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Murray claims third grand slam title of career in styleAs Andy Murray headed for the champion’s dinner at the Guildhall for the second time, three years after his first, he finally had time to properly savour the unique joy of owning not only the Wimbledon title, but the love of a nation, as well as his family.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerFind opportunity in failure – and don’t let your legs get in the way of world domination. Here is the distilled wisdom of Arnie’s first foray into self-help
He told us that he’d be back – but, after nearly 60 years in the public eye, Arnold Schwarzenegger has never gone away. Ever since his first trip to the US from Graz, Austria, in 1966, the Terminator has taken on a remarkable number of guises: bodybuilder, action hero, villain and even – in a move that seemed ludicrous in 2003, but in fact foretold decades of politics to come – the elected governor of California.
FictionReviewChance encounters hint at great romance, and Oliver dreams of Elio, in a stylised yet frustratingly unrealistic novel of love
In Richard Linklater’s film Before Sunrise, two strangers meet on a train, strike up a conversation and soon find themselves wandering around Vienna, intoxicated by each other’s presence and recognising that from a chance encounter a great romance might have begun. Find Me is a sequel to Call Me By Your Name, André Aciman’s 2007 novel that became an Oscar-winning film, and it begins in the same way as Linklater’s movie, but rather than the protagonists being a couple of twentysomethings, Samuel and Miranda have a greater disparity between their ages.
Golden nuggets: KFC price hikes in Australia outpace McDonalds with some products up to 25% deare
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Fast food This article is more than 7 months oldGolden nuggets: KFC price hikes in Australia outpace McDonald’s with some products up to 25% dearer than a year agoThis article is more than 7 months oldHigher-than-inflation rises add to pressure on consumers facing steep price increases for food
Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast KFC is pushing up prices at its Australian stores at a faster pace than its rival McDonald’s, with consumers paying up to 25% more for some of the fast food chain’s most popular items, new analysis shows.
Dating: these swans have got the hang of it … Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PADating: these swans have got the hang of it … Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PASociety booksReviewThis compelling history, from courtship to Tinder and hook-up culture, shows how each transition in dating has produced a scandalised condemnation of increased promiscuity
Tinder became one of the dominant dating apps in a field already thick with such apps, thanks to the following insight: dating needed to be more like a game.
Philip Green This article is more than 3 years oldPhilip Green profile: from 'zero to hero' and back againThis article is more than 3 years old‘King of the high street’ will forever be associated with the downfall of BHS – and now very possibly Arcadia
Sir Philip Green is most at home in a grey tracksuit pacing the decks of his £100m superyacht Lionheart floating in the tax haven of Monaco shouting into one, two or sometimes even three mobile phones simultaneously.
Uniquely challenging … Asteroids invades Butlins, Skegness. Photograph: Barry Lewis/In Pictures/Getty ImagesUniquely challenging … Asteroids invades Butlins, Skegness. Photograph: Barry Lewis/In Pictures/Getty ImagesGamesFrom the simplicity of Pong’s two bats and a ball to Space Invaders’ advancing ranks of aliens, the 70s saw the rise of a phenomenon that mesmerised the world
15. Pong (1972, Atari)It wasn’t the first video game; it wasn’t even the first ping-pong game – Table Tennis on the Magnavox Odyssey got there earlier.
Nicholas Lezard's choicePaperbacksReviewThis little gem is the best thing about the jubileeLet this column – a republican, ever since the usurpation of the enlightened elective monarchy of the Anglo-Saxons by those thugs, the Normans – at least join in the jamboree by celebrating the timely reprint of this little gem. You may well have read it already. You should have. It was first published in 2006 in the LRB, and released as a hardback in 2007.
FamilyPeople assume that, because we are of different faiths, we must have major problems in our relationship. In fact, it has strengthened our bond
When we – a Muslim and a Christian – fell in love, we didn’t think much about the differences in our religions. (People falling in love usually don’t think much, full stop.)
We figured what we did share – similar values, similar worldviews, and a similarly strong faith in God – was enough.