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MYSTERIOUS: Flanders | Mind Blowing Facts

Anzac Day 2026: how the poppy has endured as our symbol of war and remembrance

In 1916, in the middle of the Great War, 2nd Lieutenant Leonard (Len) James Shaw of the 2nd Auckland Battalion sent a pressed Flanders poppy in folded paper to his niece Jessie Osborne in Waikato.

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An open field full of contenders, from former winners to worthy wildcards – Analysing the favourites for Paris-Roubaix Femmes

Past winners Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, Lotte Kopecky and Alison Jackson head the startlist at the Queen of the Classics

Cycling News

With no Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney, Canyon-SRAM look to Zoe Bäckstedt and Chloé Dygert for Tour of Flanders success

Dygert and Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig make their Spring debuts, while in-form Bäckstedt will hit the ground running

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From patriotic parody to threat: Flanders and Swann, the Likely Lads and Reform

Letter: The boundaries between satire and nationalism are ever more blurred, writes Alex Heaton

The Guardian - UK

Sean Kelly's Classics Column: What Tadej Pogačar did in the Tour of Flanders was insane

Former double Paris-Roubaix winner less certain about Slovenian's chances in Hell of the North

Cycling News

"My dad smashed the tape of Number Of The Beast: ‘I’m forbidding Devil’s music in my house!’ That only made it more appealing.” How Jesse Leach went from "Flanders kid" to future metalcore icon

How Jesse Leach went from preacher's son to metalcore icon with Killswitch Engage

Metal Hammer

JRR Tolkien’s new letters reveal how irritable he could be

‘She reduced my manuscript to nonsense’ reads one letter as new archive sheds light on writer’s creative process

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‘Reduced to nonsense’: JRR Tolkien’s irritation with typist revealed in archive

Exclusive: Important collection of author’s letters and manuscripts, being sold in April, reveals his loathing of sloppiness and love of language

The Guardian - UK

“I’d never considered myself a lyric writer, but me and Terry put it together in about 15 minutes. Then, we went to the pub!”: Michael Palin on his most famous musical moment and the “genius” of Neil lnnes

“Neil’s got a songwriting credit on an Oasis track? I can only assume I was on one of my big trips at the time but it just shows you how good his music was,” he says

MusicRadar

Wout van Aert gears towards career-defining fortnight in new, enlightened mindset

Belgian admits pressure has weighed heavily on his shoulders in the past as the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix come around once more

Cycling Weekly

Railways still in chaos 60 years after Beecham Report sparked decimation of train network

This week in 1963, Dr Beeching wielded his axe that shut down more than half of Britain’s stations and closed 5,000 route miles of track - costing 67,000 workers their jobs

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