Rugby League was an opportunity to express myself when I was young. Give a big kid a rugby ball and he can run through people, so it became my career. I played in the Super League for Salford City Red

At the end of the road I live on in Herne Bay in Kent, there’s a bench. It overlooks the sea and is a place I often go when I want to clear my mind. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve sat the

THE SCARLETS FULL-BACK HAS BEEN A RARE RAY OF LIGHT IN THIS GENERATIONAL WOEFUL RUN OF FORM FOR WALES

Leigh Lawson has embraced acting and poetry with the same determination that sustained Marie Lloyd, the music-hall queen whose memorabilia he collects, as Carla Passino discovers

Sitting beside the hospital bed where my 15-year-old daughter Leoni lay, I clutched her hand. ‘It’s cancer,’ I said, fighting back tears. Seeing her bewildered face staring back at me, my heart broke.

In November 2024 you were named manager of Polish club Lechia Gdansk. How have you found the job? Since I arrived, I’ve barely had a day off, but it’s been hugely fulfilling. At the time, the club wer