In spring 1953, Britain was looking forward. After the trauma of the war and its aftermath, people were no longer focused simply on surviving. Thanks in part to the postwar settlement and welfare stat

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On his first time back in Mexico since collecting the World Cup Golden Boot in 1986, the former England striker reflects on his career, the Three Lions’ hopes for 2026 and being inducted into the International Football Hall of Fame

BACK IN THE 1980S, AROUND WHEN I FIRST MOVED to the U.S. from Mexico, Republican Congressman Jack Kemp, then one of conservatism’s brightest stars, who’d quarterbacked the Buffalo Bills before going i

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