Cryptic crossword No 29,993

Farage was given £5m by the Thai-based billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before announcing he would stand in the 2024 general electionExclusive: Farage was given undisclosed £5m by crypto billionaire in 2024Here is the running order…

Get it right and leather trousers have the power to make you look just that tiny bit cooler than everyone else in the roomLeather trousers are not for the fainthearted. They come with … baggage? Mythology, perhaps, is a gentler way of…

Pragmata, Saros and Vampire Crawler bring together aesthetics, responsiveness and creative opportunities in joyous ways that can’t be defined, only experiencedGame feel is one of the most elusive concepts in the glossary of interactive…

Opera needs big money: opera chiefs need big donors. New York’s Metropolitan Opera has just lost a $200m investment, but should it have accepted it in the first place?Opera’s stories of power aren’t only played out on stage. The mechanics…

Drugmaker had stalled large-scale projects in England but has now pledged investment at two sites, announced by Keir StarmerBritain’s biggest drugmaker AstraZeneca has said it will invest £300m in the UK in a surprise U-turn after pausing…

Nancy Pexton, 70, stabbed Jennifer Abbott, 69, and left her body in Camden flatA woman has been found guilty of murdering her sister by slashing her neck before leaving with her diamond-encrusted gold Rolex watch.Nancy Pexton stabbed…

San Antonio seal 4-1 series win over PortlandKnicks one game from progressing after win over HawksVictor Wembanyama had 17 points, 14 rebounds and six blocks as the San Antonio Spurs eliminated the Portland Trail Blazers and won a playoff…

The ZSL has given us the word ‘zoo’, inspired artists and birthed a quarter of all Sumatran tigers. It has fascinated me since childhood – and the world since 1826In the spring of 1826, two extraordinary things occurred in central London.…