As Andy Robertson showed so powerfully in his Diogo Jota tribute, grief never leaves you – the pain with which Liverpool are grappling cannot be ignored, writes DOMINIC KING

That’s the thing with grief. It is always there, stalking your every move from the shadows. You know it, you carry the burden but are still powerless when it pounces to consume you. For Andrew Robertson, grief clamped on to him in a Glasgow hotel room on Tuesday, hours before one of the biggest nights […]

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Kapusta (Ukrainian Cabbage Soup)

Cabbage soup might elicit a collective cringe in the West, where it’s connected to crash diets and the impossible quest for a “bikini body.” But in Ukrainian homes—and across much of Eastern Europe—it’s seen as the opposite: comfort food. My grandmother makes kapusta (cabbage soup) for every special occasion. It’s the first thing we eat […]

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‘I see boos as a GOOD thing’: Lando Norris shrugs off negativity – amid jeers for his wins in Brazil and Mexico – as title favourite chases down maiden F1 world championship

It is a strange phenomenon that has followed Lando Norris to the bright lights of the Las Vegas Strip. Boos for the unlikeliest of characters.  In the last two races, the world championship leader who turned 26 last week, received jeers as he won them both. ‘Why?’, we all wondered. What had caused crowds in […]

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