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There can be wisdom in crowds – but there can also be ignorance and emotion masquerading as wisdom

Man intervening in nature is nothing new, and it need not always provoke a catastrophe

A total of 31 athletes from six sports and 12 National Olympic Committees were implicated in the IOC's findings

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When I get home, Maddy Ralston will no longer be there – but I will see Jake Ralston, and it will be love at first sight

There is nothing new about this type of university appointment, and it's far more sophisticated than simply throwing a little stardust on proceedings

The media has focused almost entirely on the 'big beasts' debating European politics over their brandy and cigars, leaving female politicians to fight over such important matters as who is going to cook the chicken tikka masala

Every drama, sporting and otherwise, needs its anti-hero and there is little doubt that he is the bête-noire of the beautiful game

Enescu's only opera, completed in 1936, finally arrives at Covent Garden in a magnificent co-production with La Monnaie first seen in Brussels in 2011. And what a masterpiece it is. Designed by Spanish-Catalan Alfons Flores and directed by Àlex Ollé, it opens with a tableau of 20 panels of sepia draped figures recalling a cathedral frontage where the Thebans celebrate the birth of a son to King Laïos and Queen Jocaste (memorably incarnated by Sarah Connolly), interrupted by the blind prophet Tirésias... Читать дальше...

Sanders is at risk of damaging Hillary Clinton's chances, so much so that he allows Donald Trump to win the presidency – and certainly more easily than The Donald deserves

Fluent and cannily pitched

Altitude sickness can befall anyone, and surprisingly can't be prevented by someone including bacon or butter in their diet

The Conservative MP gave the Governor the most courteous of thrashings over the Bank of England's intervention in the Brexit debate

Now that Mohammed Zaman has been convicted, perhaps the world will sit up and listen when allergy sufferers question the content of restaurant meals

Wilson will join the cast for eight weeks from 28 June until 21 August

David McVicar's Glyndebourne production of Die Meistersinger premiered in 2011 to a deafening chorus of approval, but that was before people had seen Richard Jones's production for Welsh National Opera. While McVicar set the work in a lovingly-recreated city of Wagner's time, Jones adopted a delicately surreal approach which allowed him to rivetingly illuminate Wagner's elaborate affirmation of the power of love and creativity.

The bottom of Shelly Xue's 'Angel is Waiting' was destroyed while on display at Shanghai Museum of Glass

The significance of the Sunday Times report is that most of the Iraq Inquiry findings are devoted to what happened after the invasion of Iraq