron and his wife Samantha have begun their summer holiday with a visit to a Portuguese fish market.
Gabby Logan thinks women are window dressing at Sky News, but to me they seem like experts
Tuesday 23 July 2013
Is the outfit all that counts? Are are the female sports presenters the human version of flouncy curtains?
Music review: Mark Ronson, Plan B and others at Lovebox, Victoria Park, London
Monday 22 July 2013
The sweltering dustbowl of Victoria Park played host to a crowd of beery, sweaty twentysomethings in neon glasses forgetting the working week - soundtracked by house, hiphop, and a touch of politics.
Shorts: Can men in the real world ever carry off exposed knees?
Sunday 21 July 2013
Designers love them, but can we really take a man in shorts seriously? Fashion editor Alexander Fury says yes, but chief political commentator John Rentoul – a habitual suit-wearer – begs to differ
Album review: James Brown and the Famous Flames, Best of Live at the Apollo: 50th Anniversary (Polydor)
Saturday 20 July 2013
This is not, as you might imagine, a reissue of the classic 1962 Live at the Apollo, but instead a selection of tracks from that release alongside later performances from James Brown's 600-plus appearances at the Harlem venue, culled from shows in 1962, '67, '71 and '72.
Postcard from... Brussels
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Britain isn’t the only country enjoying a welcome spell of balmy weather at the moment. In Belgium, too, the sun has come out after one of the most miserable springs on record, and people spent the weekend picking up some much-needed rays in gardens, parks and on beaches.
Heatwave, what heatwave? Hanging out in Britain's coldest spots
Tuesday 16 July 2013
It's not all sweat and sweltering - from Ceredigion to Cornwall, find out what you could be up to in out of the heat
The 10 Best men's shorts
Sunday 14 July 2013
Whether you’re man enough to wear a pair to the office or just want to keep cool as you trot the globe, these are the top picks
Thousands exposed to nuclear fallout 500 times the maximum accepted levels during South Pacific tests
Thursday 04 July 2013
Declassified military documents reveal that French tests in the region in the 1960s and 1970s posed far more of a threat to those involved than previously acknowledged
Paris Spring/Summer 2014: Fashion loves a man in uniform, but it’s a style that now comes in many guises
Sunday 30 June 2013
Menswear revolves around uniforms. That sounds like an overly simple statement, but the final day of Paris’ spring/summer 2014 menswear shows has kitted out man in a variety of guises, each, in one way or another, a uniform.
Punk rocks: Rick Owens embraces the apocalypse – in sportswear
Thursday 27 June 2013
Designer hoists Eastern European punk band to the rafters for Paris fashion show
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- 2 Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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