Here was the home of English football erupting to the sound of 70,000 rosbifs (alongside 1,400 genuine French fans) belting out the Marseillaise as passionately as any ‘enfant de la Patrie’ on Bastille Day – albeit with an accent worthy of Winston Churchill if not Alf Garnett. In any case, many fans were soon expressing themselves in their customary way. As moving as the joint singing of the anthems was the sudden English annexation of the traditional French chant: ‘Allez les bleus.’ Last night’s friendly fixture against England had been elevated from sporting event to symbol of national and international solidarity, writes ROBERT HARDMAN. ...read
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Who knew fungi can be so much fun? Couple become unlikely celebrities after finding 1,000 kinds of mushrooms and toadstools in their own backyard
For John and Doreen Bailey, right, every day is like the teddy bears’ picnic. Off they go to the woods in search of a big surprise — and they often find one. Indeed, they have unearthed one right in front of me this afternoon. It’s a striking, very pretty, luminously red, little mushroom poking out of the grass. It could have come straight out of a fairytale by the Brothers Grimm. One bite, presumably, and I would either drop dead, turn into a goblin or start suffering wild hallucinations, writes Robert Hardman, left. ...read
He only had to nod in respect... So why did Jeremy Corbyn barely move his head during his Remembrance Sunday debut at the Cenotaph, asks ROBERT HARDMAN
Veterans and television viewers were left wondering whether or not Jeremy Corbyn had performed a bow at the Cenotaph during his Remembrance Sunday debut as Labour leader, writes ROBERT HARDMAN. As ever, it was the Queen who led the nation in tribute to all Britain’s war dead, as she has always done on the second Sunday in November. After laying her wreath and bowing, she was followed by the King of Holland, other royalty and the Prime Minister who all did the same. ...read