Richard Mann has three selections in his staking plan for the World Snooker Championship – check out his in-depth preview of ...

The composer and lyricist of Fellow Travelers, an opera based on Thomas Mallon’s 2007 novel about the anti-gay lavender scare of the 1950s, have withdrawn the work from the 2025-26 season of the ...

The Crucible curse refers to the fact that no first-time champion has been able to retain the World Snooker Championship ...

Soccer may be the world’s most popular sport, with billions of people across the globe both watching and playing the ...

Jimmy White's wait for another appearance at the Crucible Theatre will stretch to two decades after he was beaten in World Championship qualifying. The 62-year-old lost 10-5 to Ashley Carty in the ...

Casting has been announced for Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, which will run at Shakespeare’s Globe from 8 May to 12 July. This production, directed by Ola Ince, represents the first time a modern ...

Kyren Wilson is hoping to make history by breaking the notorious Crucible Curse. The so-called curse has haunted first-time World Snooker Champions since the tournament made its home in Sheffield ...

Robertson has enjoyed a decent start to 2025 and landed the World Grand Prix title in March after whitewashing Stuart Bingham ...

The pivotal accuser at the trials, Tituba, would go down in history as a purveyor of satanic magic. An 1880s engraving depicts her in the act of terrifying children. Mary Evans Picture Library ...