Barnsley

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Louis Tomlinson: ‘I’ve turned something dark into something that empowers me.’ Photograph: Stephen Lovekin/Getty
One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson: ‘I’ve been to rock bottom’
  • Music
  • September 25, 2019, 12:32

After Louis Tomlinson’s recent show in Madrid, some fans got the chance to meet him. One girl wanted to talk to him about his song Two of Us , which h(...)

Tory MP Mark Francois lets rip during an interview with the BBC
Brexit is the gift that keeps on giving - if it wasn’t so serious it might be funny

Brexit is the gift that keeps on giving for satirists and provides much needed levity given the seriousness of the issues. If the consequences of it w(...)

Harry Leslie Smith: vocal critic of austerity, has died aged 95. Photograph: Icon Books
Harry Leslie Smith, ‘world’s oldest rebel’, dies aged 95
  • People
  • November 28, 2018, 09:46

Harry Leslie Smith, the political commentator and second World War veteran who survived the Great Depression, has died in Canada aged 95, his family s(...)

Former Ipswich Town manager Mick McCarthy. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA Wire
Mick McCarthy to leave Ipswich Town with immediate effect

Mick McCarthy dramatically announced his departure as Ipswich manager following their 1-0 victory over Barnsley. A headed goal from Danish World Cup(...)

Sean Dyche: the Burnley manager believes in structure and work, values and intelligence and has led his club to lofty heights. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images
Michael Walker: Old-fashioned values serving Dyche and Burnley well

“I’m not a fashion item.” So said Sean Dyche. He said it this month four years ago when Burnley had just beaten Barnsley 1-0 to end a run of six game(...)

Steven Caulker tackles Fernando Torres during Cardiff City’s 2013/14 top flight campaign. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty
Steven Caulker: ‘I felt for large periods there was no light at the end of the tunnel’

Steven Caulker has a tale to tell and, as hard as it is to hear, it is best simply to listen. His stream of consciousness veers from scoring on his En(...)

Paula Cocozza: observes what she calls “social brokenness” – “We live our lives removed from the people next door, from the people we sit next to at work.”
Paula Cocozza’s urban feeling for nature

It’s a gloriously sunny morning and I’m chatting to Paula Cocozza when she suddenly gets distracted. “Oh, a jay just flew by my window,” she exclaims.(...)

Dundalk’s Daryl Horgan has been named in the Ireland squad. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho
Dundalk duo named in Irish squad as Shane Long misses out
  • Soccer
  • November 2, 2016, 10:45

Dundalk duo Andy Boyle and Daryl Horgan have received their first call-ups in Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill’s provisional squad for the 2(...)

Sunderland manager David Moyes looks dejected after seeing his side lose to Stoke City in the Premier League. Photo: Reuters
Michael Walker: Geordies now joyful as winds of change blow cold
  • Soccer
  • October 22, 2016, 07:00

On May 11th this year, Sunderland hosted Everton at the Stadium of Light and beat them 3-0. It was a decisive victory in more than scoreline. The thre(...)