The Light aims to bring art of international significance to north-east EnglandWorks by Tracey Emin, Steve McQueen and Olafur Eliasson have gone on display at a new contemporary art gallery and museum in north-east England which aims to show works of international significance.The Light is a £17m redevelopment of a…

Just over 50 years after she was one of the first Black artists to have a solo show at the Whitney, the museum gathers some of her most remarkable paintings for a new exhibitionSurprisingly, the term “outsider art” was coined fairly recently – in 1972, when the art historian Roger Cardinal made it the title of…

The rapid professionalisation of woman’s football has brought money and status. But copying the structures and culture of the male game risks undermining what made it distinctKaren Dobres is the author of Pitch Invasion: My Story as a Woman on a Football Club BoardThe fourth season of the critically acclaimed…

The TV presenter and author on the evolutionary biologists who inspired her, the genius of George Eliot – and fun with Frog and ToadMy earliest reading memoryThe first books I remember were from The Village with Three Corners series Sheila K McCullagh. I loved the – literally – colourful characters, like Johnny…

On 23 August, it will be 100 days since the Bundibugyo strain was first reported. How did it became the DRC’s most deadly outbreak and what must be done to stop it becoming the world’s largest?Almost 100 days ago, Africa’s public health watchdog reported an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the…

⚽ All the latest football news, comment and previews⚽ This weekend’s fixtures | Read Football Daily | Mail TomManchester City are close to agreeing the transfer of Savinho to Tottenham for £85m, with a separate deal of around £75m for the arrival of Omar Marmoush from the FA Cup-winners to the north London…

Unprecedented downpours cause deaths, evacuations and transport chaos. Plus, Hurricane Lala batters HawaiiSouth Korea and Japan were hit by extreme rainfall late last week and into this week. On 13 August in the city of Chiba near Tokyo there was a record-breaking 115mm of rainfall in just one hour, while the nearby…

Film emerges as France says it has prevented 185 ‘small boat crossing events’ in three months since new £660m deal with UKFootage has captured the moment French police officers clashed with people on a beach in northern France as the authorities attempted to intercept a dinghy attempting to reach the UK.Men…

(Sunnyside)Saxophonist and composer Wilmer brilliantly transforms Gil tunes, changing tempos and adding breathy melodies, flourishes of horns or undulating rhythms to luscious effectOver the past three years, Brazilian saxophonist and composer Gaia Wilmer has reimagined the catalogues of her country’s virtuosos so…

Norway’s world No 1 outclassed the field and won the $250,000 first prize at the four-day event in FranceMagnus Carlsen, Norway’s world No 1, triumphed again last weekend when he won the 2026 Esports World Cup, staged over four days at the prestigious venue of the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. Carlsen retained…