David
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: only Larry David would have the titanium balls to pull this off
‘I hear America singing,” wrote Walt Whitman in Leaves of Grass. He didn’t say that the song was “USA! USA!” backed by a klaxon and accompanied by a foam...
Five breakout World Cup stars who could prosper in the Premier League | David Pleat
Ayyoub Bouaddi (Morocco, aged 18)It is not difficult to see why this old head on young shoulders is destined for a big career. In a Morocco team conditioned to...
‘Suggestive toothpaste tubes shooting into mouths’: David Hockney’s winking celebration of queer life
Six decades after David Hockney painted A Bigger Splash, his most famous painting, reproductions have become a visual motif in gay domestic life. I’ve seen framed posters, prints and...
‘Hyper-stylised, ultra-cool visions’: 10 ways David Hockney changed art
He was the ultimate synthesistDavid Hockney didn’t just appear out of nowhere like some fully formed artistic wunderkind. His work was a synthesis of so much that came before...
‘He outlived four of his doctors’: David Hockney loved smoking, he really really loved smoking
David Hockney’s last self-portrait that went on show while he lived, in 2025’s Paris retrospective, has a Droste effect: the figure holds a picture in which the figure holds...
Former West Ham director removed from inquiry into David Sullivan
A nonexecutive director of the Independent Football Regulator (IFR) will not be involved in the inquiry into allegations of sexual misconduct against David Sullivan to avoid a conflict of...
David Squires on … the World Cup reimagined as Gianni Infantino’s West Side Story
As football’s greatest spectacle comes to North America, our cartoonist creates a heartwarming narrative around the Fifa presidentBuy a cartoon | David’s favourite works of 2025And his latest book,...
Football regulator could force David Sullivan to sell West Ham stake
The football regulator could force David Sullivan to sell his stake in West Ham United after the former pornography billionaire was accused of sexually exploitative and predatory behaviour against...
