Please can the next airplane safety announcement be made in Plainsong? (Inspired by an announcement that was almost delivered in Plainchant.)

"I don’t see why I can’t get back in have a long and successful Test career. I think the captaincy will bring out a truer version of myself" A chat with the engaging Haseeb Hameed on Bazball, Pilates and his new challenge skippering Notts Times Sport 👇 thetimes.co.uk/article/haseeb…

"My goal isn't just to be in the squad. It's cool being picked. But it's just the start" The remarkable Beno Obano on returning from three serious knee injuries, on not being normal, and hopes of playing with cousin Maro Itoje in Six Nations Times Sport thetimes.co.uk/article/beno-o…

unless it's processional

🗣️“I would not say there’s a masochism. It’s not the pain per se — that’s just a second-order effect of doing something well. I don’t fear pain” ⬇️ Alistair Brownlee interview | ✍️ rick broadbent thetimes.co.uk/article/alista…

Social chameleon, insane engine, cricketing nurdler, early developer, shrewd business partner, best thrower in the world. How Jamie George developed into the captain to reconnect England with their fans Times Sport thetimes.co.uk/article/jamie-…

"It was just a few words that made you feel a little bigger, a little more confident" Courtney Lawes on when he accidentally gatecrashed a Warren Gatland meeting and how the Wales coach brings the best from his players Times Sport thetimes.co.uk/article/rfu-mu…

"My schoolmates would laugh when I said I wanted to be an F1 driver..." Exclusive interview with the remarkable Ollie Bearman on his whirlwind F1 debut Scuderia Ferrari HP, missing his dogs, failing his driving test and learning Italian Times Sport 👇thetimes.co.uk/article/oliver…

"It feels like the beginnings of a bit of a boom in Barrow" Meet the football club who train 100 miles from home, with a manager who learned his trade in the pub, who are turning geographical isolation to their advantage Times Sport thetimes.co.uk/sport/football…

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From kid with diamante earrings to England's next star – inside club that nurtured Brydon Carse Bowler was a skinny South African teenager when he arrived at Burnmoor, Co Durham, a decade ago but they helped to turn him into Test bowler Full story by John Westerby⬇️

"I’m never going to be a scrum half who doesn’t get his shirt and shorts dirty" Raffi Quirke on sniping breaks, snipping team-mates' hair and coming back to his best after a series of freakish injuries Times Sport thetimes.com/sport/rugby-un…

"My last game for Bath was the Premiership final in front of 82,000 at Twickenham. The next game was my Italy debut in front of about 5,000 in Apia." Meet Matt Gallagher, the South London boy with All Black dad giving Italy the edge By John Westerby⬇️ thetimes.com/sport/rugby-un…

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Please watch... it actually gave me a lump in my throat.

Cancelling Between the Covers: frankly bewildering. What could be 'higher-impact' than the BBC tackling the reading for pleasure crisis, asks Natasha Poliszczuk bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-arti… (Free to view)

It’s very difficult to do books on TV but Between the Covers got it right. Just the sort of show the BBC should be doing. I know they’re short of funds but this is a real shame.

*One month before her 95th birthday, Patricia Routledge wrote something that still gently echoes:* **“I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I

Great combination of musical instruments❤️