The Latest Breaking News from Lysander

A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare's Globe: 'Like a sexed-up Narnia'

4/5 This winter-set spin on the play brings a fairy tale dark edge to proceedings with unnerving effect

Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2025

Jilly Cooper: why readers still cherish her ‘fat, fun, frothy novels’

The author Jilly Cooper has died aged 88. Cooper’s books were “bonkbusters” – a form of blockbuster fiction that was most popular in the 1980s and 1990s, characterised by explicit sex, scandalous plots and large casts of characters.

The Conversation · Oct 7, 2025

Almost unimaginable beauty and opulence: the paradise pleasure gardens of ancient Persia

Some of the most enduring ancient myths in the Persian world were centred around gardens of almost unimaginable beauty and opulence.

The Conversation · Aug 21, 2025

Racing tips: Newsboy's Tuesday Nap and picks from Brighton, Beverley, Newbury and more

Newsboy expects Kauto The King to rise to the occasion at Newton Abbot on Tuesday for Joe Tizzard, while he also believes Roger Charlton has a handicap snip at Newbury

Daily Mirror · Jun 20, 2022

Trainer insists “there was nothing going on” as horse lands huge gamble at Kempton

Jimmy Fox trains I Doubt That, who was backed into 11-4 favourite from 33-1 and won at Kempton Park on Wednesday. On Friday, Lysander trials for the Cazoo Derby at Epsom races

Daily Mirror · May 19, 2022