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The breakout star of Wimbledon talks about nearly quitting tennis, finding his second wind as a late bloomer and coming into his own as the role model he never had while growing up Published: 27 Aug 2023 ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaKiipLOquMRooquho6myr3nDqJyrnaI%3D

Greek Islands holidaysThis Dodecanese gem has 20th-century Italian influences as well as the classic repertoire of secret beaches and laid-back tavernas ‘It is an unusual island,” said my friend Yannis, slightly self-consciously. “We are a bit different from our neighbours.” Yannis, a cafe owner, is right: Leros is unusual, but in a good way. It is just a few miles from Turkey, but a million tourist miles from Kos and Rhodes, its Dodecanese siblings.

The LibertinesWhy will this weekend's Libertines slot at Leeds and Reading festival mean so much to their followers? Because the band gave back so many memories to their fans, memories like these Richard Day recalls dodging the police and climbing through broken glass to watch Pete Doherty play …The first time I properly met the Libertines was when they played a gig to celebrate leaving their flat on Teasdale Street, Bethnal Green (a place known as the "

UK weatherUK weather: Storm Jocelyn to follow Isha with more strong winds and heavy rainSecond named storm in 36 hours continues country’s most active storm season since records began Storm Jocelyn will quickly follow Storm Isha, meteorologists said, continuing what has been the most active storm season in the UK and Ireland since records began. Met Éireann has named Storm Jocelyn, which is forecast to bring strong winds and heavy rain to the UK on Tuesday and into Wednesday.

Ward Hall, 84. He has been in the sideshow business for 70 years. GuardianFloridaWith the demise of the carnival, an important slice of American history risks being lost – but the residents of Gibsonton, Florida, are trying to keep the legacy of the town’s famous ‘freaks’ alive For those who didn’t quite fit elsewhere, Gibtown was a utopia. Its first settlers, the Giant, and his wife, the Half-Woman, ran a campsite, a bakeshop and the fire department.

PregnancyAfter reading that more women are painting their pregnant bellies, Anna Pickard meets a makeup artist that has been specialising in it for 12 years. Why do women do it, is it on the increase, and which designs are most popular?Most women in the late stages of pregnancy spend a lot of time staring at their massive, swollen belly. Mostly, just because it is there. Some might be longing for the day they can put their own shoes on (or at least see their feet without the aid of a mirror); others might be wondering how the size of the internal thing is really supposed to transition to being external, because it suddenly seems preposterous.

Research This article is more than 14 years oldEditor quits after journal accepts bogus science articleThis article is more than 14 years oldScience journal fails to spot hoax despite heavy hints from authorsThe editor-in-chief of an academic journal has resigned after his publication accepted a hoax article. The Open Information Science Journal failed to spot that the incomprehensible computer-generated paper was a fake. This was despite heavy hints from its authors, who claimed they were from the Centre for Research in Applied Phrenology – which forms the acronym Crap.

Tony Blair This article is more than 1 month oldEuan Blair’s apprenticeship firm Multiverse reports near-tripling of lossesThis article is more than 1 month oldFormer PM’s son’s company also incurs 44 immediate job cuts, most of them in the US Euan Blair’s apprenticeship company Multiverse has reported a near-tripling of pre-tax annual losses to £40.5m – its seventh straight year of losses since the son of the former prime minister Tony Blair set it up in 2016.

OpinionFugazi This article is more than 5 years oldFugazi sang an anti-rape message to their male audience 30 years ago – what's changed?This article is more than 5 years oldGareth HutchensIt is the 30th anniversary of the release of their EP which had the song Suggestion It’s hard to believe it was thirty years ago. This month, in 1988, a post-hardcore punk band from Washington D.C. called Fugazi released a seven-song EP.