It is by no means his natural role, but through hard work and discipline he has grown into it, while retaining a measure of characteristic improvisation.Hence Mourinho’s plaudits after the narrow victory last Wednesday at Manchester City (with Cole’s winning goal): “He is untouchable… Having deliberately criticised his maverick midfielder despite a fine winning goal [...]

Disabled people are very familiar with this fascination with pioneering medical technologies. Researchers have been promising to make the crippled walk and the blind see for 50 years: the late Christopher Reeve was the most recent high-profile disabled person to have his expectations raised. But many disability rights activists would prefer to see immediate action [...]

As a teenager, I was unfortunate enough to have close female friends with the sort of precocious allure that left boys slack-jawed with lust.I was left permanently scarred by an incident on New Year’s Eve 1984 when a tall, dark, handsome youth sidled up to me as the bells tolled midnight and asked in tones [...]

As the electrons absorb or release energy, they move up or down to different orbits. Lasers are used to push the atoms together into a ball, which cools them. The ball is then projected a metre upwards through magnets and a microwave chamber, which heats the atoms. Any that have absorbed energy glow as they [...]

Yeah, he’d give you a kicking, but he picked you up!”Beagrie compares Saturday’s tie with the one Scunthorpe faced last season at Chelsea. The tendon ended up like a perforated teabag.”That sort of commitment, Beagrie feels, is what endears City’s latest manager, Stuart Pearce, to the fans “He is fantastic, you can see the passion [...]