Siege of York. 16 June 1644 The parliamentarian forces besieging #York prepare to spring 3 mines and storm the city. Major-General Lawrence Crawford detonates one mine too early, making a breach at St. Mary's tower. The attack is beaten off by the Marquess of Newcastle's army.

📸 Last week's @BritishAcademy_ and @WellcomeLibrary -funded conference brought together a global community of scholars to explore the enduring power and complexity of early modern representations of gendered violence. Read more: durham.ac.uk/research/instit…

Terry-Thomas, Richard Attenborough, Ian Carmichael and Peter Sellers during filming "I'm All Right Jack," 1959.

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The fort of Duncannon seen from the ridge from which it was bombarded in the 1640s #Wexford

I once asked Henry Kissinger after a press conference what a superpower should do to avoid looking weak. ‘Don’t start a war,’ he said. He meant Vietnam, but it seems particularly relevant now.

Jamie Carragher on Japan leaving their World Cup dressing room spotless after the match: 🗣️ “I have to say, this deserves just as much attention as anything that happened on the pitch tonight. Everyone talks about goals, assists, and tactics, but this tells you everything about the culture of that team. When I saw the dressing room, I honestly couldn't believe it. After ninety minutes of football, emotions running high, and a dramatic result, they still left the place looking like nobody had even been there. People might look at it and think it's a small thing. It isn't. Small habits reveal big character. Respect doesn't only show itself during the national anthem or after the final whistle. It shows itself when nobody is watching. That's what impresses me about Japan. They don't clean the dressing room because FIFA tells them to. They do it because it's who they are. In football today, we're constantly hearing players talk about professionalism. Well, this is professionalism. Not social media posts. Not interviews. Actions. And if I'm being honest, there are a lot of teams with bigger reputations that could learn something from this. The scary thing is that this mentality often translates onto the pitch. Teams that respect every detail usually don't stop at cleaning dressing rooms—they respect every pass, every tackle, every minute of the game. That's why people around the world keep talking about Japan. Not because they're trying to get attention, but because they keep earning it. In a tournament full of stars, they've managed to remind everyone that class doesn't always come from what you do with the ball it comes from how you carry yourself when the game is over.”

This is the year when the game of two halves became the game of four quarters. And the greatest sport and event was damaged for fistfuls of dollars. Hydration breaks ruin the game’s flow and frustrates fans and viewers. If hydration breaks were solely about player welfare then they would be linked to the temperature in the stadia. It’s a nonsense having a three-minute break in an air-conditioned arena. Fifa should long ago have established a working party of coaches, sports scientists, national team doctors and Fifpro to agree a set temperature at kickoff, say 25C, which triggers the breaks. That would prove the breaks were for player welfare. At the moment, and to nobody’s surprise, it is widely accepted that these breaks are for US TV to accommodate commercials. Big bucks for the small screen. Fifa should have thought more about the effect on games and to fan (and viewer) experience when negotiating. Coaches’ desire for a mid-half tactical time-out masquerading as a drinks stop should be resisted anyway. Games have been played for 150 years without needing such intervention. Coaches can shout instructions. And who says that 22 mins and 67 mins is when a coach needs to intervene anyway. It’s nonsense. It’s about money. Respected and sane footballing voices from Virgil van Dijk to Mauricio Pochettino have spoken out against the breaks. Fifa should listen to them not appear only to listen to the rustle of dollar bills. It’s important that there is resistance to this from all over. Because if we tolerate this, our TV games could be next. BBC can’t do ads, ITV says it won’t follow its US counterparts. But it has been discussed by TV people. It’ll come one day. #FIFAWorldCup.

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Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha after his man-of-the-match display against Spain: "I cried after the game because I grew up with my grandparents when I was a kid, and they could not be there. They passed away a few years ago. "My mum could not be here either for a VISA issue, and the money we had to pay for it. We did not manage to do this in time."

🚨Roy Keane on Virgil van Dijk speaking about hydration breaks at the current World Cup: 🗣Roy Keane: I actually agree with Van Dijk on this. Look, if players are speaking about something that affects the game, people should listen. But for me, some of these changes in football are getting ridiculous. We all understand the weather is hot, fine. But football has always been played in different conditions. You don’t keep stopping the game every few minutes for hydration breaks. It kills the rhythm, it kills the intensity, and that’s a big part of football gone. Let’s be honest, a lot of this doesn’t feel necessary. It feels like the game is being adjusted around everything except the football itself. And now you’ve got constant stoppages, cameras cutting in, adverts everywhere… it all feels a bit over the top. If Qatar could deal with the heat by actually improving stadium conditions, then surely there are better solutions than breaking up matches every 20 minutes. At the end of the day, football should be about the game. Not interruptions, not commercials, not stopping every time there’s a chance to squeeze something else in.

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Soccer has always been defined by free-flowing, unbroken action. But for the World Cup in America, FIFA is using “hydration breaks” to shoehorn in commercials. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4aNS3YQ

Sheryl Crow speaks out after Trump’s UFC 250 event: “To stay quiet means to turn a blind eye. And so I am saying this. What happened last night on the lawn of the White House was disgraceful and void of decency. Powerful, rich people filled the lawn to watch a violent sport that ended with a vile and racist comment. All while the average American cannot afford healthcare, gas, and cost of living. Do not be fooled. This administration is corrupt and does not give a damn about the American people. It only cares about making money hand over fist at the expense and in spite of our democracy. If we continue to support this kind of distraction from reality, we are no better than them. Let's be better, America.”

World Cup hydration breaks are anti-football and another shameless cash grab | talkSPORT talksport.com/football/world…

A message from The Tartan Army 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 "Football was built on pies, bovrils and going to the game with yir da. "No VIP lounges, $20 pints or $500 tickets" "Get it right up ye" 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Next Tuesday evening, 23 June, join us for a walk around 17th century St Ives, to find out more about life in the town in the 1600s including a great fire, markets, puritans and of course Cromwell. More details and bookings at: cromwellmuseum.org/whats-on/…

🚨🗣️New: Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Vinicius Junior refusing the mandatory halftime interview with FIFA at the World Cup: “People are shocked that Vinícius walked away from a halftime interview. I am shocked that anyone thinks he should have stopped in the first place. Halftime is not a television studio. Halftime is not a podcast. Halftime is not a red carpet. Halftime is the heartbeat of a football match. For 45 minutes, players are warriors in a storm. They run, they fight, they suffer, they bleed. Then they get 15 precious minutes to recover, to breathe, to listen, to think. And FIFA wants to spend part of that time chasing soundbites? That is like pulling a Formula 1 driver out of his car during a pit stop and asking him how the race is going. And FIFA’s idea is to shove a microphone in the player’s face and ask, ‘How do you feel?’ How do you think he feels? He’s exhausted. This is modern football’s biggest disease. Everything is content. Everything is sponsorship. Everything is television. The match hasn’t even finished and they’re already trying to manufacture headlines. They tell us they care about player welfare. Really? Then why are players playing more games than ever? Why are tournaments expanding? Why are injuries increasing? And now they want halftime interviews too? The hypocrisy is unbelievable. Halftime is sacred. It belongs to the players and the coaches. That’s where games are won. That’s where tactics change. That’s where injuries get treated. That’s where leaders speak. It is not a media circus. And don’t tell me this is for the fans. Fans want better football, not a tired player giving a robotic 20-second answer because somebody sold another broadcast package. Vinícius understood that. He chose football over public relations. The funniest part? They threaten him with a fine. A fine. As if that changes the principle. If I were there, I’d pay it too. Because some things are worth more than money. If FIFA really had their way, they’d put microphones in the dressing room and call it innovation. Football should come first. Not content. Not commercials. Not corporate greed. For once, a player pushed back. And that’s exactly why so many people are angry.”

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