Who is Liverpool FC's new manager Arne Slot? Simon Kuper and Mehreen Khan teaches you about the incoming Dutchman in our first special episode, out now. Listen to it here: linktr.ee/heroesandhumans #ArneSlot

🎧 Meet football's most mendacious, manipulative, and magnificent f--k boy. Latest Heroes & Humans podcast on Jose Mourinho (part 1) megaphone.link/SPECIALPROJECT…

Join us in Vauxhall, London, for an evening of footballing discussion and quizzing to mark the release of our latest issue. Panel: Jonathan Wilson, Marcus Speller, Miguel Delaney, tariq panja Tickets: eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-w…

40,000 Palestinians have been killed. Children are catching polio. A UN court has found Israel in breach of international law. Illegal settlers are seizing West Bank land. You can support Israel, but it is deeply sad that, for a faith leader, none of this merits a mention.

Settlers are "rapidly seizing West Bank land." Beyond Israel's authorized (though still illegal) settlements, "there are currently at least 196" unauthorized outposts "across the West Bank, and 29 were set up last year - more than in any previous year." bbc.com/news/articles/…

Answering @JoostSchreur's question about why France has relatively high fertility rate: probably because of the very good state crèche and nursery system, which helps parents raise kids without going either insane or broke. (We were massive beneficiaries when our children were

Dear Simon, this is a terrific piece: poised, informed, smart, contrary, brilliant. And thank you for the plug (and for finding the good quotes).

Last night was indeed the last one for this Lviv family. Only the father has survived. Don’t know how he will live on. #RussianWarCrimes #StandWithUkraine

THINK TWICE, my new book, is OUT TODAY! It's a compilation of the simple puzzles that (almost) everyone gets wrong. How will you get on? #ThinkTwice #MeTwice amzn.to/4cZAVO1 uk.bookshop.org/a/1891/9781529…

Morning! A big week for me & everyone involved in publishing this book. Although the writer gets all the attention, books are huge collaborative efforts, so enormous thanks to everyone who helped me get here. Live podcast from next week tickets at davidmcwilliams.ie/podcasts

Publication day! The Haunted Wood is in bookshops now. Please buy a copy. (If you do I'll be your best friend AND you can share the Twix from my packed lunch.) oneworld-publications.com/work/the-haunt…

What happens when the winning man of football stops winning? In our latest episode Simon Kuper and Mehreen Khan cover Mourinho’s fall from awards dominance and universal acclaim in the 2010s. They chronicle the charismatic and polarising coach’s career from Real Madrid,

New episode of the @Heroesandhumans podcast is on the Fall (or is it redemption?) of Jose Mourinho. What went wrong? And we finish by asking a terrifying question: what would he have been if he hadn't gone into football? You can listen here: linktr.ee/heroesandhuman…

Part two of the pod on the man running football's most elaborate Truman Show (with cameos from Justin Bieber and Viktor Orban) 👇 @kupersimon megaphone.link/SPECIALPROJECT…

John McManus Patrick Keddie Would also recommend the episode of Heroes & Humans by Simon Kuper & Mehreen Khan about Sukur too. The story had been on my mind for ages but it was this pod that reminded me to properly pursue it. open.spotify.com/episode/2Rdtd4…

.UNICEF's Victor Aguayo: "The nutrition situation in #Gaza is one of the most severe that we have ever seen, one of the most severe food and nutrition crises in history. And it is important to remember that the nearly half of Gaza's population who are suffering from this

Excellent read but am horrified to discover that most Americans are up by 7am. What for? What's the point?

Now that the whole thing is almost over (the Paralympics end on Sunday), how have the Olympics changed Paris? (Clue: overwhelmingly for the better). Me with a resident's view Financial Times on.ft.com/3Xvq3Dh