Jeff Webb, father of cheerleading, 1949-2026
His vision of high-octane competition turned the sport into a multibillion-dollar business
Populists will regret doing God
A movement founded on loucheness is making an electorally risky turn towards religion
Japan cracks down on its wayward cyclists
Enforcement regime will levy fines for infractions including using headphones and riding with one hand
The shadowy group claiming attacks around Europe
Ashab al-Yamin, which uses Iran-linked Telegram channels, has taken responsibility for assaults on ambulances, a synagogue and banks
Go to court and lose out on £9bn car finance redress scheme, says FCA boss
Comments by Nikhil Rathi position watchdog for stand-off with claims management companies and law firms
Search for the faceless king
How a Milton scholar’s journey to the poet’s dark side led him to New Orleans, birthplace of the secretive ‘Mistick Krewe of Comus’
US-Israeli war on Iran threatens Syria
Country faces assaults from militias in Iraq, Hizbollah and Israel’s military as its fledgling government seeks to sit out conflict
Trump’s tales are still muddling markets
Continuation of the Middle East war is sapping hopes of a return to more normal conditions after the conflict
Germany’s far-right AfD distances itself from Trump over Iran war
Alternative for Germany party members told to scale back visits to US as strikes on Iran are deeply unpopular with voters
Sacred pilgrimage has journeyed to commercial boom
Forget the image of medieval piety — it’s a very modern part of the travel industry
Osteria Vibrato, London: Pasta, a piano and a note of magic — restaurant review
It’ll make you nostalgic for a Soho you never knew
For Easter-egg makers, it is chocolate tomorrow
Sweeter times lie ahead as the market for cocoa buyers improves but prices take time to feed through the chain
Fintechs race to lure customers away from UK’s high-street banks
Wise announced plans to roll out current accounts following Klarna’s pivot to become a full-service bank last year
Trump’s architectural vices laid bare in the Miami library plan
The presidential library design takes POTUS showboating to a new, but still gold-plated, level
Refuge or reality? Olivia Laing on gardening in the permacrisis
Planting, pruning, digging and tending can feel like an escape. But they are also a way of engaging with the world
Resurrection as an ongoing practice
Easter is a good time to think about how we awaken ourselves to new possibilities
John Waters on the joy of bad taste — before the Trumps ruined it
As his still-shocking 1970s films are celebrated in a season at London’s BFI, the director remains defiant and unrepentant
Let it grow — the new Frozen-inspired fantasyland at the heart of Disneyland Paris
An escapist extravaganza featuring princesses, palaces and animatronic snowmen is the centrepiece of a €2bn transformation
Former CIA operative: regime change in Iran is much harder than the US thinks
Covert action can help topple a leader but it rarely builds legitimacy
Secrets of the ‘granny shelf’ — a supermarket gold mine
Tim Hayward taste tests the products that time forgot
What’s the point of an AI novel?
The danger is not that it will replace human-authored books — but that we stop caring about good writing at all
Actor Mark Gatiss on Brecht’s Arturo Ui — and how we can resist the rise of fascism
The TV star takes on the role of the German dramatist’s mobster warning that the play’s lesson isn’t about the 1930s — it’s about today
The political power struggle behind the Bayeux Tapestry
Carted across seas and along perilous wartime trails, dodging Calvinist mobs, rebels and Nazis, the embroidery has a rich story. Its next chapter will be written in London
How can two bottles of the same wine taste so different?
Only the very cheapest wine offers total consistency