Like missing a series finale: Canada abruptly ends official time signal

CanadaCountry’s public broadcaster announces termination of longest-running radio program in country’s history, taking Canadians by surprise A series of crackly pips and beeps broadcast to radios across Canada has outlasted two monarchs, 13 prime ministers, 27 sessions of parliament and various fractures to national unity. They have provided a quiet comfort to citizens abroad and inspired music and artworks. But this week, after 84 years, Canada’s public broadcaster announced the termination of its official time signal, abruptly ending the longest running radio program in the country’s history.

Miles Davis's 20 greatest albums ranked! | Miles Davis

The man with the horn … Miles Davis at the Montreux jazz festival in 1973. Photograph: David Warner Ellis/RedfernsWith his lost 1985 album Rubberband out in September, and the 50th anniversary of In a Silent Way – released this week – we count down the jazz icon’s finest moments by John Fordham20. Bags’ Groove (1957)In the end, Miles Davis would fascinate jazz, rock and classical fans alike. But in the 1940s he had been a teenage trumpet hopeful partnering Charlie Parker and by 1954, when this session was recorded, he had an understatedly personal version of the revolutionary bebop sound.

Tiepolo Blue by James Cahill review a bold debut of psychosexual awakening

Book of the dayFictionReviewA repressed art historian expands his horizons in a 90s-set novel that moves from campus satire to something queerer in every sense of the word James Cahill’s hotly tipped debut about art, privilege and power takes us first to the rarefied environs of Peterhouse College, Cambridge. It’s 1994 and winds of change are blasting through the university. An installation entitled Sick Bed – very much modelled on Tracey Emin’s groundbreaking My Bed – has been erected on the quadrangle.

A bit of a clown: a look at Congressman George Santoss endless fabrications

George Santos slipped through the cracks during his successful campaign because Democrats didn’t take him seriously. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty ImagesGeorge Santos slipped through the cracks during his successful campaign because Democrats didn’t take him seriously. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty ImagesGeorge SantosThe New York fabulist accomplished practically nothing in his political career, just self-promotion through sheer chutzpah In a way, George Santos is one of the great success stories of American politics.

Alan Coren | Media | The Guardian

MediaObituaryAlan CorenA humorist and wry commentator, he made his name as editor of PunchAlan Coren, who has died of cancer aged 69, was an extremely funny man. Dubbed a national treasure of wit by one critic, in the New Yorker he was even called the natural successor to SJ Perelman - high and unusual praise for a man who had once been criticised as a mere imitator of that magazine's great comic writer.

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green - review | Children's books

Children's booksChildren's booksAn Abundance of Katherines by John Green - review'Every Katherine he has ever dated has dumped him, or so he believes'John Green, An Abundance of KatherinesAn Abundance of Katherines by John Green is based around Colin: a child prodigy and a wannabe genius, who only seems to want to date girls named Katherine. However, each Katherine he has ever dated has dumped him, or so he believes. Heartbroken by being dumped by K-19 (Katherine number 19), his best friend Hassan plans a road trip which will change Colin's whole outlook on love, relationships and life.

Brighton 4-2 Tottenham: Premier League as it happened | Premier League

28 Dec 202317.18 ESTHere’s David Hytner’s match report. And with that, goodnight. Tottenham battered despite late rally after Estupiñán provides Brighton fizzRead more28 Dec 202316.54 ESTThe Tottenham manager, Ange Postecoglou, speaks to Amazon Prime Video: “Look, we probably looked a little bit tired. I’ve got to be fair on the lads, they’ve put in a hell of a shift in the last few weeks … we hung in there til the end, can’t fault the effort.

Jim Clark dies in 170mph crash | Formula One

Formula OneJim Clark dies in 170mph crashHockenheim, West Germany, April 7 Jim Clark, the former world motor racing champion was killed when his Lotus-Cosworth skidded off the track and somersaulted into a wood at about 170mph during a Formula Two race here today. The car had emerged form the Shrimps Head curve and was racing down the straight when the accident happened. "Suddenly Jim's car broke out," said Chris Irwin, another British entry, who was driving about 250 yards behind.

Roar review female star power and sex with a duck

TV reviewTelevisionReviewThis series of one-off dramas from the makers of GLOW has big names – Nicole Kidman, Cynthia Erivo – and plots centred around even bigger concepts. But can it pull them off? The anthology series Roar (Apple TV+), from the makers of GLOW, promises eight standalone stories about “what it means to be a woman today”. Considering that these stories involve sex with a duck, teeth emerging from bloody wounds and teenage “incels” in basements, what it means to be a woman today is certainly unsettling.

Sergio Ramos and his 29 red cards: a retrospective

SevillaBack with his boyhood club, the defender has finally seen red for Sevilla nearly 20 years after his debut Sergio Ramos may have won the Champions League four times, five La Liga titles, the World Cup and two European Championships but once again the defender is in the headlines for the wrong reasons. On Sunday night, the 37-year-old Sevilla defender was sent off against Real Sociedad – the 29th time in his career that he has seen red.