Jeffrey Archer interview: The best-selling author and former politician on good yarns, early starts and bouncing back
You have a new book out. Can you give me an overview?
You have a new book out. Can you give me an overview?
The day before I interview Courtney Barnett, she and her band perform a "guerrilla gig" outside Camden Town Tube station in north London. Under a slate-grey August sky, they run through her latest single six, seven, eight times while it is filmed for a promotional video. Barnett, a 27-year-old Australian, lip-syncs the first few renditions, giving the performance a strange, muted quality, but she remains animated and unperturbed in spite of the rather peculiar demands of the occasion. Her eyes twinkle... Читать дальше...
Wandsworth Prison is not a place I ever thought I would willingly return to. I was last there four years ago, visiting my son Charlie, who had just been given 16 months for violent disorder following the university fees protests. Whether they deserve to be there or not, seeing your child in a prison grey tracksuit is not something I would recommend to any parent. It was a deeply depressing experience.
Ailment: Putting someone on a pedestal
(Reuters) - Marathon man Pierre-Hugues Herbert of France delivered another Houdini-like escape to reach his first ATP World Tour final with a 3-6 7-6(5) 6-2 victory over Steve Johnson at the Winston-Salem Open in North Carolina on Friday.
LONDON (Reuters) - As one of the most iconic images of rock, Algie, the inflatable pig which famously flew over London's Battersea power station for Pink Floyd's "Animals" album cover, was set to be a star lot at an upcoming auction.
(Reuters) - The U.S. Open has long been a tournament for the 20-something set but an in-form Roger Federer is looking to break that trend at the year's final grand slam.
If you don’t remember The Fast Show’s brilliant Competitive Dad character, don’t worry, you shouldn’t need to linger too long in any public park around the country before one comes along.
Hermes says it is in talks with actress and singer Jane Birkin about her request to remove her name from the Birkin Croco bag. Jane Ross reports.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp avoided a potentially costly setback to its mobile phone business on Friday as the U.S. International Trade Commission declined to block the import of its devices in a longstanding patent dispute.
* Spieth misses the cut (Updates after completion of second round)
Brazil, Russia, India and China, known as the BRIC countries, were once the envy of economies everywhere, but now....not so much.
If there was ever a week for the Republican presidential candidates to talk tough on China, this was it: Spurred by the stock market's wild ride, they lashed out at the world's most populous nation.
The last time Rafael Nadal played at the US Open he won the title, but it would be a major shock if the Spaniard repeated the feat over the next fortnight. Nadal, who missed last year’s tournament with a wrist problem, has had a difficult time over the last 15 months and is down to No 8 in the world. He is seeded to meet Novak Djokovic, the favourite and world No 1, in the quarter-finals.
The TV box set is every young sportsman’s must-have travel companion – but as Mason Crane makes his way to Edgbaston for Twenty20 Finals Day on Saturday, he has more reason than most to be thankful for their existence.
If Nick Kyrgios had any doubts as to how the wider tennis world might react to his recent misdemeanours they have probably been removed by his experiences at two public events here in the build-up to next week’s US Open. The 20-year-old’s comments to Stan Wawrinka in Montreal a fortnight ago, when he claimed that his fellow Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis had “banged” the world No 5’s girlfriend, have been widely condemned, especially by his peers.
If Nick Kyrgios had any doubts as to how the wider tennis world might react to his recent misdemeanours they have probably been removed by his experiences at two public events here in the build-up to next week’s US Open. The 20-year-old’s comments to Stan Wawrinka in Montreal a fortnight ago, when he claimed that his fellow Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis had “banged” the world No 5’s girlfriend, have been widely condemned, especially by his peers.
Police officers have arrested three teenagers and a man after a three-year-old girl was shot with an air rifle while playing in the park.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] has hired two top vehicle security researchers, the company said on Friday, high-profile additions that come as the ride-hailing service ramps up its work on technology for self-driving cars.
At this stage of the game, everyone is watching everybody with hawk-like intensity. England play Ireland in an important World Cup warm-up fixture at Twickenham next weekend – a match that could send their confidence levels into meltdown if they fail to improve on the lamentable effort in Paris seven days ago – and are already half-thinking about the must-win pool meeting with Wales in a month’s time.
TORONTO (Reuters) - The owner of adultery website Ashley Madison had already been struggling to sell itself or raise funds for at least three years before the publication of details about its members, according to internal documents and emails also released by hackers as part of their assault on the company in recent weeks.
Very few divided squads have gone within screaming distance of winning a World Cup, leaving aside the spectacularly combustible French vintages of 1999 and 2011, so a sense of togetherness will be one of the non-negotiables for England next month. They are making a decent enough start, thanks to the solidarity among the rugby league contingent in the red rose party.
Very few divided squads have gone within screaming distance of winning a World Cup, leaving aside the spectacularly combustible French vintages of 1999 and 2011, so a sense of togetherness will be one of the non-negotiables for England next month. They are making a decent enough start, thanks to the solidarity among the rugby league contingent in the red rose party.
, Brussels (Reuters) - - The European Commission will launch a study in September of the ride-hailing app Uber in an effort to settle legal disputes that have pitched the U.S. start-up against conventional taxis across Europe, three people familiar with the matter said on Friday.
Stuart Lancaster has moved into a new stage of his World Cup preparation: the agonising process of squad selection is behind him and the crossing of this boundary will bring him some relief. The decisions on the question-mark players – Sam Burgess, Henry Slade, Danny Cipriani, Kieran Brookes and Alex Corbisiero, George Kruis and Dave Attwood – were difficult ones for the coach and he’ll be pleased to be moving on.