David Walsh

The thing about Shaun Edwards is that he is not like anyone else. There are times he seems shy. Other times he will come across as odd. Mostly he is just different. At Wasps, where he once coached and to whom he may return, fans used to wear a T-shirt with his stern face emblazoned on the front. “Sm

The bad days, the really bad days, you can never forget. Two weeks before Christmas, 2017. They were moving into their new home. Place in the country, the kind of house you buy when you know what it is that you want. The removals men were on their way with their stuff. It should have been one of the

Bumped into an old acquaintance near the finish of the 12th stage of the Tour de France in Bagnères de Bigorre yesterday afternoon. “Howya,” he said. Sean Kelly always had a minimalist approach to dialogue. “Chary of words when not downright hostile,” was how the American poet Robin Magowan once des

Rock Of Gibraltar — part-owned by Sir Alex Ferguson, then the Manchester United manager — wins the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket, as reported by David Walsh in The Sunday TimesHe smiled yesterday like we rarely see him smile when standing sentry by a football dugout, he then spoke of the pure joy that

Fort William isn’t known for fine weather, but, when I was cruising last month on Loch Linnhe, the glare off the water was as blinding as any you’d see in the A

There are moments you don’t forget. This one happened on a Friday evening in Sydney 22 years ago. Out at Homebush, ten miles west of the city centre, the openin

A new drive, car park and cafe at Peak District Grade II-listed stately home Thornbridge Hall were built with “blatant disregard for local planning approval”, a planning inquiry heard.

Even now, more than five years on, a moment from a sunny morning in June 2017 brings an inward smile. I was in Bermuda, covering the America’s Cup which, as ass

The fraught calls began on a Wednesday in July, 2020. Jimmy Frost had never heard Bryony so upset. He was at home in Devon, his daughter was coming from Stratfo

Four years ago the former British & Irish Lions and Wales captain Sam Warburton released his autobiography. He thought to call the story Too Big, Too Fast, Too

Four weeks have passed since the World Cup final in Qatar and it’s still difficult to know what to make of France’s performance. Through their terrible first half they offered us distilled Gallic insouciance. In the changing room at half-time Didier Deschamps somehow kept his head.

The effect of gender diversity on company performance has been well researched, but can it be used to identify the potential for better investment outcomes? Realindex conducted a new study to find out.