Entertainment
In 1975, the crews of Salò and Novecento met on a Parma football pitch. Purple shirts, disputed reinforcements and a fifteen-year-old Ancelotti made the match unforgettable.
Sports
On October 26, 1863, London clubs founded the Football Association to settle what counted as football. They did not finish the rules that night. Arguments over handling the ball…
Science
Casgevy has allowed many trial participants with sickle cell disease to go a year without severe crises and many with beta-thalassemia to stop regular transfusions. The latest…
History
On October 17, 1814, a vat failed at the Horse Shoe Brewery and released hundreds of thousands of gallons of porter into St Giles. Eight people died. The story is often told as…
Technology
Submarine fibre carries more than 99% of international data traffic, yet routes, repair ships and landing stations are easy to overlook. A closer look at the network’s physical…
Art and Culture
A handwritten score, an ensemble blues, a demanding composition and a Broadway melody open a path into John Coltrane’s music. In his centenary year, four recordings trace the…
Economy
Knight Frank’s 2026 comparison finds that US$1 million buys about 172 sq ft (16 sq m) of prime property in Monaco, 366 sq ft (34 sq m) in New York, 398 sq ft (37 sq m) in Paris and…
History
On October 17, 1956, thirteen-year-old Bobby Fischer let Donald Byrne take his queen. Seventy years later, their game shows why the strongest piece is not always the decisive one.
Culture
Sydney’s Opera House opened on October 20, 1973, without Jørn Utzon. Behind its familiar roof lay an engineering breakthrough, a political rupture and the work of completing his…
History
On October 16, 1968, Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised gloved fists on the Olympic podium. Beside them, Australia's Peter Norman wore a badge of solidarity.
Economy
A new currency and the removal of many controls helped revive exchange in western Germany after the war. The recovery that became an economic miracle, however, rested on more than…
Science
On October 16, 1846, a Boston printer underwent an operation with ether. The demonstration helped transform surgery, but his medical record tells a more complicated story.
