Kurdish militant group responds to call from its jailed leader, Abdullah Öcalan, to lay down armsA Kurdish militia has declared a ceasefire in its 40-year insurgency against Turkey after its imprisoned leader called for the group to disarm and dissolve...

Fake reasons for leaving jobs, manipulated dates and inflated titles among most frequent falsehoodsIn 28 years of recruitment, Matt Collingwood has witnessed some “very awkward” job interviews. Like the candidate whose CV falsely boasted of a second-da...

Half a century on from the sublimely ridiculous Tommy, the passionate abandon that distinguished Russell’s films – from composer biopics to the infamous The Devils, among other bonkers oddities – is needed now more than everThis month marks the 50th an...

For more than 50 years I’ve revelled in the epic courage of boxing. But deaths, gangsterism and sportswashing have made it much harder to loveWhen I was a boy, living in South Africa, I fell for Muhammad Ali. As graceful as he was provocative, Ali amaz...

Exclusive: Bronze cast of Christ connected to Florentine artist to be sold alongside Spanish masterpieceA precociously talented artist, scarcely out of his teens, was in 1620 commissioned to paint the portrait of an intrepid nun passing through his hom...

Despite wet weather hitting yields, supermarkets are reporting a doubling in rhubarb sales compared to last yearIt takes a while for the eyes to adjust to the darkness inside the shed. Slowly, the shapes of hundreds of pale stalks emerge from the gloom...