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In the summer of 2022 the American singer Stephen Gould was undertaking not just one but three taxing heldentenor roles at the Bayreuth festival: Tannhuser, Tristan and Siegfried (in Gtterdmmerung) with characteristic dependability. Invited back to the festival the following year, he had just entered the rehearsal period when he had to withdraw on health

Just when players and investors had begun to believe that China was finished with major new regulations to the games industry, regulators have announced proposals for more curbs. The draft regulations, proposed by the National Press and Publication Administration appear to focus on in-game spending.

via Getty DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 09: Crew chief Chad Knaus stands on the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series 62nd Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 09, 2020, in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images)

This list was originally published in 2019. Its been updated to reflect Spider-Mans big-screen adventures since then, including Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Spider-Mans foes have never been the focus of the Spider-Man films in the way that the Joker or Lex Luthor or Thanos have been in other superhero movies. None of the bad guys

William Rees-Mogg, who has died of oesophageal cancer aged 84, was the editor of the Times during one of the most turbulent periods of its history, and a longstanding newspaper columnist of largely conservative, even Whiggish, opinions. In 1988 he was elevated to the peerage by Margaret Thatcher, though he sat in the Lords as