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You can’t throw a brick around here without hitting a Matilda (or at the very least a Tilly).

Usain Bolt is father of Olympia Lightning Bolt.

It’s something girls especially suffer with. Parents giving them “cute” names that are fine for babies but weird for adults. Before my first was born, someone told me that you to have to think how their name will sound not when they’re a baby but when they’re made head of MI6 and I think that’s...

Looking at you, Crystelle Lake

Fully 20% of the girls in my daughter’S class at school are called Poppy. Meanwhile her dance class features a Wednesday.

Kids who have less normal names (like Mykayla) grow up wanting to be called Jane or whatever.

I mean how can you not find it delightful? In a world of professional athletes pretending everything is inspirational and part of the process, we need more Mini Mouse ears.

I’m tired and ill and Beans Jnr is ill and the dog has hurt her paw and the weather is grim and my childcare plans for the Easter holidays just imploded BUT the Gadirovas’ Instagram stories of the twins living their best lives at Disneyland have cheered me up no end. And if they’re doing 30,000...

Nobody on Reddit could find a start list either but the BG press office has her down as “one to watch”.

“Temporarily pausing” the programme while they “review and rebuild” it.

https://www.british-gymnastics.org/articles/reviewing-and-rebuilding-our-trampoline-world-class-programme

https://www.british-gymnastics.org/articles/uk-s-first-ever-paragymnastics-trial-event-to-take-place-at-british-championships-in-liverpool-next-week

At every Olympics I’ve been to, the empty seats have been down to corporates and sponsors having piles of tickets that they don’t use.

Because normally the whole world loves to see them do well?

My 10-year-old is currently trying to simultaneously watch Canada v US in the ice hockey, India v South Africa in the cricket and Forest v Liverpool in the football. Another 35 minutes until we add France v Italy in the rugby to the mix.