So grand, even the loo is listed! Inside historic Askham Hall in Cumbria, which transports guests back through time – with a dash of Harry Potter Askham Hall is located on the ancient Lowther Estate in Cumbria – it dates back to the turbulent 1200s The stately Lonsdale is the pick of the 19 rooms, which … Read more
NETFLIX Pele Pelé (above) is the only player to have won the World Cup three times – with Brazil in 1958, 1962 and 1970 – and was for a time the highest-paid athlete in the world Pelé is the only player to have won the World Cup three times – with Brazil in 1958, … Read more
NETFLIX Pele Pelé (above) is the only player to have won the World Cup three times – with Brazil in 1958, 1962 and 1970 – and was for a time the highest-paid athlete in the world Pelé is the only player to have won the World Cup three times – with Brazil in 1958, … Read more
That rage, that insatiable, brilliant, magnificent, rage, is at last calmed. Diego Maradona is gone. Nine ambulances, called to his home in San Andres, north of Buenos Aires, could not save him. Three days of national mourning were immediately declared. ‘He leaves us, but does not leave,’ wrote Lionel Messi, ‘because Diego is eternal.’ And … Read more
Tributes have flooded in for footballing legend Diego Maradona, who has died aged 60. Sports stars and celebrities paid their respects to the Argentinian, who was out of hospital recovering from surgery after a blot clot on his brain. Barcelona icon Lionel Messi, Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo and Brazilian great Pele were among the footballers to … Read more