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The senator's health is shrouded in mystery after he was hospitalized. Why can't we get a clear answer?

Acting is about human connection across cultural and social divides. But we can't expect much of that in the 'Tillyverse'

We have a Victorian attitude to child offenders. It is harmful to them - and, when they reoffend, damaging to everyone, says Bar Council chair Kirsty Brimelow ...

Even White House interference and Fifa's greed cannot spoil the celebrations. At last, an arena in which multiculturalism triumphs and underdogs score, says Simon Tisdall, a Guardian foreign affairs commentator ...

With its gushing interviewees and weird (y'know) ways of talking, the BBC news flagship show I used to present now has me harrumphing at the radio, says former presenter John Humphrys ...

The new PM will need a superb foreign secretary and the ability to get like-minded countries on board. Early signs suggest he may have the right skills, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff ...

Whenever I wore the baggy green, I was reminded of what that cap represented - a team that was stronger because each player brought something different ...

Nigel Farage has billed his byelection as a clash with the powers that be. To wit: Laurence Fox, a naked celebrity and a man with a bin on his head, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde ...

For progressives too, working-class heroes are bearded, buff white guys. Their treatment of women can be overlooked ...

It comes from his willingness to violate all norms, rules and laws - and leaving everyone else to pick up the pieces ...