D-Day: How code-breakers changed the course of history
They were eccentric code-breakers hidden in a Victorian mansion. Their secret work underpinned the D-Day invasion and shaped World War…
A Country Called Scotland? A Briton’s Identity Crisis
Britain's vote to leave the EU has stirred separatist passions in Scotland and Northern Ireland -- and plunged me and…
Muslim players make inroads into English cricket
While racial and religious tensions have risen in Britain after the Brexit vote, Muslim players are quietly breaking down barriers…
Football hooliganism rears its head again
Fan violence by hooligans at this year's European football championships is a reminder of George Orwell's adage that sport is…
Watch out Yanks. Cricket is coming.
It's quintessentially English. But American audiences are about to see a jazzed-up version of cricket, and TV companies are rubbing…
Here comes the World Cup — rugby style
They run, kick and toss a ball. They collide like mastodons. No, it's not the NFL. It's the Rugby World Cup,…